To tell you that I am exceedingly grieved , to hear that you have been very sick, would be to...
It would be impossible for me to tell you how disappointed, grieved, vexed, & everything, I was,...
By last Friday mail, I received your very excellent Letter, wherein you observe, it was thought a...
I am rejoiced to hear that you, & my niece got home safe. Such little excursions are really...
I am going to Quincy with your Sister this forenoon—& shall be in Town on monday A—M—to attend Mr...
I was very sorry to leave Boston without seeing, or even informing you, I was going—But I had...
I have been hoping every day since since I got home, that I should have more leisure tomorrow ,...
I scarcely know when was the last time that I wrote to my Dear Sister, but this I can fully...
A Day since I saw Mrs Harrod & she informed me that you had thoughts of making us a visit, & to...
10From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith Shaw, 2 June 1810 (Adams Papers)
your good Aunt Adams has made us a most agreeable visit—I wish you could accompanied her—She says...
I this Day by the Mail received your kind letter, & am happy to hear you got Home, with your...
By yesterday mail I received your kind letter. It is indeed a great while since we have heard...
Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I...
I know that my Dear Sister, will rejoice to hear that the kind Healer of the sick, has again...
When you were here, I lent a great Coat, a small one—to Mrs Harrod, to keep of the rain, which...
The Time since I have written to you, I acknowledge is too long for One, whose Heart is deeply...
My Dear Sisters, interesting Letters conveyed by the Mail, were gratefully received by their...
I thank you My Dear, & revered Brother & Sister, for your repeated attentions to me, & mine. The...
I have but just received your very Sisterly Letter, by Mrs Adams, handed me this morning. I...
20From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Richard Cranch, June 1811 (Adams Papers)
To receive a Letter from you My Dear Brother, & to be assured that a beloved Sister is recovering...
The very sudden change of the weather last Sabbath, when I was in a high state of persperation;...
I hope my Dear Sister’s Fibres are not so relaxed by the late intense heat of the weather, as not...
Your Letter my Dear Sister, received a week since, flattered me with the pleasing Prospect of our...
Last Tuesday the Horn blew to announce the Departure of the Mail an Hour sooner than the usual...
Company, unexpected, & avocations unavoidable, have for several Days occupied my whole Time, &...
I received your kind Letters yesterday by mail, & though I ought soon to have expected such an...
My dearly beloved, & only Sister, for the “threefold silken Cord is broken ” To what an unusual...
The excellent Sermon you sent, me was indeed “a cordial to my Heart—” I thank Mr Whitney for the...
At the arrival of the last Mail, I thought I could hear my dear Sister say, “Is there no Letters...
I hope my Dear Sister, will excuse all my bad writing, & every inaccuracy which weekly presents...