1Sarah Smith Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 January 1802 (Adams Papers)
Yours of the 10 th Instant was presented this morning— I am happy you again experience the Utility of the pen— I began to apprehend you had Imbibed an aversion to the little Implement—which I own was a source of regret to me for I am one of those beings who delight in the sweets of participation—and experience a peculiar pleasure in haveing my friends attached—to whatever I feel a partiallity...
2Sarah Smith Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 October 1801 (Adams Papers)
I do not know why it is thus—but I am dissatisfied with myself untill I acknowledge your tender remembrance— Your sentiments are so consonant with my Ideas of resigned sensibility—so replete with that tenderness which has ever been displayed in all your actions— that I view it as a duty to emulate what I admire and approve— If nature has been partial in the distribution of her favores—and...