11To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 18 January 1790 (Adams Papers)
We may at Length congratulate each other on well founded Expectations of a speedy Adoption of the Constitution by this State. Agreably to the Information in my last, Our Gen l. Assembly sat at Providence the last Week. The Opposers were to a Man upon the Ground except one sick. The Town of Warwick having four Members, had heretofore a heavy Majority against Us, and had instructed against a...
12To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 19 December 1789 (Adams Papers)
Yours of the 17 th. of Sep r. I have been honored with.— I truly esteem myself so by every Mark of Your Attention— Your unexpected Visit to Boston prevented an Answer sooner— My Concern as a Friend to my Country is awakened at the Account You give of some disagreable Symptoms attending Your Breast upon close attention, and in publick speaking. How we can spare You from the first I scarce can...
13To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 29 August 1789 (Adams Papers)
Yours of the 18 th. just came to hand— M r. Jackson was in town some time past— I was attending a Court in the Country and lost the Pleasure of seeing Him— He left word with a Friend of mine that He wished to see me as he had a verbal Message from You to me— I learn the Heat has been excessive at the Southward and fatal to many— Your confined Situation requires an Attention to your Health,...
14To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 16 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
I have yet to acknowledge Your Politeness and Kindness in ranking me in the List of your Friends by your Letter of Invitation to an epistolary Correspondence previous to your embarking for Europe. It was truly flattering to my Pride. My leaving Congress, and being much out of the Circle of Information, whereby I might in some little Measure have repaid those Obligations which your Letters must...