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...
The very sudden change of the weather last Sabbath, when I was in a high state of persperation;...
21From 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...
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...
My Dear Sister, has I presume written, & given you some account of the Situation of our...
Though the Season has returned when the genial warmth of the Sun, invigorated our chilled Blood,...
By your Letter I was glad to find it was only the agitation occasioned by extraordinary, &...
Often in this Vale of Tears, My Dear Nephew, & Niece, are we called to sympathize with each...
35From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, March 1812 (Adams Papers)
I have been for several Days waiting, & hoping I should find leisure to write to my Dear Sister,...
The human Pores have been so long obstructed by the late severe Season, & peircing winds of...
37From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, 5 May 1812 (Adams Papers)
The Calender informs me it is the month of May, my Dear Sister—I should not suppose it, by the...
I have the pleasure to inform you, that your dear Grandchildren reached here Friday noon, safe, &...
I received your letter yesterday, which informed me of yours, & Mrs Smith’s intended visit, & am...
Yesterdays mail conveyed me your kind Letter, which convinced me you had experienced those solid...
I hope my dear Sister, & family are well, though I have not heard from her for three last...
Has not this long term of rainy weather made you sick? it has almost every body arround us—& I...
It is two years this month, through the Blessing of Heaven, since I have been prevented by...
Every Day, & Week since my return, I have thought I would devote some time to write to my Dear...
It is a sad misfortune to dear Connections when their Friends do not love to write—Some I know...
Your kind Letters of Feb. 15th & March 31st lie before me, in which I find are several things...
By Mrs Welsh, who spent the afternoon with us, I was informed that Your dear Grandson was going...
Your long silence (My Dear Sister) made me fear that you, or some of your family were sick—I was...
You know my Dear Sister, that my Heart is ever prone “to rejoice with those who rejoice, as well...
your good grandchildren are just gone to repose in the arms of sweet Sleep, soothed by the...