1To Thomas Jefferson from the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 17 April [1785] (Jefferson Papers)
...he does not live with them; he is eighty years old, a man of great learning” (
2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
...that she left a poor Babe only 5 days old—a distressd flock of little ones besides. My Father...
3Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 13 August 1785 (Adams Papers)
...you arrive in Paris it will then be so old a date that I should not have written but to...
4Abigail Adams to William Cranch, 5 July 1797 (Adams Papers)
He is too old a veteran to be driven from his post by squibs;...
5Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 30 December 1799 (Adams Papers)
...Measure might be to him, he is too old a Minister, and understands the nature of his...
6Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw, 19 July 1786 (Adams Papers)
...a daughter of Dr Jeffries’s of about 7 years old, a sprightly sensible child.”
7Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 8 May 1801 (Adams Papers)
..., before me will testify; it is now of too old a date to make a journey of 500 miles; and...
8Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 27 September 1786 (Adams Papers)
...Neat, nice Batchelor of about 50 years old a learned Sensible Antiquarian. The late mr...
...her Brother and Sister. it was 17 months old a very interesting Child. it took the measles...
10From John Adams to George Washington Adams, 9 January 1813 (Adams Papers)
...of the Age of Dr Johnson: but I am so old a Man as to prefer the Classicks of the Age of...