1Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 21 May 1777 (Adams Papers)
I this day Received a few lines from my Friend, whose Long silence I have not been able to...
2To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 28 August 1803 (Adams Papers)
The painful tidings I have this afternoon transiently heard relative to the health of my long...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Mercy Otis Warren, 10 April 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 10 Apr. 1791 . Transmitting a volume of her poems to be registered for...
4Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1797 (Adams Papers)
It Can be of little Consequence to you my dear Madam wither Your late adventure with me amounts...
5From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 13 October 1813 (Adams Papers)
I cannot express to my dear Mrs. Adams the ardent desire I feel that we might at least have one...
6Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 21 September 1775 (Adams Papers)
As soon as the Letter of my Beloved friend reached my Hand, I immediately set down to...
7From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 29 June 1813 (Adams Papers)
I am myself, my dear Madam, in great trouble—since my date of yesterday, my amiable son the...
8To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 4 April 1775 (Adams Papers)
At the same time that I make my Gratful Acknowledgment, for the instructive sentiments and...
9From Mercy Otis Warren to Thomas Boylston Adams, 17 August 1813 (Adams Papers)
Your very friendly and very afflictive Letter reach’d me this day just as I was sitting down to...
10Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 8 April 1779 (Adams Papers)
So I must Give up my Little Companion, my Young Friend. Your Claim is prior, your Title Cannot be...
11From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 24 April 1813 (Adams Papers)
The inclosed was written with design to forward by your Son, who I then presumed would have...
12Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 15 October 1776 (Adams Papers)
Nothing but the Greatest affection for my dear Mrs. Adams Would Induce me to Break over the...
13From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 29 August 1813 (Adams Papers)
I cannot longer be silent while my friends are mourning the death of such a daughter as was our...
14From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 6 November 1813 (Adams Papers)
With the same glow of affection which has for many years been cherished in my bosom, I received...
15Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 June 1777 (Adams Papers)
Could I write you any agreable Inteligence I would with pleasure Grasp the pen And Call of my...
16To Thomas Jefferson from Mercy Otis Warren, 31 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Mrs. Warren offers respectful Compliments to the President for expressions of esteem that would...
17Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 13 November 1796 (Adams Papers)
I return my dear madam miss Williams letters with Lovuts memoirs— am much obliged & hope have not...
18To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 10 July 1814 (Adams Papers)
It is very many days since I address’d a line to any of my Quincy friends, and as I think I have...
19Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 27 May 1776 (Adams Papers)
My dear Mrs. Adams will undoubtedly Wonder that she has not heard from me since I Left Braintree,...
20Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 July 1779 (Adams Papers)
My Friends anxity I Wonder not at. Wish I could say anything that would Give that Relief her...
21Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 11 February 1783 (Adams Papers)
Did I feel myself conscious of any inclination to suspend a Correspondence that has given...
22Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 10 March 1780 (Adams Papers)
I have to thank my Friend Mrs. Adams for a very agreable Letter Received a few days since. I...
23From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, November 1813 (Adams Papers)
I did not my dear Mrs. Adams, write by yr Son when last in Plymouth, because I wished to retain...
24Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
The importunity of my Friends at Braintree, though my inclination is strong, is not sufficient to...
25Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1788 (Adams Papers)
one line by my son inquires after the health of my Friend, at Braintree. do you begin to feel at...
26To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 12 February 1814 (Adams Papers)
The sudden death of a very amiable Grand–Son, has involved myself and family in such deep...
Yours my dear Sir, of the 15th Ulto: is in the same stile of partial friendship which I witnessed...
28Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1777 (Adams Papers)
Being Necessiated to use a Certain peace of Linnen so Nearly up that I Cannot spare my Friend the...
29To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 3 April 1776 (Adams Papers)
The sudden departure of the plunderers of Boston and the removal of the Continental troops from...
30To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 12 September 1813 (Adams Papers)
I was much gratified by seeing your signature affixed to a Letter address’d to Mrs. Warren.—I am...
31Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 15 May 1775 (Adams Papers)
Though I am very unwell scarce able to set up long Enough to write, yet I must let my dear Friend...
32From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 13 October 1812 (Adams Papers)
The with in I prepared with design to forward by your Son on his return from Barnstable Court,...
33From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 15 June 1813 (Adams Papers)
Though I have received no reply to my last, I interrupt Mrs. Adams again on a subject that lays...
34Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 20 October 1780 (Adams Papers)
A Promiss made to my son to spend a week with our Friends at Braintree is readily Caught at nor...
35From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 26 January 1813 (Adams Papers)
A token of Love & Friendship .—What can be more acceptable to a mind of Sensibility?— Your every...
36Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 26 August 1775 (Adams Papers)
I know my dear friend Mrs. Adams will be Glad to hear Her friend is in Better Health than when...
37From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 11 May 1814 (Adams Papers)
Yes, my dear Friend—I am indeed the only one of my Father’s house who yet stands in this fading,...
38From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 15 April 1813 (Adams Papers)
I had for several weeks been anticipating the pleasure I have recently received on the arrival of...
39Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
A Lame Hand still prevents me the free use of Either the Nedle or the pen. Yet I take up the...
40Mercy Otis Warren to John and Abigail Adams, 17 May 1774 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Warren being prevented by many Avocations from writing this Morning, has put the pen into the...
41To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 31 March 1814 (Adams Papers)
I doubt not Sir, You will be pleased when I tell You that the Evening of my life is smoothed by...
42From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 8 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
Though I have felt the complicated affliction that has recently assailed my friends at Quincy, I...
43From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 28 June 1813 (Adams Papers)
I have not received a Letter for a long time that gave me such real heart-felt pleasure, as yours...
44From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 1 September 1812 (Adams Papers)
Blessed are the Peace-makers!—In that glorious band of righteous do I class my friend Mrs. Adams....
45Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 3 February 1789 (Adams Papers)
How dos my dear M rs Adams like the City of New york: its manners & amusements as it may probably...
46To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 17 January 1791 (Adams Papers)
An unsealed letter from you came to my hand this day. for the letter I thank you. as it contained...
47To Thomas Jefferson from Mercy Otis Warren, 5 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to direct to the President of the United States, the Prospectus of a work, of...
48Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1779 (Adams Papers)
I take up my pen this Morning to let my Friend know I have not yet seen Mr. S. Adams, but...
49Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 August 1777 (Adams Papers)
Most sincerly do I Congratulate My Friend on her Restoration to Health after pain, peril and...
50Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 10 January 1803 (Adams Papers)
Painful necessity has for many months prevented me the use of my own pen,—nor have I seen any...