Abigail Adams 2d to Royall Tyler, 11 August 1785

Abigail Adams 2d to Royall Tyler

[ca. 11 August 1785] 1

Sir

Herewith you receive your letters and miniature with my desire that you would return mine to my Uncle Cranch, and my hopes that you are well satisfied with the affair as is

A. A.

MS not found. Printed from (Grandmother Tyler’s Book description begins Frederick Tupper and Helen Tyler Brown, eds., Grandmother Tyler’s Book: The Recollections of Mary Palmer Tyler (Mrs. Royall Tyler), 1775–1866, New York and London, 1925. description ends ), p. 76. No other versions of the letter survive, nor is there any evidence to show whether the text is complete.

1. The date is suggested by AA to JQA, 11 Aug., above. See also AA to Mary Cranch, 15 Aug., and notes 3–7, and AA to Cotton Tufts, 18 Aug., both below.

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Title: Abigail Adams 2d to Royall Tyler, 11 August 1785
Author: Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA)
Recipient: Tyler, Royall
Date: 11 August 1785

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Cite as: “Abigail Adams 2d to Royall Tyler, 11 August 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-06-02-0084. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 6, December 1784 – December 1785, ed. Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993, p. 262.]