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1 Warren, Mercy Otis Adams, John Mercy Otis Warren to John and Abigail Adams, 17 May … 1774-05-17 Mr. Warren being prevented by many Avocations from writing this Morning, has put the pen into the...
2 Hill, Edward Adams, John To John Adams from Edward Hill, 4 September 1774 1774-09-04 I wrote you a fortnight ago by Mr. Sullivan, since which almost every day has produced some new...
3 Freeman, Nathaniel Adams, John To John Adams from Nathaniel Freeman, 4 October 1772 1772-10-04 Sandwich, 4 October 1772. RC ( MiU-C ); addressed to John Adams in Boston; endorsed. Freeman...
4 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 15 April 1764 1764-04-15 Mr. Cranch informs me that Hones will go to Town tomorrow, and that I may not miss one...
5 Warren, James Adams, John To John Adams from James Warren, 3 January 1774 1774-01-03 I Received your last and am to Acknowledge that the Contents of it gave me great pleasure. I have...
6 Hawley, Joseph Adams, John To John Adams from Joseph Hawley, August 1774 1774-08-01 “We must fight , if we can’t otherwise rid ourselves of British taxation, all revenues, and the...
7 Macaulay, Catharine Adams, John To John Adams from Catharine Macaulay, 11 September … 1774-09-11 A Very long and uninterrupted course of sickness has hitherto prevented me the pleasure of...
8 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 14 September 1774 1774-09-14 Five Weeks have past and not one line have I received. I had rather give a dollar for a letter by...
9 Sewall, Jonathan Adams, John To John Adams from Jonathan Sewall, 29 September 1759 1759-09-29 My Absence from home for this Week past has occasioned my delaying an Answer to your very...
10 Warren, James Adams, John To John Adams from James Warren, 20 February 1775 1775-02-20 I need not tell you that I was greatly disappointed and Chagrin’d at not seeing you at Cambridge...
11 Dilly, Edward Adams, John To John Adams from Edward Dilly, 4 March 1774 1774-03-04 The Letters you sent for Mrs. Macaulay directed, under Cover, for me, were put into the Post...
12 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 30 December 1773 1773-12-30 Alass! How many snow banks devide thee and me and my warmest wishes to see thee will not melt one...
13 Palmer, Joseph Adams, John To John Adams from Joseph Palmer, 14 September 1774 1774-09-14 The spirit of liberty is amazingly increased, so that there is scarce a tory and hardly a neutral...
14 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 19 April 1764 1764-04-19 Why my good Man, thou hast the curiosity of a Girl. Who could have believed that only a slight...
15 Swift, Samuel Adams, John To John Adams from Samuel Swift, 13 March 1775 1775-03-13 I have Read a specimen of Nov Anglus as of this day and am not a little in Raptures with it,...
16 Waite, John Adams, John To John Adams from John Waite, 18 March 1775 1775-03-18 A sacred regard to the american association on the one hand and an earnest desire not to injure...
17 Hawley, Joseph Adams, John To John Adams from Joseph Hawley, 30 June 1773 1773-06-30 The letter inclosed herewith contains My Answer to the young Gentn. you was pleased recommend Me...
18 Crafts, Thomas Jr. Adams, John To John Adams from Thomas Crafts Jr., 15 February 1766 1766-02-15 Yesterday I wrote you a few Lines by Docr. Tuffts informing you the Sons of Liberty Desired your...
19 Crawford, William Adams, John To John Adams from William Crawford, 13 January 1760 1760-01-13 I am lately come from divine Service, if I may be allowed the Expression, performd by the Revd....
20 Kent, Benjamin Adams, John To John Adams from Benjamin Kent, 23 September 1774 1774-09-23 Our enemies, for their own further security, as well as to bring the town into the most complete...
21 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 9 May 1764 1764-05-09 Welcome, Welcome thrice welcome is Lysander to Braintree, but ten times more so would he be at...
22 Warren, Mercy Otis Adams, John To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 4 April 1775 1775-04-04 At the same time that I make my Gratful Acknowledgment, for the instructive sentiments and...
23 Nicolson, Mary Adams, John To John Adams from Mary Nicolson, 26 May 1774 1774-05-26 I have this moment been enformd that You and a Number of Worthy Gentlemen, have been Honorably...
24 Adams, John Quincy Adams, John John Quincy Adams to John Adams, 13 October 1774 1774-10-13 I have been trying ever since you went away to learn to write you a Letter. I shall make poor...
