401From Abigail Smith Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushing, 2 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
How often I have in imagination I have visited you this Dreary season. I know not, but not a day...
your Letter of Novbr 16th was an unexpected pleasure, for after yours of october the 13th, I had...
I received your Letters by the Mail of yesterday, and by the return of it to day I write to give...
Your Letter, my dear Caroline, gave me pleasure. As all your’s are calculated to enliven the...
I received your Letter by the Mail of yesterday, and by the return of it to day I write you a few...
406From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 22 February 1811 (Adams Papers)
The Schooner Washington owned by mr Gray is ready to Sail for St Petersburgh. I have already sent...
I hope the afflicting intelligence which you must receive from your Friends at Washington, will...
408From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 February 1811 (Adams Papers)
I have now received all the Letters you have written to me, except No 4. up to No 8. altho they...
409From Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Cranch Norton, 11 February 1811 (Adams Papers)
you have e’er this, received intellegence most afflictive to the heart of an affectionate Child,....
410From Abigail Smith Adams to William Smith Shaw, 11 February 1811 (Adams Papers)
I wish you was as far recoverd from your Sickness as I am from mine, altho I have not yet left my...
411From Abigail Smith Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 1811 (Adams Papers)
Mr Lincoln our Carpenter came this morning from Weymouth he saw mrs Humphries who watchd last...
412From Abigail Smith Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 1811 (Adams Papers)
It is a great grief to me my dear sister that I can do So little for you in your trouble when I...
413From Abigail Smith Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 1811 (Adams Papers)
How are you to day? have you heard from weymouth? I send you a Barrel of pears and a Barrel of...
414From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 26 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
I have already written to you twice by this opportunity. I had not intended to have taken my pen...
415From Abigail Smith Adams to William Smith Shaw, 23 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
I desired Louissa to call and See you, and to tell you that I would Send for you to Quincy if you...
The season was so far advanced, and several vessels had arrived from the North without Letters,...
417From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 20 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
As I had made up my mind to Submit to the unpleasent circumstances attendent upon distance, and...
418From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 19 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
If the Sympathizing Tear’s of Friendship could assuage the agonizeing Bosom of my Friend; freely...
It is a long time since I addresed a Letter to You, and a much longer since I received a Letter...
420From Abigail Smith Adams to Anonymous, 7 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
Sure my dear Friend there is a secret Sympathy in Souls whose minds are congenial to each other...
421From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 29 December 1810 (Adams Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of december 15th. and the pleasure of...
I was much gratified at receiving a Letter from you, as well as at the play of fancy, and the...
423From Abigail Smith Adams to William Smith Shaw, October 1810 (Adams Papers)
To know that your Mother has been Sick of a dangerous fever, and that She is Still in a low weaks...
424From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Coombs Adams, 21 October 1810 (Adams Papers)
My Grandaughter The present Mrs. Treadway availed herself of your kind invitation to make you a...
We have lost an excellent Neighbour and Friend in the death of Mr Black, for more than a Year he...
I hope you received the letters safe which I inclosed to you from your brother. I wish I could...
427From Abigail Smith Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushing, September 1810 (Adams Papers)
Altho my Health would not permit me to personally to pay the last respect to my Ancient and...
I am ready to join in the exclamation of Eloissa when she said “Heaven first taught Letters, for...
429From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 19 September 1810 (Adams Papers)
The Horace arrived last week after a passage of 85 days—I hope she brought Letters for you. as I...
430From Abigail Smith Adams to Cotton Tufts, Jr., 19 September 1810 (Adams Papers)
Mr and Mrs Adams present their Love to mr and Mrs Tufts and miss Lucy and ask the pleasure of...
431From Abigail Smith Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushing, 15 September 1810 (Adams Papers)
If I had known the Messenger who left the Letter from your Neice, communicating to me the death...
432From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 13 September 1810 (Adams Papers)
I was much rejoiced to receive your kind Letter of Sep’br 26th I began to be very anxious that I...
Your Letter of August 25th I received, and have felt very anxious for you and your family ever...
434From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 18 August 1810 (Adams Papers)
No further intelligence from our Children has yet reached us my Dear Madam, than a Letter from mr...
435From Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 7 August 1810 (Adams Papers)
Received Quincy August 7th: 1810 of Thomas B Adams the sum of twenty-five Dollars and fifty Cents...
436From Abigail Smith Adams to James Madison, 1 August 1810 (Adams Papers)
I take the Liberty of addressing you in behalf of my Son, now at St Petersburgh, and to ask of...
437From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 25 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
Mr Gray had a vessel which Sailed last week direct for St Petersburgh. I was mortified that I did...
438From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 13 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
you will Smile my dear Madam when I tell you, that I began a Letter to you, wrote two pages, and...
439From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 11 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
God bless it— mr Jones was so obligeing as to come this morning to Quincy, to inform us that he...
440From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, 13 June 1810 (Adams Papers)
I ought to have written to you before this day and have informed you of my Safe return home....
441From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 30 May 1810 (Adams Papers)
upon my return from a visit to my Sister in Newhampshire, where I had been in pursuit of health;...
442From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 28 May 1810 (Adams Papers)
I received a Letter yesterday from mrs Johnson, informing me that Capt Bandrige, in the frigate...
443From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 15 May 1810 (Adams Papers)
When I closed my Letter; last week to my son by captain Smith, I fully intended to have written...
444From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 7 May 1810 (Adams Papers)
Captain Smith, a Brother of Mrs Charles Millars call’d here to let us know that he should sail...
445From Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 7 May 1810 (Adams Papers)
Received Quincy 7th. May 1810 of Thomas B. Adams the sum of Twenty-five Dollars: fifty Cents in...
446From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 4 May 1810 (Adams Papers)
I am indebted to you my dear Madam for three Letters. I have made two attempts before to...
447From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, 23 April 1810 (Adams Papers)
I this day received your kind Letter of the 17th. I know not any thing which would give me more...
448From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith, 14 April 1810 (Adams Papers)
I wrote to you last week. Our election is over, and Mr. Gerry and Gray undoubtedly elected by a...
449From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith, 10 April 1810 (Adams Papers)
I rejoice to learn by Caroline’s letter to Susan, (which in her absence I took the liberty of...
450From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 20 March 1810 (Adams Papers)
Returning the other day from Weymouth, upon entering my own House, I was presented with a Letter....