John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 October 1774
Phyladelphia Octr. 9. 1774 My Dear I am wearied to Death with the Life I lead. The Business of the Congress is tedious, beyond Expression. This Assembly is like no…
Phyladelphia Octr. 9. 1774 My Dear I am wearied to Death with the Life I lead. The Business of the Congress is tedious, beyond Expression. This Assembly is like no…
Phyladelphia Octr. 7. 1774 My Dear I thank you for all your kind favours. I wish I could write to you, much oftener than I do. I wish I could…
Phyladelphia Septr. 29. 1774 My Dear Sitting down to write to you, is a Scene almost too tender for my State of Nerves. It calls up to my View the…
Phyladelphia Septr. 25. 1774 My Dear I would not loose the Opportunity of writing to you–tho I must be short. Tedious, indeed is our Business.–Slow, as Snails. I have not…
Philadelphia Septr. 20. 1774 My Dear I am very well yet:–write to me as often as you can, and send your Letters to the Office in Boston or to Mr.…
Philadelphia Sept. 19. 1774 My dear Child I have received your pretty Letter, 1 and it has given me a great deal of Pleasure, both as it is a Token…
Phyladelphia Septr. 18. 1774 My dear Brother I thank you most kindly for your obliging Letter. 1 And beg the Continuance of your Correspondence. Every Line from Boston is a…
Phyladelphia Septr. 18. 1774 My Dear In your last you inquire tenderly after my Health, and how we found the People upon our Journey, and how We were treated. I…
Phyladelphia Septr. 16. 1774 Having a Leisure Moment, while the Congress is assembling, I gladly embrace it to write you a Line. When the Congress first met, Mr. Cushing made…
Phyladelphia Septr. 14. 1774 My Dear I have written but once 1 to you since I left you. This is to be imputed to a Variety of Causes, which I…