There is not anything which lies nearer my heart, or more deeply affects my mind, than the...
I was very sorry to leave Boston without seeing, or even informing you, I was going—But I had...
43Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 5 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
Your kind Letter by Cousin Tufts was a pleasing and fresh proof of your Goodsense, Piety of...
44Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1797 (Adams Papers)
If words could express the gratitude I feel for your kindness to me, & my Children, it would be...
Your Letter did not reach me untill several Weeks after it was written, & as I had a few days...
46Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
I am glad to hear that my Cousins got home well. Poor Boys I believe that they had their Coats...
47From 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...
Company, unexpected, & avocations unavoidable, have for several Days occupied my whole Time, &...
49Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith Shaw, 20 March 1799 (Adams Papers)
I have received two letters from you, & suppose you wonder that you have not heard from me much...
Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I...