151To John Adams from Josiah, III Quincy, 22 June 1825 (Adams Papers)
The Baron de Syon will have the honor of presenting you this letter. He has been travelling from the Western States as one of the family of Genl. La Fayette, who is desirous that he should have an opportunity of paying his respects to you, personally; he being a gentleman for whom Genl. La Fayette expressed a great affection. To gratify both Baron de Syon and La Fayette I have taken the...
152To John Adams from William Bentley, 17 July 1819 (Adams Papers)
Having been requested by J Marston Esqr to send to him through your hand, a copy of the Mecklenburg N C. resolutions as printed in the Essex Register, June 5. I have taken the liberty of adding another copy for your own use, as he assured me you had sent your own copy to a friend. With increased affection, / & with the highest reverence of your personal virtues, / & unrivalled public services...
153To John Adams from Charles Hood, 3 July 1820 (Adams Papers)
The Washington Society intend celebrating the Anniversary of the American Independence, by a public Dinner at the Marlborough Hotel— They particularly request the honour of your company. by order of the Standing / Committee MHi : Adams Papers.
154To John Adams from Joseph Delaplaine, 11 August 1818 (Adams Papers)
I am prepared, whenever I may have the consent of yourself & family, to commence writing your life for my National Biographical work “the Repository of the Lives & Portraits of Distinguished Americans”, the first volume of which, containing Twelve lives & portraits, is already published.— Pray inform me, from what sources I may derive the materials from which I shall be enabled to complete...
155To John Adams from Joseph Milligan, 10 August 1818 (Adams Papers)
At the request of Mr Jacob Gideon Jr: printer of Washington I have Sent you a copy of a new Edition of The Federalist which he has just printed & published; I have bound it and we beg that you will accept the book as a mark of the esteem we have for your public & private character MHi : Adams Papers.
156To John Adams from John T. Watson, 12 August 1818 (Adams Papers)
I felt myself too much gratified with the receipt of your letter, not to have been Very thankful for the polite manner of your reply. I had not thought to have trespassed more upon your attention, although I felt a wish to express a few sentiments in reply return: but reflecting now , that a few moments may be sufficient for you to run over these lines, & there being no occasion in them for...
157To John Adams from Samuel Davis, 13 December 1820 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor and the pleasure to make the subjoined communication— “At a meeting of the Trustees of the Pilgrim Society , holden at Plymouth Decr. 12th. 1820—it was unanimously voted—That the Hon: John Adams be admitted an Honorary Member of the Pilgrim Society —and that the Corresponding Secretary duly communicate a copy of the vote— “It was also voted, that Mr Adams be invited to attend...
158From Peter Force to John Adams, 21 March 1825 (Adams Papers)
I have been requested by a gentleman, whom I am desirous of serving, to call upon the President. Not knowing, however, whether it would be convenient to him, or better for me, to do so, without first making the inquiry, I take the liberty of asking of you the favour to inform me, if I can have an interview with the President, on the subject of this request; and if so, what time would be the...
159To John Adams from Joshua Sands, 11 February 1825 (Adams Papers)
Allow me my venerable Friend, from whom I have recd. such marks of favor and friendship, to ongratulate you on the Election of your son John Quincy Adams to the Presidency of the United States—may His administracion under Divine Providence, be a blessed with success to our beloved country, and his own happiness, is the ardent wish and prayers to God of Him who has the Honor to be with the...
160To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 26 January 1820 (Adams Papers)
I take the liberty to send you a copy of the Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the protection of National Industry, of which I request Your acceptance, & am, / respectfully, / Your obt. hble Servt MHi : Adams Papers.
161To John Adams from Pseudonym: "Marathon", 11 September 1823 (Adams Papers)
The writer of Marathon most respectfully encloses the first number to Mr Adams, with a sincere hope that the pain, which cannot but have been occassioned by gross breach of confidence in the publication of his private letters, may be in a good degree diminished by the veneration which it will call forth, for the greatness of his public character, and the anxiety which it will disclose for the...
162To John Adams from William Sullivan, 10 June 1825 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a card for the celebration on the seventeenth ; An occasion on which your presence would add, beyond that of any other man’s, to its interest and importance.— I pray leave to take this opportunity to express my deep and lasting regret, that in the sketches of professional life, it should have been my misfortune to have omitted yourself, so distinguished an honor to...
163To John Adams from Isaac Munroe, 13 August 1824 (Adams Papers)
I send you a copy of the letter of your Son with an appendix, which I have just printed. The first part I printed from the Manuscript in Boston upwards of Sixteen years ago. The interest for it is as great now as then. I am one of his zealous advocates for the Presidency & entertain the most confident hopes of his success, notwithstanding the conspiracy at Newyork to deprive the people of...
