1To John Adams from Richard Cranch Norton, 7 April 1812 (Adams Papers)
I have received your very obliging favor of the 20th. ult. The excellent advice it contains in regard to my professional studies will not soon be forgotten. Of the peculiar advantages which I possess for obtaining legal knowledge I am fully sensible, nor do I suffer them to pass unimproved. I have made a point of attending the Supreme Court as often as possible during its sessions. More...
2To John Adams from Richard Cranch Norton, 5 March 1812 (Adams Papers)
When I called upon you, the evening before I left Quincy for this place, you did me the honor to request that I would, on my arrival, write to you & inform you what reception I met with from the gentleman to whom you had the goodness to give me letters of introduction; & whether there was a probability that my brother Edward would obtain the commission for which, under your patronage, he has...
I have received your kind letter dated Feby. 11th. and feel the warmest gratitude for your tender sympathy with me in my affliction. I am sure there is nothing so consoling to a heart wounded by grief, as the thought that others sympathize with us in our sorrows. You, my dear Aunt, knew my mother, and you knew how dearly and how deservedly she was loved by her family, her connexions and all...