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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, March 19, 1816
Quincy March 19th 1816 My dear Harriet I received this morning your Note of Sunday and Monday, and am the better for hearing < , Start deletion, of , End,…
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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 Charles Francis Adams, March 28, 1816
Quincy March 28th 1816 My Dear Charles I must write you a short Letter, least you Should think yourself neglected, as I have written to both your Brothers, and your…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Abigal Adams Shaw Felt, March 30, 1816
Quincy March 30th 1816 Dear Abby It is So long Since I heard from you that I am anxious to hear from your own pen, how you have got through…
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Abigail Smith Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, April 1, 1816
April 1st 1816 Dear Sir After three months Sickness, great part of which time, I expected to go hence & be here no more, I am getting up Some Strength,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, April 24, 1816
Quincy April 24th 1816 My Dear Daughter I this morning received your Letter, dated the 10th I sympathize with you, under the repeated Bereavements you have been call’d to Suffer.…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, April 24, 1816
Quincy April 24th 1816 Dear Sir I thank you for the information transmitted me in your Last Letter. I have Sent an extract to my Son—I wish that Congress could…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, April 24, 1816
Quincy April 24 1816— My Dear Daughter By a vessel which saild a week since, I wrote to my Son, and Grandson’s. by this I shall write only to you,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, April 27, 1816
Saturday morng [ , Start insertion, 27 April 1816 , End, ] Dear Harriet I am much dispirited by the weather which prevented the intended visit of you and your…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Katherine Dexter, May 12, 1816
Quincy, 12 May, 1816. Dear Madam, How can I address you, or offer human consolation for a wound which must bleed afresh at every attempt to assuage it? Yet if…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, May 28, 1816
Quincy May 28th 1816 my Dear Daughter Altho’ I have repeatedly written to you Since I received a Letter from you, I am not critical in that respect. judging from…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 10, 1816
Quincy June 10th 1816 My Dear Son Altho I have written to you, more than once since I have received a Letter from you, I know how gratefull it is,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, June 10, 1816
Sunday Eve’g 10 June 1816 Dear Harriet As I consider you as a part of my own Family, I Send you the inclosed, which you will return with care tomorrow…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 30, 1816
Quincy June 30th 1816 My dear Son The east wind of this day, will prevent the Sailing of the Galen, and it gives me the opportunity of acknowledging the receipt…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, August 16, 1816
Quincy August 16th 1816 Dear Harriet I yesterday thursday the 15 received your communications of the 9th. you see it was not possible to forward the Letters inclosed by the…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, August 21, 1816
Quincy August 21st 1816 Dear Sir I take the Liberty of introducing to you and your good Lady, Leiut Clark, who is on his way to visit his Friends in…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Abigal Adams Shaw Felt, September 13, 1816
Quincy Sepbr 13th 1816 my Dear Neice It is a long time Since I have received a Line from you, or written one to you. yet it does not follow…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Maria Frances Johnson Smith, October 15, 1816
Quincy october 15th 1816 Your Letter my dear mrs Smith of Sepbr 23d I received while Caroline de Wint & her Babe were with me. It gave us both great…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Dolley Payne Todd Madison, October 24, 1816
Quincy october 24th 1816 Dear Madam Your Letter of October 12th was an unexpected pleasure, and I cannot regret the occasion which gave rise to it, altho there appears now…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Adams, October 24, 1816
Quincy october 24th 1816 Dear John, I am not conscious that I have been deficient in a return to all the Letters you have written to me, and I now…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, December 5, 1816
Quincy december 5th 1816 My dear Son “Oh that I too, could make a visit to my Father,” was your exclamation in your last Letter. more than a visit You…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Louisa Smith Adams Johnson, December 9, 1816
Quincy December 9th 1816 my Dear Abbe Through Caroline De Wint, I was last Evening informd that your Mother has had a return of the complaint which so much allarmd…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, January 1, 1817
Janry 1st 1817 Many happy returns of the Season dear Harriet is wished you by your Friend, who you know would rejoice to see you at Quincy, but the Gay…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 8, 1817
Quincy, Janry 8th 1817 My dear Son I must begin my Letter by wishing you and yours, many returns of the Season, as pleasent, as delightfull as the present for…
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Abigail Smith Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, February 7, 1817
Febry 7th 1817 Dear Sir As my good Husband chats Sometimes in circles I will explain to you. my Son J Q A—inclosed to me the Monthly Repository, Saying that,…