Abigail Adams to Lucy Cranch Greenleaf, May 13, 1798

Philadelphia May 13. 1798

My dear Neice

If I have not written to you my dear Neice it is not because I
have not frequently thought of you, through the winter. your good Mother has often
informd me of your Welfare and that your little Girl was well. I have sent by mr Black
a little token of my Remembrance to her, not because I thought you had not pretty
things in Boston, but merely that she might have a slip of my giving her, if she is in
short coats, and what I send would make two, with the addition of half a yd more, pray
inform me and I will procure it. mr Black goes from hence this morning it has been a
Great pleasure for me to see him, both as a friend and Neighbour. I hope he will get
the little orphan safe Home it will not then suffer for those it has lost.

I mourn with you & with all who knew, your Faithfull, Learned
good and Benevolent Pastor, Your loss. many of my Friends and acquaintance are gone,
since I left Home, tho only six months since. my Love to mrs smith when you see her. I
most sincerly sympathize with her, under the repeated Shocks She has sustaind. my dear
little Mary, is amongst the number of those I shall miss, when I return, which I hope
I may be able to, in the month of June. my kind regards to mr Greenleaf

From your affectionate Aunt

Abigail Adams

Your uncle & Louissa desire to be rememberd