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No.	Author	Recipient	Title	Date	Context
1851	Shaw, William Smith	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 23 December …	1799-12-23	I received yours of the 19th this afternoon, and yesterday received orders from General Hamilton...
1852	Adams, Abigail	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 27 April 1800	1800-04-27	I have been so much engaged that I have not been able to get time to write you a line this week....
1853	Adams, Abigail	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 11 August 1786	1786-08-11	Your papa and I wrote you from Harwich the morning we embarked for Helvoet, the wind was very...
1854	Shaw, William Smith	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 26 February …	1800-02-26	I have received your letter, by the Paymaster, of the 12th. I see your embarrassments, and if I...
1855	Adams, John	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 26 September 1782	1782-09-26	I have received your charming letter, which you forgot to date, by Mrs. Rogers. Your proposal of...
1856	Adams, John	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 20 October 1775	1775-10-20	I condole with you, most sincerely, for the loss of your most worthy grandmamma. I know you must...
1857	Adams, Abigail	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 23 August 1786	1786-08-23	Mr S. and Mr Blount set off tomorrow for London and have engaged to call this Evening for...
1858	Adams, John	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 14 August 1783	1783-08-14	I have received your affectionate letter of the 10th of May, with great pleasure, and another...
1859	Adams, Abigail	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 11 February 1779	1779-02-11	It is with inexpressible pleasure that I enclose to you a letter from your brother, and that I...
1860	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 8 September 1785	1785-09-08	All this day has been employ’d in answering Questions respecting you, and all is not over yet. I...
1861	Adams, John	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 5 July 1777	1777-07-05	Yesterday, being the anniversary of American Independence, was celebrated here with a festivity...
1862	Adams, Abigail	Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)	Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 9 March 1800	1800-03-09	James got home safe though covered over with mud and dirt, horses and carriage up to their very...
1863	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 24 …	1815-08-24	You will imagine that the place from which I now write you has been thus named by us; but so it...
1864	Smith, William Steuben	Adams, Abigail Smith	From William Steuben Smith to Abigail Smith Adams, 12 …	1813-06-12	On the 24. May I had the very great satisfaction of receiving your kind letter of 23d. February....
1865	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 26 …	1816-11-26	Last week I sent you a number of the Monthly Theological Repository, containing some Speculations...
1866	Warren, Mercy Otis	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 9 …	1810-01-09	I never received a Letter from my dear Mrs. Adams but that an emotion was awakened which is not...
1867	Cushing, Hannah Phillips	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Smith Adams, 16 …	1811-05-16	Not one word have I heard from you my dear Friend since your kind letter, saying that you was but...
1868	Rush, Richard	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Richard Rush to Abigail Smith Adams, 3 June 1815	1815-06-03	I had the honor of your favor of the 14th of last month enclosed to me by Mr Smith, and upon...
1869	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 28 …	1816-09-28	Our Sons John and Charles are come home from school this morning, to spend the Michaelmas...
1870	Smith, William Stephens	Adams, Abigail Smith	From William Stephens Smith to Abigail Smith Adams, 14 …	1814-10-14	I have your letter of the 1st. inst. and yesterday visited Mr. Hellen & his family, they are all...
1871	Smith, William Steuben	Adams, Abigail Smith	From William Steuben Smith to Abigail Smith Adams, 5 …	1812-10-05	I received your very complimentary letter of the 6th of September, I rejoice with you at the...
1872	Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith …	1810-09-24	Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I...
1873	Adams, John	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 17 August 1803	1803-08-17	Know all Men by these Presents, that We John Adams of Quincy in the County of Norfolk and...
1874	Smith, William Stephens	Adams, Abigail Smith	From William Stephens Smith to Abigail Smith Adams, 20 …	1813-07-20	I have your letter of the 16th I hasten to ansr. it as I have by the same post receivd a Letter...
1875	Warren, Mercy Otis	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 11 July …	1807-07-11	Though your last Letter was not immediately answered, I offer no apology but my own frequent...