164To John Adams from J. F. Dana, September 1822 (Adams Papers)
Be pleased to accept the accompanying papers, and with them the assurances of my profound respect for one, who will ever be remembered with the highest regard by the friends of Liberty and the Rights of Man. That God may preserve your health, and continue you, yet many years the pride and ornament of your country, is the sincere prayer Venerable Patriot of Your Obt Servt MHi : Adams Papers.
165To John Adams from John Taylor, 8 April 1824 (Adams Papers)
During a long illness, from which I am not yet recovered, the reveries which usually amuse sick people, visited me; and among them the idea of writing a farewell letter to you, presented itself so often, as to leave an impression, which I have not been able to subdue. In yielding to it, my free style will I hope be pardoned, in consideration of its being the last trouble I shall give you; and...
166To John Adams from Benjamin Russell, 14 December 1820 (Adams Papers)
The public, and none more than the Editor of the Centinel, will be delighted and edified, in reading, at full length, the remarks you made this day in the Convention, and in making application for the favor of one copy, I embrace the occasion to repeat the respect and consideration, with which I / am, yr obedient servant MHi : Adams Papers.
167To John Adams from George H. Loring, 4 May 1822 (Adams Papers)
I enjoyed the visit to you. I thank you for your kind invitation with warmth. I thank you for the gift which was five dollars with warmth. I know I have not done you any good although you gave me this great present. I will not purchase something disadvantageous for my mind with that money, but something beneficial to my mind. I wish you happiness. May God give you many blessings in this life...
168To John Adams from Committee of Citizens Boston, 1 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
Being deputed by a numerous body of our fellow citizens of Boston, we have to request that you would permit a Marble bust of you to be executed by an able artist now resident in that Town to be placed in Faneueil Hall In thus soliciting your assent to this tribute of our high respect and veneration we are particularly influenced by a desire of transmitting to our children the features of the...
169To John Adams from Joseph Richardson, 17 February 1823 (Adams Papers)
I have taken the liberty to send you a copy of my American Reader, and if the task may not be too great to request your notice of its contents. The second edition of this work is sold out and a new one is in the press. The work has many competitors and needs patrons. If I mistake not its pages are uniformly devoted to the great principles of knowledge, virtue and liberty to which, sir, your...
170To John Adams from William Cranch, 9 July 1823 (Adams Papers)
As I know you feel an interest in the prevalence of the pure principles of the Gospel, I take the liberty of introducing Mr. Mauro; a respectable citizen of Washington, who, I understand, intends visiting New England upon business connected with the interests of the Unitarian Society at Washington; any information which it may be in your power to give him, tending to facilitate the object of...
171To John Adams from Hannah Adams, November 1817 (Adams Papers)
Sensible of the honour I received by your permitting me to prefix your name to the second and third editions of this work, I am desirous that the present should appear under the same respectable and distinguished patronage. The talents and virtues which you have exhibited, both in public and private life, will, I trust, be duly appreciated by the rising generation; and it is my ardent wish,...
172To John Adams from James Riley, 4 July 1817 (Adams Papers)
as A tribute of respect and Esteem for the Eminent virtues of one of the principal Fathers of my Nations Admirable institutions and a promoter of her Independence I take the Liberty of presenting you a copy of the Narrative of my late Disasters and Sufferings in Africa &c cherishing a hope that its perusal will not prove irksome. I have the Honour to be with the greatest / regard and profound...
173To John Adams from Benjamin Guild, 7 January 1821 (Adams Papers)
The enclosed paper was sent to me, to procure subscribers, and though it is not probable the work will contain much that will add to your information on the Subjects, to which it will be devoted, Yet I thought the patronage of your name would be a great gratification to its excellent editor Mr Sparks, and might encrease its the number of his subscribers & extend the usefulness of his work....
174To John Adams from Alden Bradford, 2 February 1822 (Adams Papers)
You will oblige me very much, by giving me an account of the discussion between yourself & Genl. Brattle in Jany 1773 respecting the Judges’ tenure of office &c I wish to give a correct & full view of that controversy—what passed between the Genl. Assembly & the Govr. I have—But wish also to know the particular points discussed by you with M Brattle—Excuse my giving you this trouble: & accept,...
175To John Adams from Henry Ware, 18 July 1821 (Adams Papers)
Mr Ware is induced by the request of Dr Waterhouse, to take the liberty of offering to the Honorable Mr Adams the enclosed historical pamphlet; and would avail himself of the opportunity of expressing the sentiments of high respect with which he views his life & character. MHi : Adams Papers.
