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1 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 17 March 1798 | 1798-03-17 | A private opportunity offering by way of Hamburgh to write to you, I eagerly embrace it, and hope... |
2 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 March 1784 | 1784-03-15 | As I did not write you by the last conveyance I will not omit the present. I supposed your sister... |
3 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 26 November 1794 | 1794-11-26 | This day compleats Ten weeks, since you sailed and I have had no opportunity before this, by... |
4 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 12 September 1790 | 1790-09-12 | I received by your Brother on fryday last your kind Letter; he did not get here, oweing to... |
5 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 24 February 1804 | 1804-02-24 | We have this Day quite and old fashiond Snow Storm, after an unusual pleasent Feb’ ry . the Snow... |
6 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 22 May 1786 | 1786-05-22 | I have time only to write you a line or two, not expecting captain Bigolow to Sail so Soon. I was... |
7 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 June 1797 | 1797-06-15 | I have not written a line to you for a long time; yet scarcly an hour of the day passes in which... |
8 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 25 December 1792 | 1792-12-25 | Prince will bring this to you; the inclosed Letters I wish you to direct, the thin Paper, to your... |
9 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 23 November 1797 | 1797-11-23 | I am under obligations to you my dear son, for keeping up so regularly, and so constantly your... |
10 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 23 June 1797 | 1797-06-23 | The packet being detaind I write you a few Lines further to inform you that mr Marshal accepts... |
11 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 14 September 1792 | 1792-09-14 | As we have some skitish persons in the Family who are apprehensive of the small pox, and of every... |
12 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 20 March 1787 | 1787-03-20 | I have procured the Books for you, and Captain Folger not sailing quite so soon as I expected, I... |
13 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 20 May 1796 | 1796-05-20 | I have to acknowledge the receipt of Several Letters from You Since Your arrival in London, the... |
14 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Charles | Abigail Adams to Charles and John Quincy Adams, 22 July … | 1780-07-22 | I must write you a few lines by this opportunity, altho tis a long time since I had the pleasure... |
15 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 19 January 1780 | 1780-01-19 | I hope you have had no occasion either from Enemies or the Dangers of the Sea to repent your... |
16 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 10 February 1798 | 1798-02-10 | I hope long before this time you have arrived Safe at Berlin. The first intelligence which I... |
17 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 2 December 1797 | 1797-12-02 | I have the pleasure of informing you and Mrs Adams of the safe arrival of mr Johnson and Family... |
18 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 20 March 1786 | 1786-03-20 | Altho I have written you a very long Letter by way of Newyork, yet should one vessel go to Boston... |
19 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 12 June 1798 | 1798-06-12 | The June packet is to sail tomorrow. as I know you must be anxious for constant intelligence, at... |
20 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 10 June 1778 | 1778-06-10 | Tis almost four Months since you left your Native land and Embarked upon the Mighty waters in... |
21 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 18 July 1787 | 1787-07-18 | I give you joy of the day, as I presume it is commencment with you at Cambridge, and as it is... |
22 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 30 May 1789 | 1789-05-30 | I have sent you the Cloth the coat & Boots. the Glass I have not yet been able to find. inclosed... |
23 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 January 1801 | 1801-01-29 | Your Brother Thomas has performed the painfull office of announcing to You the Death of Your... |
24 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 October 1785 | 1785-10-05 | I began a Letter to you yesterday which I designd to have finishd last evening, but as we had a... |
25 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 3 March 1797 | 1797-03-03 | Two vessels are notified, one for England, the other for Hamburgh. I will write by both, but the... |
26 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 25 April 1784 | 1784-04-25 | I have been much dissapointed in not receiving any Letters from your Father or you by the late... |
27 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 1 February 1799 | 1799-02-01 | It is with pleasure insepressible, I inform you of the safe arrival of your Brother Thomas at N... |
28 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 February 1792 | 1792-02-05 | Tis a very long time since I wrote to you, or heard from you I have been more engaged in company... |
29 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 30 December 1793 | 1793-12-30 | I inclose to you your Brothers Letter I should have Sent for you last saturday but I expected a... |
30 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 10 January 1795 | 1795-01-10 | I wrote to you by Captain Scott Some time in December. on the 14 of the Month Captain Joy arrived... |
31 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 13 September 1801 | 1801-09-13 | Welcome, Welcome, my dear Son to your native Land after a seven years absence from it, God be... |
32 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 23 August 1785 | 1785-08-23 | I hope this will find you upon terra firma, tho in vain I searcht the New York papers of july... |
33 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 7 November 1790 | 1790-11-07 | perhaps a few lines from my own Hand may serve to put you more at your ease than an account of my... |
34 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 22 November 1786 | 1786-11-22 | It is a long time since I received a line from you, or any other of my Friends, nor have we... |
35 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 September 1778 | 1778-09-29 | Writing is not A la mode de Paris, I fancy or sure I should have heard from my son; or have you... |
36 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 27 May 1798 | 1798-05-27 | As the vessel by which I have already written to you, did not sail yesterday, I can now inform... |
37 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 3 December 1803 | 1803-12-03 | I did not expect a very frequent correspondence with you when You left me; however interested we... |
38 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 20 November 1783 | 1783-11-20 | This evening as I was Setting, with only your sister by my side, who was scribling at the table... |
39 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy and Charles Adams, 26 … | 1780-02-26 | I am happy to hear of your safe arrival tho not at the port, I wished to hear you were. You will... |
40 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 February 1796 | 1796-02-29 | Seven Months were nearly elapsed, from the Date of Your former Letter, to the receipt of yours on... |
41 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 8 February 1800 | 1800-02-08 | Mr Sitgreaves has just call’d to let me know that he expects to embark for England in a day or... |
42 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 November 1795 | 1795-11-29 | The last Letter which has come to hand from you, was dated 27 July, now four Month. I begin to... |
43 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 18 April 1791 | 1791-04-18 | owing to an accident your Letter of April 1 t did not reach us till the 14 th I have got the... |
44 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 27 April 1800 | 1800-04-27 | By a vessel going to Liverpool I write You a few line’s with the hope that the communication may... |
45 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 10 February 1799 | 1799-02-10 | I will not let a vessel sail for Hamburgh that I know of, without taking a few Lines from me, if... |
46 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 14 July 1797 | 1797-07-14 | Gen’ll Marshal expects to sail tomorrow Several Days sooner than I expected, and the weather has... |
47 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 24 April 1786 | 1786-04-24 | Your Father and Col Smith are gone to Night to Covent Garden theatre to See the School for... |
48 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 28 February 1787 | 1787-02-28 | Your Letter to me by captain Callihan came safe to hand, that to your Sister and others from my... |
49 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 22 April 1795 | 1795-04-22 | I received your very excellent Letter No 4 written from the Hague, dated 11 of November. accept... |
50 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 12 June 1799 | 1799-06-12 | It was with inexpresible pleasure that I yesterday read a Letter to your Father from you dated... |