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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, March 20, 1804
20. March 1804. A letter is now reading from Captain Bainbridge, with an account of the loss of the frigate Philadelphia, wreck’d on rocks on the coast of Tripoli—the last…
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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 Louisa Catherine Adams, May 31, 1804
Quincy 31. May 1804. My dear, ever dear Louisa. This morning I received your kind favour of the 20 th — And am delighted to hear that you and the…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, June 2, 1804
Quincy 2. June 1804. Dear Sir. I enclose an order for $110. which I will thank you to present, and if accepted, receive the money— This together with the rent…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Adams, June 9, 1804
Quincy 9. June 1804. My dearest friend. I have now received your favour of the 29 th: of last month, enclosing a letter from your Mamma, for M r: Murdoch,…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Adams, June 17, 1804
Quincy 17. June 1804. My best friend. Yesterday my mother went to Boston, and in the Evening brought out M rs: Foster with her two children, one of whom is…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Adams, June 23, 1804
Quincy 23. June 1804. The Sun is just making his appearance for the first time these five days, during which we have had a cold North-East Storm, and almost continual…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Adams, July 1, 1804
Quincy 1. July 1804. My dearest Louisa. On Thursday, I went into Boston, for the first time this month past, and there received at once your two letters of 14…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Adams, September 23, 1804
Quincy 23. September 1804 I am in hopes there is a letter from you, lingering somewhere, at the Post-Office; not having received any, since I wrote you last; nor of…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Adams, September 30, 1804
Quincy 30. September 1804. After an interval of considerable anxiety, arising from the lapse of time, since I had heard from my dearest friend, I was at length at once…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Adams, October 7, 1804
Quincy 7. October 1804. Once more is the correspondence on the part of my best friend, brought up from all arrears; as I received since my last your two letters,…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, November 3, 1804
Washington 3. Novr: 1804. Dear Sir I wrote you a few lines from New-York, enclosing a copy of Commodore Morris’s Defence, for Mr: Shaw—The day after which I left that…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, November 9, 1804
Washington City 9. Novr: 1804. Dear Sir. I enclosed from New-York, for you, as you requested, a copy of Commodore Morris’s Defence, which I presume you have before this received,…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, December 11, 1804
Washington 11. Decr: 1804 My dear Sir, I received together last Evening your two favours of 30th: ulto: and 2d: instt: for which I most sincerely return you my thanks.—In…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 13, 1804
Washington 13. December 1804. Your letter of the 2d: has been duly received, and has contributed with those of your father received at the same time to cheer my mind,…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, December 17, 1804
Washington 17. Decr: 1804. Dear Sir. Some time since I sent you a check on the Branch Bank, in favour of J. Briesler for $45—to be presented if you had…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, January 24, 1805
Washington 24. January 1805 Dear Sir You will find, in the multitude of public documents, which I constantly transmit to you, the only apology I have to offer, for the…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, January 27, 1805
[ , Start insertion, Washington. 27 January 1805 , End, ] I have this morning received your favor of the 7th, and thank you for it; I should be glad…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, February 3, 1805
Washington City 3. Feby: 1805. Dear Sir. I have received your letter enclosing Mr: Bradford’s Sermon which I have read with much pleasure; and informing me of the cruel misfortune…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, February 8, 1805
Washington 8. Feby: 1805. I have two or three letters from you which I am afraid will never be answered in the manner all your letters deserve to be answered;…
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John Quincy Adams to Justus Bush Smith, September 27, 1805
Quincy September 27. 1805. Sir. When I was last in New-York, you informed me that in the course of the present Summer, you would certainly raise a sum sufficient to…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, December 16, 1805
Washington 16. Decr: 1805. I received some days ago your kind favour of the 29th: of last month; and since then my brother’s letter of the 4th. instt:—from the last…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 18, 1805
Washington 18. Decr: 1805 Your letter of the 4th: instt: came to hand two days ago—But I have no information of a public nature to communicate, which may render it…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, January 14, 1806
Washington 14. January 1806. I received some days since your kind favour containing the account of your occupations and amusements; and I have this day that of my brother dated…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 20, 1806
Washington 20. January 1806. Your letter closing the last and commencing the present year, has been several days in my hands, and has hitherto remained without reply, from a variety…