1Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 January 1801 (Adams Papers)
...could derive; I came to this city with a heavey Heart; in daily expectation of his Death, which took place on the first of December; My Residence in this city, has not Served to endear the world to me. to private and domestick Sorrow, is added a prospect of publick Calamity for our Country. the Spirit of Party has overpowerd the spirit of Patriotism. the Intrigue of one Man, and the...the world
2Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 8 February 1800 (Adams Papers)
...Govenour and it is generally thought will be carried— if it was not for the antifederilsm of Virgina, and the approaching Election, the united States might be said to enjoy more Peace and tranquility than any other part of the world. I do not know even with those exceptions, but that it may with truth be announced
3Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 30 December 1799 (Adams Papers)
Every Day is producing Such astonishing Events, Such Scenes of carnage havock and devastation of the Humane species, upon the Theatre of the World, that we stand agast at the desolation, and think our “blindness to the future kindly given”