John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1776

John Adams to Abigail Adams

Octr: 7th: 1776

I have been here, untill I am stupified. If I set down to write even to you, I am at a Loss what to write.

We expect General Lee, in Town every Hour, He dined at Wilmington Yesterday. His Appearance at Head Quarters on the Heights of Ha’arlem, would give a flow of Spirits to our Army, there. Some Officer of his Spirit and Experience, seems to be wanted.

The Quarter Master Generals Department, the Adjutant Generals Department, and the Surgion Generals Department, have for sometime past, been in great Confusion. The Army have suffered, in their Baggage, Discipline and Health, from those Causes.

RC (Adams Papers); addressed: “Mrs. Adams Braintree Mass. Bay”; franked: “free John Adams.”

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Title: John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1776
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Adams, Abigail
Date: 7 October 1776

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Cite as: “John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-02-02-0095. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 2, June 1776 – March 1778, ed. L. H. Butterfield. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1963, p. 139.]

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