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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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91 | Adams, John | Waterhouse, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 9 August 1805 | 1805-08-09 | ed and the Candle of Life, is expiring. |
92 | Adams, John | [Spring 1759.] | ≈1759-04-01 | ...pacified her at last. Jack got up to alight a Candle and see if his Master was abed and if he... | |
93 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1806-12-29 | ...but to what is infinitely more dangerous the candles upon your tables and drawers—Let me...candle |
94 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th. | 1788-07-04 | ...young fellows paraded round the streets with candles lighted in their hands, and a drum... | |
95 | Adams, John Quincy | 9th. | 1786-01-09 | probably meant that he burned his fingers on the candle and bruised his toes in the dark afterward. | |
96 | Adams, John Quincy | 17th. | 1785-05-17 | ...that it is impossible to read without a candle and must render the air extremely unwholsome.... | |
97 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1788-01-18 | ...all I have to say of her; except that by candle-light, she looks handsome. I came home, and... | |
98 | Adams, John Quincy | Shaw, William Smith | From John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, 6 … | 1806-11-06 | ...else in the way of board—fire–wood & candles—I told him there would be two fires constantly... |
99 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 12 – 17 May 1785 | ≈1785-05-12 | ...that it is impossible to read without a candle and must render the air extremely unwholsome.... |
100 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 1 October 1785 | 1785-10-01 | ..., I could not read a common print without a Candle; the clouds were thin, and of a yellowish... |