John Quincy Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, July 13, 1798

Berlin 13 July 1798

Dear Madam.

I hope the enclosed letter from my dear Louisa, will be more
fortunate in its passage than those which she wrote you from Hamburg, and upon her
recovery from illness after her arrival here. 1 Several of our Letters have failed and it
gives us much pain to find that those which we wrote to you, were particularly among
the unsuccessful number.— I hope however that even before this you have the evidence
under the own hand of your beloved daughter that she is in good health, and as well
satisfied as she can be in a strange country, with an ocean rolling between her—and
almost all her dearest friends and relations.— Since her recovery she has formed some
agreeable and valuable acquaintances here, and wherever she has been seen she has been
invariably loved and admired

Since writing the enclosed she has received a letter of 26. May
from her kind and affectionate father to whom I beg to be cordially remembered, and to
whom I feel warmly grateful for his remembrance of me.— 2 I hope he will find his affairs at home
growing more pleasant and satisfactory as he advances with them

I suppose by the time when this arrives it will be in season to
give joy to Nancy to whom the warmest friendship can only wish that she may be as
happy as she deserves. Caroline, I dare say will soon follow the example, and will
alike participate in our most ardent wishes and prayers for her happiness. 3 To them, and to all the rest of the family I
beg to be affectionately remembered, and am, Dear Madam, your very sincere friend, and
/ h ble: Serv t:

John Q. Adams.

A young gentleman, who feels himself highly flattered by the kind
remembrance, which he has been told is contained in a letter from a certain lady to
her daughter, cannot refuse himself the satisfaction of expressing his best
acknowledgments for it. He retains a lively sense of gratitude for the many marks of
kindness & hospitality heretofore experienced from the same source, and hopes that
the period is not far distant, which will place in his power an opportunity of , Start deletion, giving , End, confirming by a verbal assurance, his
respectful attachment & esteem for the Lady & her amiable family, to each of
whom he presents his best regards.

T. B Adams.