Yesterdays mail conveyed me your kind Letter, which convinced me you had experienced those solid...
I was very sorry to leave Boston without seeing, or even informing you, I was going—But I had...
33From 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...
Company, unexpected, & avocations unavoidable, have for several Days occupied my whole Time, &...
Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I...
I thank you My Dear, & revered Brother & Sister, for your repeated attentions to me, & mine. The...
I this Day by the Mail received your kind letter, & am happy to hear you got Home, with your...
Your long silence (My Dear Sister) made me fear that you, or some of your family were sick—I was...
How changed My Dear Sister, is the weather now, from the clam clear Sunshine I enjoyed with you...
I was much grieved to hear of Mrs Adams sickness, both upon her own account & yours —Such a...
41From 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...
My Dear Sisters, interesting Letters conveyed by the Mail, were gratefully received by their...
At the arrival of the last Mail, I thought I could hear my dear Sister say, “Is there no Letters...
Yesterdays Mail, My Dear Sister, conveyed your Letter safe to me, with the two Bills—I do not so...
I received your kind Letters yesterday by mail, & though I ought soon to have expected such an...
Every Day, & Week since my return, I have thought I would devote some time to write to my Dear...
It would be impossible for me to tell you how disappointed, grieved, vexed, & everything, I was,...
My dearly beloved, & only Sister, for the “threefold silken Cord is broken ” To what an unusual...
Though the Season has returned when the genial warmth of the Sun, invigorated our chilled Blood,...
I feel very grateful to my dear Sister, that though surrounded by agreeable, & dear Friends, she...
To see Abby Adams’ marriage announced in the public Paper, was at this time, to us a very...
52From 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,...
With pleasure I congratulate My Dear Brothers & Sister, upon the agreeable prospect they have of...
The excellent Sermon you sent, me was indeed “a cordial to my Heart—” I thank Mr Whitney for the...
I hope my Dear Sister, will excuse all my bad writing, & every inaccuracy which weekly presents...
Your kind Letters of Feb. 15th & March 31st lie before me, in which I find are several things...
I scarcely know when was the last time that I wrote to my Dear Sister, but this I can fully...
I know that my Dear Sister, will rejoice to hear that the kind Healer of the sick, has again...
The human Pores have been so long obstructed by the late severe Season, & peircing winds of...
If all the tenderest sympathy of a most affectionate Sister, could soothe your afflicted Breast,...