1To John Adams from Matthew Ridley, 27 December 1783 (Adams Papers)
I was honored with your two esteem’d Favors of the 18 t. & 21 st. Ult o. — I should have been a better Correspondent to you since your departure had I not been & still continue to be, under the greatest distress of a kind for M rs Ridley’s health. I fear she will not recover. I am happy to hear that you have profited so well by your Journey— May you continue to reap every advantage from it,...
At the beginning of this Week having many Letters to dispatch relating to the Business of the United States, we agreed together upon their Contents, and every one of us charged himself with part of the Work. M r. Willink promised to write a Letter to your Excellency, and a short Time before the departure of the Mail, he Sent it to the other Houses for Signing. We observed he had not been very...