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From John Adams to John Trumbull, 13 January 1790

To John Trumbull

New York January 13. 1790

My dear Sir

I am at length determined to omit no longer to write to you.— You read yourself to death. this let me tell you, is a Sin and a crime. Whether it is not of a deeper die, than, intemperate Indulgences of the Bottle or the Girl, is a Case of Casuistry. You know best whether You are guilty of it, or not. if you are I enjoin upon You, Pennance, either of a Walk of five miles a day, all at one time before dinner, or a Seat in some house of Representatives, at your option.

Given under my hand at New York this 13. of Jan. 1790

John Adams.

RC (MiD-B:William Woodbridge Papers); addressed: “John Trumbull Esqr / Counciller at Law / Hartford”; endorsed: “Honl. John Adams / Feby 13. 1790”; notation by JA: “Free / John Adams.”

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    From John Adams to John Trumbull, 13 January 1790
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    Adams, John
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    13 January 1790

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    “From John Adams to John Trumbull, 13 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-20-02-0136. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 20, June 1789–February 1791, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020, pp. 214–215.]

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