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John Adams to Sylvester T Goss, July 7, 1819
Quincy July 7th. 1819 Sir I thank you for your favor of the 3d. and for Seven Copies of the Volum you have lately published—they will enable me—to present one…
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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 Franklin Dexter, July 11, 1819
Quincy July 11th. 1819 dear Sir accept my thanks for an Oration, of dignified Candour and Moderation, as remarkable for its elegance and taste as for its profound Wisdom, at…
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John Adams to Ann Frances Bulkeley Humphreys, July 14, 1819
Quincy July 14th 1819 dear Madam your reccommendation alone would have been surficient < , Start deletion, apology for me , End, > Authority for me to sign my name…
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John Adams to William Bentley, July 15, 1819
Quincy July 15th. 1819 Dear Sir, I thank you for your kind favour of the 12th. Mr Dunlaps Oration is well written and discovers talents, dispositions and views, which will…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, July 24, 1819
Quincy July 24th. 1819 my dear Sir I thank you for your favor of the 16th. It is impossible for me, as it was for Junius to recollect the innumerable…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, July 26, 1819
Quincy July 26th. 1819— dear Sir. I thank you for your favor of the 16th.—It is impossible for me, as it was for Junius to recollect the innumerable trifles I…
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John Adams to William Bentley, July 28, 1819
Quincy July 28th. 1819 my Inestimable Friend. The Essex Register, its Editors, and Printers are not only Innocent but meritorious for Publishing the pretended Meclengburg Resolutions—I have transmitted to Mr…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 28, 1819
Quincy July 28th. 1819— Dear Sir I inclose you a National Register, to convince you that the Essex Register is not to blame for printing the Mecklingburg County Resolutions, on…
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John Adams to James Brackett, July 29, 1819
Quincy July 29th. 1819.— dear Sir Inclosed are two letters from a Mr Farmer of Billerica; a Gentlemen whom I never saw, or heard of—also a plan of a Farm…
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John Adams to James Monroe, July 31, 1819
Montezillo July 31 1819 Dear Sir Had I not been poisoned by the mephytic effluvia of blossoms and roses to Such a degree as to deprive me of the Sight…
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John Adams to John Davis, August 4, 1819
Quincy August 4th 1819 Sir I thank you for your Oration, which I have read with pleasure, there has never been any Alination of Esteem or affection between Mr Jefferson…
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John Adams to Henry Colman, August 5, 1819
Quincy August 5th 1819 Dear Sir, I received the first Volume of the Defence in perfect order, several mails before your polite letter which was intended to accompany it arrived—I…
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John Adams to Alexander Bryan Johnson, August 20, 1819
Quincy August 20 1819 Dear Sir Cares, Sorrows, Misfortunes, and Infirmities have prevented an earlier Acknowledgment of your favour of June 10th. There are no better Maxims for a Student…
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John Adams to John Binns, September 8, 1819
Quincy September 8th. 1819 Sir I have received your obliging letter of September 2d. but have not received the Declaration of Independence. it has been lost, or at least retarded…
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John Adams to Vine Utley, September 10, 1819
Quincy September 10th. 1819 Sir I have received your letter of the 2d. and having a natural disposition like the Old Frederick of Prussia—“trope incline a saisir les ridicules”—I could…
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John Adams to J. H Tiffany, September 15, 1819
Quincy Sep 15th 1819 Sir I have received your letter of the 24th August—and the return of the fourth Volum of my Defence—called discourses on Davila—in perfect order— you have…
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John Adams to John Binns, September 20, 1819
Quincy Septr. 20, 1819 Sir I thank you for the Copy of your Declaration, which I have just received and will return by the first Opportunity. I pray you to…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, September 25, 1819
Montezillo Septr. 25 1819 Dear Vanderkemp The information in your last letter, of your return to your garden and your records has given me great pleasure. The records are very…
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John Adams to David Sewall, October 10, 1819
Quincy October 10th. 1819 dear Sir Your favour of the 5th. has given me great pleasure off those which St Paul calls, light afflictions, which are but for a moment—a…
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John Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, November 3, 1819
Montezillo November 3d. 1819— My dear Daughter I can hardly believe my Eyes when I look upon your letter of the 13th. of October at Philadelphia, and recollect that it…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, November 3, 1819
Montezillo November 3d—1819 Dear Boylston I think it is Voltaire who some where says, the life of a Man of Letters ought to appear only in his writings, without any…
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John Adams to Jacob Brown, November 19, 1819
Quincy Montezillo Novber. 19th. 1819— My dear General— Your address to the Agricultural Society for which I thank you—I have read with great interest and delight, it has almost, not…
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John Adams to William, Jr Tudor, November 20, 1819
Montezillo Novbr. 20th. 1819. Dear Sir I Shall not pause to consider whether my Opinion will be popular or unpopular with the Slave Holders, or Slave Traders, in the Northern…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, November 23, 1819
Montezillo Alias the little Hill / November 23d. 1819 My dear Sir I congratulate you and myself on your recovery from the three Illnesses that have distressed you, the means…