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John Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, December 22, 1818
Quincy Decr 22 1818 My dear Daughter your Letter has given me great delight Mrs Monroe has done herself great honour, and a durable Service to her Country, by the…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 18, 1818
Washington 18 December 1818 My Dear Brother I have received your letters of 29th. Novbr.—4 and 5 Decemr. 6th. and 7th. December—numbered 5. 6. 8. 9. with the correspondence between…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, December 17, 1818
[ , Start insertion, December 17-24, 1818 , End, ] 17th So very cold remained at home all day and saw no one 18 The day still severely cold but…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Harriet Welsh, December 16, 1818
Washington 16 Decbr. 1818 My Dear Harriet I scarcly know how to apologize for my remissness in not writing to you sooner but did you know how I am teazed…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, November 15, 1818
Washington 15th: November 1818. My dear Brother Your Letter of the first instant did not come to hand until last Monday, that of the 9th: enclosing Mr Whitney’s funeral sermon,…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Ebenezer Francis Thayer, November 12, 1818
Quincy November 12th: 1818. Dear Sir. I have received a few more returns from the war Department, of Certificates for pension. Among others, one for old Mr Amos Thayer and…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, November 10, 1818
Quincy November 10th. 1818 My ever dear, ever affectionate, ever dutiful and deserving Son, The bitterness of Death is past. The grim Specter So terrible to human Nature has no…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, November 8, 1818
Washington 8 Novbr. 1818 My Dear John Your sudden silence after the affectionate and unremitted attention you shewed during your dear Grandmothers illness and the total want of information <…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams Smith, November 7, 1818
Washington 7 November 1818. Dear Sir, It is not for me to complain that the private correspondence between you and me has ceased—for I find upon my files letters from…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Harriet Welsh, November 4, 1818
Washington 4 Novbr 1818 Expecting constantly to hear from you my dear Harriet I have felt involuntarily inclined to procrastinate every effort to write on a subject which has filled…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, November 2, 1818
Washington 2. November 1818. My dear Son. Your Letter of the 28th. of last Month, has this day brought me the most distressing intelligence that I ever received; yet my…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, November 2, 1818
Washington 2. November 1818. My ever dear and revered Father. By a Letter from my Son John, I have this day been apprized, of that afflictive dispensation of Providence which…
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Harriet Welsh to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, November 1, 1818
The few first days after I came to Quincy namely 19th. 20th. & morning of 21st—She was very weak but we had hopes which did waver much till Dr Holbrook…
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James Monroe to Abigail Smith Adams, September 1, 1818
Highland, near Milton, Sepr 1. 1818 < , Start deletion, Dear , End, > Madam < , Start deletion, I declind answering your letter, untill I could obtain some details,…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, August 25, 1818
Washington 25 August 1818 Dear Madam Tomorrow we leave this place with the intention of visiting you in Boston if nothing should intervene and force us back again to Washington.…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, August 21, 1818
Quincy August 21st 1818 dear daughter Since the 18th July, I have not received a Line from you or my Son, altho I have been in daily expectation of hearing…
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John Adams Smith to Jeremy Bentham, August 18, 1818
Teusday 18 Aug 1818 Mr Smith regrets that he cannot be with Mr Bentham to day. I have written the letter to my friend in new York & the better…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to James Monroe, August 17, 1818
Washington 17 August 1818 Sir At the risk of incurring the anger of my husband, and under the apprehension of your displeasure; I am obliged by the ties of nature…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Thomas Baker Johnson, August 17, 1818
Washington 17 August 1818 Dear Tom Your Letter of 19 July was delivered to me just after I had dispatched my last and I now hasten to answer it—My visit…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, August 17, 1818
Washington 17 August 1818 Dear John In the course of a week or two we propose to visit Boston and I expect to find your mind as much improved as…