1876	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 23 April …	1816-04-23	I wrote you last week by Captain Bronson, and sent you a Volume of Letters from the Continent,...
1877	Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith …	1805-03-17	We have been under the necessity of delaying our journey a few days on account of the marriage of...
1878	Cushing, Hannah Phillips	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Smith Adams, 5 …	1814-05-05	It is so long a time my beloved Friend since I have had the satisfaction of hearing from you,...
1879	Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith …	1811-03-08	I thank you My Dear, & revered Brother & Sister, for your repeated attentions to me, & mine. The...
1880	Cranch, William	Adams, Abigail Smith	From William Cranch to Abigail Smith Adams, 16 November …	1811-11-16	I have not words, my dear Aunt, to express my gratitude for your kind and consoling letter of the...
1881	Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith …	1815-11-24	I found your note this morning on my plate when I enterred the breakfast room and hasten to offer...
1882	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 21 …	1813-09-21	This day two Months have elapsed since Mr Gallatin and Mr Bayard arrived and delivered to me your...
1883	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 24 …	1808-02-24	I have just received your affectionate letter of the 15th:— and do not a moment delay to answer...
1884	Quincy, Eliza Susan Morton	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Eliza Susan Morton Quincy to Abigail Smith Adams …	1806-04-06	By the last mail, I had the honour, and the pleasure, to receive your most acceptable letter—To...
1885	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 18 May …	1811-05-18	The late french Ambassador at this Court, the Duke de Vicence, has taken leave, and his succesor...
1886	Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith …	1818-10-06	As Mr. & Mrs. Johnson intend leaving us this evening I write you a few lines to assure you of our...
1887	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 7 April …	1813-04-07	I know not whether it was generosity, or any other virtue, or merely a disposition to receive the...
1888	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 19 March …	1815-03-19	Yesterday Morning I received the first information of the ratification, by the Government of the...
1889	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 6 June …	1816-06-06	Yesterday I went to London, to the anniversary dinner of the Society of Friends of foreigners in...
1890	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 14 …	1810-10-14	Captain Smith, who was the bearer of your kind letter of 7. May, has met with the same misfortune...
1891	Jefferson, Thomas	Adams, Abigail Smith	Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 11 January 1817	1817-01-11	I owe you, dear Madam, a thousand thanks for the letters communicated in your favor of Dec. 15....
1892	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 27 …	1807-10-27	I wrote a line to my father, from New-York, enclosing a letter for Mr: Shaw, and informing you of...
1893	Van der Kemp, François Adriaan	Adams, Abigail Smith	From François Adriaan Van der Kemp to Abigail Smith …	1817-02-24	Unexpectedly I found myself once mor honoured with a few lines and well in a Season—in which the...
1894	Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith …	1818-01-16	16 Went out to pay some visits and in the evening had a small party to Tea which consisted of my...
1895	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 23 July …	1812-07-23	I received a very few days ago, your kind favour of 1. March last, which gave me great pleasure...
1896	Van der Kemp, François Adriaan	Adams, Abigail Smith	From François Adriaan Van der Kemp to Abigail Smith …	1816-04-29	As I was, unexpectedly, So highly gratified with your favour of the 2d. instant, it might appear...
1897	Felt, Abigal Adams Shaw	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Abigal Adams Shaw Felt to Abigail Smith Adams, 28 …	1815-04-28	It is impossible for me to express to you my dear, my much beloved Aunt, the consolation your...
1898	Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith …	1817-08-14	We propose leaving this place tomorrow my dear Madam and expect to arrive at Quincy either Sunday...
1899	Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson	Adams, Abigail Smith	From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith …	1818-06-01	Mrs: Cruft has arrived here and it is with much pleasure I observe she has derived benefit from...
1900	Adams, John Quincy	Adams, Abigail Smith	From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 28 July …	1814-07-28	I had the good fortune of sending a single letter from this place to England, in time to go by...

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Shaw, William Smith