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51 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 15 December 1807 | 1807-12-15 | An inflammation in my eyes which for several days has confined me to my house, and rendered... |
52 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 18 February 1808 | 1808-02-18 | I have escaped for ten minutes from the pressure of business, lectures–pupils, and the Charge of... |
53 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 5 April 1808 | 1808-04-05 | A bad cold, added to the pressure of business, has delayed my answer much longer than I intended... |
54 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 13 June 1808 | 1808-06-13 | Public and private news & anecdotes are now so limited by the present state of our Country, that... |
55 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 13 July 1808 | 1808-07-13 | The Campaign of Summer diseases being opened,—and my duties calling me at all hours of the day... |
56 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 24 August 1808 | 1808-08-24 | In Contemplating the events that have lately taken place in Spain, and their probable... |
57 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 16 September 1808 | 1808-09-16 | I shall answer your letter of Augst: 31st: by giving you an Account of one of my late dreams.... |
58 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 22 September 1808 | 1808-09-22 | The politicks of our City are under the direction of three Classes of people, old tories,... |
59 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 21 October 1808 | 1808-10-21 | The election in Pennsylvania has issued in a manner totally unexpected by the federalists, and... |
60 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 14 December 1808 | 1808-12-14 | Has your right hand forgotten its Cunning from pain or Sickness? or have you ceased to... |
61 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 13 January 1809 | 1809-01-13 | In a situation such as you have seen a Sea Captain in a Gale of Wind, I sit down to acknowledge... |
62 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 February 1809 | 1809-02-20 | Soon after the receipt of your last letter in which you Advise me to shake off my retired habits... |
63 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 2 March 1809 | 1809-03-02 | Your favor of the 19th. of February was alike acceptable with all your former letters. The papers... |
64 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 13 March 1809 | 1809-03-13 | When a young man I read Sidney upon government. In one of his Chapters, he agitates the following... |
65 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 1 April 1809 | 1809-04-01 | It would be well, if legislators were taught before they begin to legislate, that there are... |
66 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 5 May 1809 | 1809-05-05 | I am much pleased with the Specimen you have given of the Use of your Wings upon a certain... |
67 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 14 June 1809 | 1809-06-14 | My son Richard who has been a customer for the Aurora ever since he lived at the Jersey College,... |
68 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 26 July 1809 | 1809-07-26 | I enclose you three numbers of Duane’s papers that you may see in what manner the late news from... |
69 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 5 August 1809 | 1809-08-05 | “salus, honor et bonus Appetitus.” to use the Words of Molière— from Dear sir ever / Yrs MHi :... |
70 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 14 August 1809 | 1809-08-14 | I send you herewith some more of Col Duane’s papers. You will perceive in One of them proposals... |
71 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 25 August 1809 | 1809-08-25 | I enclose you four numbers of Duane’s paper. They contain a good deal of matter relative to the... |
72 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 6 September 1809 | 1809-09-06 | Although for many years past I have read nothing, but books upon medicine on week days, & upon... |
73 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 30 September 1809 | 1809-09-30 | “Great men (says Lord Bacon) have neither Ancestors nor posterity.” This, you and I know is not... |
74 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 17 October 1809 | 1809-10-17 | Who were the ancestors and posterity of Homer, Demosthenes, Plato and Aristotle? who were the... |
75 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 5 December 1809 | 1809-12-05 | Philadelphia Decemr: 5th: 1809 I picked up some time ago a magazine in which I met with a revival... |
76 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, January 1810 | ≈1810-01-01 | Accept of my thanks for your last letter.—I enclose you a few numbers of the Aurora. Shall we... |
77 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 1 February 1810 | 1810-02-01 | With this letter you will receive a bundle of Auroras, and another of the same size by the post... |
78 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 26 April 1810 | 1810-04-26 | In One of my letters written some time ago, I informed you that my eldest son had killed a... |
79 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 12 June 1810 | 1810-06-12 | Every moment of Amusement that I am able to afford you, is an Addition to my happiness, for which... |
80 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 June 1810 | 1810-06-20 | Wealth, respect and friendship! from your grateful and affectionate friend. War with the “great... |
81 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 4 July 1810 | 1810-07-04 | I have no objection to your knowing that by the “great hammer of the earth” I meant Napoleon.... |
82 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 5 July 1810 | 1810-07-05 | In Contemplating the facility with which our Once chaste & vi mistress “American liberty” admits... |
83 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 8 September 1810 | 1810-09-08 | Mr Denny is the principal writer in the portfolio. He is precluded from introducing politicks... |
84 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 2 October 1810 | 1810-10-02 | Hate on, & call upon all the pedagouges in Massachussets to assist you with their hatred of me,... |
85 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 8 October 1810 | 1810-10-08 | I enclose you a small publication which contains an account of a new auxillary or palliative... |
86 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 21 December 1810 | 1810-12-21 | We read of Hurricane Months in the West Indies. Men of business are exposed to them no less than... |
87 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 10 January 1811 | 1811-01-10 | I thank you for you son’s pamphlet. Much as I loath political discussions of all kinds, I was... |
88 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 4 February 1811 | 1811-02-04 | All the Coins are in readiness; and Subject to your order. At present no Opportunity of sending... |
89 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 4 March 1811 | 1811-03-04 | Herewith th r ough the politeness of Mr Quincy you will receive the Coins for your son. I regret... |
90 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 13 June 1811 | 1811-06-13 | Act I. Scene I. Mr: Adams’s Study Mr A: Who is there? Dr: R—a friend— A—Walk in.—Ah! Rush is that... |
91 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 28 June 1811 | 1811-06-28 | Act 1. Scene 2nd. Mr Adams alone in his Study. Enter B Rush. A: Aye Rush is that you? What is... |
92 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 6 July 1811 | 1811-07-06 | Yrs. of June 21st. came safe to hand. I shall reply to it give you the echo of it in a few days.... |
93 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 July 1811 | 1811-07-20 | The 4th of July has been celebrated in Philada: in the manner I expected. The military men, and... |
94 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 6 August 1811 | 1811-08-06 | You may tell your friend Mr Cranch that I included my Correspondent among the men who were so... |
95 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 19 August 1811 | 1811-08-19 | It is possible Dr Franklins estate, when sold, in Order to be divided, may not produce the Sum... |
96 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 August 1811 | 1811-08-20 | The time cannot be very distant when you and I must both sleep with our fathers. The... |
97 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 4 September 1811 | 1811-09-04 | I am two letters in your debt. To the last I shall reply first. I am not satisfied with any one... |
98 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 September 1811 | 1811-09-20 | I shall begin my letter by replying to your daughters. I prefer giving my Opinion & Advice in you... |
99 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 18 October 1811 | 1811-10-18 | All my family rejoice with yours in the happy issue of the operation performed upon Mrs Smiths... |
100 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 11 November 1811 | 1811-11-11 | Alas! What a difference between your last, and former letters!—Instead of being charmed with the... |