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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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551 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 October 1776 | 1776-10-08 | I ought to acknowledge with Gratitude, your constant Kindness in Writing to me, by every Post.... |
552 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 November 1794 | 1794-11-02 | We arrived here last night in good Season. The Roads were not very bad, and the Weather, tho... |
553 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 September 1777 | 1777-09-14 | You will learn from the Newspapers before this reaches you, the situation of Things here. Mr.... |
554 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 18 February 1798 | 1798-02-18 | I write again my dear Sister because I know you love to hear from me, & not that I have any thing... |
555 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Enclosure: Poem on the Boston Tea Party, 27 February … | 1774-02-27 | Wrote at the Request of A Gentleman who described the Late Glorious Event of sacrificeing several... |
556 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 August 1787 | 1787-08-01 | At length the scene of my collegiate life is closed, and about a fortnight ago I made a public... |
557 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 September 1775 | 1775-09-26 | I have not written the usual Compliment of Letters since I left Braintree; nor have I received... |
558 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 July 1776 | 1776-07-10 | You will see by the Newspapers, which I from time to time inclose, with what Rapidity, the... |
559 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 October 1800 | 1800-10-03 | I have your favor of the 26 th: ult o: with an enclosure; with what I paid for the servant’s... |
560 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 29 November 1781 | 1781-11-29 | My Almanac says that I wrote to you on the 9th. of October, but your Favour of Sepr. 26. received... |
561 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 June 1777 | 1777-06-08 | Upon an Invitation from the Board of War of Pensilvania, a Committee was appointed a few days ago... |
562 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 1 November 1786 | 1786-11-01 | Two Vessels arrived from London while I was upon my little southern Tour. It was in vain that I... |
563 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 December 1793 | 1793-12-30 | This morning I received your favour of the 20 th. The House I am in was aired and Smoked with Tar... |
564 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 April 1796 | 1796-04-09 | The H. of R. have not yet determined— The Question is to be calld up on Monday— But the... |
565 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 October 1775 | 1775-10-01 | This Morning, I received your two Letters of September 8th. and September 16th. —What shall I... |
566 | Dana, Elizabeth Ellery | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Ellery Dana to Abigail Adams, 1 December 1781 | 1781-12-01 | This is the first opportunity I have had since my Journey of congratulating you upon your dear... |
567 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 13 June 1780 | 1780-06-13 | I will not omit to acknowledge by this Post the Receipt of your Letter of the 24th. Ulto. because... |
568 | Dalton, Ruth Hooper | Adams, Abigail | Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail Adams, 28 July 1798 | 1798-07-28 | Your welcome letter of the 20 th instant I did not receive till last evening, on our return from... |
569 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 September 1778 | 1778-09-23 | A very idle, vain Conversation, at a Dinner, has produced you this Letter from a venerable old... |
570 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 June 1795 | 1795-06-26 | The Senate is to meet at Ten, this morning and I hope will finish: but it is still uncertain. I... |
571 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1780 | 1780-05-12 | Mr. Austin has at last arrived—he dined with me, Yesterday and today. He has been taken, and been... |
572 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 June 1789 | 1789-06-06 | I must now most Seriously request you to come on to me as soon as conveniently you can. never did... |
573 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 January 1793 | 1793-01-08 | I am somewhat surprized by the information given in your letter of the 23 d: Dec r: viz. that you... |
574 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 12 June 1785 | 1785-06-12 | I have but just returned, my much loved Sister, from my Southern Excursion. You know how... |
575 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 May 1780 | 1780-05-15 | I inclose for your Amusement, a Publication, made here within a few days. Somebody has inserted... |
576 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 4 July 1790 | 1790-07-04 | Mr Cranch has pack’d your things & sent them on Board Captain Barnard I hope they will go safe... |
577 | Otis, Mary Smith Gray | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail Adams, 23 February 1794 | 1794-02-23 | I am quite ashamed my dear M rs Adams that I have so long neglected writeing to you, indeed I can... |
578 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 January 1793 | 1793-01-24 | Our good Friend General Lincoln gave me this morning your favour of the 7 th which compensated in... |
579 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 January 1795 | 1795-01-12 | Last Week I received through M r Izard a kind Invitation to dine with M rs Powell, whom I had not... |
580 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 November 1783 | 1783-11-08 | I have this Day, by Special Permission from their Majesties obtained by Mr. West the Painter who... |
581 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 February 1799 | 1799-02-04 | Yours of 25 Ult. is rec d. — Thomas is to Sett off from N. York to day for Quincy and I wish him... |
582 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 April 1777 | 1777-04-28 | There is a Clock Calm, at this Time, in the political and military Hemispheres. The Surface is... |
583 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 | 1774-06-29 | This is the second day of the Term at York: very little Business--very hot weather. My... |
584 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 1 March 1781 | 1781-03-01 | In my last I told you that the Case which was brought to my Lodgings for your Benefit did not... |
585 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 16 August 1782 | 1782-08-16 | I am to express my Acknowledgments to You for your kind favor of the 17th. June last, with which... |
586 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1774 | 1774-07-01 | I am so idle, that I have not an easy Moment, without my Pen in my Hand. My Time might have been... |
587 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 March 1781 | 1781-03-11 | My Letters by Davis, Mr. Guild &c. are lost.—Pray did you get the Goods by Davis? This goes by... |
588 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 February 1797 | 1797-02-04 | I hope you will not communicate to any body the hints I give you about our Prospects: but they... |
589 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 December 1794 | 1794-12-10 | Entre nous M r sheerjashub Bourne called upon me the other Morning to ask me some Questions about... |
590 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Smith, 20 April 1763 | 1763-04-20 | Love sweetens Life, and Life sometimes destroys Love. Beauty is desirable and Deformity... |
591 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 January 1799 | 1799-01-01 | I rec d to day your fav r of 24 and it made the day more tolerable. Your health and Spirits... |
592 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 9 March 1779 | 1779-03-09 | It is hardly necessary that I should tell the amiable Portia of my having within 4 days received... |
593 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 October 1799 | 1799-10-06 | We arrived at this place last evening about seven Oclock, where we have found most excellent... |
594 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 December … | 1794-12-12 | The Commission with which you charged me for the Mess rs Willink has been executed so far as... |
595 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 8 April 1779 | 1779-04-08 | So I must Give up my Little Companion, my Young Friend. Your Claim is prior, your Title Cannot be... |
596 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 11 October 1785 | 1785-10-11 | Your favor of the 7th. was put into my hands the last night and as I received at the same time... |
597 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 May 1797 | 1797-05-21 | The last Letter I have received from you is dated the 11 th: of last November. I know not whether... |
598 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 August 1776 | 1776-08-14 | This is the Anniversary of a memorable day, in the History of America: a day when the Principle... |
599 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 August 1777 | 1777-08-02 | By an express last night from Cape May, We learn that the Fleet went out of the Bay, the Morning... |
600 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 August 1777 | 1777-08-07 | We have not yet the least Intimation of Howes Design. He is wasting away the Time. Let him aim at... |