As Dean Swift says, “eyes with writing almost blind,” I commence a letter to you, near ten...
“Delightful praise, like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows.” They were sweet drops...
The few first days after I came to Quincy namely 19th. 20th. & morning of 21st—She was very weak...
I gave the Portrait of my beloved and lamented Sister your dear Mother, to mine, without reserve...
5From John Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, 19 May 1819 (Adams Papers)
Thank Mr De Wint for his Box of New york Cider Grove champaigne—Accept my thanks for the two...
I wish you a happy New year, and as many new-years as your Nature can bear, in health Peace and...
There is but one copy of the “Epistle to my Mother” extant, and that is an unfinished fragment—I...
This year compleats a Century Since my Uncle Boylston introduced the practise of Inoculation into...
I have been informed that you have read Mr Locks Essays on the human Understanding it would also...
10From François Adriaan Van der Kemp to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, 25 February 1820 (Adams Papers)
I must acknowledge that some time ago, I fostered the expectation of being gratified with a few...