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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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2451 | Adams, John | McHenry, James | From John Adams to James McHenry, 23 May 1800 | 1800-05-23 | I have received your note of this date & have read all the papers. This whole business is so... |
2452 | Adams, John | Jay, John | From John Adams to John Jay, 15 May 1780 | 1780-05-15 | I shall not always stand upon Ceremonies, nor wait for Answers to Letters, because useful Hints... |
2453 | Adams, John | DeWitt, Jonathan | From John Adams to Jonathan DeWitt, 22 September 1798 | 1798-09-22 | I have received and read with great pleasure your address of the first of Sept. which, in this... |
2454 | Adams, John | [December 1765] | ≈1765-12-18 | How great is my Loss, in neglecting to keep a regular Journal, through the last Spring, Summer,... | |
2455 | Adams, John | Waterhouse, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 27 February … | 1817-02-27 | Are the works of Apuileus in Harvard College Library or in any other collection in America Have... |
2456 | Adams, John | Marshall, John | From John Adams to John Marshall, 26 August 1800 | 1800-08-26 | I received last night your letter of the 16. I am well satisfied with all its contents. The only... |
2457 | Adams, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 25 January 1787 | 1787-01-25 | I have received your Letters of December 20. and Jan. 11. by Coll. Franks. The whole of the... |
2458 | Adams, John | President of Congress | From John Adams to the President of Congress, 18 … | 1781-01-18 | Amsterdam, 18 January 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC , No. 84, III, f. 87–44. printed :... |
2459 | Adams, John | McHenry, James | From John Adams to James McHenry, 27 July 1799 | 1799-07-27 | I have recd your favour of the 20th. and have no Objection to the plan you propose of raising a... |
2460 | Adams, John | Quincy, Samuel | From John Adams to Samuel Quincy, October – November … | ≈1758-10-01 | Braintree, October–November? 1758. Printed: JA, Earliest Diary The Earliest Diary of John Adams ,... |
2461 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 November 1800 | 1800-11-15 | I rec d last night your Letter of the 11 th. Your Girls and M r shipley arrived in good health... |
2462 | Adams, John | Carey, Mathew | From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 19 October 1813 | 1813-10-19 | Inclosed is a sketch of the unfortunate enterprize against Penobscot in 1779. drawn by an eye... |
2463 | Adams, John | Ward, Joseph | From John Adams to Joseph Ward, 24 October 1809 | 1809-10-24 | Your favor of the 13th came seasonably to my hand. Your approbation of my communications to the... |
2464 | Adams, John | United States Senate | From John Adams to United States Senate, 22 December … | 1800-12-22 | I nominate the following List of Gentlemen for Promotions and Appointments in the Army of the... |
2465 | Adams, John | Taylor, John | From John Adams to John Taylor, 12 March 1819 | 1819-03-12 | The painful difficulty of holding a pen which has been—growing upon me for many years & now in... |
2466 | Adams, John | Osborn, Selleck | From John Adams to Selleck Osborn, 27 April 1823 | 1823-04-27 | I have received your letter of the 24 April & have desired my friend Mr Shaw to subscribe my name... |
2467 | Adams, John | Calkoen, Hendrik | 20. To Hendrik Calkoen, 26 October 1780 | 1780-10-26 | Question 20. Has there not been different opinions in Congress, with Regard to this, (i.e. to... |
2468 | Adams, John | Jefferson, Thomas | From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1814 | 1814-12-11 | The Bearer of this Letter, after an Education at our Cambridge, travelled with J. Q. A. to... |
2469 | Adams, John | Aug. 11th. 1769. Fryday. | 1769-08-11 | Mr. Tudor came, for the first Time and attended the Office, all Day, and paid me £10 St.—In the... | |
2470 | Adams, John | Malcom, Samuel B. | From John Adams to Samuel B. Malcom, 22 July 1803 | 1803-07-22 | I acknowledge with Sincere pleasure, the Receipt of a handsome and a friendly letter from you, of... |
2471 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 31 March 1801 | 1801-03-31 | On the evening of the 18, a few minutes after my Arrival at this place commenced a violent... |
2472 | Adams, John | Adams, George Washington | From John Adams to George Washington Adams, 3 October … | 1815-10-03 | Mr John Chipman Gray, who is to be the Bearer of this Letter is about to make the Tour of Europe,... |
2473 | Adams, John | King, Rufus | From John Adams to Rufus King, 7 December 1819 | 1819-12-07 | I have received, and read with Avidity and pleasure your Eloquence and Ratiocination, on the... |
2474 | Adams, John | Malcom, Samuel B. | From John Adams to Samuel B. Malcom, 17 June 1812 | 1812-06-17 | I lost no time, in writing to Mr Madison, and to all I could Say in your favour inclosed your... |
