After so long a silence my dear mother I scarcely know how to address you without troubling you...
With a mind sorely depressed by the late afflicting intelligence from America and the many...
I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of answering, your very beautiful, and affectionate letter,...
Your kind letter my dear Mother as well as that of my kind Sister call for an answer and although...
The arrival of Mr Bayard, & Galatin, my dear Madam, has made so little alteration in our...
16From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 1814 (Adams Papers)
To offer you anything like consolation for your irreparable loss my dear Mother is I feel utterly...
As Mr & Mrs Smith are about leaving this Country I cannot suffer them to depart without a few...
As this is probably the last opportunity I shall have to write you I sieze it with avidity, and...
Mr. Todd having just called to announce his departure I hasten to write you although I do not...
Your last kind Letters of the 20 of May reached London only two days since and according to your...