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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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5751 | Adams, John | Tufts, Cotton | John Adams to Cotton Tufts, 26 May 1786 | 1786-05-26 | There is a Subject So closely connected, with the Business of my Mission to this Court, that I... |
5752 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, Isaac Sr. | Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Sr., 27 May 1786 | 1786-05-27 | Dr Gordon call’d upon us this morning and deliverd me a letter from mr Storer. The dr is very... |
5753 | Adams, John | Adams, Charles | John Adams to Charles Adams, 2 June 1786 | 1786-06-02 | I thank you for your Kind Letter of the 9th. of April, and congratulate you on the admission of... |
5754 | Adams, John | Thaxter, John | John Adams to John Thaxter Jr., 2 June 1786 | 1786-06-02 | Yours of 22. Jan. reached me, but yesterday. You would have entertained and obliged me, by an... |
5755 | Adams, John | Tufts, Cotton | John Adams to Cotton Tufts, 2 June 1786 | 1786-06-02 | I am proud to learn by your Letter of 13. April that I am so rich at the University. If Thomas... |
5756 | Adams, John | Adams, John Quincy | John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 3 June 1786 | 1786-06-03 | Dr Gordon brought me your Letter of the 2d. of April, which gave me, great Pleasure. In order to... |
5757 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams 2d, 4 June 1786 | 1786-06-04 | Pray Madam, are you married? Nay then the wonder ceases. No matter now how loose your affections... |
5758 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 13 June 1786 | 1786-06-13 | And so my Dear son your sister is really and Bona fida married, as fast as the Bishop and a Clerk... |
5759 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 13 June 1786 | 1786-06-13 | Any agitation of mind, either painfull or pleasureable always drives slumber from my Eyes. Such... |
5760 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 18 June 1786 | 1786-06-18 | Your Letter March 24th. by Capt Cushing, with the Apron, came safe to Hand 2 Days after his... |
5761 | Adams, John | Smith, Isaac Sr. | John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr., 20 June 1786 | 1786-06-20 | Yesterday I received yours of Ap. 18. Via Leverpool. Money may be sent to the East, to purchase... |
5762 | Cranch, Lucy | Adams, Abigail | Lucy Cranch to Abigail Adams, 24 June 1786 | 1786-06-24 | How good you are my dear Aunt, to favour me so often with your charming Letters, you cannot think... |
5763 | Cranch, Elizabeth | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Cranch to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1786 | 1786-07-01 | I have this moment heard that Cushing will sail for London in 3 days, It mortifies me to let one... |
5764 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Thomas Boylston | John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 2 July 1786 | 1786-07-02 | I have not written to you before, since I left you, because my Studies and European Letters have... |
5765 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 2 July 1786 | 1786-07-02 | I did not receive your last Letter by the way of new york till after the vessail had Sail’d with... |
5766 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 4 July 1786 | 1786-07-04 | Your two Letters of May 7th and 15th reachd me yesterday, and I was puzzeld a long time to find... |
5767 | Adams, John | Cranch, Richard | John Adams to Richard Cranch, 4 July 1786 | 1786-07-04 | I have recd your Favour of 20 May. The Southern States will be forced to co operate with the... |
5768 | Adams, John | Tufts, Cotton | John Adams to Cotton Tufts, 4 July 1786 | 1786-07-04 | I have accepted your Bill in favour of Storer, of 50£. and paid that in favour of Mr Elworthy of... |
5769 | Cranch, Richard | Adams, Abigail | Richard Cranch to Abigail Adams, 5 July 1786 | 1786-07-05 | Capt. Cushing having informed me that he shall sail tomorrow, I have requested him to take the... |
5770 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, Abigail | Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1786 | 1786-07-06 | I recd. yours of Jan. 10. Feby 21 and April the 8th And am obliged to you for your affectionate... |
5771 | Smith, Isaac Jr. | Adams, Abigail | Isaac Smith Jr. to Abigail Adams, 8 July 1786 | 1786-07-08 | Tho’ it is probable you will hear of it from some other of your friends, yet as I know the... |
5772 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 10 July 1786 | 1786-07-10 | I have within this Hour receiv’d your Letters by captain Bigelow and have also heard that cushing... |
5773 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 14 July 1786 | 1786-07-14 | Capt Folger is slipt a way without one line from me. I did not design it should have been so, but... |
5774 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Cranch, 18 July 1786 | 1786-07-18 | I thank you my dear Neice for your last kind Letter. There are no days in the whole year so... |
