Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1790

Martha Washington to Abigail Adams

Wednesday— May 12. [1790]

Mrs. Washington presents her compliments to Mrs. Adams— She wishes to know how the Vice-President and Mrs. Adams are to day— Mrs. Washington is happy to inform that the President is a little better to day than he was yesterday1

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

1. George Washington, unwell through much of the spring, became gravely ill from influenza and pneumonia in mid-May and did not fully recover until the middle of June (Washington, Papers, Presidential Series description begins The Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series, ed. Dorothy Twohig, Mark A. Mastromarino, Jack D. Warren, Robert F. Haggard, Christine S. Patrick, John C. Pinheiro, and others, Charlottesville, 1987–. description ends , 5:393–399).

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Title: Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1790
Author: Washington, Martha
Recipient: Adams, Abigail
Date: 12 May 1790

Reference

Cite as: “Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-09-02-0031. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 9, January 1790 – December 1793, ed. C. James Taylor, Margaret A. Hogan, Karen N. Barzilay, Gregg L. Lint, Hobson Woodward, Mary T. Claffey, Robert F. Karachuk, and Sara B. Sikes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009, pp. 55–57.]

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