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31 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 June 1774 | 1774-06-30 | I have had a Curiosity to examine what could have been the Cause of Parson Lymans Affection to... |
32 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1774 | 1774-07-01 | I am so idle, that I have not an easy Moment, without my Pen in my Hand. My Time might have been... |
33 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 July 1774 | 1774-07-02 | I have concluded, to mount my Horse, tomorrow Morning at four, and ride to Wells to hear my old... |
34 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1774 | 1774-07-03 | Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Quincy and I came this Morning from York, before Breakfast, 15 Miles, in order... |
35 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 July 1774 | 1774-07-05 | I cant be easy without my Pen in my Hand, yet I know not what to write. I have this Morning heard... |
36 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1774 | 1774-07-06 | Mobs are the trite Topick of Declamation and Invective, among all the ministerial People, far and... |
37 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1774 | 1774-07-06 | Our J ustic e H utchinso n is eternally giving his Political Hints. In a Cause, this Morning,... |
38 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1774 | 1774-07-07 | Have you seen a List of the Addressers of the late Governor? There is one abroad, with the... |
39 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 July 1774 | 1774-07-09 | I never enjoyed better Health in any of my Journeys, but this has been the most tedious, the most... |
40 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 August 1774 | 1774-08-28 | I received your kind Letter, at New York, and it is not easy for you to imagine the Pleasure it... |
41 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 September 1774 | 1774-09-08 | When or where this Letter will find you, I know not. In what Scenes of Distress and Terror, I... |
42 | 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,... |
43 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 September 1774 | 1774-09-16 | Having a Leisure Moment, while the Congress is assembling, I gladly embrace it to write you a... |
44 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 September 1774 | 1774-09-18 | I received your very agreable Letter, by Mr. Marston, and have received two others, which gave me... |
45 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 September 1774 | 1774-09-18 | In your last you inquire tenderly after my Health, and how we found the People upon our Journey,... |
46 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 September 1774 | 1774-09-20 | I am very well yet:—write to me as often as you can, and send your Letters to the Office in... |
47 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 September 1774 | 1774-09-25 | I would not loose the Opportunity of writing to you—tho I must be short. Tedious, indeed is our... |
48 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 September 1774 | 1774-09-29 | Sitting down to write to you, is a Scene almost too tender for my State of Nerves. It calls up to... |
49 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1774 | 1774-10-07 | I thank you for all your kind favours. I wish I could write to you, much oftener than I do. I... |
50 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 October 1774 | 1774-10-09 | I am wearied to Death with the Life I lead. The Business of the Congress is tedious, beyond... |
51 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 April 1775 | 1775-04-30 | I arrived here, last Evening, and have attended Mr. Strongs Meeting all this Day. I rode alone,... |
52 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 April 1775 | 1775-04-30 | New York has appointed an ample Representation in our Congress, and have appointed a provincial... |
53 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 May 1775 | 1775-05-02 | Our Hearts are bleeding for the poor People of Boston. What will, or can be done for them I cant... |
54 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 May 1775 | 1775-05-02 | Mr. Eliot of Fairfield, is this Moment arrived in his Way to Boston. He read us a Letter from the... |
55 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 May 1775 | 1775-05-08 | I have an opportunity by Captn. Beale, to write you a Line. We all arrived last Night in this... |
56 | 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... |
57 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 May 1775 | 1775-05-29 | Our amiable Friend Hancock, who by the Way is our President, is to send his Servant, tomorrow for... |
58 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 June 1775 | 1775-06-02 | I had Yesterday the Pleasure of two Letters from you, by Dr. Church. We had been so long without... |
59 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 June 1775 | 1775-06-06 | I have received yours of 24th. May and a Copy of your Letter to Mr. Dilly, and one Letter from... |
60 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 June 1775 | 1775-06-10 | Dr. Church returns to Day, and with smarting Eyes, I must write a few Lines to you. I never had... |
61 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 June 1775 | 1775-06-10 | Dr. Church has given me a Lotion, which has helped my Eyes so much that I hope you will hear from... |
62 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 June 1775 | 1775-06-11 | I have been this Morning to hear Mr. Duffil, a Preacher in this City whose Principles, Prayers... |
63 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 June 1775 | 1775-06-18 | This Letter, I presume, will go by the brave and amiable General Washington. Our Army will have a... |
64 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 June 1775 | 1775-06-23 | I have this Morning been out of Town to accompany our Generals Washington, Lee, and Schuyler, a... |
65 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 July 1775 | 1775-07-04 | This Letter is to go by my worthy Friend Mr. Stephen Collins of this City. This Gentleman is of... |
66 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1775 | 1775-07-07 | I have received your very agreable Favours of June 22d. and 25th. They contain more particulars... |
67 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 July 1775 | 1775-07-17 | About five O Clock this Morning, I went with young Dr. Bond at his Invitation and in his... |
68 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 July 1775 | 1775-07-23 | You have more than once in your Letters mentioned Dr. Franklin, and in one intimated a Desire... |
69 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 July 1775 | 1775-07-23 | Have only Time to send by this Opportunity a Token of Remembrance. The Fast was observed here... |
70 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 July 1775 | 1775-07-24 | IT is now almost three Months since I left you, in every Part of which my Anxiety about you and... |
71 | 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... |
72 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1775 | 1775-07-30 | This Letter is intended to go by my Friend Mr. William Barrell, whom I believe you have seen in... |
73 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 September 1775 | 1775-09-17 | This is the first Time, that I have attempted to write, since I left you. I arrived here in good... |
74 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 September 1775 | 1775-09-26 | I have not written the usual Compliment of Letters since I left Braintree; nor have I received... |
75 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 October 1775 | 1775-10-01 | This Morning, I received your two Letters of September 8th. and September 16th. —What shall I... |
76 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 October 1775 | 1775-10-02 | Every Thing here is in as good a Way as I could wish, considering the Temper and Designs of... |
77 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1775 | 1775-10-07 | Yesterday, by the Post, I received yours of Septr. 25th., and it renewed a Grief and Anxiety,... |
78 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 October 1775 | 1775-10-10 | I am much concerned least you should feel an Addition to your Anxieties, from your having so... |
79 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 October 1775 | 1775-10-13 | I this day received yours of the 29 of September, and the 1st. of October. Amidst all your... |
80 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 October 1775 | 1775-10-19 | It is some Time since I wrote you, and I have nothing, now, to write but Repetitions of Respect... |