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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, September 23, 1816
Quincy Septr. 23rd: 1816 John Quincy Adams. I pray you to send me a Book whose Title is ΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΝ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΣ : A New Way of deciding Old Controversies By Basanistes.…
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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 James Madison, October 22, 1816
Quincy October 22d 1816 Dear Sir Thank you for your favour of the 12th. The Anecdote mentioned in my Letter of the 4th of September, is of no consequence to…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, October 23, 1816
Quincy Oct. 23. [ 18 ]16 Dear Sir Your Letter of the 16th. would occupy me for 12 months, when I know not that I have 12 days to live.…
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John Adams to Benjamin W Crowninshield, October 25, 1816
Quincy October 25th 1816 Sir A Lieutenant of the Navy under Commodore Bainbridge on board the Independence, is in a tender state of health, & thinks this climate is too…
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John Adams to Henry Colman, October 28, 1816
Quincy October 28th 1816 Dear Sir Basanists might have gone farther. he might upon the same principles & with the same arguments have produced a greater number of candidate for…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, November 4, 1816
Quincy Nov. 4 1816 Dr Sir Your Letter of Oct. 14 has greatly obliged me. Tracys Analysis, I have read once; and wish to read it a Second time. It…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, November 5, 1816
Quincy Nov 5th 1816 Dear Sir Though your Son is engaged in an honourable and a laudable pursuit, I apprehend he is not quite aware of all the embarrassments in…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, November 13, 1816
Quincy Nov. 13th. 1816 My ever beloved Sir I perceive you are growing Old, by the Curiosity you express to your Mother, to know Something of your Origin . My…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, December 6, 1816
Quincy Decr. 6. 1816 Dear Sir John Sergeant Esquire, a Director of the Bank of U. S. is appointed by that Board to negotiate for ten Millions of Spanish Dollars,…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, December 16, 1816
Quincy Decr 16th 1816 Your Letter dear Sir of Nov. 15 from Poplar Forrest was Sent to me from the Post Office the next day after I had Sent “The…
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John Adams to James Madison, December 17, 1816
Quincy Decr 17. 1816 Dear Sir I beg leave to introduce to You Col. William Sumner; and to Mrs Madison, his Sister, Miss Elizabeth Sumner, Children of our late Governor…
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John Adams to James Monroe, December 17, 1816
Quincy Decr. 17. 1816 Dear Sir All our intelligent Travellers to Washington, I find have an ambition to See both the present, and future President of the United States. I…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, December 18, 1816
Quincy December 18th 1816 Dear Sir Your kind letter of the 13th contains much truth, and nothing but the truth. I may return to it hereafter, but at present, with…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, December 25, 1816
Montezillo Decr 25. 1816 Dear Sir Your Letter of the 29th of September has not been answered by me as it ought to have been. Your Excursion Horseback gave me…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, December 27, 1816
Quincy Decr. 27. 1816 Dear Sir I do declare that I can write Greek better than you do, though I cannot Say, So well as you can, if you will.…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 2, 1817
Quincy Jan. 2d. 1818 My dear Son I have received your Letter of the 26th. of December 1817 inclosing a Postnote upon the Branch Bank of The United States at…
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John Adams to John Adams Smith, January 7, 1817
Quincy January 7th 1817 Dear Sir Thanks for your favour of Novbr. 13th. Of Lord Holland, I know nothing. I pity the people, I pity all men of destinction. I…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, January 24, 1817
Quincy Jany 24th. 1817 Dear Sir Bernard, Hutchinson, Oliver, the Commissioners of the customs, and their Satellites had an Espionage as inquisitive, as zealous, and as faithful, as that in…
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John Adams to Jacob Bigelow, January 28, 1817
Quincy Jan. 28 1817 Sir Accept my Thanks for your Inaugural Oration. It would have been a great pleasure to me, to have heard it: but at my Age, all…
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John Adams to John Gorham, January 28, 1817
Quincy Jan. 28. 1817 Sir My Thanks are due to you for your Inaugural Address of Decr. 11th. I rejoice that Such a Professorship is established and that So accomplished…
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John Adams to Horatio Gates Spafford, January 31, 1817
Quincy Jan. 31. 1816 [ , Start insertion, 1817 , End, ] Mr Spafford I thank you for your kind Letter of the 21st, and for the three Magazines inclosed,…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, February 2, 1817
Quincy Feb. 2d. 1817 Dear Sir In our good old English language of Gratitude, I owe you and give you a thousand thanks, for Tracy’s Review of Montesquieu which Mr…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, March 8, 1817
Quincy March 8th. 1817. Dear Sir “Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity!” The French have a distinction, between Eulogy and Apology. I know not under which of these heads to…
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John Adams to Charles Cushing, March 13, 1817
Quincy March 13 1817 Dear Sir Though the publication of my juvenile Letters to your Father, especially in a Nantucket Gazette is a riddle, a mystery beyon[ , Start insertion,…