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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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14301 | Adams, John | Bowen, Jabez | From John Adams to Jabez Bowen, 27 February 1790 | 1790-02-27 | Your letter of the 15 th never reached me till yesterday I condole with you in the unfavorable... |
14302 | Adams, John | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 27 … | 1790-02-27 | Your agreable Letter of the 9. Jan. has lain too long unanswered.—M r Mappa, I should be happy to... |
14303 | Adams, John | Brown, John | From John Adams to John Brown and John Brown Francis … | 1790-02-28 | Your Letter of the 16 th. I rec d only by the Post of last Wednesday.— I am really much affected... |
14304 | Adams, John | Ellery, William | From John Adams to William Ellery, 28 February 1790 | 1790-02-28 | Many months ago I received a kind letter from you, which by some odd accident or strange fatality... |
14305 | Higginson, Stephen | Adams, John | To John Adams from Stephen Higginson, 1 March 1790 | 1790-03-01 | Since I had last the honour of writing to you, the vacancies in our supreme Court have been... |
14306 | Ellery, William | Adams, John | To John Adams from William Ellery, [ca. 6] March 1790 | 1790-03-06 | Engaged as you are in public business, and this State not having shown a disposition to join the... |
14307 | Marchant, Henry | Adams, John | To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 7 March 1790 | 1790-03-07 | It is mortifying to be beat in a good Cause, without Sense or Argument, but merely by Self-Will... |
14308 | Adams, John | Trumbull, John | From John Adams to John Trumbull, 9 March 1790 | 1790-03-09 | Coll Humphreys; at the Levee, this morning, delivered me Your kind Letter of Feb. 6, for the... |
14309 | Bowen, Jabez | Adams, John | To John Adams from Jabez Bowen, 9 March 1790 | 1790-03-09 | Your favour of the 27 th. ult o. came safe to hand yesterday. I attended the Convention last week... |
14310 | Belknap, Jeremy | Adams, John | To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 10 March 1790 | 1790-03-10 | By your indulgence in permitting me to ask you any questions, I am emboldened to send you one of... |
14311 | Adams, John | Trumbull, John | From John Adams to John Trumbull, 12 March 1790 | 1790-03-12 | Your Letter of Feb. 6. has made So deep an Impression that it may not be amiss to make a few more... |
14312 | Adams, John | Cranch, William | From John Adams to William Cranch, 14 March 1790 | 1790-03-14 | Your favours of Decr 15. Jan. 24. and Feb. 17 are before me, and I thank for your Attention, and... |
14313 | Adams, John | Higginson, Stephen | From John Adams to Stephen Higginson, 14 March 1790 | 1790-03-14 | I am much obliged by your favor of the first instant with the report of the Committee: and glad... |
14314 | Trumbull, John | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Trumbull, 14 March 1790 | 1790-03-14 | I have the honour of yours of the 9 th. instant, & am happy to find that you are not displeased... |
14315 | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | Adams, John | To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 17 … | 1790-03-17 | After your Excellency’s advice, for which I am much obliged, I wrote, by this Sloop to his... |
14316 | Adams, John | Bowen, Jabez | From John Adams to Jabez Bowen, 20 March 1790 | 1790-03-20 | If your state would as you hint in your letter of the 9 th all turn tories and go back to Britain... |
14317 | Adams, John | Mandrillon, Joseph | From John Adams to Joseph Mandrillon, 20 March 1790 | 1790-03-20 | The letter you did me the honor to write me, the 15 th of June last did not arrive till... |
14318 | Adams, John | Marchant, Henry | From John Adams to Henry Marchant, 20 March 1790 | 1790-03-20 | Your favours of 19. Dec r. 18. Jan. and 7. March are all before me.— I am much obliged to you for... |
14319 | Adams, John | Storer, Charles | From John Adams to Charles Storer, 20 March 1790 | 1790-03-20 | There is nothing improper in your application of the 23 d of Feb y nor should I find fault with... |
14320 | Lovell, James | Adams, John | To John Adams from James Lovell, 20 March 1790 | 1790-03-20 | You will have a Visit from your old Friend Gen l. Warren who supposed I could certify some... |
14321 | Bowdoin, James | Adams, John | To John Adams from James Bowdoin, 24 March 1790 | 1790-03-24 | The Gentleman, by whom this will be delivered to you, is Nathaniel Appleton esq r the... |
14322 | Higginson, Stephen | Adams, John | To John Adams from Stephen Higginson, 24 March 1790 | 1790-03-24 | Your obliging letter of the 14 instant I have received, & thank you for the friendly intentions... |
14323 | Adams, John | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 27 … | 1790-03-27 | Your favour of March 17. is rec d. — The French Revolution will, I hope produce Effects in favour... |
14324 | Hollis, Thomas Brand | Adams, John | To John Adams from Thomas Brand Hollis, 29 March 1790 | 1790-03-29 | I ought to have acknowledged the receipt of your favour before this but indeed it is not easy to... |