25 Wilson, Thomas Adams, John Adams Elected to Membership in Supporters of the Bill … 1773-09-21 In pursuance of a Resolution of this Society, I am to signify to you that you have this Day been...
26 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 4 October 1764 1764-10-04 I am much obliged to you for the care you have taken about help. I am very willing to submit to...
27 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 12 September 1763 1763-09-12 You was pleas’d to say that the receipt of a letter from your Diana always gave you pleasure....
28 Cranch, Richard Adams, John To John Adams from Richard Cranch, 15 October 1774 1774-10-15 I hear that a letter from one P——s, a clergyman in Connecticut, has been intercepted, and that an...
29 Williams, Jonathan Adams, John To John Adams from Jonathan Williams, 28 June 1774 1774-06-28 We yesterday received your Letter directed to us, with those for Braintree, immediately on the...
30 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 October 1774 1774-10-16 I dare not express to you at 300 hundred miles distance how ardently I long for your return. I...
31 Green, Hannah Storer Adams, John Hannah Storer Green to John Adams, 20 February 1764 1764-02-20 I think myself greatly indebted to you, for the honor you do my judgment, in refering so...
32 Warren, James Adams, John To John Adams from James Warren, 16 October 1774 1774-10-16 I Recd yours of the 18th Sepr with A pleasure and satisfaction that render my Negligence in not...
33 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 7 April 1764 1764-04-07 How do you now? For my part, I feel much easier than I did an hour ago, My Unkle haveing given me...
34 Cranch, Richard Adams, John To John Adams from Richard Cranch, October 1756 1756-10-01 Tho’ I acknowledge that one ought never to be asham’d to speak the truth; yet I find my self much...
35 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 13 September 1767 1767-09-13 The Doctor talks of Setting out tomorrow for New Braintree. I did not know but that he might...
36 Crawford, William Adams, John To John Adams from William Crawford, 4 July 1763 1763-07-04 I hope you enjoy mens sana in Corpore Sano: My Body for more than six months past has been in...
37 Adams, Samuel Adams, John II. Samuel Adams to John Adams, 22 February 1773 1773-02-22 If you have had Leisure to commit your Thoughts to writing agreable to my Request I shall be...
38 Tudor, John Adams, John To John Adams from John Tudor, 1 August 1774 1774-08-01 I Received your favor of the 23d. ult. but not til Satterday night as the man who promisd. to...
39 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 15 August 1774 1774-08-15 I know not where this will find you whether upon the road, or at Phylidelphia, but where-ever it...
40 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 8 April 1764 1764-04-08 If our wishes could have conveyed you to us, you would not have been absent to Day. Mr. Cranch...
41 Warren, James Adams, John To John Adams from James Warren, 15 January 1775 1775-01-15 I Admire the Notes and Resolves of the Maryland Convention. They Breath a Spirit of Liberty and...
42 Williams, Jonathan Adams, John To John Adams from Jonathan Williams, 25 July 1774 1774-07-25 Your Letter was this Day delivered to me in the office. Your obliging thanks for my duty gives me...
43 Hill, Edward Adams, John To John Adams from Edward Hill, 8 August 1774 1774-08-08 Saturday a Man of war arrived with the new accounts. The Governor has summoned the new Council to...
44 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 12 April 1764 1764-04-12 Here am I all alone, in my Chamber, a mere Nun I assure you, after professing myself thus will it...
45 Tudor, William Adams, John To John Adams from William Tudor, 21 August 1774 1774-08-21 The great Obligations your Friendship has laid me under would render me inexcusable to neglect...
46 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 2 September 1774 1774-09-02 I am very impatient to receive a letter from you. You indulged me so much in that Way in your...
47 Warren, Mercy Otis Adams, John To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 30 January 1775 1775-01-30 The very polite introduction to yours of Jan 3d I Consider not only as A Complement far beyond...
48 Smith, Isaac Jr. Adams, John Isaac Smith Jr. to John Adams, 3 September 1771 1771-09-03 I have just returned from an agreable excursion, in the course of which I had the pleasure of...
49 Sewall, Jonathan Adams, John To John Adams from Jonathan Sewall, 5 October 1765 1765-10-05 The Bearers John Oliver and Michael Nagail are indicted of the ignominious narrow-Soul’d Crime of...
50 Tudor, William Adams, John To John Adams from William Tudor, 29 August 1774 1774-08-29 I wrote you 21st. Inst. which I hope you have receiv’d. The publick Prints of to Day, Which you...