1From 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...
Untill this day, I have been from the moment when I left you, in such continual motion that I...
The first pen I put to paper after reaching my journey’s end must be to inform you, my dearest...
I wrote you last Sunday, the day after my arrival at Quincy and gave you an account of the...
The Children are both in perfect health; both contented with their situations, and both beloved...
I wrote you this day week, last Sunday that I intended to return to Boston the next morning—But,...
I expected to have this letter from Quincy, where it was my intention to have gone yesterday in...
Yesterday was the first Saturday since I arrived here, which passed over without bringing me a...
I have just this morning received your kind favour of the 2d: instt: which at once confirmed my...
I pass’d the day yesterday, in anxious expectation of having a letter from you again, but it did...