I hope my dear Sister, & family are well, though I have not heard from her for three last...
Yesterdays mail conveyed me your kind Letter, which convinced me you had experienced those solid...
I received your letter yesterday, which informed me of yours, & Mrs Smith’s intended visit, & am...
I have the pleasure to inform you, that your dear Grandchildren reached here Friday noon, safe, &...
35From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, 5 May 1812 (Adams Papers)
The Calender informs me it is the month of May, my Dear Sister—I should not suppose it, by the...
The human Pores have been so long obstructed by the late severe Season, & peircing winds of...
37From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, March 1812 (Adams Papers)
I have been for several Days waiting, & hoping I should find leisure to write to my Dear Sister,...
Often in this Vale of Tears, My Dear Nephew, & Niece, are we called to sympathize with each...
By your Letter I was glad to find it was only the agitation occasioned by extraordinary, &...
Though the Season has returned when the genial warmth of the Sun, invigorated our chilled Blood,...
My Dear Sister, has I presume written, & given you some account of the Situation of our...
I hope my Dear Sister, will excuse all my bad writing, & every inaccuracy which weekly presents...
At the arrival of the last Mail, I thought I could hear my dear Sister say, “Is there no Letters...
The excellent Sermon you sent, me was indeed “a cordial to my Heart—” I thank Mr Whitney for the...
My dearly beloved, & only Sister, for the “threefold silken Cord is broken ” To what an unusual...
I received your kind Letters yesterday by mail, & though I ought soon to have expected such an...
Company, unexpected, & avocations unavoidable, have for several Days occupied my whole Time, &...
Last Tuesday the Horn blew to announce the Departure of the Mail an Hour sooner than the usual...
Your Letter my Dear Sister, received a week since, flattered me with the pleasing Prospect of our...
I hope my Dear Sister’s Fibres are not so relaxed by the late intense heat of the weather, as not...
51From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Richard Cranch, June 1811 (Adams Papers)
To receive a Letter from you My Dear Brother, & to be assured that a beloved Sister is recovering...
The very sudden change of the weather last Sabbath, when I was in a high state of persperation;...
I have but just received your very Sisterly Letter, by Mrs Adams, handed me this morning. I...
I thank you My Dear, & revered Brother & Sister, for your repeated attentions to me, & mine. The...
My Dear Sisters, interesting Letters conveyed by the Mail, were gratefully received by their...
The Time since I have written to you, I acknowledge is too long for One, whose Heart is deeply...
When you were here, I lent a great Coat, a small one—to Mrs Harrod, to keep of the rain, which...
I know that my Dear Sister, will rejoice to hear that the kind Healer of the sick, has again...
Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I...
By yesterday mail I received your kind letter. It is indeed a great while since we have heard...