Adams Papers

John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 May 1789

John Adams to Abigail Adams

May 18 1789

My dearest Friend

I am in such a situation that I cannot see the way clear for you to come on, till some resolution is passed in the House.— You will be as ready as you can, and I will write you the Moment to come on. any Thing is done.— I will resign my office rather than bring you here to be miserable.

Yours eternally

John Adams.

RC (Adams Papers); addressed: “Mrs Adams / Braintree.”

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    John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 May 1789
    Author
    Adams, John
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    Adams, Abigail
    Date
    18 May 1789

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    “John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 May 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-08-02-0190. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 8, March 1787 – December 1789, ed. C. James Taylor, Margaret A. Hogan, Jessie May Rodrique, Gregg L. Lint, Hobson Woodward, and Mary T. Claffey. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007, p. 356.]

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