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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Shaw, William Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith … | ≈1809-10-01 | I am going to Quincy with your Sister this forenoon—& shall be in Town on monday A—M—to attend Mr... |
| 2 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Shaw, William Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith … | 1810-06-02 | your good Aunt Adams has made us a most agreeable visit—I wish you could accompanied her—She says... |
| 3 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Cranch, Mary Smith | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith Cranch, 30 April … | 1785-04-30 | I have but a moments time to write you a Line, and send you by Mr. Allen the measure of Charles... |
| 4 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | ≈1814-07-01 | I was very much gratified to find that it was not the Presidents, your own, or your family’s... |
| 5 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1812-07-14 | I hope my dear Sister, & family are well, though I have not heard from her for three last... |
| 6 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1814-01-10 | I too my Dear Sister, have to address you from the Bed of Sickness— The wednesday night after I... |
| 7 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1814-03-15 | The peircing cold air of this Month has made me quiver so that I could not quit the fire side... |
| 8 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1810-11-13 | When you were here, I lent a great Coat, a small one—to Mrs Harrod, to keep of the rain, which... |
| 9 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1814-07-05 | Yesterday as soon as the mail arrived I sent to the Office full of expectation of receiving a... |
| 10 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1811-04-06 | I have but just received your very Sisterly Letter, by Mrs Adams, handed me this morning. I... |
| 11 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1814-09-10 | I am sorry you did not find time to write me a line—reports are so various, & calamitous that it... |
| 12 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1815-04-01 | will be so good as to send the enclosed to Dr Tufts, & she will oblige me—I have not time now... |
| 13 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1812-05-16 | I have the pleasure to inform you, that your dear Grandchildren reached here Friday noon, safe, &... |
| 14 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1814-01-31 | I feel much obliged my Dear Sister, to the Christian Desciple for the mild, & pacific Principles,... |
| 15 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1810-08-25 | By yesterday mail I received your kind letter. It is indeed a great while since we have heard... |
| 16 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1810-04-17 | A Day since I saw Mrs Harrod & she informed me that you had thoughts of making us a visit, & to... |
| 17 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1807-03-09 | It is a long time my Dear Sister, since I have written to you; but I consider it a priviledge... |
| 18 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1814-02-10 | I was in hopes of receiving a Letter by yesterdays Mail from you—I was glad to see by the News... |
| 19 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1812-06-13 | I received your letter yesterday, which informed me of yours, & Mrs Smith’s intended visit, & am... |
| 20 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1809-06-13 | By last Friday mail, I received your very excellent Letter, wherein you observe, it was thought a... |
| 21 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1813-03-07 | It is a sad misfortune to dear Connections when their Friends do not love to write—Some I know... |
| 22 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1814-09-24 | Your very interesting Letter of last week in which you mention the departure of your dear... |
| 23 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1815-01-06 | To day I re ceived your Letter with its contents all safe, & thank you for your care & for your... |
| 24 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1811-08-20 | Last Tuesday the Horn blew to announce the Departure of the Mail an Hour sooner than the usual... |
| 25 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Cranch, Mary Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Mary Smith Cranch … | ≈1808-01-01 | Abby was indeed very happy to receive a letter from so worthy, beloved, & good an Aunt—& it gives... |
| 26 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1808-06-18 | Mr Lion and his intended I suppose so , as the modern phrase is, called here last Wednesday—I was... |
| 27 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1809-03-06 | To tell you that I am exceedingly grieved , to hear that you have been very sick, would be to... |
| 28 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1813-08-05 | your good grandchildren are just gone to repose in the arms of sweet Sleep, soothed by the... |
| 29 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1815-01-24 | You will now have no occasion to wish for more Snow, if at Quincy you are favoured with as much... |
| 30 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1806-05-10 | It has been a cold backward Spring, & Abby could not get abroad as I wished, she has a great deal... |
| 31 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Cranch, Mary Smith | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith Cranch, 5 June 1784 | 1784-06-05 | I have the pleasure to inform you of my safely being lodged in our Haverhill Dwelling, last... |
| 32 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1806-08-11 | Last week I went to Newburyport to accompany Capt Peabody, when I returned a Letter from my... |
| 33 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1805-12-09 | None but an affectionate Sister, can tell how much I was gratified, to recognize your well known... |
| 34 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1813-05-20 | By Mrs Welsh, who spent the afternoon with us, I was informed that Your dear Grandson was going... |
| 35 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1812-03-13 | By your Letter I was glad to find it was only the agitation occasioned by extraordinary, &... |
| 36 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1811-07-13 | I hope my Dear Sister’s Fibres are not so relaxed by the late intense heat of the weather, as not... |
| 37 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1809-07-26 | I am rejoiced to hear that you, & my niece got home safe. Such little excursions are really... |
| 38 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1815-02-13 | Thanks be to kind Providence we are all alive though the cold Tuesday our blood seemed... |
| 39 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1812-06-20 | Yesterdays mail conveyed me your kind Letter, which convinced me you had experienced those solid... |
| 40 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Shaw, William Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith … | 1806-08-24 | There is not anything in this world, which lies nearer my heart, or more deeply affects my Mind,... |
| 41 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Shaw, William Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith … | 1806-07-20 | There is not anything which lies nearer my heart, or more deeply affects my mind, than the... |
| 42 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Shaw, William Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith … | 1809-11-15 | I was very sorry to leave Boston without seeing, or even informing you, I was going—But I had... |
| 43 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 5 April 1778 | 1778-04-05 | Your kind Letter by Cousin Tufts was a pleasing and fresh proof of your Goodsense, Piety of... |
| 44 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams, 14 April … | 1797-04-14 | If words could express the gratitude I feel for your kindness to me, & my Children, it would be... |
| 45 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Louisa Catherine … | 1808-03-24 | Your Letter did not reach me untill several Weeks after it was written, & as I had a few days... |
| 46 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, John | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 May 1784 | 1784-05-06 | I am glad to hear that my Cousins got home well. Poor Boys I believe that they had their Coats... |
| 47 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Cranch, Richard | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Richard Cranch … | ≈1811-06-01 | To receive a Letter from you My Dear Brother, & to be assured that a beloved Sister is recovering... |
| 48 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Felt, Joseph Barlow | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Joseph Barlow … | 1811-08-21 | Company, unexpected, & avocations unavoidable, have for several Days occupied my whole Time, &... |
| 49 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Shaw, William Smith | Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith Shaw, 20 … | 1799-03-20 | I have received two letters from you, & suppose you wonder that you have not heard from me much... |
| 50 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1810-09-24 | Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I... |