1John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 16 July 1788 (Adams Papers)
Your mamma’s hand has been wholly unable to hold a pen, without exquisite pain, from the time of...
2John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 11 November 1788 (Adams Papers)
Our anxiety for you, in your present circumstances and situation among strangers, (though we...
3John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 17 December 1790 (Adams Papers)
I have not had an opportunity to write you till now, since the departure of your Colonel Smith,...
4John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 10 March 1792 (Adams Papers)
Your kind letter of the fourth of this month is before me. I have frequently desired your mother...
5John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 29 October 1792 (Adams Papers)
I received with great pleasure your kind letter from Dover, and rejoiced in your safe arrival in...
6John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 14 December 1793 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your kind letter of the tenth of this month. Mr. G. may well be shocked at the...
7John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 7 January 1794 (Adams Papers)
Colonel Smith spent the last evening with me, and presented me with your kind letter of the 29th...
8John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 1 May 1794 (Adams Papers)
Whether we shall preserve peace, or be involved in war, is a problem, not easily solved; but I...
9John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 18 November 1794 (Adams Papers)
After a journey without any accident, I arrived here, in good health, the Friday night after I...
10John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 2 January 1795 (Adams Papers)
I received this day your kind letter of the 30th ult. With cordial affection and sincerity do I...