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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, July 1, 1813
Quincy July 1st. 1813 Dear Sir, The report that John Quincy Adams has written to his father, or any one else that “the war which the United States has declared,…
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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 Mathew Carey, July 3, 1813
Quincy July 3. 1813 Sir I thank you for your favour of the 28th of June. I know your press of Business too well to need any Apology for delays…
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John Adams to John Langdon, July 3, 1813
Quincy July 3. 1813. Dear Sir Although it would do no good to excite your Tears or my own, by Allusions to your late Afflictions or mine; I Sincerely condole…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 15, 1813
Quincy July 15th 1813 Never mind it, my dear Sir, if I write four Letters to your one: your one is worth more than my four. It is true that…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 16, 1813
Quincy July 16. 1813 Dear Sir Your Letters to Priestley, have encreased my Grief if that were possible, for the loss of Rush. Had he lived, I would have Stimulated…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 18, 1813
Quincy July 18th. 1813 Dear Sir I have more to Say, on Religion. For more than Sixty Years I have been attentive to this great Subject. Controversies, between Calvinists and…
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John Adams to Alexander Hill Everett, July 19, 1813
Quincy July 19th 1813 Sir I am glad to find you are pleased with the sketches. The exploits of our maratime and naval Genius, are a severe Satire on our…
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John Adams to Mathew Carey, July 21, 1813
Quincy July 21 1813 I have been highly gratified by your obliging letter recd Yesterday. You need not give yourself any concern about my Name in your future Edition. I…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 22, 1813
Quincy July 22 1813 Dear Sir Dr Priestley, in a letter to Mr Lindsey Northumberland Nov. 4. 1803 Says “As you were pleased with my comparison of Socrates and Jesus,…
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John Adams to William Stephens Smith, July 23, 1813
Quincy July 23rd 1813 Dear Smith Your favour of 15th is alarming. Remember the fate of Cassandra. The prophet of ill ’tho’ as true as a goose’s bow is always…
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John Adams to William Plumer, July 25, 1813
Quincy July 25 1813 Dear Sir I have lately turned over our Historians, Ramsay Gordon, Mrs Warren, Marshall, to search for a Statistical devellopement of that most powerful Instrument and…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, July 25, 1813
Quincy July. 25th. 1813 Mine Eyes are better. I am angry with you for calling our Navy little. It is the greatest Navy in the World. Far greater than the…
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John Adams to Mathew Carey, July 26, 1813
Quincy July 26th. 1813 Our old Commodores & Captains, are not so ardent for glory as they were 35 years ago. One of the bravest of them sends me word,…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, August 30, 1813
Quincy August 30th. 1813. My Dear Son The Meloncholly History of the last Journey and the last days of your Sister will be given you by the your Mother. My…
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John Adams to Thomas J. McKean, August 31, 1813
Quincy August 31st. 1813 Dear Sir Your friendly letter of the 20th, with the Authentic Account of the proceedings of the Congress held at New York A.D 1765 on the…
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John Adams to Mathew Carey, September 1, 1813
Quincy September 1st 1813 Mr Carey Afflictions in my family of the most serious nature have delayed my answer to your letter of the 6th of August. I knew not…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, September 1, 1813
Quincy September 1. 1813 Madam Permit one to enclose to you a Packet from my old Friend Governor M Kean: and a dialogue of the dead. The latter was the…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, September 1, 1813
Quincy Sept 1813 σὲ γὰρ πάντεσσι θέμις θνητοῖσι προσαυδᾶn. “It is not only permitted but enjoined upon all Mortals to address you.” Why should not our Divines translate it “It…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, September 2, 1813
Quincy Sept. 2. 1813 Οὐδὲ γυνὴ κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀναίνεται εἶναι ἄκοιτις πλουσίου· ἀλλ’ ἀφνεὸν βούλεται ἀντ’ ἀγαθοῦ. Χρήματὰ γὰρ τιμῶσι, καὶ ἐκ κακοῦ ἐσθλὸς ἔγημε, καὶ κακὸς ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ. πλοῦτος…
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John Adams to Rufus King, September 24, 1813
Quincy September 24. 1813 Dear Sir I run the risque of introducing to You, the Reverend Mr Henry Colman of Hingham. He is one of our liberal Divines; one of…
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John Adams to Thomas J. McKean, September 24, 1813
Quincy September 24. 1813 Dear Sir If I am committing an indiscretion, I hope you will pardon it. The Reverend Mr Henry Colman of Hingham, a Clergyman established in the…
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John Adams to Samuel Miller, September 24, 1813
Quincy September 24th 1813 Reverend Sir. I know not whether my transient acquaintance, with you, will justify me, or acquit me of indiscretion, in introducing a gentleman to you in…
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John Adams to Samuel L Mitchell, September 24, 1813
Quincy September 24th 1813 Dear Sir What apology can I offer, for the liberty I take of introducing to you the Revnd Henry Colman of Hingham? My apology is ready…
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John Adams to John Vaughan, September 24, 1813
Quincy September 24th 1813 Dear Sir Not to honour Mr Colman, for I know he needs none from me to you; but to gratify myself and bring me once more…