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46,149 lettersWashington 21 Novbr. 1819 My dear George I have at length received your Letter, after having unpatiently waited untill your more important avocations were so far terminated, as to permit…
Washington 15 Novbr. 1819 I should sooner have answered your Letter my Son had I not expected to hear that you had received Booth’s Journal the first Number of which…
Washington November 7th: 1819. Dear John I am glad to find you so happy at college and I myself assure you I feel as much so here there is one…
Washington November 1819. My dear Brother. On the 7th. of last Month, I left at the Branch Bank, Boston, a Check payable to you, requesting it might be passed to…
Montezillo November 3d—1819 Dear Boylston I think it is Voltaire who some where says, the life of a Man of Letters ought to appear only in his writings, without any…
Montezillo November 3d. 1819— My dear Daughter I can hardly believe my Eyes when I look upon your letter of the 13th. of October at Philadelphia, and recollect that it…
Washington 2d Novbr. 1819 Dear Sir Your favour of 1 September N. 42 with the receipts enclosed, and the Book, containing the statement of Account between us has been received—It…
Quincy October 30th: 1819 Dear Sir, Your favour of the 19th: instant I duly received with Mr: Whitelaw’s letter I have opened a correspondence with Mr Baxter an Ally of…
Jamaica plain Wednesday [After] noon 24h. Augt 1819 My Dear Cousin I have just returned from Cambridge, where I was told < , Start deletion, by , End, > by…
Quincy August 20 1819 Dear Sir Cares, Sorrows, Misfortunes, and Infirmities have prevented an earlier Acknowledgment of your favour of June 10th. There are no better Maxims for a Student…
Washington 17 August 1819 My Dear Son You will probably have received the translations I sent you my dear Son of Plato as I understand you have made a visit…
Washington 16 August 1819 I am very uneasy my dear John at your indisposition more especially as you do not mention its nature—I hope the heaviest part of your labour…
Bloomingdale 7. aoust 1819. Je viens d’apprendre avec bien du plaisir bonne et aimable dame que nous vous verrions bientôt ici, et j’espère pour vous un temps un peu moins…
Washington 4 August 1819 As I know how much your time must be engrossed by your studies my Dear John altho’ the temporary loss of your correspondence will grieve me…
Washington 1 August 1819 I was much gratified by the receipt of your Letter my dear George yesterday at noon and am somewhat surprized to find that you have not…
Quincy July 26th. 1819— dear Sir. I thank you for your favor of the 16th.—It is impossible for me, as it was for Junius to recollect the innumerable trifles I…
Quincy July 24th. 1819 my dear Sir I thank you for your favor of the 16th. It is impossible for me, as it was for Junius to recollect the innumerable…
Washington 17 July 1819 Dear Sir I have been so unwell with the Chicken pox since I returned from Virginia and the weather has been so hot, that I could…
Quincy May 25th. 1819 my dear Daughter Human Life has been to me a State of trial from my Cradle to this seventh month of my Eaighty fourth year.— I…
Washington 24 May 1819 My Dear Sir Your kind Letter of the 15th. inst. has just come to hand—It was quite a disappointment to me upon my return from Europe…