14325 | Trumbull, John | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Trumbull, 30 March 1790 | 1790-03-30 | You may easily conceive how much I was pleased, & flattered by your very friendly & confidential... |
14326 | Adams, John | Crafts, Thomas Jr. | From John Adams to Thomas Crafts, Jr., 4 April 1790 | 1790-04-04 | Your favor of the 31 st of January I received in its season. I have at two or three several times... |
14327 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 4 April 1790 | 1790-04-04 | The Tories as you observe in your friendly Letter of 24 Feb. are more attached to each other;... |
14328 | Adams, John | Lovell, James | From John Adams to James Lovell, 5 April 1790 | 1790-04-05 | I am much obliged by your favor of March 20 th and very apprehensive that this is not the only... |
14329 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 5 April 1790 | 1790-04-05 | I have more than once mentioned to you, the state of retirement from political conversation in... |
14330 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 13 April 1790 | 1790-04-13 | Your last letter is a treasure.— Every Sentence in it is full of instruction. I have often... |
14331 | Brown, William | Adams, John | To John Adams from William Brown and John Hopkins … | 1790-04-13 | To the Honourable John Adams Vice President of the United States of America The Petition of W m:... |
14332 | Hurd, John | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Hurd, 17 April 1790 | 1790-04-17 | I have the honor of your Excellency’s Favor of the 5 th. Curr t. & acknowledge myself extremely... |
14333 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 18 April 1790 | 1790-04-18 | Your letter of April 13, soars above the visible diurnal Sphære.— I own to you that avarice... |
14334 | Adams, John | Price, Richard | From John Adams to Richard Price, 19 April 1790 | 1790-04-19 | Accept of my best Thanks for your favour of Feb. 1 st. and the excellent Discourse that came with... |
14335 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, John | To John Adams from Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1790 | 1790-04-20 | Encroachments being made on the Eastern limits of the United States by Settlers under the British... |
14336 | Adams, John | Adams, John Quincy | From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 21 April 1790 | 1790-04-21 | I am not willing you should want Information from the Seat of Gov t: but I can do little more... |
14337 | Adams, John | Dialogues of the Dead, [ca. 22 April 1790] | 1790-04-22 | Dialogues of the dead. Charlemain Frederick, Rousseau Otis. Rousseau. have you Seen Franklin,... | |
14338 | Smith, William | Adams, John | To John Adams from William Smith, 24 April 1790 | 1790-04-24 | It is sometime since I had the pleasure of addressing you but as I know it will not be... |
14339 | Adams, John | Trumbull, John | From John Adams to John Trumbull, 25 April 1790 | 1790-04-25 | Your favour of March 30. and Ap. 17. came to hand last night. By the “attack in Metre” you mean I... |
14340 | Whipple, Oliver | Adams, John | To John Adams from Oliver Whipple, 26 April 1790 | 1790-04-26 | The Length of Time, Since I had the Honour of a personal Interview, and the Vicisitudes of our... |
14341 | Editorial Note | Following the favorable reception of his 1787–1788 work, A Defence of the Constitutions of... | |||
14342 | Adams, John | John Adams’ Discourses on Davila, No. 33, [ca. 16 March … | 1791-03-16 | Discourses on Davila. N. 33. It seems by the Discourse of Boetius, that there was a strong... | |
14343 | Amicus | Adams, John | To John Adams from Amicus, 29 April 1790 | 1790-04-29 | I have ever considered the Assumption of the State Debts by Congress, as a measure necessarily... |
14344 | Fitch, Eliphalet | Adams, John | To John Adams from Eliphalet Fitch, 10 May 1790 | 1790-05-10 | Since writing you, on the 7 h. Instant, by this Conveyance I have delivered to Capt n. Peters, of... |
14345 | Hague, Joseph | Adams, John | To John Adams from Joseph Hague, 13 May 1790 | 1790-05-13 | I hope you will pardon me for my presunption to you, but the Subject being so Interesting to the... |
14346 | Crafts, Thomas Jr. | Adams, John | To John Adams from Thomas Crafts, Jr., 17 May 1790 | 1790-05-17 | I recieved yours of april 4 th and should have wrote sooner but thought it best to wait sometime... |
14347 | Adams, John | Whipple, Oliver | From John Adams to Oliver Whipple, 18 May 1790 | 1790-05-18 | With much pleasure I received your favour of the 26. of April: it brought fresh to my Memory the... |
14348 | Adams, John | Ellery, William | From John Adams to William Ellery, 19 May 1790 | 1790-05-19 | I have received your favor of the 13 th , as I did that of march in due season— One wishes to be... |
14349 | Adams, John | Lincoln, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Lincoln, 19 May 1790 | 1790-05-19 | I have duly received but not duly answered your favor of April 3 d . It is a misfortune that a... |
14350 | Adams, John | Smith, William | From John Adams to William Smith, 20 May 1790 | 1790-05-20 | Your agreable favour of the 24 th of April, was brought to me in season and I thank you for it;... |