Having received a very elegant Lace Cap from the Ladies of the Lace school at Newport I write to...
I send this enclosure and add a few lines to state that I shall leave this place on Wednesday for...
I intended writing to you yesterday but was prevented by a feverish indisposition which I believe...
I have been so very sick the last day or two it has been impossible for me to write you I am...
We have arrived safely here after a tolerably pleasant journey and a very pleasant visit at...
I was so much hurried when I wrote to you from New York that I am afraid you could scarcely read...
Having just received a letter from John I wish to know if you are desirous that I should come on...
From the earnestness of my last Letter I am much afraid that you may think as is often the case...
I yesterday sat down to answer your last Letter, and wrote two, neither of which I have sent, as...
I did not write you yesterday because I was so much fatigued I was obliged to lie down as soon as...
This day has brought me an invitation in form to attend at the Capitol tomorrow to witness the...
I yesterday wrote to you in answer to your Letter and as I suppose it will be agreeable to you to...
Ere I touch upon the melancholy subject which at present occupies your mind; allow me to offer...
13 July— After I closed my Letter and just as we were sitting down to supper in came Mr John and...
11 July. This day we celebrated and drank the health of my best friend accompanied by every good...
July 9 I think I closed my last to you my best friend on Thursday I shall therefore continue to...
Your Letter is this moment brought me my dear John and I confess I was very much disappointed in...
Mr Crane brought me your Letter last Eveng from Bedford but although I was rejoiced to receive it...
2 July I must continue journalizing for want of something better to do as the time hangs heavily...
29th June—The Eveng was very dull and Mr Crane though in all probability a very good man has not...
21From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 25 June 1824 to 27 June 1824 (Adams Papers)
June 25. Johnson went to Town and on mountain mounting his Horse; the Beast trod on his foot and...
27 I sent to know if Mrs. Morgan would see me but it was so late when I received an answer that I...
June 24 I closed a sheet last Eveng. to send you and was quite low spirited at not hearing from...
22 Notwithstanding I have just closed a sheet I shall continue to write, as I know however...
19 June—Although we have no variety to amuse us or nor any striking incidents to relate I must...
Johnson arrived last Eveng. and brought me your very kind Letter my best friend and I am truly...
I enclose a Letter from Mary to Mrs. Gelbot and at the same time have the pleasure to inform you...
We have arrived safely at this place—after a very fatiguing and anxious journey on account of the...
Having forgotten to order Georges bed to be removed into my dressing room I now write to ask you...
Mr Young the Bar keeper visits Washington to day and I write a few lines to say that though...
Our poor George is so much better to day that we shall probably be able to get home sooner than I...
6 October Mr. Smith called to make a visit to my brother, stating to me, that he was so...
When I closed my last sheet I expected to be laid up again but Dr. Physick has decided that it is...
It is my intention to return to you early next week unless my Dr. forbids; I will therefore beg...
2 October The day was so stormy we were entirely shut up but I received several visits...
27 Sept—In the Evening the Count and Countess came to visit us and sat above an hour conversing...
24 Sept We dined at the Counts and while walking in the garden he told me an excellent anecdote...
38From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 21 September 1822 to 23 September 1822 (Adams Papers)
21 Sept Still at Borden Town methinks I hear you say? “I hope my dear your head is not quite...
19 Sept My last I believe closed on this day; I will therefore continue the account of our...
16 Sept Finding myself very weak after my tedious confinement to my chamber I determined to...
Nothing worthy of Notice occurred yesterday, excepting a visit from Mrs. Hopkinson; and a Letter...
Yesterday passed without any material change—Mrs. Harrison called and Major Jackson and in the...
Mr & Mrs. Bache Mrs. Dallas, and Mr U S. Capt Biddle called but I did not see them—Your letter...
Another attack of St Anthony confines me to my chamber since I wrote last and as it has been...
Mr. J. Hopkinson; Miss Dale, Mr Ewing; Miss Meredith, Miss Frazier, Mr Connell, and Mr N. Biddle,...
Sept 3. The Evening closed with a very heavy thundergust After which we had a most delicious...
Sept 1 My first visitor this day was the General who looks much better than he did and is I think...
48From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 30 August 1822 to 31 August 1822 (Adams Papers)
August 30 It is worth while to be absent a short time from home for the sake of receiving such...
After closing my Letter yesterday Mr G. Harrison called on us and sat with us near an hour—He is...
August 28. One of the companies having turned out in the State House Gardens, makes the view from...