1From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 August 1809 (Adams Papers)
I would not come to Town to day because I knew I should only add to yours, and my own agony, my...
I address you jointly and congratulate you upon the fine weather we have had since you commenced...
3From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 November 1805 (Adams Papers)
The reason that you did not receive a Letter from me when you arrived at Philadelphia, was oweing...
It is sometimes said that suspense is worse than the certainty of evil—But it is a hard relief...
Captain Bates arrived here yesterday morning, from Amsterdam, and has lent me a number of...
I have received only one letter from you—that of 25. Novr: since I left you—And none from any of...
My last Letter accounted regularly for my progress from Stockholm, only as far as Oerebro, where...
The wind, which had been blowing for ten days to the Westward having yesterday become fair,...
Last Evening I received a letter from Mr William Wyer, (I suppose a brother of the Consul at...
The day before Yesterday, I received the first of your Letters numbered by yourself—The number,...