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William Tudor to John Adams, August 21, 1774
Boston Augst. 21st. 1774 Dear Sir The great Obligations your Friendship has laid me under would render me inexcusable to neglect any Occasion of paying You my Acknowlegements; it is…
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Letters from William Tudor
B. 1750 · D. 1819
William Tudor was an American politician, military officer and lawyer from Boston. His eldest son William became a leading literary figure in Boston. Another son, Frederic, founded the Tudor Ice Company and became Boston's "Ice King", shipping ice to the tropics from many local sources of fresh water including Walden Pond, Fresh Pond, and Spy Pond in Arlington, Massachusetts.
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William Tudor to John Adams, August 29, 1774
Boston Augst. 29th. 1774 Dear Sir I wrote you 21st. Inst. which I hope you have receiv’d. The publick Prints of to Day, Which you will doubtless see, have been…
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William Tudor to Abigail Adams, September 3, 1774
Saturday 12 oClock [ , Start insertion, 3 September 1774 , End, ] Dear Madam You may depend on my giving your Letter to Capt. Marston who sets out for…
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William Tudor to John Adams, September 3, 1774
Boston Sepr. 3d. 1774 Dear Sir This Week has been fruitfull of extraordinary Transactions. I will endeavour to give You some Account of them. Tuesday the Superior Court opened 1…
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William Tudor to John Adams, April 4, 1775
Boston Apl. 4th. 1775 Dear Sir The interesting Advices we rec’d here on Sunday, and which the Papers will acquaint You, have had almost as great an Effect on People…
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William Tudor to John Adams, June 26, 1775
26 June 1775 Dear Sir You will doubtless before the Receipt of this have heard of the bloody Engagement at Charlestown. For a particular Account of it I must refer…
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William Tudor to John Adams, July 19, 1775
Cambridge 19th. July. 1775 Dr. Sir I am much oblig’d by your Letter of 6th. Instant and will now attempt in Part to comply with your Request. 1 Things have…
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William Tudor to John Adams, September 30, 1775
Cambridge 30th. Sepr. 1775 Dear Sir The manoeuvers of the Camp have afforded Nothing important for a month past. The Works at Plough’d Hill are finish’d, but are useless, because…
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William Tudor to John Adams, October 25, 1775
Cambridge 25th. Octr. 1775 Dear Sir I wrote you by the Post 3 Weeks ago but have not been honour’d with a Line since your Returnto Philadelphia. 1 I should…
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William Tudor to John Adams, October 28, 1775
Cambridge Octr. 28th. 1775 Dr Sir I received your Letter of the 12th. Instant by Mr. Tracy. But the One you mention to have sent me some Time before I…
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William Tudor to John Adams, December 11, 1775
Cambridge 11th. Decr. 1775 Dr Sir I seize a few Minutes before the Post sets out to send You a little Information. Manley took two Prizes last Saturday, a large…
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William Tudor to John Adams, April 21, 1776
New York 21st. April 1776 Dr Sir I arriv’d in this City last Monday 15th. Instant. I left Boston with much Regret, not so much because I was coming to…
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William Tudor to John Adams, May 4, 1776
New York 4th. May 1776 Dr Sir I was much oblig’d by the little Essay you sent me and more so by the Letter which accompanied it. 1 The Plan…
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William Tudor to John Adams, August 18, 1776
New York 18th. Augst. 1776 Dear Sir It was with no small Degree of Pleasure, on my Return here, 1 I observed the Cheerfulness which brightened the Countenance of every…
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William Tudor to John Adams, August 19, 1776
New York 19th. August 1776 Dear Sir I set down to give you Part of the Information you ask. The Brigade you mention are new Levies wholly from the Massachusetts…
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William Tudor to John Adams, August 29, 1776
New York 29th. August 1776 Dr. Sir I had a Warrant on Sunday Morning last, from Head Quarters, for the Trial of Lieut. Col. Harman Zeidwitz Commanding Officer of Brigadier…
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William Tudor to John Adams, September 6, 1776
New York 6th. Sepr. 76 Dr Sir I am exceedingly concerned to find that the New Articles of War, though passed, are not to take Place yet. 1 The infamous…
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William Tudor to John Adams, March 16, 1777
Morris Town 16th. March 1777 Dr. Sir Since the Return of one half their Troops from Rhode Island I think the Enemy must be full 10,000 Men. They have only…
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William Tudor to John Adams, March 23, 1777
Morris Town 23d. March 1777 Dr Sir I yesterday ask’d Permission to resign my Post of J.A.G. and to retire from the Army, but met with a Refusal, which, though…
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William Tudor to John Adams, February 5, 1781
Boston 5th. Feby. 1781 Dear Sir I had the Honour of your Letter by Monsieur Jean Baptiste Petry about six Weeks since, 1 and should before this Time have acknowleged…
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William Tudor to John Adams, April 28, 1789
Boston 28 th. April 1789 Dear Sir I have never known more Pleasure discovered amongst all Ranks of Citizens, than what appeared here, on the news of our Two Presidents…
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William Tudor to John Adams, July 9, 1789
Boston 9 July 1789 My dear Sir However you & I may have been taught by Civilians, & however History confirms the Maxim, that an Imperium in Imperio is a…
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William Tudor to John Adams, July 27, 1789
Boston 27 July 1789. Dear Sir Our Citizens here disapprobate the Compensations, as they are called, which have passed the lower House of Congress. They generally think that the Salary…
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William Tudor to John Adams, February 27, 1791
Boston 27 Feb. 1791 Dear Sir I was greatly obliged by your Letter of the 15 th Instant, although it gave me some Mortification arising from the Reflection that I…