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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 19 September 1774 | 1774-09-19 | I have received your pretty Letter, and it has given me a great deal of Pleasure, both as it is a... |
| 2 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 20 October 1775 | 1775-10-20 | I condole with you, most sincerely, for the loss of your most worthy grandmamma. I know you must... |
| 3 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 18 April 1776 | 1776-04-18 | I cannot recollect the tenderness and dutiful affection you expressed for me, just before my... |
| 4 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 17 March 1777 | 1777-03-17 | I hope by this Time, you can write an handsome Hand; but I wish you would, now and then, send a... |
| 5 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 30 March 1777 | 1777-03-30 | I have been this Afternoon, to a Place of Worship, which I never attended before. It is the... |
| 6 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 5 July 1777 | 1777-07-05 | Yesterday, being the anniversary of American Independence, was celebrated here with a festivity... |
| 7 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 27 September … | 1778-09-27 | it is some time since I wrote you a Letter & if I should neglect it a great while longer you... |
| 8 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 2 December 1778 | 1778-12-02 | In your letter to your brother, which is a very pretty one, you express a wish that you... |
| 9 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 1 January 1779 | 1779-01-01 | I take my pen to perform my promice of writing to you and to wish you a happy new year may heaven... |
| 10 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 24 January 1779 | 1779-01-24 | Last weak I had the pleasure to receive too letters from my friend Myrtilla, aney time when you... |
| 11 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 4 February 1779 | 1779-02-04 | If aney person had told me the night I left Braintree that I should have ben at Plymouth almost... |
| 12 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 11 February 1779 | 1779-02-11 | It is with inexpressible pleasure that I enclose to you a letter from your brother, and that I... |
| 13 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 13 February 1779 | 1779-02-13 | It is now past ten however I will write you a few lines as I flatter myself they will be... |
| 14 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 15 March 1779 | 1779-03-15 | As a convenient opportunity offoring by General Warren I cannot let it excape without a line for... |
| 15 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 20 October 1779 | 1779-10-20 | I have began too or three letters to you but have burnt them, all for reasons that you need not... |
| 16 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 12 December 1779 | 1779-12-12 | If I could send you some of the Lemons, Oranges, or Water Melons of this Place, it would give me... |
| 17 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams, 24 May 1781 | 1781-05-24 | And are you really determined my Dear Brother not to condescend to write to your Sister again... |
| 18 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Thaxter, John | Abigail Adams 2d to John Thaxter, 25 May 1781 | 1781-05-25 | My mamma has so often reminded me of a deficiency in politeness in not replying to your letter... |
| 19 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams 2d, 25 August 1781 | 1781-08-25 | I was yesterday honoured with a Letter from Braintree dated the 25th of May last, and tho’ an... |
| 20 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, April 1782 | ≈1782-04-01 | Knowing your benevolent heart is ever gratified by hearing of the wellfare of your friends, and... |
| 21 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams, 3 May 1782 | 1782-05-03 | I am conscious my dear Brother that I have appeared deficient in my duty and affection by... |
| 22 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, June 1782 | ≈1782-06-01 | I have not heard a word from B— since Wedensday last. I want much to know how you all do. I wrote... |
| 23 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 26 September 1782 | 1782-09-26 | I have received your charming letter, which you forgot to date, by Mrs. Rogers. Your proposal of... |
| 24 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, September 1782 | ≈1782-09-01 | Mr. Robbins dined with us to day and has just now told me he intends to make you a vis this... |
| 25 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 2 October 1782 | 1782-10-02 | No Eliza I do not believe your real affection has decreased for Amelia, but a consiousness of my... |
| 26 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 16 October 1782 | 1782-10-16 | Your obliging letter of 3d September, I have received, and read with all the tenderness of a... |
| 27 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 9 November 1782 | 1782-11-09 | A constant succession of company, is all I have to offer in vindication of my appearant... |
| 28 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 4 December 1782 | 1782-12-04 | Your Solicitude for your Papa is charming: But he is afraid to trust you to the uncertain... |
| 29 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 19 December 1782 | 1782-12-19 | Yesterday, my Dear Eliza, I came here to pass a few days with our friend. I found her much... |
| 30 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch, 22 December 1782 | 1782-12-22 | Yesterday my Dear Eliza I returned from G ermantown and this morning, it being our usual post... |