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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, February 7, 1816
Quincy Feb. 7. 1816 My dear Son, Among a million of Things I want to Say to you, which Shall I choose. Publick affairs? What are these to me? What…
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Letters from John Adams
B. 1735 · D. 1826
John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of the United States as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with contemporaries, including his wife and advisor Abigail Adams and his friend and rival Thomas Jefferson.
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, March 2, 1816
Quincy March 2. 16 Dear Sir I cannot be Serious.! I am about to write you, the most frivolous letter you ever read. Would you go back to your Cradle…
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John Adams to Joseph Delaplaine, March 5, 1816
Quincy March 5th. 1816 Sir your letter of 27th Feb, has surprised me. Of the writer of the anonymous letter to you I have no knowledge. The portrait taken by…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 20, 1816
Quincy March 20th 1816 My dear Sir I have recd. your favour of Dec. 16th. The Chicanery on the Law of Nations, is no surprise to me. A Lawyer of…
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John Adams to Joseph Gale, April 5, 1816
Quincy April 5th 1816 my Gale I have remitted to Judge Cranch, ten dollars, to discharge your account. You will be so good as to give him a receipt, for…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 3, 1816
Quincy May 3. 1816 Dear Sir. Yours Ap. 8 has long Since been recd. J. “Would you agree to live your 80 years over again”? A. Aye! And Sanse Phrases.”…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 6, 1816
Quincy May 6 1816 Dear Sir Neither Eyes Fingers or Paper held out, to dispatch all the Trifles I wished to write in my last Letter. In your favour of…
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John Adams to Charles Francis Adams, May 15, 1816
Quincy May 15. 1816 Dear Charles you are a frolicksome little fellow; and I delight in your Fun with your School mates as heartily as you do, because it proves…
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John Adams to John Adams, May 26, 1816
Quincy May 26th 1816 My dear John It gives me much pleasure, to hear that you have a Taste for Numbers, because this quality or faculty, call it which you…
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John Adams to John Adams Smith, May 26, 1816
Quincy May 26th. 1816 My Dear Sir I thank you for your sensible and feeling letter of the 7th of February. If you and I should take a flight to…
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John Adams to George Washington Adams, May 27, 1816
Quincy May. 27th 1816 My dear George The Accounts I receive of your Indisposition, excite much Grief. Your Father by Precept and Example will recommend Exercise, and he will be…
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John Adams to George Washington Adams, June 16, 1816
Quincy June 16th 1816 My dear George You cannot easily imagine, how much Grief, the news of your Indisposition has given Us. our most chearing hopes are built upon your…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, July 3, 1816
Quincy July 3. 1816 My ever dear sir Your Letter of May 6th. like all your other Letters for more than 20 years has been a cordial to me. I…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, July 10, 1816
Quincy July 10th. 1816 My ever dear Sir. Mr Andrew Bigelow, whose Character you will learn from the inclosed Letter from the President of Harvard Colledge, will be the Bearer…
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John Adams to William Bainbridge, July 17, 1816
Quincy July 17 1816 Dear Sir I thank you for your kind and obliging Invitation to me and my famility to visit the Independence. I can Scarcely imagine any thing…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, July 22, 1816
Quincy July 22 1816 Dear Sir The Copy inclosed in your Letter has tenderly affected the little Sensibility that remains in me. As a Memorial of the Friendship of Dr…
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John Adams to Horatio Gates Spafford, July 26, 1816
Quincy 7 Mo. 26, 1816 Worthy Friend I thank thee, for thy kind congratulations on my Health. There is no Man who wishes the return of my Son So much…
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John Adams to John Adams, July 31, 1816
Quincy July 31. 1816 Dear John I find upon my table this morning your favour of the 7. March; and I know not whether I have ever answered it. I…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, August 9, 1816
Quincy August 9. 1816 Dear Sir The Biography of Mr Vander Kemp would require a Volume which I could not write if a Milion were offered me as a Reward…
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John Adams to Charles Francis Adams, August 10, 1816
[ , Start insertion, post 10 Aug. 1816 , End, ] My dear Charles! Do you See, in these Plays of Terence, which are the Translations from Menander, the Character…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, August 14, 1816
Quincy Aug. 14. 1816 My dear Sir Thanks for your third of Aug.—Griefs upon Griefs! Disappointments upon Disappointments! All is Vanity! What then? This is a gay, merry World, notwithstanding.…
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John Adams to Stephen Miller, August 23, 1816
Quincy August 23rd 1816 Sir Last Evening Mr: Apthrop put into my hand your polite Letter of the first of this Month from New York. Your civil Apology for writing…
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John Adams to James Mease, August 24, 1816
Quincy August 24th 1816 Dear Sir A letter of the 8th of August from Dr Mease has revived many recollections of conversations at Bush Hill, and at the Corner of…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, September 19, 1816
Quincy Sept. 19th 1816 Dear Cousin, I have long meditated to write you a Line. You are giving annual Bounties, for Medical Essays which Nobody reads; No Body thanks you;…