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Hannah Storer Green to Abigail Adams, January 1, 1763
Friday 10 O’clock [ , Start insertion, 1763–1764 , End, ] My Dear Diana My inclinations, tho’ not my Expectations were very much disapointed in not sending you a long…
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Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward, April 11, 1862
[Extract.] Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 142.] Legation of the United States, London, April 11, 1862. SIR: ** * * * * * * * I transmit herewith the…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, September 12, 1763
Weymouth Sepbr. th 12 1763 You was pleas’d to say that the receipt of a letter from your Diana always gave you pleasure. Whether this was designed for a complement,…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, August 1, 1763
Saturday morning Aug. 1763 My dear Diana Germantown is at a great Distance from Weymouth Meeting-House, you know; The No. of Yards indeed is not so prodigious, but the Rowing…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, August 15, 1763
Monday Morning [ , Start insertion, 15 August , End, ?] 1763 1 The Disappointment you mention was not intended, but quite accidental. A Gentleman, for whom I had much…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 8, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 226.] Department of State, Washington, April 8, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 20, No. 132, is before me. It brings information of no…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, August 11, 1763
Weymouth August th 11 1763 1 My Friend If I was sure your absence to day was occasioned, by what it generally is, either to wait upon Company, or promote…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 20 April 1763
April 20th. 1763 Diana Love sweetens Life, and Life sometimes destroys Love. Beauty is desirable and Deformity detestible; Therefore Beauty is not Deformity nor Deformity, Beauty. Hope springs eternal in…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 4, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 225.] Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1862. Sir: I regret to be obliged to revert to a subject upon which I have already…
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Abigail Smith to Isaac Smith Jr., 16 March 1763
Weymouth March 16 1763 Dear Cousin 1 Tis no small pleasure to me, to hear of the great proficioncy you have made in the French tongue, A Tongue Sweet, and…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 14 February 1763
Braintree Feby. 14th. 1763 Dear Madam Accidents are often more Friendly to us, than our own Prudence.–I intended to have been at Weymouth Yesterday, but a storm prevented.–Cruel, Yet perhaps…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 3, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 224.] Department of State, Washington, April 3, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of the 7th of March (No. 128) was received Every new instance of…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 1762 – 1763
[ Braintree? 1762–1763 ] 1 Dr. Miss Jemima I have taken the best Advice, on the subject of your Billet, and I find you cannot compell me to pay unless…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 4 October 1762
Octr. 4th. 1762 Miss Adorable By the same Token that the Bearer hereof 1 satt up with you last night I hereby order you to give him, as many Kisses,…
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Mr.Adams to Mr. Seward, April 3, 1862
Mr.Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 140.] Legation of the United States, London, April 3, 1862. Sir: I have to acknowledge the reception of despatches from the department, numbered 209, 210,…
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Richard Cranch to Mary Smith Cranch, December 30, 1761
Germantown Decr. 30th. 1761 Dear Miss Polly 1 I was at Boston yesterday and saw your Brother who was well. I have but a moments notice of an oportunity of…
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John Adams to William Crawford, October 1, 1758
How it is with you I know not, but if I am rightly informed, I am yet alive and not dead. And to prove it to you, I will tell…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 2, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 132.] Department of State, Washington, April 2, 1862. Sir: The reports we receive from China show that the insurrection there is becoming very formidable,…
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John Adams to John Wentworth, October 1, 1758
Mon Ami My letters, for the future will come to you, not from a School House but from the Cell of an Hermit. I am removed from Worcester to Braintree…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 1, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 218.] Department of State, Washington, April 1, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 13, (No. 131,) has been submitted to the President. I have…