101From John Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 21 March 1817 (Adams Papers)
I now hope to see you, after 8 years Absence. I cannot write you a formal Letter. You have a kind...
The character you give of your friend Dawes is so pleasing, that I am much rejoiced at your...
What is the reason you do not write me? Are you determined to relinquish all intercourse with...
Well, Charles, how comes on the file? is yours as big as John’s? are your walks so delightful you...
105From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 6 May 1822 (Adams Papers)
Why will you give way to despondence? the time you have been at College has been too short in any...
John in his last Letter to me tells me that you make a secret of my Letters to you and will not...
Your father was amused by your last Letter and glad to learn that you were pleased with any part...
108From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 30 January 1822 (Adams Papers)
You are well aware, because you have mentioned it in more than one of your letters to this place,...
109From Abigail Smith Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 28 March 1816 (Adams Papers)
I must write you a short Letter, least you Should think yourself neglected, as I have written to...
I have been so sick my Dear Charles since my arrival at home it has been altogether out of my...
Your Letter from Cambridge arrived yesterday my dear Charles and I was sorry to find you still...
112From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 17 July 1825 (Adams Papers)
Your Letter of the 2d. Instt. has remained some days unanswered, more from a repugnance in me to...
Huzza, my little gallant Soldier—what wonderful feats of glorious prowess am I to anticipate from...
I congratulate you upon the recovery of your spirits; and I do not know what to say about Langdon...
As I am afraid you will hardly recieve my Letter in time I hasten to tell you that if you have no...
I am so concerned at the style of your last Letter I hasten to answer it immediately although I...
In yours of the 4th & 7th you tell me that you had taken a fresh cold but that it was nearly...
You seem by the facetious tone of your Letters when you honour me with any to imagine that I have...
I am very much pained by your account of your health and hope sincerely that you have made a...
120From John Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 19 December 1825 (Adams Papers)
Knowing as I do the whirlwind of business, ceremony, Levee’s Drawing rooms Dinners, Parties, with...
I am sorry to say that your last Letter was so badly written that I could scarcely read it and I...
122From John Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 17 November 1815 (Adams Papers)
Your beautiful letter of Sept 11th has given me great pleasure. You are at a very respectable...
123From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 15 July 1823 (Adams Papers)
The bearer of this Letter Mr Cornelius McLean is a young Gentleman of very respectable character...
124From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 18 February 1822 (Adams Papers)
I have received, and duly reflected upon your Letter of the 10th instt. and approve very...
I have been so unwell it has not been in my power to answer your last Letter—Poor John—Has the...
I will begin my letter, by offerering the joint congratulations of your father and myself, to you...
127From John Adams to George Washington Adams, 1 September 1815 (Adams Papers)
I have received Letters from you all, and you know not how gratifying they have been to my heart....
128From John Adams to George Washington Adams, 9 September 1816 (Adams Papers)
I have now gone through Terence, and noted a few Lines for you to consider. Many perhaps have...
129From Antoine Claude Juste de Noailles to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 7 February 1815 (Adams Papers)
AU NOM DU ROI. Nous Ambassadeur de S. M. le Roi de France près S. M. l’Empereur de toutes les...
Having just dismissed my visitors Mr. Jackson and Mr McTavish I hasten to write you in answer to...
131From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 21 August 1809 (Adams Papers)
It is related of Augustus Caesar, that being upon his death-bed, he turned just before he expired...
132From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 4 May 1821 (Adams Papers)
You reproach me without a cause and I dare say you got your Letter the very day after you...
133From John Adams to George Washington Adams, 6 May 1815 (Adams Papers)
Hence forward I Shall adress you all three at once. Yesterday was one of the happiest days of my...
134From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 10 November 1822 (Adams Papers)
I have received your Letter of the 2d. instt and trusting entirely to the faithfulness of the...
135From John Quincy Adams to John Adams, 16 December 1815 (Adams Papers)
Your Mama, and I, consent that you shall ask Doctor Nicholes’s permission to come home for the...