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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1471 | Adams, Abigail Smith | De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De … | 1808-08-30 | Your Apology for not having written before was accepted by your grandmother. To be attentive to... |
1472 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 17 … | 1805-12-17 | I began a Letter to you on the 10 of this Month left it unfinishd, and so it is like to remain,... |
1473 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 6 … | 1815-10-06 | Last week I Sent Letters to Newyork for you Mrs Adams, and the children. I write now to Say that... |
1474 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, July … | ≈1813-07-01 | altho I wrote to you on the 14 of this month I know that my Letter will have a dubious conveyance... |
1475 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Johnson, Thomas Baker | From Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Baker Johnson, 20 … | 1817-02-20 | Having just closd a Letter to your Sister Buchannan my next is due to you. I am in arrears for a... |
1476 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 24 April … | 1815-04-24 | you always collect some comfort or consolation for your Friends—your information respecting the... |
1477 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw … | 1811-11-08 | I recieved your Letter by the last Mail inclosing one for your daughter, who left me last week,... |
1478 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 24 … | 1813-12-24 | Altho I have already written to you by this opportunity, and my Letters are now quite old, I know... |
1479 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1818-05-20 | Your Letter of May 2d was so long comeing, that I feared Sickness had arrested your pen—as... |
1480 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Sarah Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, 12 April … | 1817-04-12 | Susan has written you, I Suppose that mr Clark has returnd, and that he is very desirious of... |
1481 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1818-02-20 | The fine Sleighing has tempted So many visitors to make use of it, that we have had a Constant... |
1482 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 26 … | 1815-08-26 | I closed a Letter to you last week, and sent it to Liverpool by the Juno Captain Emery—full of... |
1483 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Rush, Julia Stockton | From Abigail Smith Adams to Julia Stockton Rush, 25 … | 1813-09-25 | Since my last Letter to you I have been call’d to drink deep of the bitter cup of affliction—my... |
1484 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 25 February … | 1816-02-25 | I was very sick yesterday, and obliged to take an Emetic, to clear of a quantity of Bile, which... |
1485 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 14 June … | 1813-06-14 | As there is Some prospect of mr Russels being appointed to Sweeden I hope to convey Letters to... |
1486 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Rush, Richard | From Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, 5 December … | 1816-12-05 | My good Friend’s when they are going to make a visit to Washington, wish an introduction to the... |
1487 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Warren, Mercy Otis | From Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 20 June … | 1813-06-20 | your Letter this morning received So kindly inquiring after my Dear Daughter, demands from me,... |
1488 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Johnson, Abigail Louisa Smith Adams | From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Louisa Smith Adams … | 1816-12-09 | Through Caroline De Wint, I was last Evening informd that your Mother has had a return of the... |
1489 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1810-01-12 | I congratulate you upon your safe arrival in the cold Regions of the North: to which I hope your... |
1490 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 4 June … | 1815-06-04 | I must abide by the rule I have establishd, which is not to let any opportunity of writing to... |
1491 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, Abigail Amelia Adams | From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith … | 1810-02-11 | The weather has been so intensely cold for near a Month past that I have not taken a pen or... |
1492 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Cushing, Hannah Phillips | From Abigail Smith Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushing, 22 … | 1811-05-22 | . . . Judge Dana is removed, and no man seemeth to lay it to heart. If my absent son had been in... |
1493 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 15 March … | 1815-03-15 | you and your Mother have been So frequently in the pratcise of fitting out your Brothers for... |
1494 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 18 … | 1804-12-18 | I last week received your Letter of december 3d in replie to mine of Novbr 11th, not having made... |
1495 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1816-09-30 | This is the last day of Sep’br, and the month is thus far expended, without my addressing a line... |
1496 | 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... |
1497 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Cranch, Mary Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January … | ≈1811-01-01 | It is a great grief to me my dear sister that I can do So little for you in your trouble when I... |
