241To John Adams from Henry Bromfield, Jr., 13 April 1792 (Adams Papers)
At the Request of our mutual Friend Mr. Copley I have shiped on board the Polly, Capt. Reed for Philadelphia a Case directed for you containing two Prints of his Earl of Chatham—It is accompanied with a Letter from him & a Bill Lading under this Enclosure— With them I beg Leave to present my sincere Respects to yourself & Mrs. Adams, and shall be happy in ev’ry Opportunity that my Situation...
242To John Adams from C. D. P. Olympe, 4 November 1793 (Adams Papers)
je vous prie mon cher adams, de me retirer Expedition en regle pour Pays etrangers, de mon acte de naturalisation et de me L’envoyer par Le Porteur; vous obligerés Votre affectionné serviteur MHi : Adams Papers.
243To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 20 March 1795 (Adams Papers)
By reason of your unexpected return you have missed receiving, a Letter which I wrote to you when I supposed you to have been at Phila; In it I told you that I was waiting for Mr Chas Thomson’s answer to your Inquiry & as soon as I should receive it, would draw up something & submit it to your Inspection. Will you be so good as to tell me whether you have recd any answer from him, or whether...
244To John Adams from John Trumbull, 20 March 1791 (Adams Papers)
I have just been reading the Philippic of Edmund Burke against the Revolution Society in London, & the National Assembly in France. It has started a crowd of ideas in my mind, of whose propriety no one can so well judge as yourself. This work presents itself in two points of view—as the declamation of the first of English Orators, & as the result of the collected wisdom of an old & experienced...
245From John Adams to Samuel Allyne Otis, 28 March 1791 (Adams Papers)
I believe you may with propriety deliver to Mr Macpherson all his Papers except the Petition which was read in Senate, and a Copy of that if he desires it. I am Sir, with great regard / your most obedient OFH .
246To John Adams from Elbridge Gerry, 30 January 1793 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Gerry presents his respectful compliments to the President of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Massachusetts & incloses him a letter from Mr. Carmichael Chargé des Affairs at the Court of Madrid, part of which was by him intended to be communicated to the Academy. MHi : Adams Papers.
247To John Adams from Samuel Meredith, 5 February 1796 (Adams Papers)
My Account of Receipts and Expenditures in the War Department for the quarter ending the 31st. of Decemr. last, having passed the Offices, permit me through you to lay it before the Honorable the Senate.— My Treasury account of the same date is now ready for Settlement. When compleated, I shall take the earliest Opportunity of laying it also before you. I am sir / Your very humble Servant DNA...
248To John Adams from Peter Whitney, 20 May 1794 (Adams Papers)
I have taken the liberty of dedicating a history of the County of Worcester to You. You will please to accept a Volume of the work. Though not personally known to your honor, you will do me the favor to believe that I have a Sincere respect for, & high esteem of, you; & permit me to add, that I am, Dear Sir, Your most obedient / & most humble servt. MHi : Adams Papers.
249To John Adams from James Gunn, 24 February 1796 (Adams Papers)
The enclosed letter to our friend Judge Walton, will give you the State of things in the State of Georgia for the present year. It is a private communication from a very respectable Gentl.—I will thank you to return it in the morning.— I am Dr. Sir / with great respect & Esteem / your Obd. Svt. MHi : Adams Papers.
250To John Adams from Oliver Ellsworth, 3 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Ellsworth wishes to be informed by the Vice President whether when he has been quallified as such, any other oath has been administered to him than the general one vizt. “J. A—I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States—”? And if any other what has it been, and by what law prescribed? MHi : Adams Papers.