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...