1To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 21 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
From an unfortunate concurrence of circumstances, I find myself under the influence of the same difficult command in corresponding with the Vice President of the United states, which the King of Syria gave to the Captains of his chariots.—
2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 20 October 1789 (Adams Papers)
...him. your shoes & Night cap were brought back by col Smith when he returnd Home. I presume the President will overtake you on the Road [as?] he sat of on Thursday. he went in his chariot alone, & his two [sec]retaries on horse back. you recollect what past the saturday Evening when you took leave of him. on Sunday he exprest himself anxious to mr Lear least he had not been sufficiently...
3Abigail Adams to John Adams, 5 January 1794 (Adams Papers)
year. I had pay’d him up to Jan’ry 92; Robert by his drunken frolicks exposed us to double a necessary expence and the Chariot was wholy sacrificed to him, but I know not how Bringhurst does to make up such a Bill, unless he charges for the stand for the Coach & the care of it. ...for, as ever went out of a Workmans Hands. the chariot I believe would be considerd of very little value even...
4John Quincy Adams to John Adams, 12 April 1794 (Adams Papers)
...by such means, and by serving so essentially the cause of Humanity and of Liberty, as he has done, I shall hardly breathe a sigh upon seeing any of the political Phaeton’s leap at one bound into the Chariot of the Sun, to set the world on fire, and then be hurl’d to destruction for their pains.
5To John Adams from John Trumbull, 6 February 1795 (Adams Papers)
craze its chariot-wheels
6To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 31 August 1795 (Adams Papers)
. The double legislature is as has been said like two horses pulling the chariot in opposite directions. With all their pulling the chariot moves not an inch
7Abigail Adams to John Adams, 15 January 1797 (Adams Papers)
I will make the necessary inquiry respecting a Carriage and write you word as soon as I can obtain information. my old Chariot, I have purchased Runners and put it on. Dr Tufts Says it must never be hung again. it has long been too shaby for use. I was beholden to My Neighbours for a conveyance before I got them...
8Abigail Adams to John Adams, 28 January 1797 (Adams Papers)
“he cannot engage to have it ready untill the first of July.” An enclosure with the letter listed the specifications for “A Neat Chariot” that would cost $1,155, with “handsomely trim’d full seat Cloth” and “Silver Letters on Doors & handsomely painted” (