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John Adams to Elkanah Watson, August 10, 1812
Quincy August 10th. 1812 Dear Sir Your favour of July 19th is yet unacknowledged. The first page of it, or rather the first part of the first page compells me…
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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 Elkanah Watson, August 11, 1812
Quincy Augt. 11th 1812 Respected Sir Our country is in a high fever. So in all Europe—so are the four quarters of the globe. Who first contracted, or first generated…
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John Adams to William Bentley, August 13, 1812
Quincy August 13th 1812. Dear Sir Mr Knox, a Son of General Knox, the Bearer of this Letter, was appointed a Midshipman on Board the Constitution fourteen years fifteen years…
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John Adams to Ebenezer Seaver, August 14, 1812
Quincy August 14th. 1812. Sir. I have the honour of your Letter of the 11th. It is all over with me. I can recollect an Old Anecdote and repeat it…
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John Adams to Joseph Bemis, August 15, 1812
Quincy August 15th. 1812. Sir The last Evening I received the favour of your polite and obliging Letter of the eleventh of this month; and the Gentleman of the Town…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, August 16, 1812
Quincy August 16 1812 Dear Waterhouse You are So waggish and roguish with your Woofs and your Warps and your Webs, that I am almost afraid to write or Speak…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, August 17, 1812
Quincy August 17. 1812 Your favour of the Eighth, is another Monument to virtue and Piety, I would rather have your Birth and descent than that of any Howard or…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, August 19, 1812
Quincy August 19. 1812 Dr Sir The History of Queen Ann’s reign and of the Treaty of Utrecht is So instructive, that it is worth while to look into the…
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John Adams to Samuel Dexter, September 15, 1812
Quincy Seper: 15 1812 Dear Sir I take my pen to acknowledge your favour of the 10th. almost in the moment when I received it Of your Eloquence in the…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, September 15, 1812
Quincy September 15. 1812 Dear Sir. You ask my Opinion, (if I understand you) whether Duane or General Hull, be the fittest Man for Secretary of War. I answer. In…
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John Adams to Elkanah Watson, September 16, 1812
Quincy Septr 16. 1812 Dear Sir Inter Arma Silent leges, is what We call an old Saying. I hope that Scientiæ will not be added. You may raise wheat when…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, September 18, 1812
Quincy Septr. 18. 1812 My dear Friend In the good old English Phrase, I give you ten thousand Thanks for the Muscat Wine of Samos, which is now in my…
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John Adams to Josiah Quincy Guild, September 22, 1812
Quincy September. 22. 1812. I am very sorry I was < not > absent, when your excellent Mother left me your Letter of the 12th of this mongth, Had I…
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John Adams to Paul Hamilton, September 24, 1812
Quincy Septr. 24th. 1812 Sir Having never had the honour of any personal acquaintance with you I may commit an indiscretion, in writing concerning any thing in your office, but…
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John Adams to Henry Colman, October 10, 1812
Quincy October 10th. 1812 Dear Sir I thank you for your < , Start deletion, Thanksgiving , End, > Fast Sermon which I have repeatedly read, with much pleasure. It…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, October 12, 1812
Quincy October 12. 1812 Dear Sir I have a Curiosity to learn Something of the Character Life and death of a Gentleman, whose name was Wollaston, who came from England…
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John Adams to James Monroe, November 23, 1812
Quincy November 23 1812 Dear Sir Does History or Experience, afford an Example, of Such a Phenomenon, as this, now exhibited to Mankind, by our pious, virtuous and patriotic American…
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John Adams to William Keteltas, November 25, 1812
Quincy Novr. 25 1812. Sir I have received your polite letter of the 6th of the month and your present of “The Crisis.” You will excuse a question or two.…
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John Adams to John Binns, November 26, 1812
Quincy Nov. 26. 1812 Mr Binns. Some Gentleman in Philadelphia, has lately Sent me a polite letter, Subscribed “A Friend,” with a present of a valuable collection of Garden Seeds…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, November 29, 1812
Quincy Nov. 29. 1812 Dear Sir I have recd. your valuable Volume, on the diseases of the mind; which will run Mankind still deeper into your Debt. You apprehend “Attacks”.…
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John Adams to William Plumer, December 6, 1812
Quincy December 16th. [ , Start insertion, 6th , End, ] 1812 Dear Sir I thank you for your eloquent and Masterly Speech which I read with much Satisfaction.— There…
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John Adams to Amasa Stetson, December 7, 1812
Quincy December 7th 1812 Sir A thousand Thanks for your favour of the 6th. and its inclosure I congratulate you on the glorious News, Excuse the Weakness of Age, when…
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John Adams to Joseph Bradley Varnum, December 7, 1812
Quincy Decr. 7. 1812 Dear Sir I thank you for your favour of the 23 Novr. I am very Sensible that “many wise and good Men,” have thought that the…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, December 8, 1812
Quincy Decr. 8. 1812 Dear Sir On horseback, on my Way to Weymouth on a Visit to my Friend Dr Tufts I met a Man leading a Horse, who asked…