5775 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams Smith to Elizabeth Cranch, 18 July 1786 | 1786-07-18 | In your Letter to Mamma my Dear Eliza of —— May you are strangely puzled to know in what manner... |
5776 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, John | Cotton Tufts to John Adams, 18 July 1786 | 1786-07-18 | Mrs. Cranch last Evening informed me, That a Mr. Standfast Smith of this Town is empowered to... |
5777 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw, 19 July 1786 | 1786-07-19 | Accept my thanks for your kind Letter of March 18th and for the pleasing favourable account you... |
5778 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Lucy | Abigail Adams to Lucy Cranch, 20 July 1786 | 1786-07-20 | My fourth Letter I begin to you. I dare not reckon the Number I have to write; least I should... |
5779 | 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... |
5780 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 21 July 1786 | 1786-07-21 | Altho afflicted to day with one of my bad headaches; I must write you, least the vessel should... |
5781 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, 21 July 1786 | 1786-07-21 | And a good story you shall have, Madam, as you desire. Know then that your friends both at... |
5782 | Adams, Abigail | Tufts, Cotton | Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, 22 July 1786 | 1786-07-22 | I inclose to you the papers which contain the correspondence between Lord George Gordon and mr... |
5783 | Adams, Abigail | Welsh, Thomas | Abigail Adams to Thomas Welsh, 22 July 1786 | 1786-07-22 | I have to thank you for your very inteligent Letter of May 4, and am glad to find one writer who... |
5784 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams, 22 July 1786 | 1786-07-22 | I have also to sollicit your Pardon my Dear Brother for haveing so long delayd writing you. I... |
5785 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Elizabeth | Abigail Adams to Elizabeth and Lucy Cranch, 23 July … | 1786-07-23 | I bought me a blue sarcenet coat not long since; after making it up I found it was hardly wide... |
5786 | Adams, Abigail | Jefferson, Thomas | Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 23 July 1786 | 1786-07-23 | Mr Trumble will have the honour of d elivering this to you, the knowledge you have of him, and... |
5787 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 23 July 1786 | 1786-07-23 | Mr Sparhawk called for my Letter Just as I was giving you an account of my Aunt Smith’s Death. I... |
5788 | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Adams, John Quincy | Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams, 27 July 1786 | 1786-07-27 | When I closed my last to you on Sundey last I promised to give you an account of the excursion we... |
5789 | Adams, Abigail | Rogers, Abigail Bromfield | Abigail Adams to Abigail Bromfield Rogers, 30 July 1786 | 1786-07-30 | When I returnd yesterday from a litle excursion which we had made for a week into the Country of... |
5790 | Adams, Abigail | Smith, Isaac Sr. | Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Sr., 31 July 1786 | 1786-07-31 | This moment my cousin W. S. Letter of june 28th is come to hand containing the melancholy tidings... |
5791 | Adams, Abigail | Tufts, Cotton | Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, 1 August 1786 | 1786-08-01 | Mr Adams receivd yesterday your obliging favour of june 28th by way of Liverpool. His Eyes which... |
5792 | Adams, John | Smith, William Stephens | John and Abigail Adams to William Stephens Smith, 5 … | 1786-08-05 | After a very pleasant Journey, here We are. We came very leisurely, dined the first day at... |
5793 | Smith, William Stephens | Adams, John | William Stephens Smith to John and Abigail Adams, 8 … | 1786-08-08 | We were pleased by the receipt of yours of the 5th. inst. from Harwich, to find that your jaunt... |
5794 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams Smith, 8 August 1786 | 1786-08-08 | You know, Amelia, I am never backward in writing my friends: therefore, when I tell you that I... |
5795 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 9 August 1786 | 1786-08-09 | It is an age since I have had the honor of a letter from you, and an age and a half since I... |
5796 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Enclosure: Account between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail … | 1786-08-09 | s 1785. June 2. To paid Petit 173. 8 Aug. 17. To pd mr Garvey’s bill 96. 16. 6 Nov. To cash by... |
5797 | 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... |
5798 | Brown, Elizabeth Otis | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Otis Brown to Abigail Adams, 11 August 1786 | 1786-08-11 | As I have been in Daily expectations of seeing London, I have defered answering your Letter,... |
5799 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 15 August 1786 | 1786-08-15 | Yours of August the 7th. and Col. Smith’s of the 8th. reached us on the 14th. at this place. We... |
5800 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, 15 August 1786 | 1786-08-15 | Pray, Madam, be carefull how you send Cards to your friends on this side the water another time.... |