I address you jointly and congratulate you upon the fine weather we have had since you commenced...
2From Orchard Cook to John Quincy Adams, 1 January 1809 (Adams Papers)
Mr. & Mrs. Cook ask leave to present to Mr. & Mrs. Adams the Compts. of the Season— Your Letters...
3From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 November 1805 (Adams Papers)
The reason that you did not receive a Letter from me when you arrived at Philadelphia, was oweing...
I received yesterday your Letter of Novbr 27th. and was rejoiced to learn that you and the...
It is sometimes said that suspense is worse than the certainty of evil—But it is a hard relief...
I have received only one letter from you—that of 25. Novr: since I left you—And none from any of...
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...
I now enclose you the two bills, together with an order upon the Bank at Boston for their...
Last Evening I received your’s of the 14th: which makes me anxious to hear from you again—Your...
Your Letter of Jan’ry 6 I received last Evening. your Children are very well, and very well taken...
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...
The latest letter I have from you is dated the 14th: when you were very unwell with a sore throat...
I have as little faith in presentiments as yourself—but the anxiety which I have felt for this...
The enclosed lines were written as a tribute of my affectionate remembrance, of your...
17From 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...
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...
My project of coming from Washington to this place, by the way of Annapolis was disappointed, by...
I expected to have this letter from Quincy, where it was my intention to have gone yesterday in...
I received yesterday your letter of Decr: 28th: with the enclosures to Mr: & Mrs: Hellen, and to...
I wrote you this day week, last Sunday that I intended to return to Boston the next morning—But,...
Yesterday was the first Saturday since I arrived here, which passed over without bringing me a...
The last Letter I have received from you was that of the 1st: instt: which I answered last week—I...
27From Thomas Jefferson to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 8 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your letter of the 28th. of July expressing a wish that your brother could...
On leaving Boston I had formed the Resolution of travelling only in the day-time, but at the...
I have just this morning received your kind favour of the 2d: instt: which at once confirmed my...
The day after I wrote you from Baltimore, that is to say on Thursday, I came to this place;...
I have been expecting to hear from you these two or three days, and begin to feel some anxiety to...
I have received but one letter from you since I left Boston, and that was written only two days...
Here I am at length, established as an intimate, in the family of Dr: Waterhouse; but from a...
The Potowmac Bridge question is at last postponed untill the next Session of Congress, after...
In the course of the last week I received your kind favour of the 15th: instt: which in assuring...
Last Evening I received with heart-felt pleasure your letter of the 25th: ulto: which was the...
Your letter of the 7th: and 9th: came to hand last Evening, and relieved me from the pinches of...
I received your Letter of december 6th on the 14th and was very glad to hear of your safe arrival...
I have duly recieved your letter of the 28th. of July expressing a wish that your brother could...
Your letter of 26. Jany: enclosing one to your Mamma, reached me the same day that I wrote you...
You will receive I presume at the same time with this a letter from me written yesterday at...
I wrote you yesterday that little Walter had been again very ill the night before; but was...
Since I wrote you last, which was on the 1st: of this month I have not heard from you—I enclose...
Since I wrote you last, when we were in the midst of a hurricane from the Northwest, untill this...
On going yesterday into Boston, I received Mr: Hellen’s letter of the 22d: of last Month, with...
I was just going to account as well as I could for your having been two days over the accustomed...
I yesterday enclosed you a letter from Adelaide, under a blank cover, because I was all the...
Your Letter did not reach me untill several Weeks after it was written, & as I had a few days...
I received your favour of Novbr 20th and rejoiced to learn that you reachd Washington in safety...
Since I wrote you last I have been a little affected with the rhumatism in my shoulder, so that I...