1Daniel Denison Rogers to Abigail Adams, 2 June 1794 (Adams Papers)
After a Number of mortifying Disapointments I am happy at last in having it in my powers to present you a Miniature Copy from an Original Portrait of M rs: R. done by M r: Copley:—it appears to be well executed and I think a very good likeness— Nothing could have been more flattering to me than the Request you were pleas’d to make of a likeness of my Angel-Wife nor anything more mortifying...