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51 Cranch, Mary Smith Adams, Abigail Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 20 August 1774 1774-08-20 I thank you my dear Sister for all your kind offers. I have not been able yet to get Miss Dolly...
52 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 14 April 1764 1764-04-14 The Deacon and his Three Children are arrivd and the Operation has been performed, and all well....
53 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 September 1774 1774-09-08 When or where this Letter will find you, I know not. In what Scenes of Distress and Terror, I...
54 Tufts, Cotton Adams, Abigail Cotton Tufts to Abigail Smith, 19 April 1764 1764-04-19 It was not forgetfulness, that prevented my writing. You must not ascribe to forgetfulness my not...
55 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 September 1774 1774-09-16 Having a Leisure Moment, while the Congress is assembling, I gladly embrace it to write you a...
56 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 18 April 1764 1764-04-18 Three of our Company, have now the Small Pox upon them, Wheat, Badger, and Elderkin. We have seen...
57 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 September 1774 1774-09-18 In your last you inquire tenderly after my Health, and how we found the People upon our Journey,...
58 Smith, Elizabeth (1750-1815) Adams, Abigail Elizabeth Smith to Abigail Adams, 8 February 1774 1774-02-08 When I cast my Eyes backward; and take a general survey, of the great alterations which have been...
59 Smith, Elizabeth (1750-1815) Adams, Abigail Elizabeth Smith to Abigail Adams, 7 March 1774 1774-03-07 I had written to the Deacon before I had received Yours, wherein I have your Sanction for it, and...
60 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 8 May 1764 1764-05-08 This Morning received yours by Mr. Ayers. I can say nothing to the Contents at present, being...
61 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 October 1774 1774-10-09 I am wearied to Death with the Life I lead. The Business of the Congress is tedious, beyond...
62 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 1762 – 1763 ≈1762-01-01 I have taken the best Advice, on the subject of your Billet, and I find you cannot compell me to...
63 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 30 September 1764 1764-09-30 I have this Evening been to see the Girl.—What Girl? Pray, what Right have you to go after...
64 Warren, Mercy Otis Adams, Abigail Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1774 1774-02-27 The Confidence I have in the Candour and Friendship of Both Mr. and Mrs. Adams, together with her...
65 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 September 1774 1774-09-29 Sitting down to write to you, is a Scene almost too tender for my State of Nerves. It calls up to...
66 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 1774-06-29 The Prophet of York has not prophecy’d in vain. There is in this Town and County a Laodiceanism...
67 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 June 1774 1774-06-30 I have had a Curiosity to examine what could have been the Cause of Parson Lymans Affection to...
68 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 1774-06-29 I have a great Deal of Leisure, which I chiefly employ in Scribbling, that my Mind may not stand...
69 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 July 1774 1774-07-02 I have concluded, to mount my Horse, tomorrow Morning at four, and ride to Wells to hear my old...
70 Green, Hannah Storer Adams, Abigail Hannah Storer Green to Abigail Smith, 1763 – 1764 ≈1763-01-01 My inclinations, tho’ not my Expectations were very much disapointed in not sending you a long...
71 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams: Falmouth, 7 July 1774 1774-07-07 I am engaged in a famous Cause: The Cause of King, of Scarborough vs. a Mob, that broke into his...
72 Warren, Mercy Otis Adams, Abigail Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 28 January 1775 1775-01-28 I think myself Doubly obligated to my amiable Friend that she has for once Layed aside that...
73 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 July 1774 1774-07-05 I cant be easy without my Pen in my Hand, yet I know not what to write. I have this Morning heard...
74 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, August 1763 ≈1763-08-01 Germantown is at a great Distance from Weymouth Meeting-House, you know; The No. of Yards indeed...
75 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1769 1769-06-29 I embrace with Joy, this Opportunity of writing you. Mr. Langdon, who is to be the Bearer, was so...
76 Warren, Mercy Otis Adams, Abigail Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 25 February 1775 1775-02-25 I had the pleasure of hearing Yesterday by a transient person that my much Esteemed friend Mrs....
77 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1774 1774-07-06 Our J ustic e H utchinso n is eternally giving his Political Hints. In a Cause, this Morning,...
78 Warren, Mercy Otis Adams, Abigail Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 9 August 1774 1774-08-09 I Returned yesterday from a Visit to my Venerable Father, and on our arival at our own Habitation...
79 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 7 April 1764 1764-04-07 For many Years past, I have not felt more serenely than I do this Evening. My Head is clear, and...
80 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 July 1774 1774-07-09 I never enjoyed better Health in any of my Journeys, but this has been the most tedious, the most...
81 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 12 April 1764 1764-04-12 I have Thoughts of sending you a Nest of Letters like a nest of Basketts; tho I suspect the...
82 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 September 1771 1771-09-17 There is no Business here —And I presume as little at Braintree. The Pause in the English Trade,...
83 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 August 1774 1774-08-28 I received your kind Letter, at New York, and it is not easy for you to imagine the Pleasure it...
84 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 11 April 1764 1764-04-11 The Room which I thought would have been an Hospital or a Musaeum, has really proved a Den of...
85 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...
86 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 13 April 1764 1764-04-13 We arrived at Captn. Cunninghams, about Twelve O’Clock and sent our Compliments to Dr. Perkins....
87 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 1772 ≈1772-05-01 I take an opportunity by Mr. Kent, to let you know that I am at Plymouth, and pretty well. Shall...
88 Adams, John Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 19 September 1774 1774-09-19 I have received your pretty Letter, and it has given me a great deal of Pleasure, both as it is a...
89 Washington, George Adams, Daniel Jenifer From George Washington to Daniel Jenifer Adams, 12 … 1773-01-12 As there appears to be a good deal of Inconsistency between your Letters to me and those to Colo....
90 Washington, George Adams, Daniel Jenifer From George Washington to Daniel Jenifer Adams, 20 July … 1772-07-20 If the price of Superfine Flour in Barbadoes is not under Twenty five Shillings prCt I would have...
91 Washington, George Adams, Daniel Jenifer From George Washington to Daniel Jenifer Adams, 8 March … 1775-03-08 I have come to the Resolution of taking upon myself the payment of the Debts which your deceased...
92 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...
93 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...
94 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...
95 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...
96 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...
97 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...
98 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...
99 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...
100 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...