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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 13, 1817
Quincy March 13th 1817 My dear, dear ever dear Sir, A new Administration has commenced, Mr Monro’s inaugural Oration you will See in the Newspapers. It Seems to be popular.…
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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 Hezekiah Niles, March 14, 1817
Quincy March 14th 1817 Sir I am obliged to you for your favour of the 5th. the eleven volumes of your Register, shall be paid to your order in Boston…
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John Adams to Harrison Gray Otis, March 16, 1817
Quincy March 16 1817 Dear Sir The information you gave me in your favour of the fifth of this month; for which I kindly thank you, has given me great…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 17, 1817
Quincy Mar. 17. [ , Start insertion, 1817 , End, ] Dear Sir Have you read certain Strictures upon Painters and Paintings in the Newspapers? What do you think of…
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John Adams to John Trumbull, March 18, 1817
Quincy, March 18th. 1817. Dear Sir I thank you for your favour of the 3d. and congratulate you on your success; which I hope and believe will be an honourable…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 19, 1817
Quincy March 19th. 1817 Dear Can you prescribe rules for painting, a perception? A reminiscens,? a judgment? a ratiocination? Do you think there will ever arise an original Genius who…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 25, 1817
Quincy March 25. 1817 Dr Sir The great question was “Whether Writs of Assistants, were legal, or illegal; constitutional or unconstitutional”? “Writs of Assistants”! You will indignantly say. “What are…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, April 11, 1817
Quincy April 11. 1817 My dear Sir Lieutenant John Percival of the Navy of The United States is about to embark for London, and from thence to the other maritime…
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John Adams to William Temple Franklin, May 5, 1817
Quincy May 5. 1817 Dear Sir The Volume of Dr Franklins Correspondence has Seemed to make me live over again my Life at Passy I rejoice that the Public are…
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John Adams to William Vaughan, May 5, 1817
Quincy May 5th 1817 Dear Sir A Reminiscence, as the French phrase it, of Civilities received from you and your Brothers, whenever I have met them in France England or…
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John Adams to Leslie Combs, May 12, 1817
Quincy May 12th. 1817 Sir I have received “the history of the late war in the western country by Mr Robert B McAffe” and “the philosophy of human nature by…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, May 15, 1817
Quincy May 15th. 1817 Dear Sir Mr William Smith Shaw has lent me the fourth Volume of his political pamphlets, the first tract of which is the Controversy between Governor…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 18, 1817
Quincy May 18. 1817 Dear Sir Lyman was mortified that he could not visit Monticello. He is gone to Europe a Second time. I regret that he did not See…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, May 18, 1817
Quincy May 18th. 1817 I pretend not to preserve any order, in my Letters to you. I give you hints, as they accidently occur to me, which, an hundred years…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, May 25, 1817
Quincy May 25. 1817 Sir I thank you for your favour of the 19th and the return of the Pamphlet with a Copy. You revive me when you assure me,…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, June 1, 1817
Quincy June 1817. Sir I have received my Pamphlet and your Register, with your Letter of the 20th. “Inclosed are four Papers—No. 1. A Letter from President Washington, Aug. 27,…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, June 23, 1817
Quincy June 23, 1817 Dear Sir Your kind Letter of the 8th. and the enclosed Biography have been read with all the interest inspired by So long a Friendship; though…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 24, 1817
Quincy June 24th 1817 Dear Sir As we have amused ourselves with looking at a few pictures, suppose we should add one more to the Gallery. The Artist makes the…
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John Adams to James Monroe, June 27, 1817
Quincy June 27, 1817 Dear Sir Another application has been made to me by Mr Elbridge Gerry, the oldest Son of the late Vice President, for a recommendation to the…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, June 27, 1817
“Inclosed are four papers.—No. 1. A letter from President Washington, Aug. 27, 1790; No. 2. Another letter on the same subject, on the same day, Aug. 27, 1790. No. 3.…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, June 30, 1817
Quincy June 30th 1817 Mr Niles The oldest Statesman in North America is no more.—Vixit. McKean, for whose services, and indeed for whose patronage, the two States of Pensylvania and…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, September 15, 1817
Quincy Sept. 15th. 1817 Dear Sir I will now venture to congratulate you upon your relief from a part of the heavy burthen which has been imposed upon you for…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, October 1, 1817
Quincy Oct 1. 1817 Dear Sir Mr J. A Smiths appointment was not by J. Q. A but by the President “Sancte Socrate ora pro nobis” Said Erasmus on reading…
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John Adams to Alpheus Cary, October 9, 1817
Quincy Oct 9th 1817. Sir, Will you be so good as to procure for me a piece of white marble four and twenty inches in length and twenty inches in…