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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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301 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 29 November 1785 | 1785-11-29 | How provoking it is to be told that a vessel is to sail next week with our Letters and then have... |
302 | Washington, Martha | Adams, Abigail | Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 19 July 1794 | 1794-07-19 | M r Adams (your son) presented me with your obliging favor of June the 20 th. and I pray you to... |
303 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 November 1801 | 1801-11-16 | We left Washington on the 3 d: inst t: as I informed you in my letter from that place of the 1... |
304 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 August 1777 | 1777-08-21 | This Morning, We have heard again from the Fleet. At 9 o Clock at Night, on the 14. Inst. upwards... |
305 | Palmer, Joseph | Adams, Abigail | Joseph Palmer to Abigail Adams, 29 September 1784 | 1784-09-29 | I heartily rejoice to hear of Your safe arrival; pray make My best respects acceptable to Mr.... |
306 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 8 September 1789 | 1789-09-08 | I am quite discourag’d writing by the Post I know not if you have ever receiv’d one Letter Which... |
307 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 April 1783 | 1783-04-07 | It is now compleatly five Years, Since I first arrived in Europe, and in all that time I was... |
308 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 August 1777 | 1777-08-24 | We had last Evening a Thunder Gust, very sharp and violent, attended with plentifull Rain. The... |
309 | Shaw, John | Adams, Abigail | John Shaw to Abigail Adams, 15 October 1784 | 1784-10-15 | Most Sincerely do I congrattulate you, Madam, and your amiable Daughter upon your Safe arrival at... |
310 | Hobart, Thankful White Adams | Adams, Abigail | Thankful White Adams Hobart to Abigail Adams, 24 March … | 1797-03-24 | I take my pen to make a Recuest to you in Behalf of Elisha adams as you are in high... |
311 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 June 1776 | 1776-06-16 | Yesterday was to me a lucky Day, as it brought me two Letters from you, one dated May 27. and the... |
312 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams, 29 March … | 1801-03-29 | A mind agitated by the Vicissitudes attendant upon the present juncture of publick affairs, &... |
313 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 9 October 1786 | 1786-10-09 | As I was seting quite alone this evening somebody came in from Boston with a Hankerchief full of... |
314 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 June 1795 | 1795-06-11 | If I could take a Walk or a Ride to N. Y. in the Evening and come here again in the Morning how... |
315 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 December 1793 | 1793-12-20 | This Morning I returned M r Genets’ Visit. The Conversation was confined to Some Inquiries I made... |
316 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 September 1774 | 1774-09-18 | I received your very agreable Letter, by Mr. Marston, and have received two others, which gave me... |
317 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 March 1780 | 1780-03-24 | This goes by Colonel Fleury, whom you know, who desires to carry a Letter to you. My three Boys... |
318 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, Abigail | Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 26 March 1800 | 1800-03-26 | I wrote to you the 14 th. Ins t. acknowledging the Receipt of Yours of Feb y. 21. & the 6 th. of... |
319 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 May 1789 | 1789-05-14 | I have rec d yours of the 5 th. — If you think it best, leave Thomas at Colledge: but I pray you... |
320 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 May 1789 | 1789-05-19 | inclosed is a Letter from Capt n. Brown who commands the best Packet between Providence and this... |
321 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, Abigail | Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1798 | 1798-05-12 | Since the last Letter I rec d from you dated April 12 th poor Sukey compleated the Journey of... |
322 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 December 1794 | 1794-12-30 | Your fav r of 24 th marked by the Post office 22 d of Dec r. I rec d. Yesterday. M r Osgoods... |
323 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 January 1797 | 1797-01-18 | A few days ago, I received a Letter from my father dated at Quincy the 28 th: of October, and... |
324 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 April 1776 | 1776-04-12 | Inclose a few Sheets of Paper, and will send more as fast as Opportunities present. Chesterfields... |
