1Abigail Adams to John Adams, 13 November 1780 (Adams Papers)
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2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 July 1783 (Adams Papers)
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3Abigail Adams to John Adams, 1 May 1796 (Adams Papers)
No. 10880: “Our Purses are ready, / Steady, Friends, Steady, / …...
4Abigail Adams to John Adams, 17 – 18 July 1782 (Adams Papers)
...pounds a Lot. This payment has reduced my purse pretty low; having a little before paid...
5Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 October 1782 (Adams Papers)
...that what you had done was from your private purse—which I was confident was the case; or...
6Abigail Adams to John Adams, 1 February 1793 (Adams Papers)
open your purses
7Charles Adams to John Adams, 30 December 1793 (Adams Papers)
...said that most of them will find their purses somewhat lightened by their connection. As to...
8From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 11 March 1821 (Adams Papers)
...house generally flinching on account of the purse strings being held by the inferior branch...
...was not willing to offer to the length of his purse.
10To John Adams from Jabez Bowen, 16 June 1789 (Adams Papers)
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11Bidé de Chavagnes to John Adams: A Translation, 4 May 1780 (Adams Papers)
...two or three months and replenish my purse which, although not completely depleted, had...
12The Committee for Foreign Affairs to the American Commissioners, 2 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Power of the Purse
13Tristram Dalton to John Adams, 6 April 1784 (Adams Papers)
Power of the Purse,
14To John Adams from Thomas Digges, 9 April 1782 (Adams Papers)
...Majesty to be King of America; but the purse, the sword, and the appointment to all...
15To John Adams from Elbridge Gerry, 25 April 1785 (Adams Papers)
...of Cincinnati systems, & of plans to commit the purse strings of America, to a few who could...
16To John Adams from Benjamin Guild, 18 January 1782 (Adams Papers)
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17Horneca, Fizeaux & Cie. to the American Commissioners, 24 December 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
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18From John Jay to John Adams, 21 February 1787 (Jay Papers)
. that can easily & irresistibly open their Purses—Much is to be done, and the Patriots must...
19To John Adams from John Jay, 21 February 1787 (Adams Papers)
easily and irresistably open their Purses. Much is to be done, and the Patriots must...
20To John Adams from John Jay, 1 November 1786 (Adams Papers)
Power of the Purse
21To John Adams from Edmund Jenings, 12 April 1780 (Adams Papers)
Power of the Purse
22To John Adams from Robert R. Livingston, 5 March 1782 (Adams Papers)
...last years commerce? Or can she draw from her exhausted purse
23To John Adams from Robert R. Livingston, 19 December 1782 (Adams Papers)
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24To John Adams from James Lovell, 8 January 1781 (Adams Papers)
Power of the Purse
25To John Adams from Archibald MacLaine, 22 June [1783] (Adams Papers)
...Republick, where there is more liberality both of purse and spirit, without any ostentation...
26To John Adams from Timothy Pickering, 1 August 1799 (Adams Papers)
...—just as he did formerly. He held the purse-strings of the Republic in this country,...
27To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 5 May 1809 (Adams Papers)
...Every thing short of this—is nothing but Shakespear’s purse—“all trash.”—
28To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 28 April 1780 (Adams Papers)
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29To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 26 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
...medical brethren & One of them opened his purse to me at the time when the publications...
30To John Adams from Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, 14 September 1776 (Adams Papers)
...Service must therefore devolve upon Men of long Purses, who can leave their Business and...
31To John Adams from William Smith, 12 June 1790 (Adams Papers)
Power of the Purse
32To John Adams from William Stephens Smith, 3 December 1790 (Adams Papers)
...Lad, & the effect it will have on the public purse— You will oblige me by telling him I have...
33To John Adams from W.H. Sumner, 3 May 1823 (Adams Papers)
...well drilled as these, would be taxing their purses, instead of their pride, which, having...
34To John Adams from William Tudor, Sr., 17 January 1817 (Adams Papers)
...of writing a Book which Should help his Purse and in some Degree restore the Reputation which...
35To John Adams from Cotton Tufts, 26 June 1783 (Adams Papers)
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36To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 11 November 1802 to 28 November 1802 (Adams Papers)
...—had you not succeeded, in opening the purses of the wealthy, to adsist America—...
37To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 4 October 1813 (Adams Papers)
...tender guardians of his youth—with a Sufficient purse for the journeÿ in their Suit—and then...
38To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 7 May 1815 (Adams Papers)
...of this So much desired excursion from our own Scanty purse.
39To John Adams from James Warren, 12 October 1780 (Adams Papers)
...War which seems to be a Tryal whose Purse shall hold out longest the Advantage may be...
40To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 28 July 1807 (Adams Papers)
...in effigy by the side of Mr Jay, with a purse of English Guineas in my hand?”—Be assured Sir...
41To John Adams from William Augustine Washington, 30 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
...fellow Citizens, and of Demands made on the Honor and Purse of our Country.
42To John Adams from William Augustine Washington, 11 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
...Fellow Citizens, and of Demands made on the Honor and Purse of our Country.
43To John Adams from Elkanah Watson, 5 August 1812 (Adams Papers)
...have been compel’d to risk Out of my private purse the premium of 50$.—Can it be posible there...
44To John Adams from Elkanah Watson Jr., 26 December 1790 (Adams Papers)
...exertions in Europe terminated most fatally to my purse, & peace of mind; yet I cannot...