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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 10 January 1803 | 1803-01-10 | Painful necessity has for many months prevented me the use of my own pen,—nor have I seen any... |
| 2 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 9 April 1798 | 1798-04-09 | Have I my dear madam appeared negligent in not answering your last friendly letter jest before... |
| 3 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1797 | 1797-02-27 | It Can be of little Consequence to you my dear Madam wither Your late adventure with me amounts... |
| 4 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 13 November 1796 | 1796-11-13 | I return my dear madam miss Williams letters with Lovuts memoirs— am much obliged & hope have not... |
| 5 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 3 February 1789 | 1789-02-03 | How dos my dear M rs Adams like the City of New york: its manners & amusements as it may probably... |
| 6 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1788 | 1788-07-30 | one line by my son inquires after the health of my Friend, at Braintree. do you begin to feel at... |
| 7 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 22 September 1787 | 1787-09-22 | I thank my dear M rs Adams for M rs Montagues observation, on the writings of shakespear which I... |
| 8 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 30 April 1785 | 1785-04-30 | After long Expecting that Pleasure I was Gratifyed about four days since by the Receipt of a very... |
| 9 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 12 February 1783 | 1783-02-12 | I need not tell you I was much disappointed in not having the pleasure of your Company yesterday... |
| 10 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 11 February 1783 | 1783-02-11 | Did I feel myself conscious of any inclination to suspend a Correspondence that has given... |
| 11 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 21 December 1780 | 1780-12-21 | I should have wrote before according to promiss, but have been prevented the use of my Eyes by a... |
| 12 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 20 October 1780 | 1780-10-20 | A Promiss made to my son to spend a week with our Friends at Braintree is readily Caught at nor... |
| 13 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 10 March 1780 | 1780-03-10 | I have to thank my Friend Mrs. Adams for a very agreable Letter Received a few days since. I... |
| 14 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 6 August 1779 | 1779-08-06 | Beneath the shady Forrest of Ele River, while my Best Friend has walked towards the Fertile... |
| 15 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 July 1779 | 1779-07-14 | My Friends anxity I Wonder not at. Wish I could say anything that would Give that Relief her... |
| 16 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1779 | 1779-07-06 | I take up my pen this Morning to let my Friend know I have not yet seen Mr. S. Adams, but... |
| 17 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 8 April 1779 | 1779-04-08 | So I must Give up my Little Companion, my Young Friend. Your Claim is prior, your Title Cannot be... |
| 18 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 15 March 1779 | 1779-03-15 | If anything would awake the sleeping Muses or Call Back the Wandering Deities the Imagery of this... |
| 19 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 19 January 1779 | 1779-01-19 | I Intended writing my Friend Mrs. Adams when Mr. Thaxter Returned but dare say he Gave you a... |
| 20 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 October 1778 | 1778-10-14 | The importunity of my Friends at Braintree, though my inclination is strong, is not sufficient to... |
| 21 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 8 January 1778 | 1778-01-08 | Did I think it in my power to afford any Consolation to my Friend I Would Readily undertake the... |
| 22 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 2 January 1778 | 1778-01-02 | Great Advantages are often Attended with Great Inconveniencies, And Great Minds Called to severe... |
| 23 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 August 1777 | 1777-08-14 | Most sincerly do I Congratulate My Friend on her Restoration to Health after pain, peril and... |
| 24 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1777 | 1777-07-07 | Being Necessiated to use a Certain peace of Linnen so Nearly up that I Cannot spare my Friend the... |
| 25 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 June 1777 | 1777-06-14 | Could I write you any agreable Inteligence I would with pleasure Grasp the pen And Call of my... |
| 26 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 21 May 1777 | 1777-05-21 | I this day Received a few lines from my Friend, whose Long silence I have not been able to... |
| 27 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 1 March 1777 | 1777-03-01 | For once I have followed the Example of my Friend, and have Long delayed a Reply to her Letter.... |
| 28 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 1 December 1776 | 1776-12-01 | It is A Long time since I had the Happiness of hearing from my Braintree Friends. Dos my dear... |
| 29 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 15 October 1776 | 1776-10-15 | Nothing but the Greatest affection for my dear Mrs. Adams Would Induce me to Break over the... |
| 30 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 4 September 1776 | 1776-09-04 | Is my Dear Mrs. Adams too Much Engagd with Company, is her Family sick, or is she inattentive to... |