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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 May 1789 | 1789-05-18 | I am in such a situation that I cannot see the way clear for you to come on, till some resolution... |
2 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 September 1776 | 1776-09-25 | I have only Time to say, by Mr. Taylor, that I am not worse than I have been—that however, I... |
3 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 1762 – 1763 | ≈1762-01-01 | I have taken the best Advice, on the subject of your Billet, and I find you cannot compell me to... |
4 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 July 1777 | 1777-07-08 | Yours of June 23d. have received. I believe there is no Danger of an Invasion your Way, but the... |
5 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 July 1777 | 1777-07-11 | This Letter will go by the Hand of the Honourable Samuel Hewes Esqr., one of the Delegates in... |
6 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 March 1794 | 1794-03-12 | I have all along flattered myself with hopes that I might with Propriety have taken Leave of the... |
7 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 May 1777 | 1777-05-15 | Gen. Warren writes me, that my Farm never looked better, than when he last saw it, and that Mrs.... |
8 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 February 1777 | 1777-02-10 | Yesterday, I took a long Walk with our Secretary Mr. Thompson to a Place called Fells Point, a... |
9 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 November 1800 | 1800-11-15 | I rec d last night your Letter of the 11 th. Your Girls and M r shipley arrived in good health... |
10 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 August 1777 | 1777-08-19 | The Weather still continues cloudy and cool and the Wind Easterly. Howe’s Fleet and Army is still... |
11 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 September 1776 | 1776-09-16 | The Postmaster at N. York, in a Panick, about a fortnight ago fled to Dobbs’s Ferry, about 30... |
12 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 August 1777 | 1777-08-23 | It is now no longer a Secret, where Mr. Hows Fleet is. We have authentic Intelligence that it is... |
13 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 March 1797 | 1797-03-22 | Last night for the first time I slept in our new House.— But what a Scene! The Furniture... |
14 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 July 1775 | 1775-07-28 | Your two last Letters had very different Effects. The long one gave me vast Satisfaction. It was... |
15 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 May 1794 | 1794-05-05 | I have this moment rec d your favour of 25. April.— If you want more Money before June borrow it... |
16 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 August 1778 | 1778-08-11 | I am desirous of conveying to you, in a manner that will not probably fail of success, and... |
17 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 June 1795 | 1795-06-09 | The Senate are now in Possession of the Budget.— It is a Bone to gnaw for The Aristocrats as well... |
18 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 September 1774 | 1774-09-14 | I have written but once to you since I left you. This is to be imputed to a Variety of Causes,... |
19 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 March 1788 | 1788-03-04 | After a Passage of two days, against contrary Winds, and a terrible Jolt through the Mud, from... |
20 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 April 1777 | 1777-04-08 | Yours of 26 March came by this days Post. Am happy to hear you have received so many Letters from... |
21 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 September 1783 | 1783-09-10 | We have received from Congress a Resolution by which We are to be impowered to negotiate a Treaty... |
22 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 March 1788 | 1788-03-11 | I have past through the Ceremonies of taking Leave of the States General, the Prince and Princess... |
23 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 February 1796 | 1796-02-06 | You Say you have no desire to be the first, and I cannot say that it is desirable: but according... |
24 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 February 1795 | 1795-02-10 | I was not disappointed Yesterday, for the Post brought me your Letter of January. and I was... |
25 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 May 1777 | 1777-05-24 | We have an Army in the Jersies, so respectable that We seem to be under no Apprehensions at... |
26 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 February 1777 | 1777-02-20 | This Morning I received yours of the 26th. Ult. It is the first I have received from you, and... |
27 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 October 1799 | 1799-10-27 | I have rec d yours of 24 th and thank you for your relation of our little domestic affairs at... |
28 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 October 1799 | 1799-10-30 | I have yours of 26 by Brisler and that of the 28 th. this Morning. Thomas is in Phyladelphia and... |
29 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 June 1795 | 1795-06-11 | If I could take a Walk or a Ride to N. Y. in the Evening and come here again in the Morning how... |
30 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 December 1793 | 1793-12-20 | This Morning I returned M r Genets’ Visit. The Conversation was confined to Some Inquiries I made... |
31 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 March 1780 | 1780-03-24 | This goes by Colonel Fleury, whom you know, who desires to carry a Letter to you. My three Boys... |
32 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 May 1789 | 1789-05-14 | I have rec d yours of the 5 th. — If you think it best, leave Thomas at Colledge: but I pray you... |
33 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 May 1789 | 1789-05-19 | inclosed is a Letter from Capt n. Brown who commands the best Packet between Providence and this... |
34 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 April 1776 | 1776-04-12 | Inclose a few Sheets of Paper, and will send more as fast as Opportunities present. Chesterfields... |
35 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 February 1774 | 1774-02-24 | I was very glad to receive a Line from you, by Mr. French, tho the Account you give me of the... |
36 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1794 | 1794-05-10 | We go on as Usual—Congress resolving one Thing and the Democratical societies resolving the... |
37 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 July 1777 | 1777-07-16 | Your Favour of the 2d. instant reached me on the 14th. The last Letters from me which you had... |
38 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 December 1782 | 1782-12-28 | I dare Say there is not a Lady in America treated with a more curious dish of Politicks, than is... |
39 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 July 1784 | 1784-07-26 | Your Letter of the 23d. has made me the happiest Man upon Earth. I am twenty Years younger than I... |
40 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 May 1775 | 1775-05-26 | I embrace an Opportunity by two young Gentlemen from Maryland to write you a Line, on friend... |
41 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 March 1793 | 1793-03-02 | Your Letter from your Sick Chamber if not from your Sick bed, has made me so uneasy that I must... |
42 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 March 1799 | 1799-03-07 | I have been so overwhelmed with Business at the Close of the session of Congress and Since, that... |
43 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 February 1777 | 1777-02-17 | It was this Day determined, to adjourn, tomorrow Week to Philadelphia. How, as you know my... |
44 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 October 1775 | 1775-10-29 | I cannot exclude from my Mind your melancholly Situation. The Griefs of your Father and Sisters,... |
45 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 December 1795 | 1795-12-28 | I have just rec d from the P. Office your Letter of the 20 th. by Brisler who went to carry one... |
46 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 4 May 1764 | 1764-05-04 | Returned from a Ramble in Town which began at 10 in the Morning. Dined with my Friend S. Adams... |
47 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 November 1779 | 1779-11-14 | We got all on Board last night, and began to make our Arrangements. Mr. Thaxter and Johnny, slept... |
48 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 September 1776 | 1776-09-21 | Yours of Septr. 9. I have received. Septr. 5. I sent you another Cannister by Mr. Hare. I have... |
49 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 August 1777 | 1777-08-26 | Howes Army, at least about 5000 of them besides his Light Horse, are landed, upon the Banks of... |
50 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 March 1797 | 1797-03-27 | You will See by the Proclamation in the Public Papers that I have been obliged to convene... |