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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, May 17, 1797
The Hague 17 May 1797. My dear Brother. I have just got your agreeable favours of 8–9— & 11— May, and as this is the last day upon which I…
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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 Adams, May 21, 1797
The Hague 21. May 1797. My dear Mother. The last Letter I have received from you is dated the 11 th: of last November. I know not whether since that…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, June 26, 1797
The Hague 26. June 1797. My dear Mother I have not written to you, since receiving your very kind Letter of 3 d: March. though I received it almost a…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, July 22, 1797
London 22. July 1797. My Dear Sir. Three or four days after the date of my last Letter, which was from Maassluys, and while I was yet wind bound there,…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, July 28, 1797
London 28 July 1797. My dear and Honoured Parents. I have now the happiness of presenting to you another daughter, worthy as I fully believe of adding one to the…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, October 7, 1797
London 7. October 1797. My Dear Mother. It is but a few days since I received your kind letter of 14. July, brought to Holland by Gen l: Marshall, and…
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John Quincy Adams to Joshua Johnson, October 11, 1797
London 11. October 1797. Dear Sir. I received your obliging letter dated in Margate Roads just before your departure. I had indeed long observed your distress and that of your…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Welsh, January 24, 1798
Berlin 24. January 1798. My dear Sir. I received some time ago, though not until after my arrival at this place your favour of 15. July last enclosing a statement…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, February 5, 1798
Berlin 5. February 1798. I had scarcely closed my last Letter to you my dear mother, acknowledging the receipt of your favours of Dec r: 2. and Nov r: 23.…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, May 4, 1798
Berlin 4 May. 1798. My dear Mother. I have a day or two since received your favour of 10. Feb y: by which I perceive that my last Letters from…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, May 30, 1798
30. May 1798. I have received within these few days your letters of the 17 th: and 29 th: of March, together with the books and pamphlets mentioned in the…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, June 22, 1798
22. June 1798. Since the date of my last I have received your favour of 8. April, with the pamphlets mentioned in it.— 1 The communications of the American Commissioners…
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John Quincy Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, July 13, 1798
Berlin 13 July 1798 Dear Madam. I hope the enclosed letter from my dear Louisa, will be more fortunate in its passage than those which she wrote you from Hamburg,…
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John Quincy Adams to Charles Adams, September 29, 1798
Berlin 29. September 1798. My dear Brother. I have given to our brother Thomas a general power of Attorney to transact all business on my behalf within the United States.…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, October 12, 1798
12. October 1798. My dear Brother. We have received and been entertained with your letters from Dessau, Magdeburg and Brunswic.— 1 We hope to hear from you, to day or…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, July 1, 1799
1. July. 1799. My last letter to you upon private affairs was of April 29. since which I have received none from you, untill last evening, when your’s of 4.…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, August 16, 1799
Töplitz 16 August 1799. I received your N. 6. dated 3. June, about three weeks ago, at this place, and should have replied to it sooner, but for a violent…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, October 22, 1799
Berlin. 22. October. 1799. , Start deletion, Dear Sir , End, My last letter to you, was from Dresden, and dated the 17 th: of last month, since which I…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, May 28, 1800
28. May 1800. I humble myself in dust and ashes to confess that I must at one and the same time acknowledge the receipt of seven letters from you—viz—of 26…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, June 12, 1800
Berlin 12 June 1800. M r: Paleske arrived here a few days after I wrote you last, and delivered me your letter and the pamphlets together with the dispatches from…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, August 20, 1800
Waldenberg. 20. August. 1800. The shortness of my paper, & of my time yesterday abridged my discription of the natural ruins at Adersback, one of the most curious objects we…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, September 24, 1800
Leipzig. 24. September. 1800. I continue to number my letters, although the series containing our Silesian tour is closed, so that untill our return to Berlin, you may know whether…
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John Quincy Adams to Joshua Johnson, December 10, 1800
Berlin 10. December 1800. My dear Sir. It is so long since I did myself the pleasure of writing to you, that I scarcely know how to apologize for the…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 20, 1800
Berlin. 20. December. 1800. I suppose you flatter yourself, that having more than three months ago got safely out of Silesia, you are to hear nothing further about it; but…