It is sometimes said that suspense is worse than the certainty of evil—But it is a hard relief...
Captain Bates arrived here yesterday morning, from Amsterdam, and has lent me a number of...
I have received only one letter from you—that of 25. Novr: since I left you—And none from any of...
My last Letter accounted regularly for my progress from Stockholm, only as far as Oerebro, where...
The wind, which had been blowing for ten days to the Westward having yesterday become fair,...
Last Evening I received a letter from Mr William Wyer, (I suppose a brother of the Consul at...
The day before Yesterday, I received the first of your Letters numbered by yourself—The number,...
Since the departure of Mr Gallatin, I am left here the only remnant of what was called the...
Your Journals to the inclusive have been regularly received, and have become a sort of necessary...
I have nothing new to tell you from this place. I have no letter from you of later date than 25....
Your letter of the 16th: brought me consolation and hope in the information that you were all...
No letter from you, since that of 10. September, which I received, this day week—The next...
I now enclose you the two bills, together with an order upon the Bank at Boston for their...
After informing you by my last Letter of my arrival in this City, and of the Hotel where I had...
15From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 7 May 1814 (Adams Papers)
On Thursday Morning Mr Rodda arrived here from St: Petersburg, which he had left on Monday...
Mr. William Willink (the father) of Amsterdam, with his Lady arrived here from England, the...
17From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 9 May 1814 (Adams Papers)
Mr Rodde informs me that before he left St: Petersburg the twenty-five English Mails had arrived,...
Since you recommended writing to me, you have dropp’d the thread of the numbers of your...
Your two Letters of 15 and 16. December were delivered to me yesterday Morning, and are numbers...
I received yesterday Morning your’s of 27. December number 54—and readily excuse the omission of...
We have at length got through the argument on the Cause for which I came here. It was finished...
First for the news from America. I had not closed my last Friday’s Letter to you, when the Times...
Meeting here Dr. Huntt, who informs us that he left you last Friday at Bordentown, and Charles...
I received last Evening your Letter of the 1st. instt. from New York—I now enclose to you the...
Your Letters from Philadelphia of the 15th and 16th. have come to hand—From the last of them I...
I received your Letters written in the Steam Boat, and that from Philadelphia—The immediate...
Although I have been since I wrote you last Friday constantly engaged in preparing for my...
Last Evening I received your’s of the 14th: which makes me anxious to hear from you again—Your...
At length I may indulge the hope of having reached the remotest bound of the distance which...
Your journal of the 24th. and 25th. has been received—The complaint of cold, and the want of...
I wrote you from Cambridge last Tuesday, and then promised that my next should be from this...
I wrote you last Sunday, the day after my arrival at Quincy and gave you an account of the...
All your journals have been duly received, and I should not have failed writing to you for the...
Instead of four 5 dollar bills, I enclose you a draft, payable to your order , on a Bank in...
The latest letter I have from you is dated the 14th: when you were very unwell with a sore throat...
Last night I received your kind favour of the 4th: instt: with the information the most...
I have as little faith in presentiments as yourself—but the anxiety which I have felt for this...
Your Letter of 30. September, not numbered, was brought to me yesterday, after I had given up the...
The enclosed lines were written as a tribute of my affectionate remembrance, of your...
Thomas Hellen was here last Evening and goes to–morrow Morning for Washington—I furnished him...
Your Letter of the 3d. instt. only reached me yesterday—You reason exceedingly well both upon my...
I have received since I wrote you last two letters from you but cannot learn directly from either...
43From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 4 May 1806 (Adams Papers)
The first pen I put to paper after reaching my journey’s end must be to inform you, my dearest...
After I had closed my Letter for you which is to go by this night’s Post, I received a Letter...
I received yesterday your letter of the 15th: and this morning that of the 17th: enclosing in the...
From your letter of the 20th: which I have just received, I am in doubt whether even this letter...
I have just received your letter of 24. Decr: and lament that the expression of my anxiety to...
Your Letter of 26. November was received by me last Sunday; but in writing to you on Tuesday, the...
I continue to receive your journals—that of the 29th. was the last; and they would continue to be...
My project of coming from Washington to this place, by the way of Annapolis was disappointed, by...