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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 17 January 1801 | 1801-01-17 | I received yours of the 9 th and thank you for the excellent matter which it contained. Mr Shaw... |
2 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 21 November 1800 | 1800-11-21 | I arrived here on Sunday last, and without meeting with any accident worth noticing, except... |
3 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 12 May 1800 | 1800-05-12 | Mr Smith called upon me a few moments this forenoon & brought me your letter of May 9 th: . I... |
4 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 11 May 1800 | 1800-05-11 | This will be delivered to you, by our friend, Mrs. Smith, who will pass you, on her way to... |
5 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 4 May 1800 | 1800-05-04 | I have not written you for several days, you will easily suppose my time much occupied by having... |
6 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 27 April 1800 | 1800-04-27 | I have been so much engaged that I have not been able to get time to write you a line this week.... |
7 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 9 March 1800 | 1800-03-09 | James got home safe though covered over with mud and dirt, horses and carriage up to their very... |
8 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 26 February … | 1800-02-26 | I have received your letter, by the Paymaster, of the 12th. I see your embarrassments, and if I... |
9 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 14 January … | 1800-01-14 | I am, my dear, here at General White’s in company with Mrs. and Judge Cushing, Mrs., Miss, and... |
10 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 23 December … | 1799-12-23 | I received yours of the 19th this afternoon, and yesterday received orders from General Hamilton... |
11 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 22 December … | 1799-12-22 | I have the pleasure to inform you that I struck my marquée on the 19th, and took shelter in my... |
12 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 24 November … | 1799-11-24 | I had the pleasure, my dear, of receiving your favour of the 20th yesterday. * * * * * * * * You... |
13 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 28 October … | 1799-10-28 | I have received your letter of the 24th, this day, the after part of which has been taken up in... |
14 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams Smith, 15 January … | 1787-01-15 | Mr. Jefferson has the honour to present his compliments to Mrs. Smith and to send her the two... |
15 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 14 January … | 1787-01-14 | I determined about a fortnight agone, to sit down, and write you a letter, expressing my anxiety... |
16 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 27 … | 1786-11-27 | I must frankly acknowledge to my Dear Niece that I could not but wonder at her long Silence. I... |
17 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 23 August 1786 | 1786-08-23 | Mr S. and Mr Blount set off tomorrow for London and have engaged to call this Evening for... |
18 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 15 August 1786 | 1786-08-15 | Yours of August the 7th. and Col. Smith’s of the 8th. reached us on the 14th. at this place. We... |
19 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 11 August 1786 | 1786-08-11 | Your papa and I wrote you from Harwich the morning we embarked for Helvoet, the wind was very... |
20 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams Smith, 8 August 1786 | 1786-08-08 | You know, Amelia, I am never backward in writing my friends: therefore, when I tell you that I... |
21 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams 2d, 4 June 1786 | 1786-06-04 | Pray Madam, are you married? Nay then the wonder ceases. No matter now how loose your affections... |
22 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 18 May 1786 | 1786-05-18 | I received this afternoon your No. 11 and I never received a letter which caused such a variety... |
23 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 25 April 1786 | 1786-04-25 | This is the eighth day it has rained and stormed without intermission, the weather is worse than... |
24 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 1 April 1786 | 1786-04-01 | What shall I say to my sister? Indeed, I am quite at a loss. I spend much more time in thinking... |
25 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 15 March 1786 | 1786-03-15 | What shall I say to justify the date of this letter, after so many fair promises to be punctual,... |
26 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams 2d, 14 February … | 1786-02-14 | Yours My Dear Niece, of October 2d came safe to hand, and as I read, I could not but admire the... |
27 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams 2d, 29 December 1785 | 1785-12-29 | I join fully with you, Amelia, that whatever is, is right. Yet I cannot but regret that the winds... |
28 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams 2d, 21 November 1785 | 1785-11-21 | My word I mean always to keep, Amelia, so I write you from this place, though my letter may be... |
29 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams 2d, 19 November … | 1785-11-19 | Tuesday the first of November, I received from you, my ever dear Neice, a Letter dated the 3d. of... |
30 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 26 October 1785 | 1785-10-26 | We have had the most considerable freshet in the river that has ever been known. I mentioned in... |