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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, April 17, 1796
London April 17. 1796. My Dear Sir. M r: Robert Bird, the bearer of this letter, is a respectable merchant of this place, a brother of the Gentleman with whom…
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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 Charles Adams, May 10, 1796
London May 10 th: 1796. My dear Brother. Your favour of January 6 th: was received by our brother Thomas at the Hague, and by him forwarded a few days…
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John Quincy Adams to Joshua Johnson, June 2, 1796
The Hague June 2. 1796. Dear Sir. I arrived at Gravesend on Saturday, barely in time to get on board the vessel in which I had engaged my passage, and…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, June 2, 1796
The Hague June 2. 1796. You remember I was ordered peremptorily to be at Gravesend on Saturday morning by ten or eleven o’clock at the latest, though it was impossible…
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John Quincy Adams to Charles Adams, June 9, 1796
The Hague June 9. 1796. My dear Brother I returned here ten days ago from England and have this day received your letter of April 24. th: brought by M…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, August 13, 1796
The Hague August 13. 1796. I hope my amiable friend has before this received my letters of the 9 th: of last month, and of the 6 th of the…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, August 13, 1796
The Hague August 13. 1796. My dear Sir A few days ago, I received from England, together, your favours of March 25. May 5. and June 10. The two first…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, August 16, 1796
The Hague August 16. 1796. My dear Mother: I have still to thank you for a very few lines addressed to myself, and for about half of a long Letter…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, September 12, 1796
The Hague September 12. 1796. I have received, my amiable friend, your letters of the 19 th: and 28 th: of last month, and am properly grateful for the readiness…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, December 5, 1796
Amsterdam December 5. 1796. I have just now received, my dearest friend, your letter of the 15 th: of last month, 1 since which I hope you have before now…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, December 24, 1796
The Hague December 24. 1796. My Dear Sir: The french Directory have refused to receive M r: Pinckney as Minister from the United States, and have taken a resolution, that…
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John Quincy Adams to Charles Adams, December 29, 1796
The Hague December 29. 1796 My dear Brother It is a long time since I have had the pleasure to receive any letter from you. I suppose you spend so…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, December 31, 1796
The Hague December 31. 1796. Since my Letter of the 20 th: I have not enjoyed the pleasure of receiving any from my friend, but I do not forget the…
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John Quincy Adams to Joshua Johnson, January 27, 1797
The Hague January 27. 1797. Dear Sir. I am to thank you for your obliging favour of the 30 th: of last month, which I received a few days ago.—…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, February 3, 1797
The Hague February 3. 1797. My Dear Sir. A few days ago, I received at once your Letters of Novr: 11. from Quincy and of Decr: 5. from Philadelphia. In…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, February 7, 1797
The Hague February 7. 1797 My Dear Sir Since I wrote you last I am informed that the French Directory have ordered Mr. Pinckney to leave France, and as he…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, February 12, 1797
The Hague Sunday February 12. 1797. “This day, which saw my Delia’s beauty rise, Shall more than all our sacred days be blest; The world, enamour’d of her lovely eyes,…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, February 20, 1797
The Hague February 20. 1797. I hope we shall never get into a habit of writing to one another angry and kind Letters alternately, for it would be far from…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, February 23, 1797
The Hague February 23d: 1797 Dear Sir General Pinckney and his family have arrived at Amsterdam; but as I have not seen him I presume he did not pass through…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, March 20, 1797
The Hague March 20. 1797. I have successively received your Letters of the 28 th: and 24 th: of last month, which I mention thus in inverted order because they…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, April 13, 1797
The Hague April 13. 1797. The day after I sent off my last Letter, I received that of my good friend, dated the 27 th: of last month; and at…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, April 21, 1797
The Hague April 21. 1797. 2 Floréal an 5. My dear Brother. For I suppose you must have an explanation to keep you current with the vieux stile , now-a-days.—…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, May 9, 1797
The Hague 9 May 1797. My dear Brother. Mess rs: Moliere, will this day extend your credit with their correspondent at Paris, to the amount of 4000 livres more. This…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson, May 12, 1797
The Hague 12. May. 1797. And is it possible that my charming friend should feel an uneasy sentiment a sentiment of fear in sitting down to write to me: to…