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. W. W. Abbot, Dorothy Twohig, Jack D. Warren, Mark A. Mastromarino, Robert F. Haggard, Christine S. Patrick, John C. Pinheiro, David R. Hoth, Jennifer Stertzer and others, Charlottesville, Va., 1987– . description ends , 5:393–399).

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Title: Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1790
Author: Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis
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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