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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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201 | Bishop, John | Adams, Abigail | John Bishop to Abigail Adams, 16 October 1780 | 1780-10-16 | I received yours of the 14th. ultmo., should not have defer’d answering it so long had I been... |
202 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 November 1800 | 1800-11-15 | I rec d last night your Letter of the 11 th. Your Girls and M r shipley arrived in good health... |
203 | Washington, Martha | Adams, Abigail | Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 4 September 1791 | 1791-09-04 | Your frindly letter of the 29 th of June —I should not have suffered to remain so long... |
204 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 11 August 1779 | 1779-08-11 | This Evening I have satisfactory Intelligence of the real Embarkation of your very dear Treasure... |
205 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 13 June 1797 | 1797-06-13 | I had a mantua makaker & a Tailor last week which keept me so fully imploy’d that I had not time... |
206 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 September 1776 | 1776-09-06 | This day, I think, has been the most remarkable of all. Sullivan came here from Lord Howe, five... |
207 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, October 1801 | ≈1801-10-01 | Some time since Andrew Foster, a relation of Mrs. Otis, applied to Mr. Otis for admission as... |
208 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 February 1783 | 1783-02-27 | I read in a great Writer, Montesquieu that “l’honneur, en imposant la loi de servir, veut en être... |
209 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 29 April 1798 | 1798-04-29 | I am doom’d my dear Sister to be the messenger of death to you. I believe for five weeks past my... |
210 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 August 1777 | 1777-08-19 | The Weather still continues cloudy and cool and the Wind Easterly. Howe’s Fleet and Army is still... |
211 | McHenry, Margaret Allison Caldwell | Adams, Abigail | Margaret Allison Caldwell McHenry to Abigail Adams, 8 … | 1798-10-08 | It was with the greatest concern I heard of your late illness, since which time I have felt very... |
212 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1787 | 1787-06-29 | I have sent one Letter on Board capt Cushing but it is so long since that unless I Write again... |
213 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 September 1776 | 1776-09-16 | The Postmaster at N. York, in a Panick, about a fortnight ago fled to Dobbs’s Ferry, about 30... |
214 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 28 March 1783 | 1783-03-28 | Peace seems to have closed all Communication with America. ’Tis a very long time since any... |
215 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 August 1777 | 1777-08-23 | It is now no longer a Secret, where Mr. Hows Fleet is. We have authentic Intelligence that it is... |
216 | Cranch, Mary Smith | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 3 October 1784 | 1784-10-03 | Accept my dear Sister a thousand thanks for your charming Journal, it is just Such an one as I... |
217 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 March 1797 | 1797-03-22 | Last night for the first time I slept in our new House.— But what a Scene! The Furniture... |
218 | Storer, Charles | Adams, Abigail | Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, 12 September 1786 | 1786-09-12 | So I see by the papers that Amelia has become Mrs: Smith , and this the 12th. of June. The news... |
219 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 July 1775 | 1775-07-28 | Your two last Letters had very different Effects. The long one gave me vast Satisfaction. It was... |
220 | Copley, Susanna Clarke | Adams, Abigail | Susanna Clarke Copley to Abigail Adams, 20 August 1800 | 1800-08-20 | I take the liberty of addressing a few lines to you, knowing from the Friendship with which you... |
221 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 9 October 1781 | 1781-10-09 | Yesterday’s Post brought me your Favour of Sepr. 26th. Your dear Boy Charles should most... |
222 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 1 October 1786 | 1786-10-01 | This Day is the Aniversary of Eleven Years since our dear Mother left us poor Pilgrims, to... |
223 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 May 1794 | 1794-05-05 | I have this moment rec d your favour of 25. April.— If you want more Money before June borrow it... |
224 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 August 1778 | 1778-08-11 | I am desirous of conveying to you, in a manner that will not probably fail of success, and... |
225 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 June 1795 | 1795-06-09 | The Senate are now in Possession of the Budget.— It is a Bone to gnaw for The Aristocrats as well... |
