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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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51 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, Abigail | Cotton Tufts to Abigail Smith, 19 April 1764 | 1764-04-19 | It was not forgetfulness, that prevented my writing. You must not ascribe to forgetfulness my not... |
52 | 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... |
53 | 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... |
54 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 4 May 1764 | 1764-05-04 | Returned from a Ramble in Town which began at 10 in the Morning. Dined with my Friend S. Adams... |
55 | 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... |
56 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 7 May 1764 | 1764-05-07 | I promised you, Sometime agone, a Catalogue of your Faults, Imperfections, Defects, or whatever... |
57 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 8 May 1764 | 1764-05-08 | This Morning received yours by Mr. Ayers. I can say nothing to the Contents at present, being... |
58 | 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... |
59 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 30 September 1764 | 1764-09-30 | I have this Evening been to see the Girl.—What Girl? Pray, what Right have you to go after... |
60 | 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... |
61 | 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... |
62 | Adams, Abigail | Green, Hannah Storer | Abigail Adams to Hannah Storer Green, 14 July 1765 | 1765-07-14 | How many months have passed away since I have either written or received a line from my Dear... |
63 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 15 July 1766 | 1766-07-15 | Tomorrow being Commencment, suppose this will not fail thro want of a conveyance. I therefore... |
64 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 6 October 1766 | 1766-10-06 | I wrote to you a week ago, and sent my Letter part of the way, but like a bad penny it returnd,... |
65 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 13 October 1766 | 1766-10-13 | I heard to Day that the Doctor had a Letter from Mr. Cranch, and that he was still very Ill, poor... |
66 | 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... |
67 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 15 January 1767 | 1767-01-15 | Your kind letter I receiv’d to day and am greatly rejoiced to hear you are all so well. I was... |
68 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 31 January 1767 | 1767-01-31 | I have just returnd from Weymouth, where I have been for a week past. It seems lonesome here, for... |
69 | 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... |
70 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1769 | 1769-06-29 | I embrace with Joy, this Opportunity of writing you. Mr. Langdon, who is to be the Bearer, was so... |
71 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1769 | 1769-07-01 | We have lived thro the Heat, and Toil, and Confusion of this Week. We have tried three of the... |
72 | 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... |
73 | Smith, Isaac Jr. | Adams, Abigail | Isaac Smith Jr. to Abigail Adams, 21 February 1771 | 1771-02-21 | Your kindness to me in a former absence, requires some acknowledgment in this. I write to you,... |
74 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, Isaac Jr. | Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Jr., 20 April 1771 | 1771-04-20 | I write you, not from the Noisy Buisy Town, but from my humble Cottage in Braintree, where I... |
75 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 September 1771 | 1771-09-17 | There is no Business here —And I presume as little at Braintree. The Pause in the English Trade,... |
76 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 1772 | ≈1772-05-01 | I take an opportunity by Mr. Kent, to let you know that I am at Plymouth, and pretty well. Shall... |
77 | Adams, Abigail | Warren, Mercy Otis | Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 16 July 1773 | 1773-07-16 | The kind reception I met with at your House, and the Hospitality with which you entertained me,... |
78 | 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... |
79 | Adams, Abigail | Warren, Mercy Otis | Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 5 December 1773 | 1773-12-05 | Do not my Worthy Friend tax me with either Breach of promise; or neglect towards you, the only... |
80 | 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... |
81 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 19 January 1774 | 1774-01-19 | I sincerely Congratulate my much Esteemed friend on the Restoration of the invaluable Blessing of... |
82 | Smith, Elizabeth (1750-1815) | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith to Abigail Adams, 8 February 1774 | 1774-02-08 | When I cast my Eyes backward; and take a general survey, of the great alterations which have been... |
83 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 February 1774 | 1774-02-24 | I was very glad to receive a Line from you, by Mr. French, tho the Account you give me of the... |
84 | Adams, Abigail | Warren, Mercy Otis | Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 27 February 1774 | 1774-02-27 | Your agreable favour of January 19 demands from me more than I am able to pay. My coin will have... |
85 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1774 | 1774-02-27 | The Confidence I have in the Candour and Friendship of Both Mr. and Mrs. Adams, together with her... |
86 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Enclosure: Poem on the Boston Tea Party, 27 February … | 1774-02-27 | Wrote at the Request of A Gentleman who described the Late Glorious Event of sacrificeing several... |
87 | Smith, Elizabeth (1750-1815) | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith to Abigail Adams, 7 March 1774 | 1774-03-07 | I had written to the Deacon before I had received Yours, wherein I have your Sanction for it, and... |
88 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1774 | 1774-05-12 | I am extreamly afflicted with the Relation your Father gave me, of the Return of your Disorder. I... |
89 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, John | Mercy Otis Warren to John and Abigail Adams, 17 May … | 1774-05-17 | Mr. Warren being prevented by many Avocations from writing this Morning, has put the pen into the... |
90 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 June 1774 | 1774-06-23 | I had a tollerable Journey hither, but my Horse trotted too hard. I miss my own Mare—however I... |
91 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 | 1774-06-29 | The Prophet of York has not prophecy’d in vain. There is in this Town and County a Laodiceanism... |
92 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 | 1774-06-29 | This is the second day of the Term at York: very little Business--very hot weather. My... |
93 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 | 1774-06-29 | I have a great Deal of Leisure, which I chiefly employ in Scribbling, that my Mind may not stand... |
94 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 June 1774 | 1774-06-30 | I have nothing to do here, but to take the Air, enquire for News, talk Politicks and write... |
95 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 June 1774 | 1774-06-30 | I have had a Curiosity to examine what could have been the Cause of Parson Lymans Affection to... |
96 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1774 | 1774-07-01 | I am so idle, that I have not an easy Moment, without my Pen in my Hand. My Time might have been... |
97 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 July 1774 | 1774-07-02 | I have concluded, to mount my Horse, tomorrow Morning at four, and ride to Wells to hear my old... |
98 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1774 | 1774-07-03 | Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Quincy and I came this Morning from York, before Breakfast, 15 Miles, in order... |
99 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 July 1774 | 1774-07-05 | I cant be easy without my Pen in my Hand, yet I know not what to write. I have this Morning heard... |
100 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1774 | 1774-07-06 | Mobs are the trite Topick of Declamation and Invective, among all the ministerial People, far and... |