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John Adams to William Heath, December 14, 1807
Quincy December 14. 1807 Dear Sir As I did not wish to oppress you with my Letters I have not acknowledged the receipt of your favour of the 18th of…
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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 John Quincy Adams, December 14, 1807
Quincy Decr 14. 1807 Knowing very well by too long Experience the nature of your Employment, I wish you to understand that I never expect or desire any answers to…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 8, 1808
Quincy January 8. 1808 My great and good Son The distance between Us, the total retirement in which I live and the Want of Facts, render a Correspondence between Us,…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 5, 1808
Quincy March 5th. 1808 My dear Son Livy in his 42. Book and chapters 29 and thirty, as an introduction of his History of the War between the Romans and…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 18, 1808
Quincy March 18. 1808 Dear Son Your luminous Letter of the 27th of Feb. and 6. March < , Start deletion, are , End, > is before me. Was this…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, June 20, 1808
Quincy June 20, 1808 My dear Physical and Medical Philosopher. I give you this Title for the present only. I Shall Scarcely allow you to be a political, moral, or…
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John Adams to Henry Guest, June 26, 1808
Quincy June 26 1808 Venerable Sir I have received your favour of the fifteenth of this Month and read it with pleasure; and my Son, who happened to be with…
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John Adams to William Smith Shaw, July 10, 1808
Quincy July 10. 1808 Mr. Shaw I request the favour of you to insert the foregoing Letter in the next Anthology. It is a material Document in the Life of…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, July 25, 1808
Quincy July 25 1808 Dear Benjamin Handsome Bradford, of thy City, allarmed me, the other day at our Athenaeum in Boston, by telling me, that Dr Rushes Business had amazingly…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, August 15, 1808
Quincy near Boston August 15th. 1808— Sir, The inclosed Letter came under cover, to me in a letter from your father dated the 3d. of August. After hinting that there…
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John Adams to William Cunningham, November 7, 1808
Quincy November 7th. 1808. Dear Sir The letter of General Washington would have remained in obscurity forever, as far as I know, as it has been for twelve years past,…
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John Adams to William Cunningham, November 25, 1808
Quincy November 25th: 1808 Dear Sir I have your favour’s of the 12th and 16th: of the month. The letter of President Washington concerning J Q A. is at your…
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John Adams to Isaiah L Green, December 9, 1808
Quincy Decr. 9. 1808 Sir I received, yesterday, from the Post Office, under your franc, the nervous Reply of Nine of our Representatives to < , Start deletion, the ,…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, January 23, 1809
Quincy January, 23. 1809 Dear Sir What Signify Clamours against Commerce Property Kings Nobles Demagogues Democracy, the Clergy Religion? For to each and all of these has the Depravity of…
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John Adams to Henry Guest, January 29, 1809
Quincy January 29 1809 Sir I am favoured with your kind Letter of the 20th. At your age and mine, as the Body fails to Supply Such plentifull provisions of…
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John Adams to James Lovell, February 7, 1809
Quincy Feb 7th: 1809 My Dear friend If our friend as you say is writhing in a Fox trap those who as you say nibbled when I sent Elsworth to…
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John Adams to William Cunningham, February 11, 1809
Quincy February 11 1809 Dear Sir I have your favour of 14 ult. The Mirror was never read—and if it ever should be it will be willfully misunderstood—Seventeen Wheels within…
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John Adams to William Cunningham, February 14, 1809
Quincy Feb 14 1809 Dear Sir The complaint in your favour of the 11th, of the refusal to publish your Chathams, is no suprise to me. I have seen nothing…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, March 14, 1809
Quincy March 14. 1809 My dear Friend Your Anecdotes are always extreamly Aprospros and none of them more So than those in your Letter of Mar 2d The King of…
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John Adams to William Cunningham, March 20, 1809
Quincy March 20 1809 Dear Sir I have received your favours of March 11 and 14th. In answer to the first I wish to know whether you remember General Washington’s…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, March 23, 1809
Quincy March 23d 1809 My Sensible and humorous Friend I agree with Sidney as quoted in your favour of the 13th. That civil War is preferable to Slavery and I…
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John Adams to Elizabeth Quincy Guild, March 25, 1809
Quincy March 25 1809 Mrs. Guild— I am much pleased with your curiosity to investigate the history of your < , Start deletion, connections , End, > Ancestors, and as…
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John Adams to William Sumner, March 28, 1809
Quincy March 28th. 1809. Mr Sumner, I have always cherrished an affection for you for many reasons which determine the Understanding and touch the heart.— Your Father Solicited me to…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, April 19, 1809
Quincy April 19. 1809 a date of good omen. My dear Son Please to deliver the inclosed three sheets to the Boston Patriot. J. Adams.