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Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, November 29, 1814
Quincy Novbr 29th 1814 Dear Sir As my Husband has thought it proper to inclose a Letter, received from our Son to the president, which I presume you may read,…
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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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250 letters
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Abigail Smith Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, December 20, 1814
Quincy December 20th 1814 My Dear Daughter I was glad to learn through mr Johnson that you had an agreable journey home Your visit here seems more like a vision,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, December 21, 1814
Quincy December 21 1814 my dear Daughter I shall make one effort more; to convey a Letter to you, and that by sending it to Ghent, where I really wish…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, December 23, 1814
Quincy December 23 1814 Dear Harriet The black hair Ribbon is just what was wanted, I thank you for thinking of it. I Should like 8 yds I believe of…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Charles Francis Adams, December 25, 1814
Quincy December 25th 1814 my Dear Charles Francis I have received two very pretty Letters from you, with which I have been much pleased, both with the composition, and the…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, February 1, 1815
[ , Start insertion, Feb. 1815 , End, ] Dear Harriet I inclose to you mr Adams’s Letter of Novbr 23. the peace was it seems as unexpected to him…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, February 8, 1815
Quincy Feb’ry 8th 1815 Dear Harriet Your Theological queries, you must consult with your Learned minister. I am not able to solve them. there is certainly a difference in the…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, February 17, 1815
Quincy Febry 17 1815 Dear Harriet I received the Silk and chalk this mor’g on Wednesday. I wrote you and inclosed to you mr Adams Letter of 25 Novbr to…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, March 1, 1815
Quincy March 1st a Beautifull mor’g 1815 Dear Harriet I shall send George tomorrow by the stage and will be much obliged to your Father if he will go with…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, March 3, 1815
Quincy March 3d 1815 Dear Harriet I beleive the post Man thinks us very importent correspondents, as we observed that it was well the P had the priviledge of Franking.…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Thomas Baker Johnson, March 3, 1815
Quincy March 3d 1815 Dear Sir I congratulate you sir, from my Heart I congratulate my Country, upon the blaize of Glory, achieved by the valient General Jackson, and the…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, March 5, 1815
Quincy March 5th 1815 Dear Harriet Last Evening I received your Letter with the inclosurs. I wrote to you on fryday, but the post did not go, and the Letters…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 8, 1815
Quincy March 8th 1815 My Dear Son yesterdays Mail brought us the Nomination [s] to foreign Courts, yours of course, was to England. altho no event could have been so…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, March 9, 1815
Sunday Evening 9 March [ , Start insertion, 1815 , End, ] Dear Harriet Louisa is just gone to Bed, She has not been So well to day. her flesh…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, April 10, 1815
Quincy April 10th 1815 My Dear Sister I am going to ask you a curious question Nothing less, than the Name of the Gentleman who visited us on Saturday week?…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Stephen Peabody, April 11, 1815
Quincy April 11th 1815 My dear afflicted Friends By the Agony of your own Bosoms you can judge of the affliction of mine, at the Sudden, and unexpected Stroke, which…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, April 11, 1815
Quincy April 11th 1815 my dear Son “String after String, is severed from the Heart” The parting with my dear Boys the final parting, as I consider it, has excited…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, April 11, 1815
Quincy April 11th 1815. dear Harriet I would not have you expose yourself to go out in the rain, but when you do go out, John prays you not to…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, May 1, 1815
Sunday May 4th Dear Harriet I received your note this morning. mr A forgot to leave it last Evening; I am not much disappointed that there were not any Letters…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 6, 1815
Quincy May 6th 1815 My dear Son Yesterday, was one, of the most joyful days of my life Harriet Welsh, like a winged mercury, came flying with your Letters received…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 30, 1815
Quincy May 30th 1815 my dear Son My last Letter, was written last week, and addrest to mrs Adams, by the Amsterdam packet, which sail’d for Liverpool. it is now…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 4, 1815
Quincy June 4th 1815 my dear Son I must abide by the rule I have establishd, which is not to let any opportunity of writing to you, pass unimproved.—altho I…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, June 6, 1815
June 6th 1815. Dear Harriet I return you Cs Letter, I think she will not be here untill the last of this month. I fear W’s situation an unpleasant one,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 8, 1815
Quincy June 8th 1815 My Dear Son Dr Eustice, for so he will be call’d altho now our minister to Holland, came yesterday to make us a visit, and to…