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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 July 1782 | 1782-07-25 | ...Knowledge. We went to see a Collection of marine Shells. We were two hours, and had not got... |
2 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, April – May 1780 | ≈1780-04-01 | , shells, Insects, Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and presscious stones.... |
3 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1774 | 1774-07-01 | ..., or hoeing Corn, weeding Carrotts, picking or shelling Peas. Much better should I have been... |
4 | Smith, Isaac Jr. | Adams, Abigail | Isaac Smith Jr. to Abigail Adams, 21 February 1771 | 1771-02-21 | ..., as pyramids, pillars, serpents, hydras, shells, half-moons, fans, furbelows, flounces,... |
5 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 | 1774-06-29 | ...the Man at York, after Eating the same kind of shell fish. |
6 | Adams, Louisa Catherine | Adams, Abigail | Louisa Catherine Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 December … | 1803-12-07 | ...you can find it and half a dozen lb. of Shells and the same of Chocolate from Ticknors |
7 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams and Mary Smith … | 1783-03-15 | ...to be purchased here, viz. good Tea, Chokalate or Shells,...shells were used medicinally,... |
8 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 March 1796 | 1796-03-09 | ...Year, with Justice. I shall build only the shell this Year—Raise the Barn & Board & shingle... |
9 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail Smith | From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 2 May … | 1811-05-02 | ...express that eternal life, bursting from the shell of mortality, of which the Resurrection... |
10 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail Smith | From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 16 … | 1805-12-16 | ...attained maturity: when they burst from the shell it is probable they will be duly... |