Mr Gurney having called on me yesterday, to give notice that he should quit your house next...
2From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, February 1809 (Adams Papers)
The Saturday after you left Boston, I went to Town, and brought up George. he went the next week...
I intended to have written to you when at your own house or Office in Boston, but was prevented...
Your letter of the 16th: brought me consolation and hope in the information that you were all...
Percieving from your last letter my beloved friend that you suffer great anxiety concerning...
It is sometimes said that suspense is worse than the certainty of evil—But it is a hard relief...
Your favour of the 9th my best friend which is the first letter I have recieved from you since...
I hasten to answer the few lines I recieved from you this Morning to assure you that we are all...
I have not received a line from you since I wrote you on Monday—Your mother however has had a...
I have received but one letter from you since I left Boston, and that was written only two days...