1John Adams to Abigail Smith, 4 May 1764 (Adams Papers)
I have had a fine Time of it. I drank Frontinac and Mountain Malaga, and eat Oysters in order to make the Pock fill well, till I filld up about 30 fine ones.
2John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 November 1798 (Adams Papers)
We had our Fire made in our Bedchamber and our Tea and Oysters Served up, When behold a Vision of the Night in the Forms of M
3John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1799 (Adams Papers)
...discussion regarding whether the eighteenth century ended in 1800 or 1801, and on 2 Jan. 1799 stated, “We are now in the last year of the 18th Century, and whoever denies this has no more brains than an oyster.”