176To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 24 November 1817 (Adams Papers)
I have to answer two Letters from you—one of 28 October, and the other of 13. November—Tant va la Cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse, was an old french proverb, long before Washington’s Mother was born. Tant va la Cruche a l’eau qu’à la fin elle s’emplit is the variation of Beaumarchais’s Basila in the Marriage of Figaro—But whether the pitcher is filled or whether it is broken it was...
177To John Adams from Dr. Thomas Sewall, 21 November 1825 (Adams Papers)
Believing that you Still continue to feel a deep interest in the promotion of Science through the country, & that you will take a particular pleasure in the establishment & prosperity of Scientific institutions at the Seat of the National Government I take the liberty to forward to you a copy of the circular of our Medical insti School, with a copy of the Introductory lecture delivered at its...
178To John Adams from Henry Clay, 27 August 1825 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Rabello being about to visit Boston and your residence, and being very desirous of the honor of your acquaintance, I take particular satisfaction in introducing him to you as the Chargé des Affaires of the Emperor of Brazil and as a gentleman whose official and private intercourse with me has inspired me with high respect for him. I have the honor to be / with great respect / Your obedient...
179From John Jay to John Adams, 11 June 1821 (Jay Papers)
Since my last to you of the 7 th . ult. I have recieved your’s of the 30 th . of April, and 13 th . of May. As in the latter (which came to hand on the 19 May) you approved of an application to M r . Duane for Copies of what he calls our Journals, I did apply to him accordingly, by a Letter of which the following is a Copy— viz t . On the 24 th . of March I rec d . your Letter of the 16 th .
180To John Adams from Hezekiah Niles, 31 March 1820 (Adams Papers)
The 16th vol. of the Weekly Register was sent, I believe to Boston for you & the 17th, (up to the 1st of this month) is only just bound. However, finding that they are franked to you, I have put those volumes in separate packages, & sent them by the mail. I had the pleasure when last at Washington to pay my respects to your son, the secretary of state, & was much gratified with my visit. Be...
181To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 15 October 1822 (Adams Papers)
By this day’s mail, I send you a copy of the second Edition, improved & enlarged, of the “Facts & observations, illustrative of the past & present situation & future prospects of the U.S. and am, / Very respectfully, / your obt. hble. servt MHi : Adams Papers.
182To John Adams from Alexander Townsend, 18 September 1819 (Adams Papers)
Proposals, you are probably aware, have been issued at Baltimore for printing the Lives of the Signers of our Declaration of Independence. Matthewson, the publisher, has written me respecting the life of Hancock . May I be permitted to ask of you information on this Subject? Of whom can I Seek facts, if not of the Aneas of our Revolution who Saw the whole & was himself So much of it? Very...
183To John Adams from John Brennan, 4 September 1825 (Adams Papers)
Were it not that I am well acquainted with the illustrious place you deservedly hold, in the annals of your Country; and that I know also, that your whole life; in its dawn; meridian; and (according to the limited age of man) your matured days, were devoted, and most usefully devoted, to the best interests of your Country; I should not trouble you with this letter:—I have addressed more than...
184To John Adams from Aaron Bancroft, 31 December 1822 (Adams Papers)
Knowing your intimate acquaintance with subjects of divinity, and believing that no individual has a more correct knowledge of the history of theology in our country than yourself, I presume to offer to your acceptance a volume of sermons. I present them, not on account of their worth, but as a token of personal respect. Fervently praying that you may on earth enjoy the consolations & comforts...
185To John Adams from John Trumbull, 26 December 1817 (Adams Papers)
You will forgive my long delay in replying to your very interesting & confidential favor of the 18th. March:—I was reluctant to write until I could inform you that I had made some progress in the work so honorably confided to me by the Nation. You justly observe that the intended size of the paintings appears to you vast:—They will considerably exceed the dimensions of the descent from the...
186To John Adams from Joseph de Valnais, 28 April 1823 (Adams Papers)
It is with regret I announce to you our intention of immediate departure from this Country—We embark for England on Thursday, & we cannot go without assuring you of our best wishes for the continuance of your health & happiness, it would have given us much pleasure to have seen you once more, but our engagements have been such as to render it impossible to leave town—We shall always cherish...
187From Christopher van de Venter to John Adams, 24 December 1825 (Adams Papers)
I have recd your letter of to day covering the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d Inst. Truly yours MHi : Adams Papers.
