1To John Adams from John Morgan, 19 February 1776 (Adams Papers)
...secure his own property, and for his own Emoluments. If he threw his Medicins into the Common...
2To John Adams from James Warren, 30 March – 3 April 1776 (Adams Papers)
...for me to leave this Colony, for the Emoluments of that Office, I desired him to...
3To John Adams from William MacCreery, 25 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
...I never had views of any place or any emolument in doing whatever I have, I allways did,...
4James Smith to the Commissioners, 24 August 1778 (Adams Papers)
...that public Ministers who are receiving the Emoluments of Office and may be under...
5James Smith to the American Commissioners, 24 August 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...while Boys are receiving Places of Profit and Emolument under the Congress.” He appended a...
6To John Adams from William MacCreery, 30 August 1778 (Adams Papers)
...purpose, without any expectation of proffit or emolument. I shall only ask a...
7To John Adams from William Vernon Jr., 26 September 1778 (Adams Papers)
...still is so useful to it. The small emoluments which you mention will have no influence on...
8From John Adams to Edmé Jacques Genet, 24 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
...they professed to detest, for the sake of Emolument and Command and G. Johnstone in his Turn,...
9To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 27 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
...has led them to extend their Views to all the emoluments of a Standing Army.
...been Considerations with me superior to any Emolument, as is evinced by the moderate...
11Jonathan Williams, Jr., to Franklin and John Adams, 31 January 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...been Considerations with me superior to my Emolument, as is evinced by the moderate...
12To John Adams from Arthur Lee, 18 March 1779 (Adams Papers)
...Seduc’d by the hopes of Titles and Emoluments from England; will renew their efforts, and...
13To John Adams from James Lovell : Confidential, 27 September 1779 (Adams Papers)
...it continues from this point “any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind” (
14To John Adams from Nicolas Maurice Gellée, 11 October 1779 (Adams Papers)
...provided for another Station of greater Trust and Emolument; But I did not think proper to...
15To John Adams from James Lovell, 1 November 1779 (Adams Papers)
...much personal Honor and family Emolument in pursuing a comparitively evident public...
16To John Adams from Jonathan Williams, 1 February 1780 (Adams Papers)
...in this is more her welfare than my own Emolument I never can solicit any public Employ, and...
17To John Adams from Edmund Jenings, 5 March 1780 (Adams Papers)
..., without their Consent and for the avowd Emolument of the Governors, and not of the...
18To John Adams from Elkanah Watson Jr., 10 March 1780 (Adams Papers)
...who’s first wish is to add to the Emolument of their youthfull, virtuous and bleeding country...
19To John Adams from John Thaxter, 23 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
...perversion of Cartels to the purposes of private Commerce and Emolument may be prevented.
20To John Adams from Elbridge Gerry, 10 January 1781 (Adams Papers)
...in the Continuance of their Authority and Emoluments, that the Government of G. Britain...
21To John Adams from Edmund Jenings, 17 September 1781 (Adams Papers)
...Amply, then certainly recalled to Honor and Emolument at Home, or to contempt and Infamy...
22Reuben Harvey to the American Peace Commissioners, 10 February 1783 (Franklin Papers)
...Cause & People of America to receive any Emolument, but I hope for your Friendship in...
23To John Adams from Herman Heyman’s Sons, 22 February 1783 (Adams Papers)
...us and our City all such Benefices or Emoluments, which are granted to other Powers, may...
24To John Adams from Cotton Tufts, 26 June 1783 (Adams Papers)
...retire into private Life—without any other Emolument & Reward, than the pleasing Satisfaction...
25To John Adams from Samuel Mather, 13 November 1783 (Adams Papers)
...in your Foreign Embassy to the Credit, Emolument and Comfort of your own Countrey,...
26Arthur Lee to John Adams, 11 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
...calculated solely to convert every thing to the emolument of himself & his Creatures; or if...
27To John Adams from Tristram Dalton, 19 April 1785 (Adams Papers)
at their own emolument, as they wish to get rid of the Factors...
28To John Adams from Tristram Dalton, 21 July 1785 (Adams Papers)
her commercial regulations to study her own emolument
29To John Adams from James Warren, 4 September 1785 (Adams Papers)
...and if I enjoy none of the Honours & Emoluments of a Government, my vigorous Zeal and...
30To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, ca. 4 September 1785 (Adams Papers)
...for the liberties of his Country: without any Emolument Either of Honour or profit, to Himself...
31To John Adams from John Jebb, 13 September 1785 (Adams Papers)
...a certain sacrifice of time—of labour—of emolument, from all its subjects. But if the...
32To John Adams from Joel Barlow, 12 December 1785 (Adams Papers)
...that it may operate in some degree as an emolument to the Author. Whether it could be done...
33To John Adams from Thomas Brand Hollis, 15 October 1787 (Adams Papers)
...consequences of hæreditary nobility, with the emoluments of offices & succeeding royalty,...
34To John Adams from Arthur Lee, 10 August 1788 (Adams Papers)
place of emolument
35To John Adams from Ebenezer Storer, 10 March 1789 (Adams Papers)
...of doing it in hopes of receiving some emolument for his family.— the person I allude...
36To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 7 May 1789 (Adams Papers)
...sustained any office of honour or Emolument since the commencment of the Constitution of...
37To John Adams from Thomas Brand Hollis, 6 June 1789 (Adams Papers)
the emoluments of office are the ruin of this country.
38To John Adams from James Sullivan, 2 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
...who have no other politicks, than office and Emolument, and who circulate the reports to wound...
39To John Adams from Roger Sherman, [27] July 1789 (Adams Papers)
..., who would have no motive but their own emolument, they would wish to extend the powers...
40To John Adams from James Sullivan, 2 October 1789 (Adams Papers)
...Government, but as it affords them wealth and Emolument. these will Court you while you are...
41To John Adams from Charles Storer, 23 February 1790 (Adams Papers)
...friends—this is not seeking honor & emolument—and, if it does not meet your...
42To John Adams from Jeremiah Allen, 29 July 1790 (Adams Papers)
...I observed it would not do, unless some pay or Emolument, was with it, as Consuls at S
43To John Adams from Samuel Adams, 25 November 1790 (Adams Papers)
...of getting into Places of Honour, and Emoluments, and by these means of gratifying...
44To John Adams from James Lovell, 22 January 1791 (Adams Papers)
...officers’ duties, their annual salaries, and their treatment of emoluments (
45To John Adams from William Mitchell, 8 February 1792 (Adams Papers)
...Character more highly than the Profits or Emoluments resulting from it. His moral principles &...
46Abigail Adams to John Adams, 9 February 1793 (Adams Papers)
..., “excluded from any places of honour or emolument,” concluding, “And be assured, the awakened...
47To John Adams from John Hobby, 14 February 1793 (Adams Papers)
...Marshals office will come forward, however small the emoluments of it, and was it not that...
48To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 27 February 1793 (Adams Papers)
..., sundry statements of the salaries, fees, emoluments, &c of persons holding civil offices...
49Charles Adams to John Adams, 29 May 1793 (Adams Papers)
...think it an honor conferred, but there is no emolument to be derived, and except its being a...
50To John Adams from Anonymous, 3 May 1797 (Adams Papers)
...the Mississippi River will ad greatly to the emoluments, and more to the honor of the...