51To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 15 November 1780 (Adams Papers)
I put a Letter of Introduction into the Hand of a son who has since unfortunately been made a...
52Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 21 December 1780 (Adams Papers)
I should have wrote before according to promiss, but have been prevented the use of my Eyes by a...
53To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 28 December 1780 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Warren directed to you only one week since by Capt. Cazneau bound to Amsterdam, therefore has...
54To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 25 October 1782 (Adams Papers)
Many Months have Elapsed, and many Great Events have taken place since I took up my pen to...
55Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 11 February 1783 (Adams Papers)
Did I feel myself conscious of any inclination to suspend a Correspondence that has given...
56Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 12 February 1783 (Adams Papers)
I need not tell you I was much disappointed in not having the pleasure of your Company yesterday...
57To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 4 May 1783 (Adams Papers)
Did not the stronger motive of friendship Excite, I think the Gratitude due from Each individual...
58Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams, 1 June 1784 (Adams Papers)
This will be handed you by a person who will insure the welcome did it come from one who has much...
59To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 27 April 1785 (Adams Papers)
I thank you sir for your favour of the 13 th Decmber. I take up my pen to acknowledge it, & to...
60Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 30 April 1785 (Adams Papers)
After long Expecting that Pleasure I was Gratifyed about four days since by the Receipt of a very...
61To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, ca. 4 September 1785 (Adams Papers)
The account of your sons arrival you will have from Himself.— the pleasure his Friends receive...
62To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 8 April 1786 (Adams Papers)
While in the silent watches of the Last night I was Contemplating the Vicissitudes of Life, the...
63To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 7 January 1787 (Adams Papers)
The most of my leasure hours since I have resided on the Hill at Milton have been devoted to my...
64Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 22 September 1787 (Adams Papers)
I thank my dear M rs Adams for M rs Montagues observation, on the writings of shakespear which I...
65Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1788 (Adams Papers)
one line by my son inquires after the health of my Friend, at Braintree. do you begin to feel at...
66Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 3 February 1789 (Adams Papers)
How dos my dear M rs Adams like the City of New york: its manners & amusements as it may probably...
67To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 2 April 1789 (Adams Papers)
You are too well acquainted with the history of the world & the distresses of mankind to expect...
68To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 7 May 1789 (Adams Papers)
Presuming on the Confidential & unremiting Friendship that has long subsisted between us;...
69To George Washington from Mercy Otis Warren, 18 May 1790 (Washington Papers)
Though it is my wish to prefix the inclosed dedication to a volume prepared for the press I would...
70To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 17 January 1791 (Adams Papers)
An unsealed letter from you came to my hand this day. for the letter I thank you. as it contained...
71To Thomas Jefferson from Mercy Otis Warren, 10 April 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 10 Apr. 1791 . Transmitting a volume of her poems to be registered for...
72Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 13 November 1796 (Adams Papers)
I return my dear madam miss Williams letters with Lovuts memoirs— am much obliged & hope have not...
73Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1797 (Adams Papers)
It Can be of little Consequence to you my dear Madam wither Your late adventure with me amounts...
74Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 9 April 1798 (Adams Papers)
Have I my dear madam appeared negligent in not answering your last friendly letter jest before...
75To Thomas Jefferson from Mercy Otis Warren, 31 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Mrs. Warren offers respectful Compliments to the President for expressions of esteem that would...
76Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 10 January 1803 (Adams Papers)
Painful necessity has for many months prevented me the use of my own pen,—nor have I seen any...
77To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 28 August 1803 (Adams Papers)
The painful tidings I have this afternoon transiently heard relative to the health of my long...
78To Thomas Jefferson from Mercy Otis Warren, 5 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to direct to the President of the United States, the Prospectus of a work, of...
79To Thomas Jefferson from Mercy Otis Warren, 14 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
With respect and diffidence, the author asks his acceptance, and presents the two first Volumes...
80From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 28 December 1806 (Adams Papers)
It is a long time since I have had a line from a friend who for many years I have cordially...
81From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 11 July 1807 (Adams Papers)
Though your last Letter was not immediately answered, I offer no apology but my own frequent...
82To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 16 July 1807 (Adams Papers)
After a long suspension of a friendly literary intercourse, it was very unexpected to me this...
83To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 28 July 1807 (Adams Papers)
Before I had an opportunity to forward my reply to yours of July 11th: I received another letter...
84To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 1 August 1807 (Adams Papers)
Your fourth Letter like the preceding ones, discovers a fixed determination to mis-construe every...
85To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 7 August 1807 (Adams Papers)
I know not how to satisfy the demands you make upon my time and patience without entering into...
86To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 15 August 1807 (Adams Papers)
You begin your Letter, Sir, of August 8th. with complaints of “new demonstrations of Mrs....
87To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 27 August 1807 (Adams Papers)
At a time of life when retirement is sought for, and the release from all political attentions...
88From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 9 January 1810 (Adams Papers)
I never received a Letter from my dear Mrs. Adams but that an emotion was awakened which is not...
89From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 8 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
Though I have felt the complicated affliction that has recently assailed my friends at Quincy, I...
90From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 1 September 1812 (Adams Papers)
Blessed are the Peace-makers!—In that glorious band of righteous do I class my friend Mrs. Adams....
91From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 13 October 1812 (Adams Papers)
The with in I prepared with design to forward by your Son on his return from Barnstable Court,...
92From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 26 January 1813 (Adams Papers)
A token of Love & Friendship .—What can be more acceptable to a mind of Sensibility?— Your every...
93From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 15 April 1813 (Adams Papers)
I had for several weeks been anticipating the pleasure I have recently received on the arrival of...
94From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 24 April 1813 (Adams Papers)
The inclosed was written with design to forward by your Son, who I then presumed would have...
95From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 15 June 1813 (Adams Papers)
Though I have received no reply to my last, I interrupt Mrs. Adams again on a subject that lays...
96From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 28 June 1813 (Adams Papers)
I have not received a Letter for a long time that gave me such real heart-felt pleasure, as yours...
97From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 29 June 1813 (Adams Papers)
I am myself, my dear Madam, in great trouble—since my date of yesterday, my amiable son the...
98From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 23 July 1813 (Adams Papers)
Our mutual Friend Mrs Cushing called upon me a few days since and informed me that she expects...
99From Mercy Otis Warren to Thomas Boylston Adams, 17 August 1813 (Adams Papers)
Your very friendly and very afflictive Letter reach’d me this day just as I was sitting down to...
100From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, 29 August 1813 (Adams Papers)
I cannot longer be silent while my friends are mourning the death of such a daughter as was our...