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Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 1 January 1800

Martha Washington to Abigail Adams

Mount vernon January the 1 1800

My Dear madam—

Accept the thanks of a heart opprest with sorrow but greatfull for your friendly sympathising letter.1

To that almighty power who alone can heal the wounds he inflicts I look for consolation and fortitude

May you long very long enjoy the happiness you now possess and never know affliction like mine

with prayers for your happiness / I remain your sincear / Friend

Martha Washington—

RC (NNPM:Misc. American Presidents); endorsed: “Mrs Washington / Janry 1. 1800—”

1. AA to Washington, 25 Dec. 1799, above.

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    Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 1 January 1800
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    “Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 1 January 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-14-02-0060. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 14, October 1799 – February 1801, ed. Hobson Woodward, Sara Martin, Christopher F. Minty, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, Gwen Fries, and Sara Georgini. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019, p. 96.]

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