1From John Adams to F. C. Schaeffer, 5 January 1820 (Adams Papers)
Be pleased to accept my thanks for your polite and obliging letter—of the 30th December—and for the Report—to the Managers of the Society for the preventing of Pauperism in New York—by their Committee on Idleness and sources of employment— “Homo sum y ” a line of Menander translated by Terence which was echoed and resounded throughout the Vast extent of the Roman Theatre—with Reiterate’d and...
2From John Adams to F. C. Schaeffer, 25 November 1821 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your favour of Nov 19. & for the address inclosed. The Ceremonial for at laying the corner Stone of St Mathews church & the address pronounced on that occasion, were solemn affecting & impressive. You have not in my humble opinion given too much credit to Luther I love & revere the memories of Huss Wickliff Luther Calvin Zwinglius Melancton and all the other reformers;—how...