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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, October 16, 1791
Braintree [ 16 ] october [ 1791 ] My dear Sister I wrote you last Sunday by Doctor Welsh & your son who were here & sent it to new-york…
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Letters from Mary Smith Cranch
B. 1769 · D. 1855
William Cranch was a United States circuit judge and chief judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. A staunch Federalist and nephew of First Lady Abigail Adams, Cranch moved his legal practice from Massachusetts to the new national capital, where he became one of three city land commissioners for Washington, D.C., and during his judicial service also was the 2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and a professor of law at Columbian College.
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44 letters
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, December 11, 1791
Braintree December 11th 1791 I again take my pen to write to my dear sister tis a long time I know you think since you have heard from me. I…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, April 8, 1792
Quincy April 8th 1792 My dear Sister I last Week receiv’d your Letter of the 20th & 21 d of March with cousin Louisias giving me an account of your…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, June 13, 1797
Quincy June 13th 1797 My dear Sister I had a mantua makaker & a Tailor last week which keept me so fully imploy’d that I had not time to write…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, July 26, 1797
Quincy July 26th 1797 Dear Sister we have made every thing as ready for your reception as we can. but alass I fear we Shall not see you. I think…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, October 15, 1797
Quincy october 15th 1797 Dear Sister I thank you for your Letter from worcester since that I have heard by the papers you have arriv’d in new-york. 1 I hope…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, November 19, 1797
Quincy November 19th 1797 Dear Sister That you have reciev’d but one Letter from me my dear Sister is not because I have not written I cannot think where they…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, January 20, 1798
Quincy Jan y. 20d 1798 My Dear Sister I wonder Sister Peabody Should trouble you about our Nephews concerns. the first Letter She wrote you She sent open for me…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, April 5, 1798
Quincy April 5th 1798 My dear Sister I last week had to inform you of the Sudden death of my much value’d Freind Mrs Quincy I Now have to acquaint…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, May 10, 1798
Quincy May 10th 1798 My dear Sister I can never sufficiently thank you for your Letters & the communications you so frequently Supply me with I am considered as the…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, June 15, 1798
Quincy [ 15 ] June 1798 1 Dear Sister I have been at hard work this morning & my hands tremble So, I can Scarcly hold my Pen, but if…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, June 22, 1798
Quincy June 22 d 1798 My dear Sister I have had the House full of company for a week & have not been able to Steal a moments to write…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, October 19, 1799
Quincy october 19th 1799 My dear Sister I was very glad to hear by the Letter you sent me from Brookfield, that you had got Safely so far. 1 the…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, November 24, 1799
November 24 th 1799 My Dear Sister I receiv’d your kind Letter of the 15 th yesterday & am glad to find you able to receive so much company tho…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, December 8, 1799
Quincy december 8th 1799 Dear Sister I feel an inclination to write you every week athough I have nothing new to inform you of I know you are as interested…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, January 19, 1800
Quincy January 19th 1800 My Dear Sister I have receiv’d two Letters from you since I wrote last. one contain’d the Border & Lace for my cap, & a cap…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, March 14, 1800
[ 14 March 1800 ] 1 Dear sister There is a great deal of pain: taken to make mischief between you & Mr & Mrs Porter many wish for his…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, April 25, 1800
Quincy April 25 th 1800 My Dear Sister I know your impatience to hear frequently of your affairs here & I am as solicitous that you should— last week &…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, December 7, 1800
Quincy Dec. 7th 1800. My Dear Sister I last week receiv’d your first Letter from the city of washington. I began to grow impatient not to receive one Line neither…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, January 21, 1811
Quincy Jany 21d 1811 I feel asham’d My Dear Neice when I think how few Letters I have written to you since you left us. I should be inexcusable indeed…