Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I...
I thank you My Dear, & revered Brother & Sister, for your repeated attentions to me, & mine. The...
I this Day by the Mail received your kind letter, & am happy to hear you got Home, with your...
I was very much gratified to find that it was not the Presidents, your own, or your family’s...
Your long silence (My Dear Sister) made me fear that you, or some of your family were sick—I was...
I hope my dear Sister, & family are well, though I have not heard from her for three last...
I too my Dear Sister, have to address you from the Bed of Sickness— The wednesday night after I...
The peircing cold air of this Month has made me quiver so that I could not quit the fire side...
How changed My Dear Sister, is the weather now, from the clam clear Sunshine I enjoyed with you...
When you were here, I lent a great Coat, a small one—to Mrs Harrod, to keep of the rain, which...
Yesterday as soon as the mail arrived I sent to the Office full of expectation of receiving a...
I have but just received your very Sisterly Letter, by Mrs Adams, handed me this morning. I...
I am sorry you did not find time to write me a line—reports are so various, & calamitous that it...
I was much grieved to hear of Mrs Adams sickness, both upon her own account & yours —Such a...
15From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, 5 May 1812 (Adams Papers)
The Calender informs me it is the month of May, my Dear Sister—I should not suppose it, by the...
will be so good as to send the enclosed to Dr Tufts, & she will oblige me—I have not time now...
My Dear Sisters, interesting Letters conveyed by the Mail, were gratefully received by their...
I am going to Quincy with your Sister this forenoon—& shall be in Town on monday A—M—to attend Mr...
At the arrival of the last Mail, I thought I could hear my dear Sister say, “Is there no Letters...
I have the pleasure to inform you, that your dear Grandchildren reached here Friday noon, safe, &...
Yesterdays Mail, My Dear Sister, conveyed your Letter safe to me, with the two Bills—I do not so...
I feel much obliged my Dear Sister, to the Christian Desciple for the mild, & pacific Principles,...
By yesterday mail I received your kind letter. It is indeed a great while since we have heard...
I received your kind Letters yesterday by mail, & though I ought soon to have expected such an...
Every Day, & Week since my return, I have thought I would devote some time to write to my Dear...
A Day since I saw Mrs Harrod & she informed me that you had thoughts of making us a visit, & to...
I was in hopes of receiving a Letter by yesterdays Mail from you—I was glad to see by the News...
I received your letter yesterday, which informed me of yours, & Mrs Smith’s intended visit, & am...
It would be impossible for me to tell you how disappointed, grieved, vexed, & everything, I was,...
By last Friday mail, I received your very excellent Letter, wherein you observe, it was thought a...
My dearly beloved, & only Sister, for the “threefold silken Cord is broken ” To what an unusual...
It is a sad misfortune to dear Connections when their Friends do not love to write—Some I know...
Your very interesting Letter of last week in which you mention the departure of your dear...
To day I re ceived your Letter with its contents all safe, & thank you for your care & for your...
Though the Season has returned when the genial warmth of the Sun, invigorated our chilled Blood,...
Often in this Vale of Tears, My Dear Nephew, & Niece, are we called to sympathize with each...
Last Tuesday the Horn blew to announce the Departure of the Mail an Hour sooner than the usual...
38From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith Shaw, 2 June 1810 (Adams Papers)
your good Aunt Adams has made us a most agreeable visit—I wish you could accompanied her—She says...
I feel very grateful to my dear Sister, that though surrounded by agreeable, & dear Friends, she...
To see Abby Adams’ marriage announced in the public Paper, was at this time, to us a very...
41From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, March 1812 (Adams Papers)
I have been for several Days waiting, & hoping I should find leisure to write to my Dear Sister,...
With pleasure I congratulate My Dear Brothers & Sister, upon the agreeable prospect they have of...
The excellent Sermon you sent, me was indeed “a cordial to my Heart—” I thank Mr Whitney for the...
I hope my Dear Sister, will excuse all my bad writing, & every inaccuracy which weekly presents...
Your kind Letters of Feb. 15th & March 31st lie before me, in which I find are several things...
I scarcely know when was the last time that I wrote to my Dear Sister, but this I can fully...
To tell you that I am exceedingly grieved , to hear that you have been very sick, would be to...
your good grandchildren are just gone to repose in the arms of sweet Sleep, soothed by the...
You will now have no occasion to wish for more Snow, if at Quincy you are favoured with as much...
I know that my Dear Sister, will rejoice to hear that the kind Healer of the sick, has again...