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John Adams to Abigail Adams, March 31, 1777
Philadelphia March 31. 1777 I know not the Time, when I have omitted to write you, so long. 1 I have received but three Letters from you, since We parted,…
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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 Abigail Adams, April 2, 1777
April 2 1777 Yesterdays Post brought me your kind Favour of March 8. 9. 10, with a Letter inclosed for [ , Start insertion, from , End, ] each of…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 3, 1777
Philadelphia April 3. 1777 As you seem so inquisitive about Politicks, I will indulge you so far (indulge, I say, observe that Word indulge! I suppose you will say it…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 6, 1777
Philadelphia April 6. 1777 This Evening Major Ward deliverd me Yours of 23d. of March.—It is a great Pleasure to me to learn that your Flour has arrived. I begin…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 8, 1777
Ap. 8. 1777 Yours of 26 March came by this days Post. Am happy to hear you have received so many Letters from me. You need not fear Writing in…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, April 8, 1777
Philadelphia April 8. 1777 My dear Son I received your Letter of 23d. March, and was very much pleased with it, because it is a pretty Composition and your Mamma…
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John Adams to John Thaxter, April 8, 1777
Philadelphia April 8. 1777 Dear Sir Your kind Favour of March 22. reached me Yesterday. I am much obliged to you for your Account of the Proceedings of the Superiour…
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John Adams to William Gordon, April 8, 1777
Philadelphia April 8. 1777 Tuesday Dear Sir I had your Favour of 27 March by this Days Post. That this Country will go Safely through this Revolution, I am well…
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John Adams to Nathanael Greene, April 13, 1777
Philadelphia April 13. 1777 My dear sir In considering a Letter from the General, sometime ago, in the Board of War, it was agreed to report to Congress a Resolution,…
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John Adams to James Bowdoin, April 16, 1777
Philadelphia April 16. 1777 Sir 1 It is difficult to ascertain with Precision the Designs of the Enemy: But by the best Intelligence We can obtain their Malice and Revenge…
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John Adams to James Warren, April 16, 1777
April 16. 1777 An unfortunate Vessell has arrived from France. The brave Fellow who commanded her, is blown to Pieces in her. A French Nobleman who came in her, got…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 26, 1777
Saturday Evening 26 April 1777 I have been lately more remiss, than usual in Writing to you. There has been a great Dearth of News. Nothing from England, nothing from…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 27, 1777
Ap. 27. 1777 Your Favours of Ap. 2 and Ap. 7. I have received. The inclosed Evening Post, will give you, some Idea, of the Humanity of the present Race…
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John Adams to Samuel Freeman, April 27, 1777
Philadelphia Ap. 27. 1777 sir Your Favour of 25 March I duely received. The Plan of riding you mention, between Boston and Falmouth, appears to me, reasonable enough, but the…
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John Adams to William Tudor, April 27, 1777
Philadelphia April 27. 1777 Aha!—exchanging the Pride, Pomp and Circumstance of Glorious War, for the soft Charms of Wedlock and domestic Felicity, 1 I suppose—abandoning Gun, Drum, Trumpet, Blunderbuss and…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 28, 1777
Ap. 28. 1777 There is a Clock Calm, at this Time, in the political and military Hemispheres. The Surface is smooth and the Air serene. Not a Breath, nor a…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 29, 1777
Ap. 29. 1777 This days Post brought me yours of 17th. inst. and Miss Nabbys obliging Favour of the 16. 1 This young Lady writes a very pretty Hand, and…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 30, 1777
April 30. 1777 We have a fine Piece of News this Morning of the March of 2000 of the Enemy, and destroying a fine Magazine there—and the stupid sordid cowardly…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 1, 1777
May 1. 1777 This is King Tammany’s Day. Tammany was an Indian King, of this Part of the Continent, when Mr. Penn first came here. His Court was in this…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 2, 1777
May 2. 1777 We have promoted Arnold, one Step this day, for his Vigilance, Activity, and Bravery, in the late Affair at Connecticutt. 1 —We shall make Huntingdon a Brigadier,…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 4, 1777
May 4. 1777 Inclosed with this you have an Evening Post, containing some of the tender Mercies of the Barbarians to their Prisoners. If there is a Man, Woman or…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 6, 1777
May 6. 1777 We have no News here but what comes from you—except that all is well and quiet at Ticonderoga, that We have four Thousand Troops there, and that…
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John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, May 6, 1777
Philadelphia May 6. 1777 My dear Son Thomas The only Reason why I omitted to write you when I wrote to your Brothers, 1 was because I thought you was…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 7, 1777
Philadelphia May 7. 1777 We have no News here, except what We get from your Country. The Privateers act with great Spirit, and are blessed with remarkable Success. Some Merchant…