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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, May 29, 1814
Quincy May 29. 1814. My dear and venerable Friend. How Shall I? How can I express my Obligations to you? My Time, thoughts, labours are all Spent in my Garden,…
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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 Richard Rush, May 30, 1814
Quincy May 30. 1814 My dear Sir Your favour of the 20th has given me great pleasure; because it informs me that you are happy. Your Visit to Philadelphia must…
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John Adams to Andrews Norton, May 31, 1814
Quincy May 31. 1814 Dear Sir I thank you, and Mr Vanderkemp, for giving me, an Opportunity of reading, his “historical Sketches of Calvin and Servetus.[ , Start insertion, ”…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, June 1, 1814
Quincy June 1st. 1814 Dear Sir I long to See the narrative of Dr Rush’s Life. I hope it will be printed. The Anecdote relative to me, in 1774, and…
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John Adams to John Taylor, June 3, 1814
Quincy June 3. 1814 Sir I have recd your favour of May. 20, with the thoughts on Government, returned in good condition. The Outline of a Militia in the 22d…
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John Adams to John Taylor, June 4, 1814
Quincy April [ , Start insertion, -4 June , End, ] 1814 Sir, When your new Democratical Republick meets, you will find half a dozen Men of independent Fortunes; half…
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John Adams to John Taylor, June 7, 1814
Quincy June 7.th 1814 Sir In the third page of your “Inquiry”, is an Assertion, which Mr. Adams has a right to regret as a gross and egregious misrepresentation. He…
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John Adams to John Taylor, June 9, 1814
Quincy June 9th. 1814 Sir Suppose another case which is not without examples; a family of Six daughters. Four of them are not only beautiful, but Serious and discrete Women.…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 12, 1814
Quincy June 12th: 1814 My ever dear Son I have received your number 27. 15 October, 13. The large quarto Pamphlet entitled “Principes de Chronologie pour les temps anterieurs aux…
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John Adams to John Taylor, June 17, 1814
Quincy June 17th. 1814 Dear Sir What Shall I Say, of the “Resemblance, of our House of Representatives to a legislating Nation.”? It is, perhaps, a miniature, which resembles the…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 15, 1814
Quincy July 15th 1814 I thank you Madam for your obliging Letter of the 10th whether my life shall be Spared to se the restoration of peace, is a question…
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John Adams to Alexander, Jr Coffin, July 16, 1814
Quincy July 16th 1814 Sir My thanks are due to you for your, “Battle of Bunkers hill, or the death of General Warren.” As that hero, patriot, and martyr, was…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 16, 1814
Quincy July 16. 1814 Dear Sir I recd, this morning your favour of the 5th. and as I can never let a Sheet of your’s rest I Sit down immediately…
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John Adams to John Taylor, July 29, 1814
Quincy July 29 1814 “Whether the terms ‘Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy,’ or the one, the few, and the many, are only numerical; or characteristic, like the Calyx petal and Stamina…
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John Adams to John Taylor, August 14, 1814
Quincy August 14 1814 In your fourth page you “are unable to discover, In Oour form of Government, any resemblance of Monarchy, Aristocracy or Democracy.” “as defined by ancient Writers,…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, August 17, 1814
Quincy August 17th. 1814— Dear madam— I have certified in the book in the Atheneum that to my certain Knowledge, The Group was written by Mrs: Warren. Your polite invitation…
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John Adams to John Taylor, August 23, 1814
Quincy August 23. 1814 Dear Sir You “are unable to discover in our form of Government any resemblance of Aristocracy.” As every branch of Executive Authority committed or entrusted, exclusively…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, October 16, 1814
Quincy October 16. 1814 My dear Son I am happy to have recd. your No. 30. No. 33. and No. 34. It is impossible to express the pleasure I have…
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John Adams to William White, October 29, 1814
Quincy Octr. 29. 1814 Dear Sir From your very kind reception of Mr Colman I am encouraged to introduce to you another of our choice Spirits, who is travelling for…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, October 29, 1814
[ post 29 Oct. 1814 ] Dear Rush. After this Letter was written and erroneously inclosed I recd yours of 23d which is merry and instructive beyond all Example J.…
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John Adams to Thomas J. McKean, October 30, 1814
Quincy Oct 30 1814 Dear Sir Your Letter of the 15th, which I very highly esteem, now received last night, after I have given a line of introduction to Mr…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, October 31, 1814
Quincy Octr 31 1814 Dear Sir Your Letter of the 23 has given me as much gaiety as all the fine Weather of the month Mr Dallase’s Anecdotes, as you…
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John Adams to John Taylor, November 21, 1814
Quincy November 21st. 1814 Dear Sir In my last, I ventured to Say, that I would hint, in this, at a principal Misconception that had misled, either you or me.…
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John Adams to Alexander Bryan Johnson, November 28, 1814
Quincy Nov 28 1814 Dear Sir Your favour of the 23d gave Us all great Joy. We heard of your return to Boston, from twenty quarters: and though there was…