1To John Adams from John Hurd, 26 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
When I had the honour of writing you so long ago as March 1790 soliciting your Assistance for an Appointment to some public Office that might afford me a decent Support in the Decline of Life—You were pleas’d Sir, in yr. Answer of 5th Aprl. following, to say—That you shou’d be happy to have an Opportunity of serving me both from a Regard to my Services & early Attachment to the Cause of my...