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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, William Stephens | Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 18 September … | 1785-09-18 | Col. Franks being detained to day by an accident gives me the opportunity of replieing to your... |
2 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, William Stephens | Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 13 August 1785 | 1785-08-13 | Your letter from Harwich, dated August 10, reached us upon the 11th. We were very glad to hear of... |
3 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, William Stephens | Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 16 March 1791 | 1791-03-16 | Although we have reason to expect, and hope for your speedy return, yet I would not let so good... |
4 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, William Stephens | Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 3 May 1801 | 1801-05-03 | I have to acknowledge the receipt of the raspberry bushes, and the pot of strawberry vines, for... |
5 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, William Stephens | Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 25 February … | 1786-02-25 | Last evening col Forrest sent a servant with a Letter addrest to me, but upon opening it, I found... |
6 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John and Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 5 … | 1786-08-05 | After a very pleasant Journey, here We are. We came very leisurely, dined the first day at... |
7 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, William Stephens | Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 30 May 1787 | 1787-05-30 | I have written you only a few lines since your absence; and those conveyed to you rather an... |
8 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 28 … | 1811-08-28 | your Letter of August 12th I received in the absence of Mrs Smith, who was upon a visit to mrs... |
9 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 25 … | 1815-01-25 | It is sometime since I have written to you and I feel that I owe you a Letter; you do not like... |
10 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 23 … | 1811-07-23 | I hope you will not impute my not writing to you by your son to want of attention to you, or a... |
11 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 27 … | 1811-09-27 | I yesterday received your Letter, and at the Same time, the President received the one inclosed... |
12 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 22 … | 1814-03-22 | I received your Letter of March the 12th in replie to mine, of the 2d ult. the method you took to... |
13 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 6 … | 1812-09-06 | Your Letter of Decbr 30 1811 has Slept in my in my Beaurous untill your prophesys have become... |
14 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 9 … | 1814-04-09 | Your letter of 2 April I duly received I Should have replied to it by the last mail, but I was... |
15 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 1 … | 1814-10-01 | It is already three weeks since you left us; I have not any knowledge of your progress farther... |
16 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Stephens | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, 18 … | 1813-02-18 | While I am writing the loud Roar of the cannon announce the landing of comodore Bainbriddge from... |
17 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 2 March 1814 | 1814-03-02 | I have been sick a Month, and my eyes and hands incapable of writing otherise you would have... |
18 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 18 January … | 1813-01-18 | Your Letter of the 5th. contains Such an Abundance of Matter which appears to me as of so great... |
19 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 4 March 1814 | 1814-03-04 | I know not what to say to your Letter of 23rd. There are Men whom disaster haunts through life.... |
20 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 15 October … | 1812-10-15 | I have received, and read with—Sensations of grief and joy and Reflections of, (what shall I say... |
21 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 7 January … | 1814-01-07 | I go farther than you in your Glooms I expect Detroit and Michigan will be again taken and all... |
22 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 20 November … | 1814-11-20 | Yesterday I received your packet of the 7th. you ask “What is to be the result of the Convention... |
23 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 5 December … | 1812-12-05 | I received yesterday your favour of the 16th of last month. It is of no other use to ruminate... |
24 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 3 July 1813 | 1813-07-03 | Your letters give us information as well as entertainment. Your reception at head Quarters & at... |
25 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 23 October … | 1815-10-23 | Cobbets Letter to Niles, inclosed in yours of the 17th, with some of his usual fooleries,... |
26 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 2 December … | 1814-12-02 | I thank you for your favour of the 23d.— Gerry is gone to joine his Copatriots in lamentations... |
27 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 19 September … | 1785-09-19 | I have rec d your Favours from Harwich, Amsterdam and Berlin, and congratulate you on your... |
28 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | William Stephens Smith’s Commission for His Mission to … | 1787-04-11 | To William Stephens Smith Esquire Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America to... |
29 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 23 July 1813 | 1813-07-23 | Your favour of 15th is alarming. Remember the fate of Cassandra. The prophet of ill ’tho’ as true... |
30 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 12 June 1813 | 1813-06-12 | We were happy to find by your Letter 22d of May that you had arrived safe at Baltimore on your... |
31 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 26 February 1803 | 1803-02-26 | I duely rec d yours of the 16 th with the Paper enclosed. I had given no Attention to the Attack... |
32 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 21 November … | 1815-11-21 | I thank you for your for two Letters from the Valley; one dated October 4th. the other November... |
33 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 19 December 1798 | 1798-12-19 | Before you receive this you will probably receive a letter from the Secy at war informing you... |
34 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 18 January 1797 | 1797-01-18 | I Received yesterday your kind Letter of the 13 th and Return you and yours the Compliments of... |
35 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 11 November 1788 | 1788-11-11 | I was much obliged to you for a letter by Mr. Nesbit of Philadelphia, and am very sorry I could... |
36 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 22 February … | 1815-02-22 | I rejoice in your Recovery from Sickness and wish a perfect restoration of your health—I think I... |
37 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 4 April 1815 | 1815-04-04 | Washington used to say Sometimes “They work me hard” Sam. Allen Otis said a day or two before his... |
38 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 16 February 1798 | 1798-02-16 | I have received the Letter you wrote me on the 7th of this month, and I shall give all the... |
39 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 14 March 1791 | 1791-03-14 | I shall not entertain you with public affairs, because you will learn the state of them from the... |
40 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 22 May 1799 | 1799-05-22 | I have received your letter of the 16 th & the bundle of papers inclosed with a great deal of... |
41 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 6 September … | 1812-09-06 | My heart is one day as light as air and the next as heavy as lead. The Name of Hull, at one hour... |
42 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 17 January 1795 | 1795-01-17 | I received yesterday your kind letter of the 9th of the month. The letters to Vergennes were sent... |
43 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 5 August … | 1785-08-05 | In answer to your Letter of yesterday, you will give me leave to say, that your assistance and... |
44 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 19 June 1791 | 1791-06-19 | Give me leave to congratulate you and my daughter, as well as your venerable Mother, and her and... |
45 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | William Stephens Smith’s Instructions for His Mission … | 1787-04-11 | Congress by their Resolution of February the 3 d. 1787, determined, that the Letter to the Queen... |
46 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 14 December … | 1813-12-14 | It gave me great pleasure to be informed of your punctual arrival at the head quarters of good... |
47 | Adams, John Quincy | Smith, William Stephens | John Quincy Adams to William Stephens Smith, 4 April … | 1803-04-04 | The House of Bird, Savage and Bird, in London, had, when they failed, property, to the amount of... |
48 | Adams, John Quincy | Smith, William Stephens | John Quincy Adams to William Stephens Smith, 18 January … | 1802-01-18 | Two months having elapsed since I made the proposal respecting the note of hand due from your... |
49 | Adams, John Quincy | Smith, William Stephens | From John Quincy Adams to William Stephens Smith, 26 … | 1806-03-26 | I received last Evening your favour of the 23d:—The appointment of Mr. Schenck had been two or... |
50 | Adams, John Quincy | Smith, William Stephens | From John Quincy Adams to William Stephens Smith, 16 … | 1806-04-16 | I have within these few days successively received your two letters, one of them containing the... |