325 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 18 March 1786 | 1786-03-18 | Should I my Dear Sister, too much alarm the Heart of an affectionate Mother, solicitous for the... |
326 | Ingraham & Bromfield (business) | Adams, Abigail | Ingraham & Bromfield to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1782 | 1782-07-01 | We had the Honor to write you 23d. March by the Ship Enterprize, Capt. Danl. Deshon and then sent... |
327 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 February 1774 | 1774-02-24 | I was very glad to receive a Line from you, by Mr. French, tho the Account you give me of the... |
328 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 20 December 1798 | 1798-12-20 | Notwithstanding my arms are so stiff, that I can scarcely move them, occasioned by cutting venson... |
329 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 16 February 1779 | 1779-02-16 | Though I have this day for the first time received a Letter from your husband, yet I feel... |
330 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 February 1779 | 1779-02-20 | I last night had the honour of reading a letter from you to my Pappa dated Jany. 4th. in which... |
331 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 25 September 1785 | 1785-09-25 | Mr. Short’s return the night before last availed me of your favour of Aug. 12. I immediately... |
332 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1794 | 1794-05-10 | We go on as Usual—Congress resolving one Thing and the Democratical societies resolving the... |
333 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 15 December 1782 | 1782-12-15 | I intended to have wrote largely by this Opportunity, but have been confined ever since last... |
334 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 22 March 1798 | 1798-03-22 | I write now because I know how it feels to be disappointed not because I have any thing to... |
335 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 July 1777 | 1777-07-16 | Your Favour of the 2d. instant reached me on the 14th. The last Letters from me which you had... |
336 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 August 1776 | 1776-08-10 | Yours of 30. and 31 July was brought me, to day, by Captain Cazneau. I am happy to think that... |
337 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 December 1782 | 1782-12-28 | I dare Say there is not a Lady in America treated with a more curious dish of Politicks, than is... |
338 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 July 1784 | 1784-07-26 | Your Letter of the 23d. has made me the happiest Man upon Earth. I am twenty Years younger than I... |
339 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 May 1775 | 1775-05-26 | I embrace an Opportunity by two young Gentlemen from Maryland to write you a Line, on friend... |
340 | Stuart, Gilbert | Adams, Abigail | Gilbert Stuart to Abigail Adams, 20 May 1800 | 1800-05-20 | Receiv’d of M rs Adams one hundred dollars in Payment for a Portrait painted by me RC ( Adams... |
341 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 July 1781 | 1781-07-11 | I am called to this Place, in the Course of my Duty: but dont conceive from it any hopes of... |
342 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | From Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 22 February … | 1787-02-22 | I am to acknolege the honor of your letter of Jan. 29. and of the papers you were so good as to... |
343 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 March 1793 | 1793-03-02 | Your Letter from your Sick Chamber if not from your Sick bed, has made me so uneasy that I must... |
344 | Paine, Eunice | Adams, Abigail | Eunice Paine to Abigail Adams, 4 June 1775 | 1775-06-04 | Yours received last Evening deserves my Early acknowledgment; as a token of your Love, it revived... |
345 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 May 1800 | 1800-05-25 | The latest letters I have had the pleasure of receiving from you are of January 5. and Feb y: 8.... |
346 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 28 September – … | ≈1790-09-28 | I know your tender sympathetick Heart will join with me, & drop a Tear over a lovely Child—the... |
347 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 20 July 1786 | 1786-07-20 | Here I am, all alone for a great rarity. There is nothing more agreeable to me for a little while... |
348 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 March 1794 | 1794-03-23 | I have neglected writing to you longer than usual, that I might have it in my power to give you... |
349 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 June 1778 | 1778-06-05 | it is witth great Pleasure that I now Sit down to write a few Lines to you to inform you of my... |
350 | Adams, Louisa Catherine | Adams, Abigail | Louisa Catherine Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 February … | 1804-02-11 | I received your two kind letters which gave me much pleasure as they informed me of your... |