I have been haunted with the Deamon of omission, and a hundred Sprights in the garb of excuses,...
By a vessel which saild a week since, I wrote to my Son, and Grandson’s. by this I shall write...
I received your Letter of March 2d which has increased my anxiety to hear again from you, for a...
I must inclose a Note to you, to Say that this morning the mail from Utica in N york, informd me...
I received your favour of Novbr 20th and rejoiced to learn that you reachd Washington in safety...
I shall make one effort more; to convey a Letter to you, and that by sending it to Ghent, where I...
The Children Say that they have your permission to come to Town to dine with Commodore Hull—and...
I have had Such repeated melancholy tidings to communicate to you, Since your absence, and your...
109From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 4 April 1808 (Adams Papers)
It is a long time since I wrote you, or rather since I sent a Letter, for an unfinished one has...
110From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 29 June 1815 (Adams Papers)
Altho I cannot have the pleasure of acknowledging any Letter from you of a more recent date than...
I received your very kind Letter, in which you take so great interest in my health, that I am...
I have received your kind Letter of June the 7th, tho not by Mrs Perkins, for she has not yet...
Your Letter of July 9th was joyfully received by me, it was not untill your Letter arrived, that...
I hope the afflicting intelligence which you must receive from your Friends at Washington, will...
I beleive I have written you only one Letter since the commencment of the present Year, and I...
116From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 7 July 1818 (Adams Papers)
I have not yet acknowledged your favour of June 27th I go so seldom into the buisy world, that I...
I have already written to you by this vessel. her sailing haveing been delayed, I have the...
Inclosed you have a Letter, to mr Rutledge which you may if you like send to your Brother if you...
I shall begin my Letter by putting your mind at ease respecting your children, who are both very...
120From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, March 1816 (Adams Papers)
I always like to send to every one some token of remembrance by writing to each, altho, I á derth...
your Letter of Novbr 16th was an unexpected pleasure, for after yours of october the 13th, I had...
I heard of you at Providence from mr Fearno , and I was yesterday informd that the News paper...
I received two days since your Letter of Febry th 11. it containd information the most agreable...
It is a long time since I addresed a Letter to You, and a much longer since I received a Letter...
Since the 18th July, I have not received a Line from you or my Son, altho I have been in daily...
I will not let mr Ingraham depart without a few Lines to you. I have written to you Several times...
127From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 15 May 1810 (Adams Papers)
When I closed my Letter; last week to my son by captain Smith, I fully intended to have written...