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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 26 December 1797 | 1797-12-26 | I received by the last post your kind Letter and the Poem of Mrs Mortens which the President had... |
2 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 23 January 1798 | 1798-01-23 | Your kind attention to my last emboldens me again to interrupt your more important pursuits, &... |
3 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 20 March 1798 | 1798-03-20 | I received your Letter of Jan’ry 23 d and was gratified to find your Hand writing improving. I... |
4 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 2 April 1798 | 1798-04-02 | Some lover of your nephews happiness, last thursday added something to the fragment of life, by... |
5 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 20 May 1798 | 1798-05-20 | Saturday April 21 st , I received yours of the 9 th . I wrote to you the 1 st of April in answer... |
6 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 2 June 1798 | 1798-06-02 | I have duly received all your Letters, and thank you for them. your last of May 20 came on the... |
7 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 20 July 1798 | 1798-07-20 | O how happy should I be, were I to sit down to write you of my dear sisters better health, but... |
8 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 18 November 1798 | 1798-11-18 | when this reaches you I presume you will have arivd to the end of your journey, and have taken... |
9 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 25 November 1798 | 1798-11-25 | I have a thousand things to tell you and but a few minutes to write. We arrived in this city... |
10 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 9 December 1798 | 1798-12-09 | Last Evening was marrid at the Seat of the President of the united states, by the Revd mr Weld mr... |
11 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 12 December 1798 | 1798-12-12 | The president received two letters the latest dated 3 d of Dec from you last Evening with a... |
12 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 14 December 1798 | 1798-12-14 | I received this week as many packets by the Mail as a minister of state. they however containd... |
13 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 16 December 1798 | 1798-12-16 | I received your letter of Dec 9 th , with all that pleasure and satisfaction, which, the news of... |
14 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 18 December 1798 | 1798-12-18 | I have long been wishing to find time to give my aunt a history of the visit of Dr. Logan to the... |
15 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 20 December 1798 | 1798-12-20 | you are very good dear William in your attentions towards me, and I receive the papers regularly... |
16 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 20 December 1798 | 1798-12-20 | Notwithstanding my arms are so stiff, that I can scarcely move them, occasioned by cutting venson... |
17 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 23 December 1798 | 1798-12-23 | I was much obliged to you for sending me the answer to Barlows Letter. our Printers in Boston are... |
18 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 28 December 1798 | 1798-12-28 | Not a single letter have we received from you since Monday. Uncle sighs and says, I wish Aunt... |
19 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 30 December 1798 | 1798-12-30 | ’Though I have been writing a very long letter, to my wild, random, laughter loving Walter and... |
20 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 3 January 1799 | 1799-01-03 | Rejoice o young Man in thy youth, and let thy Heart Cheer thee. this is the language of Soloman.... |
21 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 6 January 1799 | 1799-01-06 | I received yesterday mor’g by Plimouth stage, your Letter of 28th december, together with the... |
22 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 January 1799 | 1799-01-06 | I have seldom known it to be colder at the Eastward than it is here at present. Although I have a... |
23 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 14 January 1799 | 1799-01-14 | your Aunt Cranch received a Letter from your Mother of Jan ry 1st in which she makes mention of... |
24 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 15 January 1799 | 1799-01-15 | I have received your letters of Jan. 3 d & 6 th with all that pleasure & gratitude which so much... |
25 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 16 January 1799 | 1799-01-16 | I received yesterday your Letter of Jan’ry 6th, with the News papers to the 7th Clapole excepted;... |
26 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 21 January 1799 | 1799-01-21 | I am almost dead with a horrid cold and fear that before I shall half finish this letter I shall... |
27 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 25 January 1799 | 1799-01-25 | I thank you my dear Nephew for your last agreable Letter. you have too sensible and feeling a... |
28 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 2 February 1799 | 1799-02-02 | Is there no method my child you can persue to escape the constant colds to which you are subject... |
29 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 5 February 1799 | 1799-02-05 | There is a class of men in this country, possessing some public confidence, but entirely... |
30 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 9 February 1799 | 1799-02-09 | Yours of the 2 d of Feb. I received this morning— The president says he cannot blame you for not... |
31 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 11 February 1799 | 1799-02-11 | With this I send you two more copies of the dispatches— A defence of the Alien & sedition bills... |
32 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 16 February 1799 | 1799-02-16 | I have just received your letter of the 8 th of Feb. and feel grieved to find you in so low... |
33 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 21 February 1799 | 1799-02-21 | I have to acknowledge the receipt of three Letters from you since my last. your punctuality and... |
34 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 26 February 1799 | 1799-02-26 | I received your letter of the 14 th of Feb. yesterday— I enclosed to you this morning Browns... |
35 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 1 March … | 1799-03-01 | I am now and then regaled with a few words from your store house, spread over as many lines ,... |
36 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Shaw, William Smith | Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith Shaw, 20 … | 1799-03-20 | I have received two letters from you, & suppose you wonder that you have not heard from me much... |
37 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 21 May … | 1799-05-21 | Your friendly & excellent letters of the 1 st: & 10 inst t: have reached me at this place, where... |
38 | Shaw, William Smith | Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. | From William Smith Shaw to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 5 June … | 1799-06-05 | I have the honor to enclose to you, by the direction of the President, a letter from General... |
39 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 29 June … | 1799-06-29 | I am favored with your’s of the 23 d: inst t: and the enclosures—one of which is herewith... |
40 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 8 July … | 1799-07-08 | Your’s of the 2 d: is in hand, with the enclosures, which receive thanks. I am sorry you dislike... |
41 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 14 July … | 1799-07-14 | If it be only to thank you for your favor of the 7 th: I will devote an minute previous to the... |
42 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 29 July … | 1799-07-29 | The 26 th: inst t: brought me yours of the 18 th: & the 28 th: that of the 21 st: with... |
43 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 23 August … | 1799-08-23 | I received your agreeable birth day tribute the day following the date of my last; since then the... |
44 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 30 August … | 1799-08-30 | I enclose, as directed, under cover to you, the Summary statement of services rendered at an... |
45 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 8 … | 1799-09-08 | I have your favor of the 31 st: ult o: with an enclosure for R. Peters Jun r: which shall be... |
46 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 22 … | 1799-09-22 | I received your obliging & copious communication of the 13 th: and render thanks for the trouble... |
47 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 October 1799 | 1799-10-06 | We arrived at this place last evening about seven Oclock, where we have found most excellent... |
48 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 12 October 1799 | 1799-10-12 | After quite an agreeable journey we arrived at this place on the 10 th inst. where we have found... |
49 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 13 October … | 1799-10-13 | I must beg you to congratulate the President & yourself from me, on your safe arrival in our... |
50 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Shaw, William Smith | Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 23 October … | 1799-10-23 | I have yet to reply to your favors of the 15 th: & 21 st: inst ts: the latter of which with the... |