Catherine Nuth Johnson to John Quincy Adams, post 4 July 1803
Catherine Nuth Johnson to John Quincy Adams
[post 4 July 1803]1
My Dear Sir
last Evenings Mail brought
presented me your Welcome letter, announceing the pleasing intelligence of my dear Louisa’s of the Safety of My Beloved Child
Permit me to offer my sincere Congratulations on this happy event the memorable day
which gave him Birth to the little stranger is I
hope a Presage to his own Independence, the
greatest Blessing, (health Excepted) this World has the Power to Bestow May your days,
and his Mothers, be Continued to form them by your Instruction and Example the Noblest
Work of God Honest Men and that they may repay your tenderness and Anxiety with Duty and
Affection
Present me in the most Respectful manner to the President and
the worthy Partner of his Heart, and Accept the and
his Lady believing me on every occasion your / Faithful and / affectionate mother
C
Dft (Adams Papers); internal address: “John Quincy Adams. Esqr.”
1. Johnson drafted this reply to JQA’s 4 July letter, above, on the third page of the folio sheet JQA used for his letter.