1Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 28 September 1786 (Adams Papers)
...married to a maiden Lady about sixty years old a sister of Judge Greenliefs of Newburry port....
2Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 14 August 1785 (Adams Papers)
...I have only Becca and a Boy of nine years old a Brother of Seths and Peters who us’d to live...
3From 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...
4To John Adams from William Cooper, 5 May 1800 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Cooper says his son is 26 years old. A young man recommended by the Assayer of the Mint,...
5To John Adams from Richard Peters, 10 April 1789 (Adams Papers)
...of our Esteem for you— But you are too old a Soldier in Politics to run any Risques on Account...
6To John Adams from William Vans Murray, 17 May 1799 (Adams Papers)
P.S. Though I hope I am too old a sailor to calculate the speed and safety of a voyage...
7Abigail 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...
8To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 7 May 1789 (Adams Papers)
...or disguized Ennemies to the prejudice of an old & a tryed Friend— A friend whose zeal &...
9To John Adams from Edmund Jenings, 22 July 1783 (Adams Papers)
your Excellencys Letter is of so old a date That I imagine the Queries therein are now answered...
10Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, 14 May 1794 (Adams Papers)
...rather singular, as I never recollect to have seen so old a man in the practice of Law—