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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1531 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 10 August … | 1817-08-10 | Thank you thank you dear Harriet for the Letter from mr Adams you sent me last Evening. tho only... |
1532 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1813-01-30 | How shall I address a Letter to you, how share and participate in your Grief without opening... |
1533 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 8 September … | 1814-09-08 | I send you a Letter by mr Crufts this day received from Caroline. I had a few lines from her... |
1534 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 12 June 1818 | 1818-06-12 | But once Since You left us, have I received a line from you. Twice I have written, and twenty... |
1535 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Jefferson, Thomas | From Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April … | 1817-04-29 | What right have I to be one of your tormentors? and amongst the numerous applicants for... |
1536 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 11 July … | 1810-07-11 | God bless it— mr Jones was so obligeing as to come this morning to Quincy, to inform us that he... |
1537 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Adams, 31 August 1815 | 1815-08-31 | knowing what a punctilious young gentleman you are, I would not let your old Captain Bronson Sail... |
1538 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | From Abigail Smith Adams to François Adriaan Van der … | 1813-10-15 | I cannot refrain any longer from taking my pen and assureing mr van der kemp of the high... |
1539 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 8 March 1816 | 1816-03-08 | I must write you a few lines to day from a Night of Rest, I derive Strength, all lost again by a... |
1540 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Jefferson, Thomas | From Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 15 … | 1816-12-15 | My good Husband has call’d upon me for Some Letters, written to me by my Son, when he was last in... |
1541 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1816-03-20 | I attempted to write to you, by Captain Bronson in Jan’ry but my strength failed me, and I have... |
1542 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1810-02-20 | I this day received a Letter from my son dated october 21 from constradt—we had heard three weeks... |
1543 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1811-06-08 | I Sit down to write to my dear daughter, almost without a hope, or wish that She Should receive... |
1544 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Jefferson, Thomas | Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1816 | 1816-12-15 | My good Husband has call’d upon me for Some Letters, written to me by my Son , when he was last... |
1545 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 8 March … | 1814-03-08 | Altho I sent Letters yesterday to go by our Ministers from N York, yet a new opportunity offering... |
1546 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Rush, Julia Stockton | From Abigail Smith Adams to Julia Stockton Rush, 15 … | 1817-10-15 | I am indebted to you, for two very kind Letters The first, was written after my Grandaughter miss... |
1547 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, Catherine Maria Frances Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Maria Frances … | 1816-10-15 | Your Letter my dear mrs Smith of Sepbr 23d I received while Caroline de Wint & her Babe were with... |
1548 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Adams, 23 October 1817 | 1817-10-23 | mr Dexter will come to Boston tomorrow for the Trunks you must go with him to mr Crufts who when... |
1549 | Adams, Abigail Smith | De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De … | 1812-11-19 | Your neat, pretty letter, looking small, but containing much, reached me this day. I have a good... |
1550 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 9 June 1816 | 1816-06-09 | keep yourself quiet. caroline will come Shortly, and then be sure you shall have a carrier after... |
1551 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Johnson, Catherine Nuth | From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 22 … | 1811-09-22 | At last it is decided—it is as I conjectured in my last Letter to you, the Situation of Mrs Adams... |
1552 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 2 May 1817 | 1817-05-02 | mr Clark will deliver you this Susan has a Letter from her Mother urgeing her to come to See her,... |
1553 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Smith, Abigail Amelia Adams | From Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith … | 1808-12-08 | I am indebted to you for two Letters one of the last bearing date Novbr 20th. & 24th. I am always... |
1554 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1806-01-19 | Your Letter of Jan’ry 6 I received last Evening. your Children are very well, and very well taken... |
1555 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1815-10-20 | It was with great pleasure that I received and read your Letter of August 6th from Ealing, and it... |
1556 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Niles, Hezekiah | From Abigail Smith Adams to Hezekiah Niles, 20 January … | 1818-01-20 | Upon taking up your Register the other day, a communication respecting drawing rooms, attracted... |
1557 | Adams, Abigail Smith | De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De … | 1812-08-06 | I received your letter this day, written from Springfield; this has been a relief to us to hear... |
1558 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 5 May 1816 | 1816-05-05 | A ; I opend my Letters this morning and found a Number—dated last Novbr and December, the first... |
1559 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, George Washington | From Abigail Smith Adams to George Washington Adams, 15 … | 1813-08-15 | It is better to go to the House of mourning than to the House of Feasting, or dancing, for the... |
1560 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Sarah Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, 3 July … | 1814-07-03 | It is more than a Month, Since a half finishd Letter has lain by, designd for you, and now it is... |
1561 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 24 January … | 1818-01-24 | The President has a letter from Vanderkemp, in which he proposes to have him send a collection of... |
1562 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw … | 1814-05-12 | I realy ought to have written to you and have inclosed the few Lines to Cousin Abbe which were... |
1563 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 7 July … | 1806-07-07 | I sympathize with you in the loss you have sustained, and rejoice that the event did not prove... |
1564 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 … | 1814-01-16 | I was never more at a loss what to Say to you than at the present moment. to accuse you of... |
1565 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Sarah Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, 18 … | 1817-08-18 | This Evening my dear Daughter, will give you a Son, and me a Grandson, whom I have no doubt will... |
1566 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 2 … | 1815-12-02 | This Letter will derive some merit from its being the latest date, and I hope will reach you... |
1567 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Rush, Julia Stockton | From Abigail Smith Adams to Julia Stockton Rush, 15 … | 1813-10-15 | I should not so long have delayd to thank you for the freedom of your communications made to me... |
1568 | Adams, Abigail Smith | De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De … | 1818-03-22 | “Delightful praise, like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows.” They were sweet drops... |
1569 | 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... |
1570 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Cushing, Hannah Phillips | From Abigail Smith Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushing … | ≈1808-03-01 | your Letter begun at wWashington and finishd at Baltimore I received a few days since read and... |
1571 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw … | 1815-01-29 | I mentiond to mr D. Greenleaf the money which was to have been Sent to the Young Cranchs for... |
1572 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw … | 1812-04-20 | I had got comfortably through the cold of the winter, but the chilling winds of March have laid... |
1573 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 19 March … | 1816-03-19 | I received this morning your Note of Sunday and Monday, and am the better for hearing of that... |
1574 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Welsh, Harriet | From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 22 March … | 1816-03-22 | I received a few lines from you to night by mrs Adams; and rejoice in the returning health of... |
1575 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1810-03-06 | your Letter from St petersburgh of october 28th I received the last week, four Months after the... |
1576 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1815-06-29 | Altho I have not the pleasure to acknowledg any Letter from you of a more recent date, than one... |
1577 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Norton, Richard Cranch | From Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Cranch Norton, 11 … | 1811-02-11 | you have e’er this, received intellegence most afflictive to the heart of an affectionate Child,.... |
1578 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 23 April … | 1813-04-23 | For three weeks past there have been many & various reports in circulation respecting the... |
1579 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Madison, Dolley Payne Todd | From Abigail Smith Adams to Dolley Payne Todd Madison … | 1816-10-24 | Your Letter of October 12th was an unexpected pleasure, and I cannot regret the occasion which... |
1580 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 March … | 1814-03-16 | I See by the paper that a cartel is to sail from Newyork for Gottenburgh. altho I have written to... |