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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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51 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, Abigail | Benjamin Rush to Abigail Adams, 15 August 1778 | 1778-08-15 | I set down with great pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Mr. Adams dated... |
52 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 13 June 1795 | 1795-06-13 | I should be unpardonable if I neglected this Opportunity of writing to you by a private hand, &... |
53 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 September 1774 | 1774-09-14 | I have written but once to you since I left you. This is to be imputed to a Variety of Causes,... |
54 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 21 March 1780 | 1780-03-21 | I most sincerely rejoice with you on the safe Arrival of Mr. Adams in Spain after so short a... |
55 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 April 1777 | 1777-04-03 | As you seem so inquisitive about Politicks, I will indulge you so far (indulge, I say, observe... |
56 | Black, Esther Duncan | Adams, Abigail | Esther Duncan Black to Abigail Adams, 7 May 1798 | 1798-05-07 | I am unable to find language to express my Gratitude and thankfullness to you—for your maternal... |
57 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams, 9 March … | 1803-03-09 | I hear by Dr Tufts that our Medford Farm will be greatly injured by the middlesex Canal being cut... |
58 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 September 1783 | 1783-09-01 | I have not received my Letters of Recall from Holland and therefore must disappoint you and my... |
59 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 March 1788 | 1788-03-04 | After a Passage of two days, against contrary Winds, and a terrible Jolt through the Mud, from... |
60 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 February 1794 | 1794-02-04 | The Mail of Yesterday brought me, a rich Treasure in your kind Letters of the 18. 24 and 25 th of... |
61 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 April 1777 | 1777-04-08 | Yours of 26 March came by this days Post. Am happy to hear you have received so many Letters from... |
62 | Cabot, George | Adams, Abigail | George Cabot to Abigail Adams, 11 May 1798 | 1798-05-11 | I feel too sensibly the obligations you have laid me under by the letters you had the goodness to... |
63 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 September 1783 | 1783-09-10 | We have received from Congress a Resolution by which We are to be impowered to negotiate a Treaty... |
64 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 March 1788 | 1788-03-11 | I have past through the Ceremonies of taking Leave of the States General, the Prince and Princess... |
65 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 February 1796 | 1796-02-06 | You Say you have no desire to be the first, and I cannot say that it is desirable: but according... |
66 | Dalton, Ruth | Adams, Abigail | Ruth Dalton to Abigail Adams, 14 January 1797 | 1797-01-14 | Your kind letter should not have lain so long unanswered had I not impatiently waited for the... |
67 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 February 1796 | 1796-02-08 | It is monday, the Time to expect the Eastern mail other Men have Letters— I have none— humiliated... |
68 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 25 July 1773 | 1773-07-25 | I shall pass over in silence the Complementary introduction to your Letter, not because these... |
69 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 January 1797 | 1797-01-18 | I rec d , Yesterday by the Post, the inclosed Letter, which excites a hope of more by the Same... |
70 | Welsh, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Welsh to Abigail Adams, 16 June 1797 | 1797-06-16 | Your’s of the 6 th Instant I received yesterday together with the Extracts from Bache’s Paper... |
71 | Adams, Charles | Adams, Abigail | Charles Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 August 1792 | 1792-08-15 | After a very fatiguing and a very anxious jaunt, I have returned from Albany with my Certificate... |
72 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 16 December 1798 | 1798-12-16 | I received your letter of Dec 9 th , with all that pleasure and satisfaction, which, the news of... |
73 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 10 June 1783 | 1783-06-10 | It would give me great Satisfaction to have it in my power to reply to any Letter from you since... |
74 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, Abigail | Benjamin Rush to Abigail Adams, 19 December 1798 | 1798-12-19 | I have just returned from spending an agreeable hour with your best Friend. In the Course of our... |
75 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 February 1779 | 1779-02-13 | Yours of 15 Decr. was sent me Yesterday by the Marquiss whose Praises are celebrated in all the... |
76 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 13 June 1804 | 1804-06-13 | The affectionate sentiments which you have had the goodness to express in your letter of May 20.... |
77 | Dalton, Ruth Hooper | Adams, Abigail | Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail Adams, 20 March 1798 | 1798-03-20 | To hear of your health and happiness my dear Madam is always pleasing to me when ever you can... |
78 | Cranch, Elizabeth | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Cranch to Abigail Adams, 7 January 1787 | 1787-01-07 | I have not wrote you my dear Aunt for a long time, much too long I confess; and even now those... |
79 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 28 February 1782 | 1782-02-28 | “Mr. Lovell, do let me entreat you, this thirtieth time, to write a few Lines to Mrs. Adams. Are... |
80 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 10 January 1787 | 1787-01-10 | There is another vessel up which will sail soon. What I may have omited by this I shall write by... |
81 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 14 November 1778 | 1778-11-14 | Having a good Opportunity, I now forward those Things which were left at York Town by your worthy... |
82 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 May 1796 | 1796-05-05 | I received a few days ago your favour of Feb y: 29. which was doubly grateful to me, as it was... |
83 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 18 June 1780 | 1780-06-18 | About a fortnight since Mr. Hutchinson, formerly Governor of the Massachusetts Bay, dropped down... |
84 | Hughes, Hugh | Adams, Abigail | Hugh Hughes to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1781 | 1781-07-01 | I am honoured with your very polite Favour of the 10th of June, which arrived in my Absence.—No... |
85 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1793 | 1793-02-27 | I am so anxious for your health, Since you inform’d me of the return of your Intermittent, that I... |
86 | Warren, James | Adams, Abigail | James Warren to Abigail Adams, 2 June 1778 | 1778-06-02 | A Vessel is designed for France in two or three days which will be A very good Opportunity for A... |
87 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 February 1795 | 1795-02-10 | I was not disappointed Yesterday, for the Post brought me your Letter of January. and I was... |
88 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 May 1777 | 1777-05-24 | We have an Army in the Jersies, so respectable that We seem to be under no Apprehensions at... |
89 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 26 March 1784 | 1784-03-26 | The Roads have been so bad for several Weeks past, that there has been but little travelling, and... |
90 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 14 May 1781 | 1781-05-14 | By a Letter of the 1st., this Moment received, I find that my amiable and respected Friend is... |
91 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 February 1777 | 1777-02-20 | This Morning I received yours of the 26th. Ult. It is the first I have received from you, and... |
92 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 December 1795 | 1795-12-21 | My old Acquaintance M r Walton, who Served in Congress, with me in 1776 and 1777 is returned a... |
93 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 17 April 1764 | 1764-04-17 | Yours of April 15th. this moment received. I thank You for it—and for your offer of Milk, but We... |
94 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 21 January 1799 | 1799-01-21 | I am almost dead with a horrid cold and fear that before I shall half finish this letter I shall... |
95 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 6 August 1779 | 1779-08-06 | Beneath the shady Forrest of Ele River, while my Best Friend has walked towards the Fertile... |
96 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 October 1799 | 1799-10-27 | I have rec d yours of 24 th and thank you for your relation of our little domestic affairs at... |
97 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 December 1796 | 1796-12-07 | I have rec d your Letter of the cold Sunday on which I wrote you one from Stratford. In N. York... |
98 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 20 November 1785 | 1785-11-20 | I have been honoured with your two letters of Octob. 19. and 25. by Mr. Fox and Doctor Rodgers... |
99 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 16 October 1791 | 1791-10-16 | I wrote you last Sunday by Doctor Welsh & your son who were here & sent it to new-york where you... |
100 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 26 April 1764 | 1764-04-26 | Many have been the particular Reasons against my Writing for several days past, but one general... |