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John Adams to Abigail Adams, March 2, 1793
Philadelphia March 2. 1793 My dear Your Letter from your Sick Chamber if not from your Sick bed, has made me so uneasy that I must get away as soon…
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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 Charles Adams, March 18, 1793
Quincy March 18. 1793 My son I had the Pleasure of receiving your favour of the 1 st. on Saturday night: 1 by your Brother, who has been admitted this…
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John Adams to George Washington, April 24, 1793
Quincy April 24. 1793 Dear Sir Captain John [Hobby] of Harvard in the Massachusetts, has been recommended to me, by So many respectable Characters, and in Such handsome terms, that…
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John Adams to Tench Coxe, April 25, 1793
Quincy. April 25 1793 Dear Sir I have received your Favours of April the 5 th and 16 th upon Subjects of great moment. The Instruction of Congress, which you…
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John Adams to Joseph Priestley, May 12, 1793
Quincy near Boston May 12. 1793. Dear Sir. I have received your kind Letter of Feb: 23. by the Mess rs: Humphreys, and shall have the pleasure this Day of…
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John Adams to John Stockdale, May 12, 1793
Quincy near Boston. May 12. 1793 Sir Yesterday, I had the Pleasure of receiving your Letter of the 16 th of March. My Son’s name is John Quincy Adams which…
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John Adams to Charles Adams, June 5, 1793
Quincy June 5 1793 Dear Charles I thank you for your, agreable Letter of the 29. Ult. Your Brother is destined to be celebrated and consequently envyed and abused. He…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, November 28, 1793
Col Smiths Cottage, 1 near New York Nov. 28 1793 My Dearest Friend I arrived here Yesterday, and had the Pleasure to dine with our Children and The Baron: All…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 1, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r. 1. 1793 My dearest Friend We may ever remember 1 The Thirtieth of November because it was the Day on which We were absolved from Infamy; in…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 5, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r 5. 1793 My dearest Friend I wrote you from Hartford, New York and once from Philadelphia: but have not yet had the Pleasure of a Letter from…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, December 11, 1793
Philadelphia December 11. 1793 Sir Before I left The Massachusetts. I had the Pleasure of receiving a Letter from you: but I learned from it, with Some Uneasiness that you…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 12, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r 12. 1793 My dearest Friend This Day having been devoted to Thanksgiving by the Governor of Pensilvania, Congress have adjourned to Fryday. 1 We have had a…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, December 14, 1793
Philadelphia December 14. 1793 Dear Sir Congress have rec d from the President all the Negotiations with France and England as well as those with the Indians. On Monday We…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, December 14, 1793
Philadelphia, December 14, 1793. My Dear Daughter: I thank you for your kind letter of the tenth of this month. 1 Mr. G. may well be shocked at the Message.…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 15, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r 15. 1793 My dearest Friend Having taken a cold which makes it inconvenient to go out this morning I cannot employ myself more agreably than by writing…
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John Adams to John Trumbull, December 31, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r. 31. 1793 My dear Sir As I had promised myself much Pleasure, in a few hours Conversation with you in my Way to Philadelphia, I was greatly…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, January 6, 1794
Philadelphia January 6. 1794 My dearest Friend The Door Keeper has just brought me your kind Letter of Dec r 28. 1 Freneau’s Paper is discontinued and Fenno’s is become…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, January 7, 1794
Philadelphia, January 7, 1794. My Dear Daughter: Colonel Smith spent the last evening with me, and presented me with your kind letter of the 29th of December. 1 I have…
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John Adams to Charles Adams, January 9, 1794
Philadelphia January 9. 1794 Dear Charles I received this Morning your valuable Letter of the 6 th and am much pleased with your Observations as well as with your Researches.…
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John Adams to Charles Adams, January 22, 1794
Philadelphia January 22. 1794 Dear Charles As I wish to turn your Attention to those Political Questions which involve Points of the Law of Nature and Nations, and which have…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 4, 1794
Philadelphia Feb. 4. 1794 My dearest Friend The Indisposition of my ever honoured and beloved Mother gives me a very tender Anxiety— I hope she may yet get the better…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 8, 1794
Philadelphia Feb. 8. 1794 My dearest Friend I have rec d your s of the 30 th. Ult. and given the inclosed to son Thomas, who will do with it…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 9, 1794
Philadelphia Feb. 9. 1794 My dearest Friend Vive la Baggatelle! Dulce est desipere. 1 I have no other Resource in my solitude, amidst all my gloomy forebodings of the future…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 10, 1794
Philadelphia Feb. 10. 1794 My dearest Friend I have rec d yours of Jan. 31.— And it has relieved me from a Melancholly which has hung upon me and been…