1191From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 4 March 1809 (Adams Papers)
If I could dream as much Wit as you, I think I should wish to go to Sleep for the rest of my...
1192From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 31 December 1813 (Adams Papers)
“That old Vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he’s dead” was Said of Dr Swift. I say,...
1193From John Adams to John Adams Smith, 11 October 1816 (Adams Papers)
I have a great Mind, to rattle with you in your own Way, in your Letter of July 18th— Do you know...
1194From John Adams to Seth Sprague, 26 October 1812 (Adams Papers)
I have received the polite and obliging Letter, you did me the honour to write me, on the twenty...
1195From John Adams to Richard Rush, 11 December 1814 (Adams Papers)
I have much pleasure in introducing to you Francis C. Gray Esqr a Son of our late Lt. Governor....
1196From John Adams to James Maury, 28 November 1815 (Adams Papers)
It is a long time, that I have owed you many thanks, for your civil attention in sending me...
1197From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 24 June 1812 (Adams Papers)
The Decadency of Government is obvious, through the World and it is to be feared the cause of it...
1198From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 3 November 1809 (Adams Papers)
The black cloud that hung over the whole of the seven provinces; the solemn gloom that pervaded...
1199From John Adams to John Taylor, 17 December 1814 (Adams Papers)
In your fifth page You Say “Mr. Adams calls our Attention to hundreds of wise and virtuous...
1200From John Adams to Jedidiah Morse, 5 December 1815 (Adams Papers)
If such was the Spirit of the English Church in America, and especially in Virginia before the...