188From John Jay to John Adams, 7 May 1821 (Jay Papers)
By the mail, next to the one which brought me a Letter from M r . Duane, I transmitted a copy of it to you in a short Letter dated the 27 th . of march. I had then no Time to be more particular, having recieved Letters which required answers without Delay— I afterwards, viz t . on the 7 th . of April, recieved your Letter of the 31 st . of March, and should have answered it immediately, but...
189To John Adams from Peter Perpignan, 26 February 1823 (Adams Papers)
Inclosed you will find the smallest representation of our Departed patriot Genl: George Washington, that has ever been offerd to our Countryman. Should you be pleased to accept it. Your answer to its reception, will serve Your friend and / fellow Citizen MHi : Adams Papers.
190To John Adams from Robert G Scott, 27 September 1824 (Adams Papers)
On behalf of the Committee of arrangements lately assembled at York town, and by their direction; I have the honour to request the pleasure of your Company at that place on the 19th of October next: to unite with your fellow Citizens in celebrating the Surrender of York; and in testifying to General Lafayette the gratitude and affection, Virginia still feels for one of her oldest and ablest...
191To John Adams from R.H. Gardiner, 1 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
Knowing the interest which you feel in every thing relating to the improvement of the rising generation I take the liberty of inclosing to you an account of the Gardiner Lyceum recently established in this town & the inaugural address of its first principal. With the greatest / respect / I remain / Your Most obedt MHi : Adams Papers.
192To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 14 December 1818 (Adams Papers)
I have been delighted in receiving your Letter of the 7th: instant, and am glad that you have seen Trumbull’s picture of Independence—I rejoice that the Picture has been painted—As a collection of likenesses taken from the life, of the founders of the greatest Nation, this Ball of Earth has seen or will see, which ours will certainly be, it has merit—As the Representation of the sublimest...
193To John Adams from Sylvester T. Goss, 30 October 1819 (Adams Papers)
My friend Mr Morton informs me, that you wish a few more copies of Novanglus &c, to distribute among your friends. I therefore with pleasure send you four copies, which I beg you to accept as a mark of my respect and veneration. I am Sir / your humble Sert MHi : Adams Papers.
194To John Adams from Elihu Marshall, 16 February 1820 (Adams Papers)
As it is customary for the Authors of Literary works to ask the opinion of the judicious respecting the propriety of their performance I thought I should not act amiss if I should ask thee to give thine on mine. Therefore if it be not inconsistent with thy feelings & leisure wilt thou please to give the American Tutor’s Assistant a review & send me thy ideas as soon as thou canst conveniently....
195To John Adams from Alden Bradford, 30 June 1823 (Adams Papers)
The enclosed should have been forwarded sooner; but by some accident was overlooked. No assurances can be necessary to convince you, Sir, of the peculiar gratification your presence would afford, if your health & strength should permit. For all are deeply sensible of your great influence in securing the Indepence we celebrate; and all unite in feelings of the highest respect for yourself &...
196To John Adams from James Madison, 5 August 1819 (Adams Papers)
I pay with much pleasure the debt of thanks for the copy of Mr. Wells’s Oration so kindly forwarded by you. It is a concise and well presented view of the great event celebrated, with a judicious selection of circumstances proper to be combined with it. I avail myself of this as of every occasion of renewing to you assurances of my high esteem and best wishes. MHi : Adams-Hull Collection.
197To John Adams from James Smith, 28 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
If you will permit me to intrude upon the repose of your happy retirement I would beg leave to present you with one of the first Copies of my Prospectus of a national Vaccine Institution, to be established in the City of Washington. And if you should approve of an attempt of this kind it would confer a most distinguished honor to be directed to record your Name on the Book of the Institution...
198To John Adams from William Plumer, 3 June 1820 (Adams Papers)
I take the liberty to send you enclosed a copy of my remarks on the Missouri question, which I pray you to accept as an acknowledgment, however inadequate, of the respect & veneration, with which I am, Dear sir, Your obliged & very humble servant MHi : Adams Papers.
199To John Adams from Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, 8 November 1822 (Adams Papers)
Do me the favor of accepting a Memoir on the Commenced Navigation of the Black-Sea & the Maritime Geography of Turkey & Egypt, which has been compiled during the few leisure hours that remain to me. With sentiments of the / highest respect your most / obt. Servt. MHi : Adams Papers.
200To John Adams from William Bentley, 12 July 1819 (Adams Papers)
Your letters on the day of our nation’s birth are in consent with the wonderful character you have supported in the best services to your country. Our young orator, Mr Andrew Dunlap, has expressed our gratitude & hopes. He is a son of Harvard, on his mother’s side from our primitive families, a gentleman of the bar, a man of talents & of the best prospects. Permit me to accompany his oration...