71From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 August 1809 (Adams Papers)
I would not come to Town to day because I knew I should only add to yours, and my own agony, my...
72From Alexander Hill Everett to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 1809 (Adams Papers)
Permit me, Madam, to lay before you these few lines put together at your request. You may indeed...
I congratulate you upon your safe arrival in the cold Regions of the North: to which I hope your...
I this day received a Letter from my son dated october 21 from constradt—we had heard three weeks...
your Letter from St petersburgh of october 28th I received the last week, four Months after the...
When I closed my Letter; last week to my son by captain Smith, I fully intended to have written...
I am ready to join in the exclamation of Eloissa when she said “Heaven first taught Letters, for...
78From le Commandeur de Maisonneuve to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 23 December 1810 (Adams Papers)
Le Commandeur de Maisonneuve a l’honneur d’annoncer à Madame Adams qu’Elle est invitée ainsi que...
It is a long time since I addresed a Letter to You, and a much longer since I received a Letter...
The season was so far advanced, and several vessels had arrived from the North without Letters,...