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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, July 28, 1789
Richmond Hill July 28. 1789 Dear Sir “The Characters, I So much admire among the ancients,” were not “formed wholly by Republican forms of Government”— 1 I admire, Phillip and…
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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 Joseph Hardy, August 6, 1789
Richmond hill Aug t 6 1789 Sir In 1779 at Bilbao I was solicited for releif by a number of American seamen who had been captured by the English and…
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John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, September 2, 1789
Richmond Hill Sept r 2 1789 My dear Son I have this morning received your manly letter of 25 th Ult.— 1 I had long intended to write you but…
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John Adams to William Cushing, September 14, 1789
New York sept r 14, 89 Dear Sir I have not yet acknowledged my obligation to you for your favor of Aug t 22. if my hasty scrawls written in…
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John Adams to John Lowell, September 14, 1789
New York Sept r. 14. 1789 Dear Sir I received your Letter of the 7 th in due Season and have delayed my Answer, in hopes it might be more…
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John Adams to John C. Brown, September 15, 1789
New York Sept r: 15. 89 Sir I received in due time your favor of August 24, the subject of which has since been under the deliberation of both houses.…
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John Adams to John Bondfield, September 16, 1789
New York Sept r 16, 89 Sir I have received the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 15 of May. and take this opportunity to…
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John Adams to Guy Claude, Comte de Sarsfield, September 16, 1789
New York Sept r 16 1789 My dear Count Your friendly letter of the 23 of April, has laid me under obligations to you which it shall be my endeavour…
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John Adams to Cotton Tufts, September 16, 1789
New Yo[rk Se]pt. 16. 1789 My dear Friend I have rec d all your Letters, and the Post Office is very faithful. 1 The Heat has been excessive and my…
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John Adams to Henry Marchant, September 17, 1789
New York Sept r. 17. 1789 Dear sir Your kind Letter of Aug. 29, gave me much pleasure. There is more Confinement, in my present Situation than in any, that…
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John Adams to James Sullivan, September 17, 1789
New York Sept r 17, 89 Sir In your letter of the 18 th of August, you ask why we may not have as much paper in circulation in proportion…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, October 14, 1789
[Fai]rfield Oct: 14. 1789 My dearest Friend M r Dalton, M r Jenkes and myself are at Penfields in good health and Spirits.— My Horses perform very well and my…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, February 17, 1790
Richmond Hill [ 17 ] Feb. 1790 1 Dear Sir I had heard, before I rec d your Letter of the 12 th , of your new Engagements in the…
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John Adams to Jabez Bowen, February 27, 1790
Feb y 27 1790 Sir Your letter of the 15 th never reached me till yesterday I condole with you in the unfavorable aspect of your elections: but still hope…
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John Adams to Henry Marchant, March 20, 1790
New York March 20. 1790 Dear Sir Your favours of 19. Dec r. 18. Jan. and 7. March are all before me.— I am much obliged to you for the…
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John Adams to Charles Storer, March 20, 1790
New York March 20 th 1790. My dear Charles. There is nothing improper in your application of the 23 d of Feb y nor should I find fault with your…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, March 27, 1790
New York March 27. 1790 Sir Your favour of March 17. is rec d. — The French Revolution will, I hope produce Effects in favour of Liberty Equity and Humanity,…
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John Adams to Thomas, Jr Crafts, April 4, 1790
April 4 th , 90 Dear Sir Your favor of the 31 st of January I received in its season. I have at two or three several times had conversation…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, April 4, 1790
New York April 4. 1790 Dear sir The Tories as you observe in your friendly Letter of 24 Feb. are more attached to each other; they are also, We must…
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John Adams to James Lovell, April 5, 1790
New York April 5 th: 90 Dear Sir I am much obliged by your favor of March 20 th and very apprehensive that this is not the only letter of…
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John Adams to Thomas, Jr Crafts, May 25, 1790
New York 25 th [ May ] 1790 Dear Sir I have received with a mixture of pleasure and gloomy melancholy your favour of the 17 th. What motives the…
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John Adams to Thomas Brand Hollis, June 1, 1790
NewYork June 1 1790 My dear friend Nothing mortifies me more than the difficulty I find to maintain that correspondence with you which when I left England I thought would…
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John Adams to Alexander Jardine, June 1, 1790
New York June 1 st 1790 Sir I take the opportunity by General Mansell to acknowledge the receipt of your polite letter of the 29 of May 1789 and to…
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John Adams to Henry Marchant, June 1, 1790
New York June 1. 1790 Dear Sir Your obliging Letter of the 29. Ult. was brought to me Yesterday at my house, and as there happened to be a few…