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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, April 17, 1796
The Hague 17 April 1796. My dear Brother. Your favor of the 13 ult. came to hand the 31 st: and that of the 24 th: on the 3 d:…
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Letters from Thomas Boylston Adams
B. 1772 · D. 1832
Thomas Boylston Adams was the third and youngest son of second United States president John Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams. He worked as a lawyer, a secretary to his brother John Quincy Adams while the latter served as United States ambassador to the Netherlands and Prussia, the business manager of and a contributor to the political and literary journal Port Folio, and a Massachusetts chief justice.
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph Pitcairn, May 17, 1796
The Hague 17 th: May 1796. Dear Sir. Your favor of the 10 th: curr t: has just come to hand, and as I find a vacant moment, it cannot…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, August 27, 1796
The Hague 27. August 1796. My dear Mother. In discharge of my promise to write you a letter , which has been given you in two covers enclosing letters from…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, November 26, 1796
The Hague 26 th: November 1796. My dear Sir. Two days since I had the pleasure to receive your kind favors of the 9 th: June and 8 th: of…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, March 17, 1797
The Hague March 17 th: 1797. My dear Sir. Your kind favors of October 28. & November 11. of the past year, have been some weeks in my possession. 1…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, April 19, 1797
Brussels 30 e Germinal an 5 e: [ 19 April 1797 ] My dear Brother. I arrived here last night after a pleasant journey from Antwerp, where I lodged on…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 8, 1797
Paris ce 19 Floréal an 5. [ 8 May 1797 ] Dear Brother. I have written you three letters since my arrival here; 1 this is the fourth, which I…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, July 24, 1797
London 24 th: July 1797 My dear Mother. The journey which I made to Paris, towards the last of April was performed so hastily, that it was out of my…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, October 3, 1797
London 3. October 1797. My dear Sir. Since I came to this Country, two of your kind letters have reached me; one dated in June & the other in July;…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, March 4, 1798
Berlin 4 March 1798. My dear Sir. Since my residence at this place I have received your kind letter of October 25 th: written at East Chester, a few weeks…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, September 14, 1798
Berlin 14 th: of September 1798. My dear mother. Your kind favor of July 19 th. was transmitted from Hamburg by our cousin Welsh & came to hand last evening.…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph Pitcairn, September 17, 1798
Berlin 17 th: September 1798 Dear Sir. Your favour of the 14 th: inst. came to hand last night a little time after my letter to you had gone to…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, October 27, 1798
Hamburg 27 October 1798. Dear Sir. I wrote you soon after my arrival here that I expected to take passage with Captain Jenkins of the Ship America, bound to Newburypor[t.]…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 28, 1799
Philadelphia 28 January 1799 M. I received your favor of Nov r: 13 th: with an enclosure for J Hall, yesterday, by the New York mail. It came by a…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, March 1, 1799
Quincy March 1 st: 1799. Dear Sir. My time has been so occupied between going to Boston to get my dinner and coming back to Quincy again, that I have…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, March 1, 1799
[ 1 March 1799 ] 1 Dear William I am now and then regaled with a few words from your store house, spread over as many lines , which brings…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph Pitcairn, March 2, 1799
Quincy 2 d: March 1799. My dear Sir. That I have hitherto given you no account of my voyage since my arrival, is imputable to the unsettled state in which…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 3, 1799
Baltimore 3 d: June 1799. My dear Brother On my journey through this place, about a fortnight since, I wrote you a few lines by a vessel bound to Bremen;…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, June 9, 1799
Philadelphia 9 th: June 1799. My dear Mother. Your kind favor of the 2 d: inst t: found me as you conjectured at Philadelphia, fixed in my lodgings & in…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, June 21, 1799
21 st: June 1799. Dear Mother I have your favor of the 15 th: inst t: and thank you for your kind solicitude respecting my health, which is just passable…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, June 29, 1799
Philadelphia 29 th: June 1799. Dear William I am favored with your’s of the 23 d: inst t: and the enclosures—one of which is herewith returned. 1 The Lieutenant Governor’s…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, August 8, 1799
Philadelphia 8 th: August 1799. My dear Mother. As I am in the City for a few days, you may wish me to write rather oftener than usual, to convince…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, August 12, 1799
Germantown 12 th: August 1799 My dear Mother. I thank you for your kind letter of the 4 th: inst t: which came to hand last evening, accompanied by one…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith Shaw, August 23, 1799
Rock-hall 23 d: August 1799 Dear William I received your agreeable birth day tribute the day following the date of my last; since then the deadly pestilence has burst forth…