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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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3901 | Adams, John | Adams, Samuel | From John Adams to Samuel Adams, 2 March 1782 | 1782-03-02 | Your kind Favour by the Marquis, I have received, and it touched a thousand tender Springs, in my... |
3902 | Adams, John | 3 Tuesday. | 1756-02-03 | Breakfasted at Gardiners. This morn the Weather clear’d away. As warm and brilliant as May. Kept... | |
3903 | Adams, John | [February 1779] | ≈1779-02-02 | Last Tuesday, I dined in Company with the Abbe Raynal, and Mr. Gebelin, and asked them to dine... | |
3904 | Adams, John | [Fryday August 16. 1776.] | 1776-08-16 | Fryday August 16. 1776. Resolved that a Member be added to the Committee to whom were referred... | |
3905 | Adams, John | Adams, John Quincy | From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 10 December 1811 | 1811-12-10 | I feel Some Compunction, when I recollect the long time that has passed Since I wrote you a Line.... |
3906 | Adams, John | [August 1761] | 1761-08-01 | I am creating Enemies in every Quarter of the Town. The Clarks hate. Mother Hubbard, Thayer,... | |
3907 | Adams, John | Cushing, Thomas | From John Adams to Thomas Cushing, 24 February 1779 | 1779-02-24 | This Evening I had the Honour of your Letter by Mr. Bradford. When that young Gentleman shall... |
3908 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 April 1776 | 1776-04-15 | I send you every News Paper, that comes out, and I send you now and then a few sheets of Paper... |
3909 | Adams, John | Proposed Portuguese-American Treaty of Commerce, 25 … | 1786-04-25 | There were three attempts in the mid-1780s to negotiate a Portuguese-American commercial treaty;... | |
3910 | Adams, John | [August 1770] | ≈1770-08-01 | I received from Mr. Gill an Intimation, that a Letter from me would not be disagreable to you,... | |
3911 | Adams, John | McHenry, James | From John Adams to James McHenry, 7 August 1799 | 1799-08-07 | I return you Col. Hawkins of 23 of May inclosed in yours of 29. July and am happy to find that... |
3912 | Adams, John | Jay, John | To John Jay from John Adams, 22 September 1787 | 1787-09-22 | Yesterday, I was honoured with yours of the thirty first of July, and the Instructions of... |
3913 | Adams, John | Boston Patriot | From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 12 January 1810 | 1810-01-12 | AMSTERDAM, June 26, 1781—wrote to congress: “The Rubicon is passed! A step has been at last taken... |
3914 | Adams, John | Wednesday. March 19th. 1766. | 1766-03-19 | At Home. | |
3915 | Adams, John | Churchman, George | From John Adams to George Churchman, 24 January 1801 | 1801-01-24 | I have received your Letter of the 17 of the 1. Mo. and thank you for communicating the Letter to... |
3916 | Adams, John | Adams, Charles Francis | From John Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 10 August … | 1816-08-10 | I see little in this Play but the Manners of the Atheanians and The Naivete et Nettite du Style.... |
3917 | Adams, John | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 29 September 1780 | 1780-09-29 | ALS : American Philosophical Society Mr Samuel Andrews, formely of Boston lately of Demarara, is... |
3918 | Adams, John | [February 18. Wednesday.] | 1778-02-18 | February 18. Wednesday. We had a fine Wind for twenty four hours; but the constant rolling and... | |
3919 | Adams, John | 1773. April 7th: Wednesday. | 1773-04-07 | At Charlestown. What shall I write?—say?—do? Sterility, Vacuity, Barrenness of Thought, and... | |
3920 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 25 August 1811 | 1811-08-25 | If I could be considered as a Friend to the Family I should Advise the Grand Children of Dr... |
3921 | Adams, John | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 3 February 1783 | 1783-02-03 | AL : Library of Congress; copy: Massachusetts Historical Society Mr Adams has the Honour to... |
3922 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1774 | 1774-05-12 | I am extreamly afflicted with the Relation your Father gave me, of the Return of your Disorder. I... |
3923 | Adams, John | Pickering, Timothy | From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 2 October 1797 | 1797-10-02 | I have received your Letters of Septr 14. 15. and 19th. The Letters inclosed in them, from Govr.... |
3924 | Adams, John | Waterhouse, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 19 August 1812 | 1812-08-19 | The History of Queen Ann’s reign and of the Treaty of Utrecht is So instructive, that it is worth... |
3925 | Adams, John | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From John Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 6 … | 1823-03-06 | As I consider y’r ladyship as always imprison’d during a session of Congress I congratulate you... |
