21From 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...
At length my dear Madam we have arrived in this splendid City and find ourselves plunged into the...
An occasion now offering to write you I sieze it with the utmost pleasure to inform you of our...
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...
The River being open at length, and the Vessels preparing for their departure, I sieze the...
When I closed my Letter; last week to my son by captain Smith, I fully intended to have written...
Your very kind and welcome letter arrived yesterday and completely reanimated my frame which was...
We have this morning recieved your kind letter my dear Mother and I hasten to write you a few...