2475 | Adams, John | [21] July 1766. | 1766-07-21 | Monday after Commencement. Last Saturday, I accidentally found a curious Volume, which Oaks... | |
2476 | Adams, John | Madison, James | To James Madison from John Adams, 25 April 1813 | 1813-04-25 | Yesterday Morning expecting a Letter from Dr Rush I Sent early to the Post Office: but my... |
2477 | Adams, John | 15 Fryday. | 1753-06-15 | At Colledge, a Clear, warm morning, and so Continued. | |
2478 | Adams, John | Everett, Alexander Hill | From John Adams to Alexander Hill Everett, 19 July 1813 | 1813-07-19 | I am glad to find you are pleased with the sketches. The exploits of our maratime and naval... |
2479 | Adams, John | Mazzei, Philip | From John Adams to Philip Mazzei, 18 January 1781 | 1781-01-18 | I yesterday received yours of the 19 of October. Sometime Since I received the other of the 19th.... |
2480 | Adams, John | Quincy, Josiah | From John Adams to Josiah Quincy, 17 May 1759 | 1759-05-17 | Braintree, post 17 May 1759. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John... |
2481 | Adams, John | Channing, Henry | From John Adams to Henry Channing, 27 May 1822 | 1822-05-27 | I thank you for your favor of the 22 inst & the two Connecticut gazettes which I have given to... |
2482 | Adams, John | Middlesex County, Ma., Grand Jury | From John Adams to Ma., Grand Jury Middlesex County, 7 … | 1798-11-07 | I thank you for this Address which has been transmitted to me by The Chief Justice of the State,... |
2483 | Adams, John | Tudor, William, Sr. | From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 1 June 1818 | 1818-06-01 | No Man could have written from Memory Mr Otis’s Argument of four or five hours against The Acts... |
2484 | Adams, John | Osgood, Samuel | From John Adams to Samuel Osgood , 15 November 1775 | 1775-11-15 | Your first Letter to me is now before me. The true Cause why General Frie, has not received from... |
2485 | Adams, John | Warren, James | From John Adams to James Warren, 11 February 1776 | 1776-02-11 | Mr. Archibald Buchannan, and Mr. Walter Tolley both of Maryland, and hearty Friends of America,... |
2486 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 September 1776 | 1776-09-06 | This day, I think, has been the most remarkable of all. Sullivan came here from Lord Howe, five... |
2487 | Adams, John | Fagel, Hendrik | John Adams to Hendrik Fagel, 1 July 1784 | 1784-07-01 | When I was in London last November & December I amused myself often, by running into Booksellers... |
2488 | Adams, John | Lotter, Christian | From John Adams to Christian Lotter, 8 April 1785 | 1785-04-08 | I have received your letter of the 30 of March as I did another Sometime ago. I congratulate you... |
2489 | Adams, John | Shaw, William Smith | From John Adams to William Smith Shaw, 10 June 1819 | 1819-06-10 | I thank you kindly for sending me Cen the Centinel containing the pieces upon Neutrality signed... |
2490 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1783 | 1783-02-27 | I read in a great Writer, Montesquieu that “l’honneur, en imposant la loi de servir, veut en être... |
2491 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 August 1777 | 1777-08-19 | The Weather still continues cloudy and cool and the Wind Easterly. Howe’s Fleet and Army is still... |
2492 | Adams, John | Huntington, Samuel | From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 50 … | 1780-04-23 | Paris, 23 April 1780. LbC ( Adams Papers ). Although a note to the Letterbook copy of... |
2493 | Adams, John | Novr. 14th. 1760. | 1760-11-14 | Another Year is now gone and upon Recollection, I find I have executed none of my Plans of study.... | |
2494 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 2 February 1790 | 1790-02-02 | I cannot give up my dear Latin and Greek although Fortune has never permitted me to enjoy so much... |
2495 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 17 May 1789 | 1789-05-17 | Your favour of the 19 of March deserves a particular consideration and answer, which I have not,... |
2496 | Adams, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 10 March 1823 | 1823-03-10 | The sight of your well known hand writing in your favour of 25. Feb. last, gave me great... |
2497 | Adams, John | 19 Tuesday. | 1753-06-19 | At Colledge, a very warm morning, at 11 Disputed on this question (viz) systema Copernicanum est... | |
2498 | Adams, John | January 21. Tuesday. | 1783-01-21 | Went to Versailles to pay my Respects to the King and Royal Family, upon the Event of Yesterday.... | |
2499 | Adams, John | Jefferson, Thomas | From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 22 July 1813 | 1813-07-22 | Dr Priestley, in a letter to Mr Lindsey Northumberland Nov. 4. 1803 Says “As you were pleased... |
2500 | Adams, John | 1779. April 15. Thursday. | 1779-04-15 | Dined at home. |