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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, August 30, 1786
Cambrige August 30th: 1786 Dear Sir I received a few days agone, your favour of June 2d: 1 you mention an Affair, concerning which I had determined to write in…
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Letters from John Quincy Adams
B. 1767 · D. 1848
John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; minister to Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia; and senator for Massachusetts. After his presidency, Adams uniquely returned to Congress as a member of the lower house, where he died in 1848. He was the eldest son of John Adams, the second president, and First Lady Abigail Adams. Among his children were Charles Francis Adams Sr. Initially a Federalist like his father, Adams spent his presidency as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and later, in the mid-1830s, became affiliated with the Whig Party.
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) Adams, January 14, 1787
Cambridge January 14th: 1787 I determined about a fortnight agone, to sit down, and write you a letter, expressing my anxiety and surprize, that for three months I had not…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, August 1, 1787
Braintree August 1 st: 1787. Dear Madam. At length the scene of my collegiate life is closed, and about a fortnight ago I made a public exit from the university:…
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John Quincy Adams to Cotton Tufts, December 9, 1787
Newbury-Port. December 9 th: 1787. Dear Sir. If it should be convenient to you, I would be obliged to you for a supply of money. I endeavour to avoid all…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, September 22, 1788
Haverhill Sept r: 22 d: 1788. Dear Madam. M r: Lincoln, the bearer, is a young preacher, who belongs to Hingham; he is going home, and I cannot suffer the…
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John Quincy Adams to William Cranch, May 27, 1789
Newbury-Port. May 27 th: 1789. I should have answered your last favour, 1 ere this [but in?] [conse]quence of the information you gave me, I went to Haverhill [last?] Thursday…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, April 5, 1790
Newbury-Port. April 5 th: 1790. Dear Sir. I have more than once mentioned to you, the state of retirement from political conversation in which I live, and the restraints which…
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John Quincy Adams to William Cranch, April 7, 1790
Newbury-Port April 7 th: 1790. 1 As you were somewhat in my debt in the article of Letters, when I left Boston, I expected ere this to have received something…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, April 28, 1790
Newbury. Port April 28 th: 1790. I received your short Epistle by M r: Thomas at Ipswich, 1 where I was then attending the Court of Common Pleas: and at…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, August 14, 1790
Boston August 14 th: 1790. My dear Madam. I received on Commencement day, your obliging favour of the 11 th: of last month, and should have replied to it before…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, August 29, 1790
Boston August 29 th: 1790. My dear Madam I received by M rs: Atkinson your favour of the 20 th: inst t: which has added not a little to the…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, November 20, 1790
Boston November 20. 1790. I received with great pleasure, my dear Mamma, your favour of the 7 th: inst t: which relieved me in some measure from my anxiety on…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, November 20, 1790
Boston November 20. 1790 I have indeed, my dear Sister, been guilty of a neglect, in omitting so long to write to you, which I cannot upon any principle justify…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, October 28, 1791
Boston October 28 th: 1791. My dear Brother I received your favour of the 17 th: inst t: from New-York, and am happy to hear you had got well so…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 3, 1791
Boston December 3. 1791. My dear Brother. I received last week your favour of the 17 th: of last month, and found in it none of that tediousness which you…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, January 5, 1794
Quincy January 5. 1794 Dear Sir. I must apologize for not having answered before this your last Letter; 1 but your conjectures with respect to Columbus were not without foundation,…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, February 13, 1794
Boston February 13. 1794. My dear Brother I received by the last post your favour enclosing a draft upon the branch Bank, for 100 dollars. 1 The political speculations of…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, April 12, 1794
Boston April 12. 1794. Dear Sir I received this morning your favour of the 3 d: inst t: We still hold tolerably firm to the text of neutrality; though we…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, April 18, 1794
Boston April 18. 1794. My dear Brother. M r: Newcomb has executed a power of Attorney, authorising you to receive his interest due. I herewith enclose it.— 1 You mention…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, April 27, 1794
Boston April 27 th. 1794— Dear Sir M r: Ebenezer Dorr, and M r: Edward Jones, merchants, of this Town, by this Post send a petition to Congress for leave,…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, July 18, 1794
Philadelphia July 18. 1794. Dear Sir Since my arrival here, I have employed all the Time, that I have been able to spare, from the more important business of visits…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, July 27, 1794
Philadelphia July 27 th: 1794. Dear Sir. I expected to have been on my way to Boston before this; but M r: Hamilton is gone into the Country, and I…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, July 29, 1794
Philadelphia July 29 th: 1794 My dear Madam I am still waiting for the arrival of Col l: Hamilton whom it is necessary for me to see before my departure,…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, August 13, 1794
New York, August 13. 1794. My dear Brother Col l: Hamilton arrived in Philadelphia, the night before you left it, but from the pressure of business more immediately urgent, was…