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Abigail Adams to John Adams, August 11, 1763
Weymouth August th 11 1763 1 My Friend If I was sure your absence to day was occasioned, by what it generally is, either to wait upon Company, or promote…
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Letters from Abigail Adams
B. 1744 · D. 1818
Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She is widely considered to be an influential figure in the founding of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, September 12, 1763
Weymouth Sepbr. th 12 1763 You was pleas’d to say that the receipt of a letter from your Diana always gave you pleasure. Whether this was designed for a complement,…
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Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, April 2, 1764
Weymouth April th 2. 1764 Dear Unkle 1 I should not have been unmindful of you, even tho you had not call’d upon me to exert myself. I should be…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 7, 1764
Weymouth April 7. 1764 Sir How do you now? For my part, I feel much easier than I did an hour ago, My Unkle 1 haveing given me a more…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 8, 1764
Weymouth April 8. 1764 Sir If our wishes could have conveyed you to us, you would not have been absent to Day. Mr. Cranch and my Sister have been here,…
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Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, April 9, 1764
Monday eve—Weymouth April 9. 1764 Dear Unkle I suppose you have written to me, tho I have not received it, for Mr. Ayers left his pocket Book with the Letters…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 12, 1764
Weymouth April 12. 1764 My Dearest Friend Here am I all alone, in my Chamber, a mere Nun I assure you, after professing myself thus will it not be out…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, May 9, 1764
Weymouth May. th 9 1764 Welcome, Welcome thrice welcome is Lysander to Braintree, but ten times more so would he be at Weymouth, whither you are afraid to come.—Once it…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, October 4, 1764
Boston Octobr. 4. 1764 Sir I am much obliged to you for the care you have taken about help. I am very willing to submit to some inconveniences in order…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, October 13, 1764
Saturday afternoon Boston Octobr. 13. 1764 When I wrote you by the Doctor 1 I was in hopes that I should have been out the next day, but my disorder…
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Abigail Adams to Hannah Storer Green, July 14, 1765
[ , Start insertion, post 14 July 1765 , End, ] 1 My Good old Friend How many months have passed away since I have either written or received a…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, July 15, 1766
Braintree july 15. 1766 My Dear Sister Tomorrow being Commencment, suppose this will not fail thro want of a conveyance. I therefore set, to tell you that I was much…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, October 6, 1766
Braintree Octobr. 6. 1766 Dear Sister I wrote to you a week ago, and sent my Letter 1 part of the way, but like a bad penny it returnd, to…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, October 13, 1766
Octobr. 13. 1766 Dear Sister I heard to Day that the Doctor had a Letter from Mr. Cranch, and that he was still very Ill, poor Man. I am grieved…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 12, 1767
Braintree Jana’ry 12 1767 Dear Sister Mr. Etter was so good as to come this morning and inform me that his Sons would go to Salem tomorrow. 1 By them…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 31, 1767
Braintree Jan’ry. 31 1767 My Dear Sister I have just returnd from Weymouth, where I have been for a week past. It seems lonesome here, for My Good Man is…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, September 13, 1767
Sunday Eveng. Weymouth Sepbr. 14 [ , Start insertion, i.e. 13 , End, ] 1767 1 My Dearest Friend The Doctor talks of Setting out tomorrow for New Braintree. 2…
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Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 16, 1773
Boston July 16 1773 Madam The kind reception I met with at your House, and the Hospitality with which you entertained me, demands my gratefull acknowledgment. By requesting a correspondence…
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Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, December 5, 1773
Boston December 5. 1773 My Dear Mrs. Warren Do not my Worthy Friend tax me with either Breach of promise; or neglect towards you, the only reason why I did…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, December 30, 1773
Weymouth December 30 1773 Alass! How many snow banks devide thee and me and my warmest wishes to see thee will not melt one of them. I have not heard…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 1, 1774
[ , Start insertion, 1774 , End, ?] 1 Dear Sister I was yesterday at Weymouth where I received your Letter, 2 and the saffron risbands 3 &c. I thank…
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Abigail Adams to Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay, January 1, 1774
[ , Start insertion, 1774 , End, ] Madam In the last Letter which Mr. Adams had the honour to receive from you, you express a Desire to become acquainted…
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Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, February 27, 1774
[ , Start insertion, ante 27 February 1774 , End, ] 1 Your agreable favour of January 19 demands from me more than I am able to pay. My coin…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, August 15, 1774
Braintree August th 15 1774 I know not where this will find you whether upon the road, or at Phylidelphia, but where-ever it is I hope it will find you…