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101 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1796 | 1796-02-27 | I dined Yesterday with M r Madison. M rs Madison is a fine Woman and her two sisters are equally... |
102 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 February 1796 | 1796-02-15 | This Morning I have your favour of the 3 d which raised my Spirits again after the mortification... |
103 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 February 1796 | 1796-02-13 | I have only time to inform you that Monday and Thursday have passed away without bringing me a... |
104 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 February 1796 | 1796-02-10 | The inclosed Slip from Benjamins Paper of this Morning will Shew you that the Electioneering... |
105 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 February 1796 | 1796-02-08 | It is monday, the Time to expect the Eastern mail other Men have Letters— I have none— humiliated... |
106 | 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... |
107 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 February 1796 | 1796-02-02 | I rec d yesterday yours of 21. and 25 Jan. The Senate and House of Massachusetts without any... |
108 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 31 January 1796 | 1796-01-31 | I have a secret to Communicate to Your Prudence. The Defence by Camillus was written in Concert... |
109 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 January 1796 | 1796-01-29 | Yesterday which was Post Day from the Eastward I was disappointed again of a Letter and went... |
110 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 January 1796 | 1796-01-26 | Yesterday I came to Senate as usual on a monday morning pleasing my Imagination and my heart with... |
111 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 January 1796 | 1796-01-23 | I have nothing to write you at this moment but Scandal, and that about one of our Connections and... |
112 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 January 1796 | 1796-01-20 | This is one of my red Letter Days. It is the Anniversary of the Signature of the Declaration of... |
113 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 January 1796 | 1796-01-15 | We have floods of rain but no frost nor Snow and very little news. The Democrats continue to pelt... |
114 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 January 1796 | 1796-01-07 | Inclosed is another Production of Porcupine, whose quils will Stick. The President appears great... |
115 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 January 1796 | 1796-01-05 | There is a dead calm in the political Atmosphere, which furnishes no Event worth relating. The... |
116 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 January 1796 | 1796-01-02 | The Weather here is as fine as it was the last Year. The Festival season of Christmas and the new... |
117 | 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... |
118 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 December 1795 | 1795-12-24 | I wrote you this morning inclosing a Post note for 600 and went to Senate with full Expectation... |
119 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 December 1795 | 1795-12-21 | My old Acquaintance M r Walton, who Served in Congress, with me in 1776 and 1777 is returned a... |
120 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 December 1795 | 1795-12-17 | I went to Senate this morning with Expectations highly raised of receiving my first Letter from... |
121 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 December 1795 | 1795-12-16 | The Newspapers will inform you before this Letter reaches you that the Ratifications of the... |
122 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 December 1795 | 1795-12-06 | We have been favoured with fine Weather and tolerable Roads in such a manner that We reached... |
123 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 June 1795 | 1795-06-26 | The Senate is to meet at Ten, this morning and I hope will finish: but it is still uncertain. I... |
124 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 June 1795 | 1795-06-23 | Some Senators are confident We shall rise tomorrow or next day. if so, I shall be with you on... |
125 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 June 1795 | 1795-06-21 | The Sun is so bright and augurs Such heat that I am doubtful whether I shall go out to Landsdowne... |
126 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 June 1795 | 1795-06-20 | I received yesterday two Letters from each of our Sons at the Hague, who were very well and in... |
127 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 June 1795 | 1795-06-19 | Last Night the Consul General De la Tombe made me a Visit with your kind Letter of the 18 th. He... |
128 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 June 1795 | 1795-06-18 | M r Adet was presented to The President on Tuesday and accompanied by The Secretary of State made... |
129 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 June 1795 | 1795-06-14 | It is painfull to feel an Impulse to write when there is nothing to Say. I write merely to let... |
130 | 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... |
131 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 June 1795 | 1795-06-11 | I have rec d yours of the 10 th and a Cordial it was, for I began to be fearful for your health.... |
132 | 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... |
133 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 June 1795 | 1795-06-08 | Through the finest Fields of Wheat Rye, Barley Oats and Clover, but very indifferent Roads We... |
134 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 February 1795 | 1795-02-15 | This is the coldest day We have felt this Winter, and if it were not for the hope I have of a... |
135 | 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... |
136 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 February 1795 | 1795-02-09 | The Judges are now here— Judge Cushing is under the Hands of D r Tate who is Said to have wrought... |
137 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 February 1795 | 1795-02-02 | This Morning I received your favour of the 21 st. of January. I am Sure your People do a great... |
138 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 February 1795 | 1795-02-01 | You have sometime since, I presume, received my Letters inclosing those of our son Thomas of the... |
139 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 January 1795 | 1795-01-29 | The public Prints, announce the Death of my old esteemed Friend General Roberdeau, whose Virtues... |
140 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 January 1795 | 1795-01-27 | Yesterday I had your favour of 16. M r Osgoods sermon has been printed here. I have heard M r... |
141 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 January 1795 | 1795-01-23 | I thank you for presenting a Barrell of Flour to my Mother, and wish you to do every Thing for... |
142 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 January 1795 | 1795-01-20 | I rec d your favour of the 9 th. Yesterday. The Weather is now extream Cold. The River is frozen... |
143 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 January 1795 | 1795-01-19 | On Saturday I Saw our sons Letter to the Secretary of State. M r Randolph expressed his intire... |
144 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 January 1795 | 1795-01-16 | The Travelling I Suppose has retarded the Post of this Week, till to Day, when I received your... |
145 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 January 1795 | 1795-01-12 | Last Week I received through M r Izard a kind Invitation to dine with M rs Powell, whom I had not... |
146 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 January 1795 | 1795-01-08 | I dined yesterday with M r Hammond the British Minister who told me that M r Dunlap had just... |
147 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 January 1795 | 1795-01-05 | By this Days Post I have your Letter of the 26. Ult. I believe that some incomprehensible... |
148 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 January 1795 | 1795-01-01 | I wish you a happy New Year, and a Repetition of happy New Years as long as Time shall endure:... |
149 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 December 1794 | 1794-12-30 | Your fav r of 24 th marked by the Post office 22 d of Dec r. I rec d. Yesterday. M r Osgoods... |
150 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 December 1794 | 1794-12-28 | I went on Fryday night with M r Storer to the Drawing Room, where the Warmth of the Weather... |