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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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31 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 July 1775 | 1775-07-16 | I have this afternoon had the pleasure of receiving your Letter by your Friends Mr. Collins and... |
32 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 July 1775 | 1775-07-25 | I received yours of July 7 for which I heartily thank you, it was the longest and best Letter I... |
33 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 July 1775 | 1775-07-31 | I do not feel easy more than two days together without writing to you. If you abound you must lay... |
34 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 10 August 1775 | 1775-08-10 | Tis with a sad Heart I take my pen to write to you because I must be the bearer of what will... |
35 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 8 September 1775 | 1775-09-08 | Since you left me I have passed thro great distress both of Body and mind; and whether greater is... |
36 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 17 September 1775 | 1775-09-17 | I set myself down to write with a Heart depressed with the Melancholy Scenes arround me. My... |
37 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 September 1775 | 1775-09-25 | I set down with a heavy Heart to write to you. I have had no other since you left me. Woe follows... |
38 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 29 September 1775 | 1775-09-29 | I received your kind favour of the 17. It was a Cordial to my dejected Heart to see and hear of... |
39 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 1 October 1775 | 1775-10-01 | Have pitty upon me, have pitty upon me o! thou my beloved for the Hand of God presseth me soar.... |
40 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 9 October 1775 | 1775-10-09 | I have not been composed enough to write you since Last Sabbeth when in the bitterness of my... |
41 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 October 1775 | 1775-10-21 | Tis ten Days since I have wrote you a line; I have received one Letter since dated 27 of Sepbr.... |
42 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 22 October 1775 | 1775-10-22 | Mr. Lorthorp call’d here this Evening and brought me yours of the 1 of October a day which will... |
43 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 October 1775 | 1775-10-25 | I have been highly favourd this week past. No less than 5 Letters I have received from you. It is... |
44 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 5 November 1775 | 1775-11-05 | I have been prevented writing you for more than a Week past by a Whitlow upon the fore finger of... |
45 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 12 November 1775 | 1775-11-12 | I received yours of October 23. I want to hear from you every day, and I always feel sorrow when... |
46 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 27 November 1775 | 1775-11-27 | Tis a fortnight to Night since I wrote you a line during which, I have been confined with the... |
47 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 10 December 1775 | 1775-12-10 | I received your obliging favour by Mrs. Morgan, with the papers, and the other articles you sent... |
48 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 February 1776 | 1776-02-21 | Tis a month this day since you left me, and this is the first time I have taken my pen to write... |
49 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 2 March 1776 | 1776-03-02 | I was greatly rejoiced at the return of your servant to find you had safely arrived, and that you... |
50 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 March 1776 | 1776-03-16 | I last Evening Received yours of March 8. I must confess my self in fault that I did not write... |
51 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March 1776 | 1776-03-31 | I wish you would ever write me a Letter half as long as I write you; and tell me if you may where... |
52 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 7 April 1776 | 1776-04-07 | I Received two Letters from you this week one of the 13 and the other the 19 of March. I know not... |
53 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 14 April 1776 | 1776-04-14 | I have misst my Good Friend Col. W arre n from Watertown in the conveyance of my Letters; you... |
54 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 18 April 1776 | 1776-04-18 | I cannot omit so good an opportunity as offers by Mr. Church of telling you that we are all well.... |
55 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 April 1776 | 1776-04-21 | I have to acknowledg the Recept of a very few lines dated the 12 of April. You make no mention of... |
56 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 7 May 1776 | 1776-05-07 | How many are the solitary hours I spend, ruminating upon the past, and anticipating the future,... |
57 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 9 May 1776 | 1776-05-09 | I this day Received yours of the 20 of April accompanied with a Letter upon Goverment. Upon... |
58 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 14 May 1776 | 1776-05-14 | I set down to write you a Letter wholy Domestick without one word of politicks or any thing of... |
59 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 27 May 1776 | 1776-05-27 | What can be the reason I have not heard from you since the 20 of April, and now tis the 27 of... |
60 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 3 June 1776 | 1776-06-03 | I received by Mr. Church a few lines from you; I wish to hear from you every opportunity tho you... |