1From John Adams to David Sewall, 10 October 1819 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of the 5th. has given me great pleasure off those which St Paul calls, light...
2From John Adams to David Sewall, 23 November 1819 (Adams Papers)
By your account which I believe is correct—Wentworth and Sewall are all that is left of my Class...
3From John Adams to David Sewall, 10 January 1821 (Adams Papers)
your friendly letter of December the 20th. is a Cordial to me, in my present State of retirement...
4From John Adams to David Sewall, 22 May 1821 (Adams Papers)
How do you do? as we have been friends for seventy years, and are Candidates for promotion to an...
5From John Adams to David Sewall, 30 May 1821 (Adams Papers)
I have received your kind favour of the 26th: Happy Man! profound Philosopher! Pious Christian! I...
6From John Adams to David Sewall, 4 November 1821 (Adams Papers)
Thanks for your favour of 26 Oct last Mankind seem to be children from the cradle to the grave....
7From John Adams to David Sewall, 26 November 1821 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of the 13 Nov has made me laugh and cry almost or quite like an ideot. The epitaph on...
8From John Adams to David Sewall, 14 December 1821 (Adams Papers)
yours of the Novemr. 26th. ulto. came duly to hand, and gratified me, (as all your Communications...
9From John Adams to David Sewall, 24 December 1821 (Adams Papers)
Thanks dear Sir for your favour of the 14—Let the epitaph go to oblivion with the tables In this...
10From John Adams to David Sewall, 8 February 1823 (Adams Papers)
Though I cannot, read, nor write, I can feel as sensibly as ever, a friendship of seventy years...