Letter
John Adams to William G Smith, December 30, 1812
Quincy December 30th 1812 Sir It is a serious thing to engage in War: and another very Serious thing to Recommend any Gentleman to the Government for any Employment in…
Author
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.
Source: Wikipedia
2,848 letters
Letter
John Adams to John Adams Smith, January 1, 1813
Quincy January 1st 1813 Dear Sir Though the Thirteenth year of the nineteenth century has made its Debutt, yet as the sun has not and I am obliged to light…
Letter
John Adams to Joseph Bradley Varnum, January 5, 1813
Quincy. January 5. 1813 Sir Thanks for your favour of the 12th of last month. The momentous Information is Since confirmed. As to the Bonds, I have little to Say.…
Letter
John Adams to William Plumer, January 10, 1813
Quincy Jan. 10th. 1813 Dr Sir I know not when or where I have ever received a more luminous letter, than yours of the 2nd of this month. It is…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 12, 1813
Quincy Jan. 12 1813 Dr. Sir No Wonder, that the President has suffered a violent strain. I have spent nine days in the gulph stream 3 of them in a…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Rush, January 15, 1813
Quincy January 15th. 1813.— Dear Sir You have forgotten, Old Dr Shippen, Dr Franklin, and many others. I have known many Instances. Not to mention General Oglethorpe or a Mrs…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 16, 1813
Quincy Jan. 16. 1812 [ , Start insertion, 1813 , End, ] Dear Sir I am broke….I am a Bankrupt… Je n’ai rien; Je dois par tout Dans mes affaires…
Letter
John Adams to James Madison, January 17, 1813
Quincy Jan. 17. 1812 [ 1813 ] Sir A young Gentleman, and his Father, have requested me to mention his Name to The Secretary of The Navy. I choose rather…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Rush, January 20, 1813
Quincy Jan. 20. 1813 Dear Sir Answer or rather acknowledge my Letters by half a dozen at a time. I have a number of Anecdotes to write you, more for…
Letter
John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, January 23, 1813
Quincy Jan. 23. 1813 Dear Sir Your favour of Dec. 7 is not lost nor forgotten. Oh! that my Situation in Life would permit me to undertake a Pilgrimage to…
Letter
John Adams to Joseph Bradley Varnum, February 9, 1813
Quincy Feb 9 1813 Respected Sir With much pleasure have I read your favour of January 23d. I have thought that Nature, which has given to the Ant & the…
Letter
John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, February 11, 1813
Quincy Feb. 11. 1813 Dear Sir I am much obliged by your favour of the 9th. just received. Though I called the Subject of my former letter, a Bagatelle, it…
Letter
John Adams to John Adams Smith, February 13, 1813
Quincy Feb 13th 1813. Dear Sir Your letter of the 6th is before me. to save me the time for writing & your that of reading long discourses, I will…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Rush, February 15, 1813
Quincy Feb. 15: 1813 Dear Sir All that I have written you, hitherto, upon the history of the Original of our Navy, was from Memory, without thinking of Book or…
Letter
John Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 1, 1813
Quincy March 1. 1813 My dear Son There is not a day nor an hour in which my Thoughts are not employed about you and your Family: But though my…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 16, 1813
Quincy March 16. 1813 Dear Sir I have just recd your Favour of Yesterday. It has been a Rule of the Government from 1789 to this day to answer no…
Letter
John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, March 18, 1813
Quincy March 18 1813 Dear Sir A Jacobine Clubb, or a Washington benevolent Society, has a Right to discard, and exclude a Member, who will not conform to their Rules.…
Letter
John Adams to John Lathrop, March 22, 1813
Quincy March 22 1813. Reverend Sir, I thank you for your kind letter of the 19th and for the valuable present of your discourse occasioned by the death of Dr…
Letter
John Adams to James Madison, March 23, 1813
Quincy March 23d 1813 Dear Sir I have been informed that a number of very respectable Gentlemen are desirous of having the Honourable Richard Cutts Esqr of Biddeford in this…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Rush, March 23, 1813
Quincy March 23. 1813 My dear Friend Your Letter to Waterhouse inclosed in yours of the 16th. Shall be Sent tomorrow. With them came the News of the Hornets Glory.…
Letter
John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 23, 1813
Quincy March 23 1813 Dr Sir The inclosed letter from Dr Rush will give you good News of your Son. I congratulate you on the honor he has obtained by…
Letter
John Adams to George Washington Adams, April 9, 1813
Quincy April 9 1813 Dear George I Send you, a few Lines from the Old Astronomical and Astrological Poet, Manilius, whom you may Some time or other, think it worth…
Letter
John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, April 19, 1813
Quincy April 19 1813 A very fortunate day to write to you, My dear Sir, and especialy on a Subject, without which my Letters of [. . .] 1775 would…
Letter
John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, April 20, 1813
Quincy April 20. 1813 Dear Sir In former Letters, I have made a few hasty Remarks upon Mrs Warren and Mr Marshall: permit me now to add one or two…