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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 May 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, 2 May 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, 1 May 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, 30 April 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, 29 April 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, 28 April 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, 27 April 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 Abigail Adams, 26 April 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, 23 April 1777
Ap. 23. 77 My Barber has just left the Chamber. The following curious Dialogue was the Amusement, during the gay Moments of Shaving. Well, Burn, what is the Lye of…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 April 1777
Philadelphia Ap. 22. 1777 The Post brought me two Letters from you, this Morning, one of the 7th. instant, and one before. You seem to be in fine Spirits–I rejoice…