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.
Cambridge,10 December 1774. printed : Mass. Provincial Congress, Jours. description begins William Lincoln, ed., The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee…
Cambridge,10 December 1774. printed : Mass. Provincial Congress, Jours. description begins William Lincoln, ed., The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee…
Braintree Decr. 12. 1774 Dear Sir 1 I received your kind favour 16. Ulto with great Pleasure last Week at Cambridge. 2 I rejoice at the Proofs your City, has…
Braintree Decr. 28. 1774 Sir 1 I have had the Honour of receiving from you a < , Start deletion, most valuable desirable , End, > Present, in two Volumes…
Braintree Jany. 3d. 1775 Dr Sir I have this Moment recd a Line from Mrs. Warren 1 and will in close her Letter to Mrs. Maccaulay, 2 by the first…
Braintree Jany 3. 1774[ , Start insertion, 5 , End, ] 1 Madam I remember, that Bishop Burnet in a Letter he once wrote to Lady Rachell Russell the virtuous…
[ , Start insertion, 23 January 1775 , End, ] My Friends, A Writer, under the signature of Massachusettensis, has addressed you, in a series of papers, on the great…
Braintree March 15. 1775 Dr Sir I have had the Pleasure and the Honour of Several Letters from you, and one from an incomparable Satyrist of our Acquaintance, and must…
Braintree March 15. 1775 Madam I thought myself greatly honoured, by your most polite and agreable Letter of January the thirtieth; and I ought to have answered it, immediately: but…
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[ , Start insertion, ante 1 April 1775 , End, ] Sir 1 It is not easy for me to determine whether it be best, to carry the Cause 2…
Braintree Aug. 14. 1775. 1 Received of John Adams Five Pounds lawfull Money, which together with five Pounds sixteen shillings of lawfull Money received before, is in full for my…
Hartford. April 30th. 1775 New York has appointed an ample Representation in our Congress, and have appointed a provincial Congress. The People of the City, have siezed the City Arms…
Hartford May 2d. 1775 My Dear Mr. Eliot of Fairfield, is this Moment arrived in his Way to Boston. He read us a Letter from the Dr. his Father dated…
Hartford 1 May 2, 1775 Dr sir We are very anxious to know the State of Things at Boston, Cambridge, Watertown and Roxbury. 2 The Accounts We have here are…
New York May 8. 1775 I have an opportunity by Captn. Beale, to write you a Line. We all arrived last Night in this City. It would take many Sheets…
Philadelphia June 6th 1775 My Dear I have received yours of 24th. May and a Copy of your Letter to Mr. Dilly, and one Letter from him. Your Letter to…
Phyladelphia June 7. 1775 Dr. sir Two days ago, I was very agreably surprized by a Letter from you, 1 which was acceptable both for the important public Intelligence it…
Phyladelphia June 10th. 1775 My Dear Dr. Church has given me a Lotion, which has helped my Eyes so much that I hope you will hear from me oftener than…
Phyladelphia June 11. 1775 My Dear I have been this Morning to hear Mr. Duffil, 1 a Preacher in this City whose Principles, Prayers and Sermons more nearly resemble those…
Phyladelphia June 20th. 1775 Dr sir I have lamented excessively the Want of your Correspondence ever since I have been here. Not a Line from Dr. Winthrop, Dr. Cooper, Mr.…
Phyladelphia June 20. 1775 My Friend This Letter will go by the sage, brave, and amiable General Washington, 1 to whom I have taken the Liberty of mentioning your Name.…
Phyladelphia June 21. 1775 Dr Sir Major Mifflin 1 goes in the Character of Aid de Camp to General Washington. I wish You to be acquainted with him, because, he…
Phyladelphia June 21. 1775 Dr Sir This Letter I presume will be delivered into your own Hand by the General. He proposes to set out, tomorrow, for your Camp. God…