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...
If all the tenderest sympathy of a most affectionate Sister, could soothe your afflicted Breast,...
My social Spirit, which often nightly “me revisits,” has been so busy, & importunate of late as...
I too my Dear Sister, have to address you from the Bed of Sickness— The wednesday night after I...
I was much grieved to hear of Mrs Adams sickness, both upon her own account & yours —Such a...
I feel much obliged my Dear Sister, to the Christian Desciple for the mild, & pacific Principles,...
I was in hopes of receiving a Letter by yesterdays Mail from you—I was glad to see by the News...
The peircing cold air of this Month has made me quiver so that I could not quit the fire side...
Yesterdays Mail, My Dear Sister, conveyed your Letter safe to me, with the two Bills—I do not so...
I have often felt thankful that we cannot trace our Geneology to the family of Kill-Joys , but...
With pleasure I congratulate My Dear Brothers & Sister, upon the agreeable prospect they have of...
Yesterday as soon as the mail arrived I sent to the Office full of expectation of receiving a...
62From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, July 1814 (Adams Papers)
I was very much gratified to find that it was not the Presidents, your own, or your family’s...
I feel very grateful to my dear Sister, that though surrounded by agreeable, & dear Friends, she...
I am sorry you did not find time to write me a line—reports are so various, & calamitous that it...
Your very interesting Letter of last week in which you mention the departure of your dear...
To see Abby Adams’ marriage announced in the public Paper, was at this time, to us a very...
How changed My Dear Sister, is the weather now, from the clam clear Sunshine I enjoyed with you...
To day I re ceived your Letter with its contents all safe, & thank you for your care & for your...
You will now have no occasion to wish for more Snow, if at Quincy you are favoured with as much...
Thanks be to kind Providence we are all alive though the cold Tuesday our blood seemed...