John Adams to Samuel Tucker, April 29, 1778
Passi. 29th. April 1778 Dear sir I this Moment had the Pleasure of your Letter of the 22d Instant, and am much obliged to you for your kind Congratulations on…
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.
Passi. 29th. April 1778 Dear sir I this Moment had the Pleasure of your Letter of the 22d Instant, and am much obliged to you for your kind Congratulations on…
Passy, 3 June 1778. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, Mass., 1961; 4 vols. description…
Passi June 16. 1778 My dearest Friend Since my last I have had the inexpressible Pleasure of yours of the 25 of March 1 by the Way of Holland, which…
July 12. 1778 Sir There are Reasons to believe, that the Story of Commissioners appointed by Congress to meet the British Commissioners, is a Forgery. 1 1. < , Start…
Passi July 25. 1778 Dear sir I had this Day the Pleasure of your Letter by Captain Barnes, of June 9. 1 I did myself the Honour, when in Boston…
Passy, 25 July 1778. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, Mass., 1961; 4 vols. description…
Passi July 26 1778 My dear Friend Your favours of May 16 and 25 1 by Captain Barnes reached me Yesterday. These with those by Niles from Connecticut and those…
Passi July 26. 1778 My dear Sir Yours of [7] June by Captain Barnes fortunately reached me, Yesterday. I was much Surprised, you may well imagine at its Contents. But…
Passy August 4. 1778 My dear Sir Your kind Favor of July 1st. was brought here Yesterday from Bordeaux where Capt. Ayres has arrived, but was not deliver’d me till…
Passi Aug 5. 1778 My dear Sir Your Letter of the 20 June, by Captain Ayrs from Boston had a quick Passage. She Sailed on the 4 July and your…
Passi Aug. 7. 1778 My dear Sir I had a few days ago the Pleasure of your Letter of the 21. of June, which is the only one as yet…
Passi Aug. 11. 1778 I am desirous of conveying to you, in a manner that will not probably fail of success, and therefore have written the same Thing by many…
Passi Aug. 14. 1778 I have neither Time, nor Confidence enough in the Opportunity, to write you any Thing more, than an Assurance that We are all well, anxiously wishing…
Passi Aug 19. 1778 Sir I thank you for your favour of the 8th. I believe my Letters to you, were carried faithfully enough. The secret is that I write…
Passi August 21. 1778 My dearest Friend If I knew of any more endearing Title I should certainly give it. But this appears to me to express the Truth, the…
Passi Aug. 21. 1778 Sir I have the Honour to inclose to congress, the last Gazettes and a Plann of the various Manoeuvres in the late sea fight by which…
Passi August 27. 1778 I shall inc [l] ose by this Opportunity, by Mr. Ingersol, Son of Mr. Ingersol of Connecticut, the late Judge of Admiralty at Philadelphia, but very…
Passi September 11. 1778 Sir I have the Honour to inclose to Congress, the latest Gazettes. We have no other Intelligence than is contained in them. Since the 11. July…
Passi September 20. 1778 Dear Sir You have once or twice mentioned to me, in Conversation, certain Expressions in the Treaty, 1 relative to the Fishery, on the Banks of…
Passi Septr. 20 1778 Sir I have the Honour to inclose, the latest Gazettes, which contain all the News of Europe. The News from America by the Way of London,…
Passi Octr. 2. 1778 My dearest Friend This goes by Captn. McNeil, who is an Adventurous Cruiser. 1 It is not safe to write much by him. If Expressions of…
Passi Octr. 9. 1778 Sir The Bearer of this Captain Richard Grinnell, is well qualified, I believe for Some Place in your ship, if you have any vacant. He has…