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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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851 | Cranch, Elizabeth | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Cranch to Abigail Adams, 5 September 1785 | 1785-09-05 | My Papa came in this evening and brought a great Letter directed to Mama, superscrib’d by my... |
852 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 19 September 1780 | 1780-09-19 | A few days since I had the honor of a letter from Mr. A., who I have the pleasure to inform You... |
853 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, Abigail | Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 20 December 1789 | 1789-12-20 | Yours of the 22 d. I rec d. on Sunday last, by Gen Lincoln— the several Articles You requested me... |
854 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 30 September 1787 | 1787-09-30 | I went to Boston last Monday & there found that Barnard had arriv’d & brought me Letters both... |
855 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 April 1797 | 1797-04-24 | This day you promis’d me to begin your Journey: but if the Weather is as disagreable with you as... |
856 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 December 1781 | 1781-12-18 | I have Letters from Mr. Dana and his young Attendant, at St. Petersbourg. Both well and in good... |
857 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, 8 November 1782 | 1782-11-08 | I have taken the liberty to enclose a line to my Papa, under cover of yours; knowing it will go... |
858 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 14 October 1778 | 1778-10-14 | The importunity of my Friends at Braintree, though my inclination is strong, is not sufficient to... |
859 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 16 June 1781 | 1781-06-16 | I have already acknowledged the Receipt of your Letter of May 10th covering a Copy of March 17th,... |
860 | Smith, Abigail Adams | Adams, Abigail | Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail Adams, 9 February 1793 | 1793-02-09 | It is with very great pleasure that I address you, my dear mamma, from this place again. You will... |
861 | Eliot, John | Adams, Abigail | John Eliot to Abigail Adams, October 1778 | ≈1778-10-01 | You did not see fit to send the letter you proposed for the conveyance of Mr. Ingram. Perhaps it... |
862 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1785 | 1785-07-07 | I had the honour of writing you on the 21st. of June, but the letter being full of treason, has... |
863 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 February 1793 | 1793-02-17 | We have had Such falls of Snow and rain that I Suppose the Mail has been retarded and I have no... |
864 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 May 1777 | 1777-05-06 | We have no News here but what comes from you—except that all is well and quiet at Ticonderoga,... |
865 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 16 May 1778 | 1778-05-16 | I do myself the honor to inclose the postscript to Hall & Sellers’s Paper of the 9th instant... |
866 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 January 1795 | 1795-01-29 | The public Prints, announce the Death of my old esteemed Friend General Roberdeau, whose Virtues... |
867 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1788 | 1788-07-30 | one line by my son inquires after the health of my Friend, at Braintree. do you begin to feel at... |
868 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1777 | 1777-05-10 | We have at last accomplished a troublesome Piece of Business. We have chosen a Number of... |
869 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 May 1778 | 1778-05-24 | I now having an opportunity which to my Satisfaction I have much oftener than I expected when I... |
870 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, Abigail | Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 1 December 1784 | 1784-12-01 | Your letter from Autueil near Paris of Sept. 8 gave me great Pleasure as it assured me of Your... |
871 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 13 January 1780 | 1780-01-13 | I send you a Continuance of the Journals. The Printer having lately made a Mistake in the Course... |
872 | Jefferson, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | From Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 10 July 1787 | 1787-07-10 | This being the day on which, according to my calculation, my daughter would be crossing the... |
873 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 25 February 1801 | 1801-02-25 | I have had the pleasure to receive your very kind letter of the 14 th of Feb. at Baltimore, for... |
874 | Waterhouse, Benjamin | Adams, Abigail | Benjamin Waterhouse to Abigail Adams, 10 September 1782 | 1782-09-10 | When I was at Braintree I mentioned to you that I was pretty certain I had a letter from Mr.... |
875 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 20 August 1774 | 1774-08-20 | I thank you my dear Sister for all your kind offers. I have not been able yet to get Miss Dolly... |
876 | Gardoqui, Joseph & Sons (business) | Adams, Abigail | Joseph Gardoqui & Sons to Abigail Adams, 2 May 1781 | 1781-05-02 | Your much respected and highly Esteemed favour of the 4th of Septr. last we duelly received and... |
877 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 February 1777 | 1777-02-07 | I am at last after a great deal of Difficulty, settled in comfortable Quarters, but at an... |
878 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 19 October 1799 | 1799-10-19 | I was very glad to hear by the Letter you sent me from Brookfield, that you had got Safely so... |
879 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 January 1799 | 1799-01-16 | Yesterday, Tuesday when the Levee Room began to be thin Brisler came running in, with the... |
880 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 16 July 1779 | 1779-07-16 | March 6 1779. “Our friend my late Colleague means to embark soon and from him you will learn the... |
881 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 December 1796 | 1796-12-04 | After Spending a Day and a Night at East Chester with our Children there and another at Newyork... |
882 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 November 1785 | 1785-11-06 | Your Son, My Dear Sister has been a Member of our Family for these five Weeks, almost three of... |
883 | Tufts, Cotton | Adams, Abigail | Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 8 June 1797 | 1797-06-08 | As you are now in a Sphere of Life that requires the Enjoyment of Health, the Exercise of Wisdom,... |
884 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 September 1776 | 1776-09-04 | Mr. G erry arrived Yesterday, and brought me yours of August 17. and soon afterwards the Post... |
885 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 July 1794 | 1794-07-08 | The stage in which I had engaged a passage for Philadelphia this morning, has gone away by... |
886 | Adams, Sarah Smith | Adams, Abigail | Sarah Smith Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 October 1801 | 1801-10-22 | I do not know why it is thus—but I am dissatisfied with myself untill I acknowledge your tender... |
887 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 February 1783 | 1783-02-26 | “A Court,” as John Dryden informed me, before Experience, “is a place of forgetfulness for well... |
888 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 August 1777 | 1777-08-15 | The Weather continues, as hot as ever. Upon my Word I dont know how to sustain it. Oh for a Bowl... |
889 | Cranch, John | Adams, Abigail | John Cranch to Abigail Adams, [ca. 23 June 1787] | 1787-06-23 | Substance of miss Palmer’s account of the University exhibition at Cambridge, the 10 th. of... |
890 | Adams, Charles | Adams, Abigail | Charles Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 August 1796 | 1796-08-08 | This morning about one o’clock My Sally presented me with a charming daughter They are both... |
891 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 July 1775 | 1775-07-23 | Have only Time to send by this Opportunity a Token of Remembrance. The Fast was observed here... |
892 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 March 1801 | 1801-03-10 | I am almost asham’d to acknowledge how long it has been since I wrote you last, and can only hope... |
893 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 23 January 1798 | 1798-01-23 | Your kind attention to my last emboldens me again to interrupt your more important pursuits, &... |
894 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 December 1793 | 1793-12-01 | We may ever remember The Thirtieth of November because it was the Day on which We were absolved... |
895 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 7 January 1791 | 1791-01-07 | What a Succession of troubles have you had to incounter & not one of us to help you through them—... |
896 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 December 1793 | 1793-12-12 | This Day having been devoted to Thanksgiving by the Governor of Pensilvania, Congress have... |
897 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1798 | 1798-06-29 | Nothing but dire necessaty has prevented my writing as often as you could wish I do not always... |
898 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 March 1796 | 1796-03-15 | Your delicious Letter of the 5 th. came to my hand Yesterday. Your beautiful and pathetic... |
899 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 March 1780 | 1780-03-16 | I have not particularly answered your amiable Letter of 10 Decr. Your tender Anxiety distresses... |
900 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 January 1794 | 1794-01-18 | I Send you, at present the Negotiations with M r Hammond as I sent you before those with M r... |