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1 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 15 April 1764 1764-04-15 Mr. Cranch informs me that Hones will go to Town tomorrow, and that I may not miss one...
2 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 14 September 1774 1774-09-14 Five Weeks have past and not one line have I received. I had rather give a dollar for a letter by...
3 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 30 December 1773 1773-12-30 Alass! How many snow banks devide thee and me and my warmest wishes to see thee will not melt one...
4 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 19 April 1764 1764-04-19 Why my good Man, thou hast the curiosity of a Girl. Who could have believed that only a slight...
5 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 9 May 1764 1764-05-09 Welcome, Welcome thrice welcome is Lysander to Braintree, but ten times more so would he be at...
6 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 4 October 1764 1764-10-04 I am much obliged to you for the care you have taken about help. I am very willing to submit to...
7 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 12 September 1763 1763-09-12 You was pleas’d to say that the receipt of a letter from your Diana always gave you pleasure....
8 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 October 1774 1774-10-16 I dare not express to you at 300 hundred miles distance how ardently I long for your return. I...
9 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 7 April 1764 1764-04-07 How do you now? For my part, I feel much easier than I did an hour ago, My Unkle haveing given me...
10 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 13 September 1767 1767-09-13 The Doctor talks of Setting out tomorrow for New Braintree. I did not know but that he might...
11 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 15 August 1774 1774-08-15 I know not where this will find you whether upon the road, or at Phylidelphia, but where-ever it...
12 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 8 April 1764 1764-04-08 If our wishes could have conveyed you to us, you would not have been absent to Day. Mr. Cranch...
13 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 12 April 1764 1764-04-12 Here am I all alone, in my Chamber, a mere Nun I assure you, after professing myself thus will it...
14 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 2 September 1774 1774-09-02 I am very impatient to receive a letter from you. You indulged me so much in that Way in your...
15 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 16 April 1764 1764-04-16 I think I write to you every Day. Shall not I make my Letters very cheep; don’t you light your...
16 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 30 April 1764 1764-04-30 Your Friendly Epistle reach’d me a fryday morning, it came like an Infernal Mesenger, thro fire...
17 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 4 May 1764 1764-05-04 Your desire that I would write every Opportunity is punctually observed by me, And I comply with...
18 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 13 October 1764 1764-10-13 When I wrote you by the Doctor I was in hopes that I should have been out the next day, but my...
19 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 22 September 1774 1774-09-22 I have just returnd from a visit to my Brother, with my Father who carried me there the day...
20 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Smith to John Adams, 11 August 1763 1763-08-11 If I was sure your absence to day was occasioned, by what it generally is, either to wait upon...
21 Adams, Abigail Adams, John Abigail Adams to John Adams, 19 August 1774 1774-08-19 The great distance between us, makes the time appear very long to me. It seems already a month...
22 Adams, Abigail Cranch, Mary Smith Abigail and John Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 12 January … 1767-01-12 Mr. Etter was so good as to come this morning and inform me that his Sons would go to Salem...
23 Adams, Abigail Smith, Isaac Jr. Abigail and John Adams to Isaac Smith Jr., 4 January … 1770-01-04 I Congratulate you upon the fine weather we have had since your absence; if it has been as...
24 Adams, Deacon John Will of Deacon John Adams, with Comments by His Son … 1760-01-08 In the Name of God Amen. The Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven...
25 Adams, John 1772. Novr. 21. 1772-11-21 Next Tuesday I shall remove my Family to Boston, after residing in Braintree about 19 Months. I...
26 Adams, John Tudor, William From John Adams to William Tudor, 28 August 1774 1774-08-28 I received your obliging Letter at New York, and it was peculiarly acceptable to me and my...
27 Adams, John Wednesday. May 22. 1771. 1771-05-22 At Plymouth. Put up at Wetheralls, near the County House—lodged with Mr. Angier, where we had a...
28 Adams, John [December 1773] 1773-12-17 Last Night 3 Cargoes of Bohea Tea were emptied into the Sea. This Morning a Man of War sails....
29 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Argument: Essex Superior Court … 1766-11-01 Gridley. Marriage is of the Law of Nations. Justinian extends it, even to the Brutes. The Court...
30 Adams, John 1771. Saturday June 1st. 1771-06-01 Spent the Day at Worcester in Riding about with Mr. Putnam to see his Farm. He does what he...
31 Adams, John November 5th. 1762. 1762-11-05 The Cause of Jeffries Town Treasurer of Boston and Sewal and Edwards and several others being...
32 Adams, John [March 1774] 1774-03-02 Last evening at Wheelwrights, with Cushing, Pemberton and Swift. Lt. Govr. Oliver, senseless, and...
33 Adams, John 1774. Septr. 12. Monday. 1774-09-12 Attended my Duty on the Committee, untill one O Clock, and then went with my Colleagues and...
34 Adams, John 1774 Tuesday. Octr. 4. 1774-10-04 Dined with Mr. Alexander Wilcox, with all the Delegates from N. York, and several other...
35 Adams, John 26 Thurdsday. 1756-02-26 Fair cold morning. An extream cold Day.
36 Adams, John 1761. Friday [6] Feby. 1761-02-06 I have now almost finished the first book of Peter Lancelotts Institute, which first Book is...
37 Adams, John [March 1756] 1756-03-01 Wrote out Bolingbrokes reflections on Exile. For JA ’s lifelong study of, and his extensive...
38 Adams, John 16 Tuesday. 1756-03-16 Sat out for Uxbridge, arrived about 12, dined. Rode to Aldridges after Mr. Webb, and brought him...
39 Adams, John 6 Tuesday. 1756-04-06 A fair Day. Drank Tea at Coll. Chandlers, and fixt a Letter for Cushing, Wentworth, Dalton, Lock...
40 Adams, John April 5th. 1754. 1754-04-05 The theory of the Ballance, scales, steel-yard &c. and all and the 3 species of lever’s continued...
41 Adams, John June 25. 1770. Boston. 1770-06-25 Blowers . In the Reign of Richard the 2d. or Henry 6th. you may find Precedents for any Thing....
42 Adams, John 20 Saturday. 1756-03-20 After breakfast, rode to my Uncle Hunts, dined there, came Home, went to see my Aunt Owen, drank...
43 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Argument: Court of Vice … 1773-04-01 Blowers. Libel, claim, 15 Car. 2, c. 7, §.6. Hillman, and Cato. Certificates. Goods claimed,...
44 Adams, John 10 Saturday. 1756-04-10 A raw cold day. The man to whom Nature has given a great and Surprizing Genius, will perform...
45 Adams, John [December 1765] 1765-12-18 How great is my Loss, in neglecting to keep a regular Journal, through the last Spring, Summer,...
46 Adams, John Quincy, Samuel From John Adams to Samuel Quincy, October – November … 1758-10-01 Braintree, October–November? 1758. Printed: JA, Earliest Diary The Earliest Diary of John Adams ,...
47 Adams, John Aug. 11th. 1769. Fryday. 1769-08-11 Mr. Tudor came, for the first Time and attended the Office, all Day, and paid me £10 St.—In the...
48 Adams, John [21] July 1766. 1766-07-21 Monday after Commencement. Last Saturday, I accidentally found a curious Volume, which Oaks...
49 Adams, John 15 Fryday. 1753-06-15 At Colledge, a Clear, warm morning, and so Continued.
50 Adams, John Quincy, Josiah From John Adams to Josiah Quincy, 17 May 1759 1759-05-17 Braintree, post 17 May 1759. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...