1498 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, Abigail Amelia Adams | From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith … | 1808-10-03 | I began a Letter to you on Sunday last in which I informed you that your Sister S. Adams and Abbe... |
1499 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Rush, Richard | From Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, 24 April 1816 | 1816-04-24 | I thank you for the information transmitted me in your Last Letter. I have Sent an extract to my... |
1500 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Warren, Mercy Otis | From Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July … | ≈1813-07-01 | I received your obliging favour, with the Letters inclosed safely and was gratified that the... |
1501 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Harrod, Ann Frances | From Abigail Smith Adams to Ann Frances Harrod, 24 … | 1805-03-24 | I have had an inflamation for several days past in my Eyes, which has prevented either my reading... |
1502 | Adams, Abigail Smith | De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De … | 1809-08-12 | last Saturday my Dear Children and grandsons viz William your Brother, and little Charles Adams... |
1503 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, Abigail Amelia Adams | From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith … | 1809-09-03 | To cheer the gloom which, in despite of my efforts to dispel, will hang about my heart upon the... |
1504 | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams, Receipt, 2 May 1815 | 1815-05-02 | Balance due upon a former re paid Jobe Tinil for a Small trunk Lock and Key for John 1 33 paid... | |
1505 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1811-11-26 | do not think that I have not participated in your Joy, upon the Birth of your daughter, because I... |
1506 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 25 … | 1813-01-25 | This day two years since; I was cloathed in Sable for the Death of mrs Norten’s Since which time,... |
1507 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Cranch, Mary Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January … | ≈1811-01-01 | Mr Lincoln our Carpenter came this morning from Weymouth he saw mrs Humphries who watchd last... |
1508 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, William Steuben | From Abigail Smith Adams to William Steuben Smith, 22 … | 1815-11-22 | Inclosed is a Letter from Charles, by the hand writing. I received it yesterday, with a Letter... |
1509 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Charles Francis | From Abigail Smith Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 28 … | 1815-11-28 | I thank you my dear Grandson for your very pretty Letter, as you cannot have any remembrance of... |
1510 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Johnson, Thomas Baker | From Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Baker Johnson, 3 … | 1813-10-03 | Your Letter of July 13th Should not have lain So long unanswerd but for the affliction of my... |
1511 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, Abigail Amelia Adams | From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith … | 1808-03-18 | William has been so punctual in writing to you every week, that I have been more remiss. I cannot... |
1512 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Boylston, Ward Nicholas | From Abigail Smith Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, 14 … | 1818-03-14 | Agreable to your Request we have concluded to Send you the picture. Mr Adams has been So occupied... |
1513 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 … | 1816-12-05 | “Oh that I too, could make a visit to my Father,” was your exclamation in your last Letter. more... |
1514 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Green, Hannah Storer | From Abigail Smith Adams to Hannah Storer Green, 20 … | 1810-02-20 | I know not the date of your last Letter to me but this I know, that it is not so ancient, as the... |
1515 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 28 May … | 1811-05-28 | I Shall continue to write to you altho you may determine to leave St Petersburgh before my... |
1516 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Warren, Mercy Otis | From Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 9 April … | 1813-04-09 | I cannot let my Son pass through Plimouth without stoping to inquire after your Health, and that... |
1517 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Rush, Julia Stockton | From Abigail Smith Adams to Julia Stockton Rush, 23 … | 1815-03-23 | It is a very long time Since I have had the pleasure of hearing from you; but I have not been... |
1518 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Johnson, Thomas Baker | From Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Baker Johnson, 18 … | 1817-10-18 | I will not let so good an opportunity pass without writing you a few Lines, to inquire after your... |
1519 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, Abigail Amelia Adams | From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith … | 1808-11-03 | Your Letter of Sepbr 25 together with Carolines came safe to hand, but I have been in a kind of... |
1520 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 7 … | 1814-09-07 | I wrote to you on the 26 of August, and sent my Letter to N york to go in a dispatch vessel. I... |