3926 | Adams, John | Pickering, Timothy | From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 29 June 1799 | 1799-06-29 | Last night I received your favor of the 22d. and rejoice to find you have received dispatches... |
3927 | Adams, John | Sunday April 27th. 1766. | 1766-04-27 | Heard Mr. Smith. In the Evening, I had a great deal of Conversation with Ezekiel Price, Yesterday... | |
3928 | Adams, John | Hosack, David | From John Adams to David Hosack, 23 May 1821 | 1821-05-23 | I have received the letter you did me the honour to write me on the 17th: of this month. I am... |
3929 | Adams, John | Adams, John Quincy | John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 12 February 1781 | 1781-02-12 | I received to day, your Favour of 11. You may purchase L’Art Dramatique, alone if you please. But... |
3930 | Adams, John | Jay, John | From John Adams to the President of the Congress, 27 … | 1779-02-27 | By the new Arrangement, which was brought by the Marquis de la Fayette I find myself restored to... |
3931 | Adams, John | Waterhouse, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 4 June 1817 | 1817-06-04 | Your pathetic Letter of the 2d. has filled my heart with Sympathy and Grief. Your Son, by all... |
3932 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 January 1797 | 1797-01-28 | It is now determined what the President has to depend on after the 4 th March. The Committee... |
3933 | Adams, John | [Fragmentary Draft of a Dissertation on Canon and … | ≈1765-02-01 | This Sodality has given rise to the following Speculation of my own, which I commit to writing,... | |
3934 | Adams, John | Adams, John Quincy | John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 18 April 1776 | 1776-04-18 | I thank you for your agreable Letter of the Twenty fourth of March. I rejoice with you that our... |
3935 | Adams, John | United States Congress | From John Adams to United States Congress, 12 February … | 1798-02-12 | In obedience to the Law, I now present to both Houses of Congress, my annual account of... |
3936 | Adams, John | Cranch, Richard | John Adams to Richard Cranch, 24 March 1786 | 1786-03-24 | In yours of the 10th. of Novr. you desire me to give you the Connection between the Premises and... |
3937 | Adams, John | Tudor, William, Sr. | From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 30 July 1818 | 1818-07-30 | Another Passage, which Mr Otis read from Ashley gave Occasion, as I suppose, to another memorable... |
3938 | Adams, John | Adams, Charles | John Adams to Charles Adams, 12 October 1792 | 1792-10-12 | I congratulate you on your Admission to the Bar and your taking Possession of an Office in So... |
3939 | Adams, John | Belknap, Jeremy | From John Adams to Jeremy Belknap, 21 March 1795 | 1795-03-21 | I received, last night, your favour of the 20 th and a day or two before had rec d that of the 2... |
3940 | Adams, John | Pickering, Timothy, Jr. | From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, Jr., 29 January … | 1800-01-29 | The President of the United States refers the inclosed law of Tennessee, and letter from the... |
3941 | Adams, John | Hobart, Aaron | From John Adams to Aaron Hobart, 25 December 1823 | 1823-12-25 | I am under great obligation to you for the Presidents message, & for the Documents of the War... |
3942 | Adams, John | [February 21. Saturday. 22. Sunday, and 23. Monday] | ≈1778-02-21 | February 21. Saturday. 22. Sunday, and 23. Monday Monday exhibited such Scaenes as were new to... | |
3943 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 December 1794 | 1794-12-02 | I have rec d your favour of Nov. 23.— M r Cooper The Friend of our Diplomatic at the Hague, I... |
3944 | Adams, John | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 4 … | 1811-09-04 | I have Sent to The Post Office this Morning, your Diploma, as Member of our Accademy. How many... |
3945 | Adams, John | Jay, John | From John Adams to John Jay, 4 May 1785 | 1785-05-04 | The day before Yesterday I received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me on the... |
3946 | Adams, John | [August 1762] | 1762-08-15 | Reading, Thinking, Writing—have I totally renounced all three? Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur... | |
3947 | Adams, John | Trumbull, John | From John Adams to John Trumbull, 6 February 1805 | 1805-02-06 | Colonel Humphreys and Col Tudor did me the honor of a Visit on Saturday and We had much... |
3948 | Adams, John | Guild, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Guild, 9 April 1783 | 1783-04-09 | I have rec d. your favor of Dec r. 3 d , & thank You for the Register, Catalogue & Pamphlet,... |
3949 | Adams, John | William V, Prince of Orange and Stadholder of the … | Memorial to William V, Prince of Orange, 25 January … | 1788-01-25 | The subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United states of America has the Honour to... |
3950 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 5 June 1799 | 1799-06-05 | Inclosed are recommendations of Joseph Williston & Habijah Savage, to be midshipman to whom I... |