226 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 March 1796 | 1796-03-20 | Your favour of January 23 d. by Captain Barnard reached me two or three days ago. I am a little... |
227 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1799 | 1799-07-03 | I received not untill last Evening your kind favour of Feb y: 10. which however is the latest... |
228 | Leppington, Rebecca | Adams, Abigail | Rebecca Leppington to Abigail Adams, 20 March 1790 | 1790-03-20 | Encouraged Madam, by your condescention in answering a letter I not long since took the liberty... |
229 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, Abigail | Benjamin Rush to Abigail Adams, 15 August 1778 | 1778-08-15 | I set down with great pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Mr. Adams dated... |
230 | Shaw, Elizabeth Smith | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 13 June 1795 | 1795-06-13 | I should be unpardonable if I neglected this Opportunity of writing to you by a private hand, &... |
231 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 September 1774 | 1774-09-14 | I have written but once to you since I left you. This is to be imputed to a Variety of Causes,... |
232 | Lovell, James | Adams, Abigail | James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 21 March 1780 | 1780-03-21 | I most sincerely rejoice with you on the safe Arrival of Mr. Adams in Spain after so short a... |
233 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 April 1777 | 1777-04-03 | As you seem so inquisitive about Politicks, I will indulge you so far (indulge, I say, observe... |
234 | Black, Esther Duncan | Adams, Abigail | Esther Duncan Black to Abigail Adams, 7 May 1798 | 1798-05-07 | I am unable to find language to express my Gratitude and thankfullness to you—for your maternal... |
235 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail | Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams, 9 March … | 1803-03-09 | I hear by Dr Tufts that our Medford Farm will be greatly injured by the middlesex Canal being cut... |
236 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 September 1783 | 1783-09-01 | I have not received my Letters of Recall from Holland and therefore must disappoint you and my... |
237 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 March 1788 | 1788-03-04 | After a Passage of two days, against contrary Winds, and a terrible Jolt through the Mud, from... |
238 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 February 1794 | 1794-02-04 | The Mail of Yesterday brought me, a rich Treasure in your kind Letters of the 18. 24 and 25 th of... |
239 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 April 1777 | 1777-04-08 | Yours of 26 March came by this days Post. Am happy to hear you have received so many Letters from... |
240 | Cabot, George | Adams, Abigail | George Cabot to Abigail Adams, 11 May 1798 | 1798-05-11 | I feel too sensibly the obligations you have laid me under by the letters you had the goodness to... |
241 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 September 1783 | 1783-09-10 | We have received from Congress a Resolution by which We are to be impowered to negotiate a Treaty... |
242 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 March 1788 | 1788-03-11 | I have past through the Ceremonies of taking Leave of the States General, the Prince and Princess... |
243 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 February 1796 | 1796-02-06 | You Say you have no desire to be the first, and I cannot say that it is desirable: but according... |
244 | Dalton, Ruth | Adams, Abigail | Ruth Dalton to Abigail Adams, 14 January 1797 | 1797-01-14 | Your kind letter should not have lain so long unanswered had I not impatiently waited for the... |
245 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 February 1796 | 1796-02-08 | It is monday, the Time to expect the Eastern mail other Men have Letters— I have none— humiliated... |
246 | Warren, Mercy Otis | Adams, Abigail | Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, 25 July 1773 | 1773-07-25 | I shall pass over in silence the Complementary introduction to your Letter, not because these... |
247 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 January 1797 | 1797-01-18 | I rec d , Yesterday by the Post, the inclosed Letter, which excites a hope of more by the Same... |
248 | Welsh, Thomas | Adams, Abigail | Thomas Welsh to Abigail Adams, 16 June 1797 | 1797-06-16 | Your’s of the 6 th Instant I received yesterday together with the Extracts from Bache’s Paper... |
249 | Adams, Charles | Adams, Abigail | Charles Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 August 1792 | 1792-08-15 | After a very fatiguing and a very anxious jaunt, I have returned from Albany with my Certificate... |
250 | Shaw, William Smith | Adams, Abigail | William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 16 December 1798 | 1798-12-16 | I received your letter of Dec 9 th , with all that pleasure and satisfaction, which, the news of... |