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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, June 8, 1811
Quincy June 8th 1811 I Sit down to write to my dear daughter, almost without a hope, or wish that She Should receive it at St. Petersburgh. for as Letters…
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Letters from Abigail Smith Adams
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 Smith Adams to Abigail Louisa Smith Adams Johnson, July 23, 1811
Quincy July 23d 1811 dear Abbe your Mother has been So constant in writing that I have been the more remiss. I am glad to find that you are content,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, July 23, 1811
Quincy July 23 1811 Dear Sir I hope you will not impute my not writing to you by your son to want of attention to you, or a proper Sensibility…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, July 24, 1811
Quincy July 24th 1811 my dear Son I write to you, altho it is really with the hope that you may not receive my Letter. I would fain believe that…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, July 31, 1811
Quincy July 31 1811 My dear Madam yours of July 21, I received by the last Mail I was just going to ask the cause of your long Silence, when…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, August 11, 1811
Quincy, Aug. 11th, 1811. My Dear Caroline: I do not know how our account stands, whether I am indebted for a letter or you, but I shall not be very…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Lucy Cranch Greenleaf, September 1, 1811
[ , Start insertion, ca. Sept. 1811 , End, ] my dear Neice in replie to your inquiries I answer mrs Adams had a very bad night. at 2 oclock…
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Abigail Smith Adams to William Smith, September 12, 1811
Quincy Sepbr 12 1811 Altho I cannot personally be with you, oweing to the Sickness in my own Family, to pay the last tribute of respect to the remains of…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, September 22, 1811
Quincy Sep’br 22d 1811 my dear Madam At last it is decided—it is as I conjectured in my last Letter to you, the Situation of Mrs Adams prevents their return…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, September 24, 1811
Quincy Sep’br 24 1811 My Dear Son your Brother returnd this Evening from Boston and gave me notice that a vessel would Sail for Sweeden tomorrow the notice is So…
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Abigail Smith Adams to William Stephens Smith, September 27, 1811
Quincy Septr 27th 1811 dear Sir I yesterday received your Letter, and at the Same time, the President received the one inclosed from dr Rush which I think it my…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, November 8, 1811
Quincy Nov’br 8 1811 my dear Sister I recieved your Letter by the last Mail inclosing one for your daughter, who left me last week, to our great regreet. I…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, November 17, 1811
Quincy Novbr 17th 1811 my dear son The intercourse between us is daily more and more obstructed, it may prolong your tranquility that it is so: I know not how…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, November 26, 1811
Quincy Novbr 26 1811 my dear daughter do not think that I have not participated in your Joy, upon the Birth of your daughter, because I have not sooner congratulated…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, December 29, 1811
Quincy december 29th [ 1811 ] my dear Sister A very droll accident happend to the inclosed Letter, as you will See by the address; I wrote two Letters yesterday,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Anonymous, January 1, 1812
[ , Start insertion, ca. 1812 , End, ] my Dear young Friend I received your Letter written in some agitation of mind, but I presume not without a due…
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Abigail Smith Adams to William W. Allen, January 1, 1812
[ , Start insertion, ca. 1812 , End, ] Sir I take the Liberty of transmitting to you a coppy of a Letter written by my late Brother in Law…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, February 24, 1812
Quincy. Feb’ry 24 1812 my dear daughter I beleive I have written you only one Letter since the commencment of the present Year, and I have received only one from…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Adelaide Johnson, February 26, 1812
Quincy Febry 26 1812 my dear Adelaide I received your Letter with the inclosures and have written and forwarded them by a vessel just going to St Petersburgh—since I wrote…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Louisa Smith Adams Johnson, March 5, 1812
Quincy March 5th 1812 My dear Abbe I [know] my dear Child I shall wound your affectionate heart when I communicate to you the affliction we are all in, for…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, April 12, 1812
Quincy April 12th 1812 my dear son As Congress are going to lay an Embargo, of sixty days, the Bill having already past the House, all is hurry and Dispatch…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, April 20, 1812
Quincy April 20th 1812 My dear Sister I had got comfortably through the cold of the winter, but the chilling winds of March have laid me up in April. I…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 10, 1812
Quincy May 10th 1812 my dear Son Mr Shaw sent me word yesterday, that a Gentleman of his acquaintance was going to Archangel, and would take a Letter to you,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 17, 1812
Quincy july 17th 1812 my dear sister I received your Letter written upon the Birth-day of my only daughter, and memorable to me for that occasion, as well as the…