Abigail Adams to John Adams, October 25, 1777
Boston October 25 1777 Saturday Evening The joyfull News of the Surrender of General Burgoin and all his Army to our Victorious Troops prompted me to take a ride this…
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.
Boston October 25 1777 Saturday Evening The joyfull News of the Surrender of General Burgoin and all his Army to our Victorious Troops prompted me to take a ride this…
Braintree Febry 15 1778 1 Dear Sir I little thought when you left me, that so much time would have Elapsed before I had taken my pen to write to…
June 10. [ , Start insertion, 1778 , End, ] Dearest of Friends I should write to you with a much more cherefull Heart if I knew where to find…
June [ , Start insertion, 10 , End, ?] 1778 1 My Dear Son Tis almost four Months since you left your Native land and Embarked upon the Mighty waters…
[ , Start insertion, Braintree, 12 June 1778 , End, ] 1 Dear Sir Will you forgive my so often troubling you with my fears and anxieties; Groundless as some…
June 12 [ , Start insertion, 1778 , End, ] Dear Sir My spirits are rather low, I do not feel in any great moode for useing my pen, yet…
Boston june 18 1778 My Dear Sir At length my anxiety is relieved and the happy happy tidings of your arrival and safety in France has reachd my Ears and…
[ , Start insertion, Braintree, 19 August 1778 , End, ] 1 My dear Sir This Moment your favour of August the 6 2 is come to hand. My Heart…
Braintree August 19 1778 Dear Sir I really began to feel very uneasy at your long Silence and feared Sickness or some disaster had befallen you. I have been a…
August 26 1778 Dear Sir Your favour of the 5th instant is just come to hand. 1 I should like very well to see the Speach you mention and the…
[ , Start insertion, Braintree, 21 October 1778 , End, ] 1 How dear to me was the Signature of my Friend this Evening received by the Boston a ship…
[ , Start insertion, Braintree, 25 October 1778 , End, ] 1 The Morning after I received your very short Letter I determined to have devoted the day in writing…
Sunday Evening December 27 1778 How lonely are my days? How solitary are my Nights? Secluded from all Society but my two Little Boys, and my domesticks, by the Mountains…
Janry. 2 1779 My Dearest Friend You have directed me to draw Bills upon you for what Money I want, and add, that if my Bills are scrupled, to get…
Janry. 4 1779 Dear Sir May I be permitted to call of your attention from the important and weighty concerns of State to answer me a Question in which I…
[ , Start insertion, Braintree, February–March 1779 , End, ] Your favour of Jan’ry 19 never reachd me till the 26 of this Month. The only reason why I did…
July 28 [ , Start insertion, 1779 , End, ] Dear sir Your favour of july 16 this moment received the contents of which have awakend in my Bosom the…
[ Braintree, ca. 30 July 1779 ] Dear sir As your good Lady had promised me the favour of a visit before your return to your Native Town, give me…
November 14 1779 Dearest of Friends My habitation, how disconsolate it looks! My table I set down to it but cannot swallow my food. O Why was I born with…
Braintree November 18 1779 1 Sir In a Letter from my Dear absent Friend the day before he saild dated on Board the Frigate he informd me that the Evening…
Braintree December 27 [ , Start insertion, 1779 , End, ] Sir Your very polite reply to my Letter demands my acknowledgment. If I should find myself embarressed at any…
Braintree December 27 1779 Sir Your obligeing reply to my request demands my Thanks. I have taken the Liberty of sending 5 Guinea’s to be exchanged—any time within these ten…
Janry. 18 1780 My Dearest Friend It is now a little more than two months since you left me. I have many hopes that you had a prosperous voyage and…
Febry. 28 1780 How does my Dear Mrs. Warren through a long and tedious Winter? in which I have never been honourd with a single line from her hand. Possibly…