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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, October 10, 1817
Quincy Oct. 10. 1817 Dear Sir I thank you for your kind congratulations on the return of my little family from Europe. To receive them all in fine hea[ l…
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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 John Quincy Adams, October 28, 1817
Quincy Octr. 28. 17 Dear Sir I have not acknowledged your 5. & 7 Octr. We have had another delightful Family Scene. Madam De Wint her Son your Nice with…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, November 26, 1817
Q Nov. 26 [ , Start insertion, 1817 , End, ] Dear Sir The Father of Mr George G. Barrel, Still living at 85 his Uncle Joseph and one or…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, December 8, 1817
Q. Decr 8. 17 My dear Son Nature did not make me of a jealous disposition; but a dismal experience has made me Suspicious of myself, not less than of…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 25, 1817
Montezillo Decbr. 25th 1817 Dear Sir It was not friendly in you to involve me in your domestic & family Controversies Major Pierce Butler told me that he made a…
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John Adams to John K. Jackson, December 30, 1817
Quincy Decbr 30th 1817 Sir In 1774, I became acquainted with MacKean, Rodney, and Henry. Those three appeared to me to see more clearly to the End of the Biussiness…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 2, 1818
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 William Wirt, January 5, 1818
Quincy January 5. 1818 Sir Your Sketches of the life of Mr Henry have given me a rich Entertainment. I will not compare them to the Sybil conducting Eneas to…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 8, 1818
Quincy Jan. 8. 1818 My dear Son De Pradt, I Suspect is a descendant of that < , Start deletion, Arcbishop , End, > Bishop of Clermont, the Bastard of…
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John Adams to John Jay, January 9, 1818
Quincy January 9th 1818 Dear Sir Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, by William Wirt of Richmond Virginia has been Sent to me by Mr Shaw of…
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John Adams to John Trumbull, January 12, 1818
Quincy Jan. 12 1818 Dear Sir I have received your favour of 26 of Decr and request you to insert my Name among the Subscribers for your Print of the…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 12, 1818
Montezillo Jan. 12. 1818 Dear Sir In your Letter of the 21st. of October you Say that Mrs Knox said to you that “her husband was the parent of the…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 13, 1818
Quincy Jan. 13 1818 My dear Son Of Mr Wait, I know little, but that he was once introduced to me by General Knox, twice by Judge Thatcher, and Last…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, February 21, 1818
Quincy Febur’y 21th., 1818 Dear Sir I presume you have read the elegant life of Patrick Henry by Mr. Wirt the Attorney General of the United States. If you have…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, February 25, 1818
Quincy Feb 25, 1818 Dear Sir As Mr Wirt had filled my head with James Otis; and I am well informed that the Honourable Mr Benjamin Austin alias Honestus alias…
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John Adams to Anonymous, March 3, 1818
Quincy March 3rd. [ , Start insertion, 1818 , End, ] Please Sir to excuse J and C Adams from School as they were detained here by the weather John…
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John Adams to William Wirt, March 7, 1818
Quincy March 7. 1818 Dear Sir Be pleased to accept my cordial Thanks for the present of and elegant Copy of your Sketches of Mr Henry. I know not whether…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, March 7, 1818
[ , Start insertion, post 7 March 1818 , End, ] Mr Niles I here Send you three great Authorities, James Otis Oxenbridge Thatcher and Samuel Adams, all Supported by…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, April 15, 1818
Quincy, April 15, 1818. dear sir, I HAVE received your obliging favour of the 8th, but cannot consent to your resolution to ask no more questions. Your questions revive my…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, April 23, 1818
Quincy April 23d. 1818 Dear Sir I have Seldom read so much good sense, in so few Words as in your Letter of the 5th. Your Judgment of Mr Wirts…
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John Adams to Justin Griswold, May 3, 1818
Quincy May 3d. 1818. Sir I was born on the nineteenth of October 1735, and consequently was eighty two years of age, on the thirtieth of October 1817. My Son…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 20, 1818
Quicy May 20. 1818 My dear Son I thank you for the documents you Send me, which I give to the Athenaeum believing they will do more good there than…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 7, 1818
Quincy June 7th 1818 Dear Tudor No man could have written from memory Mr Otis’s Agument of four or five hours in length, against The Acts of Trade, considered as…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 9, 1818
Quincy June 9th 1818 Dear Tudor I have promised you, hints, of the heads of Mr Otis’s Oration, Argument Speech, call it which you please, again the Acts of Trade…