1From John Adams to John Farrar, 4 June 1813 (Adams Papers)
Your Letter of May 17th, notifying a Meeting of The Accademy on the 20th. did not arrive till the 21st. The other Letter with which you honoured me, Subsequent to the last Meeting of The American Accademy of Arts and Sciences, has Sensibly affected me. An Election to the Chair of that learned and Reverend and Honourable and every Way respectable Society, I have ever esteemed, the highest...
2From John Adams to John Farrar, 29 May 1812 (Adams Papers)
I received last night by the Quincy Stage, the honour of your Letter of the 27th. of this month; and am very sorry you have had so much trouble on the occasion. If on any future occurrence you should wish to convey a line to me, if you put it in the general Post office in Cambridge or Boston, it will arrive to my hand with great certainty in two days Accidents and sickness, and a general...