2171From Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, 2 December 1812 (Adams Papers)
Your letters No. 32. Dup: and 33 Origl were received on the 21st: ultimo: I have also received your No 30. of the 24th of May, I believe, but the Letter not being before me, I will not vouch for the date. Your No 31. is yet wanting to complete my series. I have been very unfortunate in the fate of my letters to you, during the last year. They have been taken by the Enemy or sunk by my order in...
2172From Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, 7 April 1811 (Adams Papers)
The departure of the Ship Horace, the same in which you sailed, for St Petersburg, was as sudden as her actual destination was unexpected to me. She has gone again to Russia, within a few days, and I was in the belief that she was bound to France. Mr Gray wrote by her, but I do not know of any other letters for you on board. I had written a short letter to you, but a little time since and I...
2173From Thomas Boylston Adams to William Sullivan, 6 May 1809 (Adams Papers)
Mr: Thomas Greenleaf, who read law in my Office, for the space of Two years and nine months, and who is now under your professional guidance and direction, pursued, while with me, as near as I recollect, the following course of study. Viz: Robertson’s History of Ch: 5th: 1 Vol: Blackstone’s Commentaries Cook Litt: Wood’s Institute—Woodeson’s lectures—Espinasse N P. Fearne on Remainders &...
2174From Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, 15 April 1810 (Adams Papers)
I enclose you two advertisements, which will thank you to have printed in the Palladium of Tuesday, and the Patriot of Wednesday; and if you think best, in the Centinel also. I have referred enquirers to you, and perhaps you would obtain Mr Sigourneys consent to leave the Key of the house in Nassau Street, with him. I am very sick to day, and expect to be bled when the Dr: arrives—I have had...
2175From Thomas Boylston Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, 10 February 1815 (Adams Papers)
We availed ourselves of the good Sleighing to visit our friends here, and it would have given us much pleasure to extend our ride to Atkinson, but as we can allow ourselves only this day, in Town we must deny ourselves the gratification of a personal interview. My wife & two of our children came with me from Quincy yesterday, in a Single Sleigh; we left our friends in usual health, and we...
2176From Thomas Boylston Adams to William Meredith, 3 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
Your very highly esteemed favour of the 25th: ult: came to hand this day. An acquisition of such value, demands a prompt acknowledgment, and I avail myself of a slight indisposition, as a plausible excuse for absenting myself from Church, that I may have the pleasure of once more communing with you. It was at the instance of my Brother, that I transmitted to you a set of the Lectures, of which...
2177To James Madison from William B. Adams, 18 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Lieut. Reuben Humphrys, late of the 13th. Regt. U. S. Inf. being desirous to be retained in the Service, on the peace establishment—It is with peculiar pleasure that I avail myself of the opportunity to present this open testimonial of the merits of Lieut. Humphreys. I have Known Lt. Humphreys during the greater part of the War, and have ever found him to be the vigilant and attentive officer,...
2178To James Madison from Thomas Aderton, [ca. 15 December] 1813 (Madison Papers)
The Petition of Thomas Aderton Commander of the private armed Brig call’d the Saratoga. Your Petitioner for himself and on behalf of the Owners, officers & Crew of the said private armed American Brig Saratoga, respectfully represents, that he arrived at the Port of Wilmington North Carolina on the 26th. day of November 1813. with a quantity of goods &c taken on the high seas from several...
2179John Adlum to Thomas Jefferson, 15 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
your favour of the 7 th of October came duly to hand, and I would have answered it sooner to let you know that I would send you the cuttings desired, but I wished, with the answer to send you a bottle of wine made a few days before, the receipt of your letter. After it was done fermenting I racked it off and I thought it rather tart, and having read in the memoirs of the Philad a Agriculture...
2180John Adlum to Thomas Jefferson, 27 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I did not receive your favour of the 16 th U lt untill yesterday. I now reside in the neighbourhood of this Town, and have lived here near two years, I heard by accident of your letter being in the Post office of Havre degrace , and wrote to the Post master for it, it was very neglectful of him not to forward it to me, as he knew I resided in this vicinity, As I suppose the person to whom I...