451To John Adams from Joseph Delaplaine, 9 February 1822 (Adams Papers)
I take the liberty of soliciting the favour of you to furnish me within a few weeks, should you have leisure, a very brief account of such subjects in relation to your quarter, as you may feel interested to see in the picture of the United States, and for which I shall give you credit in the publication, unless you direct otherwise. I have the honour of informing you that I have received in my...
452To John Adams from Joseph Delaplaine, 26 March 1822 (Adams Papers)
I have been honoured with your obliging favour.— I find that the second portrait that you would be glad to see, is that of Dr. Rush which I now beg leave to enclose for your kind acceptance.— The letters which I addressed to Mr. Charles Shaw the Author of the accot. of Boston were properly directed. They contained a request that he would furnish me with some facts in relation to Boston to be...
453To John Adams from Mrs. Derby, 31 July 1821 (Adams Papers)
Mrs. Derby presents her respects to Mr. Adams, and altho’ he gave her leave in presence of many witnesses, to put his name to the Subscription paper for Mr. Freeman’s Book; She cannot deny herself & others, the pleasure of seeing so honored a name written by his own hand. She is join’d by her Mother & Mr. Derby in presenting their respects to Mr Adams & the Ladies of his family—. MHi : Adams...
454To John Adams from Mrs. Derby, 18 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
Mrs. Derby presents her respects to Mr. Adams and has the honor to send him a journal she has lately received from her brother, Mr. Foster Coffin in South America. As that country is becoming every day more conspicuous & as so little is known of it in this, she flatters herself that Mr. Adams may find the Minutes kept by her brother an interesting document; & she has great pleasure in...
455To John Adams from Franklin Dexter, 16 July 1819 (Adams Papers)
Absence from town has prevented till now my acknowledging the honor you did me by your letter of the 11th. inst. Your approbation of a performance, of which from its subject you are a better judge than any other, is the highest praise I could receive, and I feel a proper pride and pleasure in it. You have given me, Sir, a new reason for lamenting the loss of a father to whom I owe every thing...
456To John Adams from Peter Stephen Duponceau, 28 June 1819 (Adams Papers)
I feel exceedingly honored as well as gratified by your kind notice of my humble labours. Your Letter, which I shall preserve with Care, will be a proud Testimony to my descendents, that their Ancestor enjoyed the esteem of one of the most illustrious among the illustrious founders of this great Empire. I have not read either Bryant’s Analysis nor Dupuis’ Culte Universal, but Shall read them...
457To John Adams from Peter Stephen Duponceau, 12 July 1819 (Adams Papers)
I am honoured with your letter of the 5th. inst. If you have felt pleasure in recognizing in me the friend & pupil of a Man whom you knew & esteemed; you may judge of my Satisfaction, in discovering that his modest mind had not escaped your just discernment. He was all that you describe; to all Mankind he was an enlightened instructor; to me he was almost a father, for he loved me with filial...
458To John Adams from Peter Stephen Duponceau, 19 April 1821 (Adams Papers)
The honor you have done me by noticing my weak productions & encouraging my endeavours to be useful to a Country to which I am under So many & Such great obligations; a Country that has kindly received me into its bosom, & treated me (a stranger) as a child of the family, emboldens me to take the liberty of presenting you with a Copy of the proceedings which have taken place on the opening of...
459To John Adams from William Elliot, 6 January 1824 (Adams Papers)
The inclosed small volume and map, relate to a subject in which you took an early and distinguished part: viz. the planning and laying out of this infant Metropolis, and believing that you still feel a deep interest in its welfare, I have sent you this small tribute of my high respect, hoping that you may find some satisfactory information in it, as regards the progress and improvement of the...
460To John Adams from Jacob Engelbrecht, 2 June 1824 (Adams Papers)
On the 15th. of March last I wrote unto you, requesting the favour of a Letter in your Own Hand writing, which I wished to preserve in honour of you, and after your death, to have it framed, But having received no answer I have Since thought that the Letter was miscarried,—At all-events, I would with due deference, again intrude on your patience, and would most humbly request of you, to favour...