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John Adams to P Mallet, November 10, 1801
Quincy Nov 10 1801 Sir I have received the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 20 Oct and have communicated its melancholly contents to the…
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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 François Adriaan Van der Kemp, November 10, 1801
Quincy November 10. 1801 Dear Sir I thank you for your favour of the 3. oct….I Should be obliged to your friend Mr Mappa if he would commit to writing…
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John Adams to Augustus Elias Brevoort Woodward, November 10, 1801
Quincy Nov. 10. 1801. Sir I have received the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 16 Oct together with your “considerations on the substance of…
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John Adams to Philip Peck, November 16, 1801
Quincy November 16th 1801 Sir The request, in your Letter of the 4th: which I received on Saturday, is somewhat embarrassing. On the one hand, to refuse my consent to…
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John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, February 1, 1802
Quincy Feb. 1. 1802 My dear Son Politicks are forbidden fruit to me, at present, and what other Subject can I choose for a Letter? Shall I tell you what…
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John Adams to Rev. Manasseh Cutler, May 10, 1802
Quincy, May 10 1802 Dear Sir I duly received your favor of the 17 of April. The letter from Dr Mitchell & the project of the society at N York…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, July 24, 1802
Quincy, July 24. 1802 Dear Sir I have received your letter of the 1. of June and read your Sketch of the Achaic Republick. It is a valuable Addition to…
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John Adams to National Intelligencer, August 4, 1802
[ , Start insertion, post August 4, 1802 , End, ] It has been often Said, and as often as denied, that there are Men in this Country attached to…
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John Adams to David Ramsay, December 2, 1802
Quincy 2 December 1802 Dear Sir You may very justly be surprised to receive under this date my acknowledgment & thanks for your review of the improvements, progress & state…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, December 14, 1802
Quincy Dec. 14. 1802 Dear Sir “Il ne vaut pas un sou d’etre votre ami” Said Count Sarsofield to me, on day in London.—Upon a curious occasion which I will…
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John Adams to Joshua Thomas, December 20, 1802
Quincy December 20th 1802 Gentlemen Nothing could afford me, more pleasure than to visit my Friends in Plymouth (where I formerly so much delighted to reside) on the 22d instant,…
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John Adams to David Sewall, December 22, 1802
Quincy December 22. 1802. My dear Friend When I resolved, if I could, to give Peace to my Country in Opposition to the Selfish and ambitions Views, of a few…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, January 3, 1803
Quincy January 3d 1803 Dear Sir I have recd your favor of the 15th of December.—I am not disappointed, through I regret the answer you have received from Mr Mifflin.…
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John Adams to David Sewall, January 12, 1803
Quincy January 12. 1803. Dr Sir I recd last night yours of the 6th.—I read the Account of the Small Globe rolling in a little Pool of Mercury: but have…
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John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 28, 1803
Quincy Jan. 28. 1803 Dear Sir I have had the pleasure of receiving your favour of the 18 th and congratulate you, on the Success of your labours. Thank you…
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John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, February 3, 1803
Quincy [ ante 25 ] Feb. 1803 Dear Sir In my last I attempted to prove that Goverment and Society are inseperable from each other. 1 In the case…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, August 17, 1803
[ , Start insertion, August 17, 1803 , End, ] Know all Men by these Presents, that We John Adams of Quincy in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, August 30, 1803
Quincy August 30th. 1803 Dear Madam I received, with much pleasure, late, the last evening your kind Letter of the 28th. of the month, and Should have answered it Sooner…
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John Adams to William Cunningham, November 28, 1803
Quincy 28 Nov 1803 Dear Sir I received on Saturday your favor of the 25—had before received the copy of your oration, which you mention in it and since that…
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John Adams to William Cunningham, January 16, 1804
Quincy January 16th: 1804. Dear Sir I ought to acknowledge my fault in having two of your kind letters to answer at once. I return you with thanks, Mr: Thomas’s…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, February 25, 1804
Quincy Feb. 25. 180 3 4 My dear Son I will write to you, if it be only for the Pleasure of giving you a Proof under my hand, that…
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John Adams to Thomas Perkins, September 14, 1804
Quincy September 14. 1804 Sir I am quite ashamed to have neglected to this time any acknowledgement of the various civilities I have received from your friendly hand. I very…
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John Adams to Columbian Centinel, October 22, 1804
[ , Start insertion, ca. 22 October 1804 , End, ] “J. Adams presents his compliments to the Committee of arrangements—Friendship for Mr. King and respect for the Company would…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, November 5, 1804
Quincy Nov. 5. 1804 Dear Sir I have received your favor of October 15 and all the others that you mention, I believe, although I have not been able regularly…