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John Adams to Abiel Holmes, May 1, 1820
Montezillo May 1st. 1820 dear Sir. I have received your kind letter of the 29th. April with much pleasure—When I received the favour of your two Volum’s of American Annals—I…
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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 Ward Nicholas Boylston, June 16, 1820
Montezillo. 16th: June 1820. Thanks, dear Cousin, for yours of the 10th. and thanks again for the Box of perfumes. My daughter Louisa wishes me to go to Washington—my Grand-daughter…
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John Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, June 17, 1820
Montezillo June 17th. 1820 my dear daughter I have received your journal to the third of June—which is entertaining and Instructing as usual— We have reports in circulation here that…
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John Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, June 21, 1820
Montezillo June 21st. 1820 My dear Daughter I have received your journal to the third of June—which is entertaining and Instructing as usual— We have reports in circulation here that…
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John Adams to Samuel Miller, July 7, 1820
Montezillo July 7th. 1820 Dear Sir You know not the gratification you have given me, by your kind; frank; and Candid letter—I must be a very unnatural Son to entertain…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, July 8, 1820
Montezilio July 8th. 1820 Dear Sir. If you may not murmur when you approach seventy, surely I ought not when I approach ninety; and when I am happy enough to…
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John Adams to Charles Carroll, July 12, 1820
Montezillo July 12th 1820— Dear Sir.— Your kind enquiries of Dr Waterhouse concerning my health have excited in me an ardent desire to inform you with my own hand of…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, July 13, 1820
Montezillo July 13th. 1820 My Dear Son Inclosed is a letter, and an account from Mr. Gales for the National Intelligencer— I am very loth to trouble you—and I must…
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John Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, July 13, 1820
Montezillo July 13th 1820— My dear Caroline— Extract. I was not able to accept the condescending invitation of the Government of the State and the various Societies in Boston to…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, July 25, 1820
Montezillo July 25—1820 my dear Son I thank you for the promptitude with which you paid my debt to Mr Gales & Seaton—and discontinued my subscription for the national Intelligencer…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, September 2, 1820
Montezillo September 2d. 1820 dear Cousin I have been as Civil to Mr Lane who brought me your letter of August 26th. as I could, he dined with me, and…
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John Adams to Charles Holt, September 4, 1820
Montezillo September 4th. 1820 Sir. The Universal Vanity of human Nature, must have obstructed itself on your observation in the Course of your experience; so forcibly that you will easily…
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John Adams to Wilkes Allen, September 5, 1820
Montezillo September 5th. 1820 Revrd Sir I am much obliged to you for your history of Chelmsford which I have read with great pleasure and interest—It is a gratification to…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, September 7, 1820
Montezillo September 7th. 1820 Dear Sir Captain Phillips’s letter is a Volume of News to me—That he Sailed without a Commission was never known, heard, or suspected, by me—and not…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, September 8, 1820
Montezillo September 8th. 1820 my dear Son Our George has gained the first prize—and bares his honour meekly—He is a dutiful Son, for he is deeply engaged in Platonick Greek,…
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John Adams to Mathew Carey, September 9, 1820
Montezillo September 9th. 1820 Dear Sir. By the last Post I received your Olive Branch—And by this days Post, your Letter—you are loading me with favours—for which I can make…
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John Adams to Susanna Boylston Adams Clark Treadway, September 9, 1820
Montezillo [ , Start insertion, September , End, ] 9th. 1820 my dear Susan The circle in which I move you know is very Contracted—and when I go round regularly…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, September 15, 1820
Montezillo Septr: 15. 1820 My dear Cousin Boylston O that I had the talent at description of a Homer a Milton or a Walter Scott I would give you a…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, September 16, 1820
Montezillo September 16th 1820— my dear Cousin Boylston O that I had the talent at discription, of a Homer a Milton or a Walter Scot—I would give you a Picture…
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John Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, September 21, 1820
Montezillo September 21st. 1820 dear Cousin I have been as Civil to Mr Lane who brought me your letter of 26. As I could. He dined with me and I…
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John Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, October 2, 1820
Montezillo October 2d. 1820 my dear daughter I thank you for your kind Letter of the 16th. I rejoice to hear of your comfortable health and eligible situation—I hear that…
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John Adams to Henry Channing, November 3, 1820
Montezillo November 3d 1820 Dear Sir I have received your favour of the 26th of October with the Copy of the Connecticut Constitution; this is the second Copy which I…
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John Adams to Nathaniel Bowditch, November 4, 1820
Montezillo November 4th. 1820 Dear Sir I have received your obliging favour of October 30th.—And thank you for the very Curious, Ingenious and Valuable Mathematical papers inclosed with it— My…
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John Adams to Jonathan, Jr Mason, November 7, 1820
Montezillo November 7—1820 Dear Sir I thank you most sincerely for your very kind and friendly letter— The general approbation which has been expressed of my resurrection to public view…