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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, May 29, 1816
Ealing 29. May 1816. My Dear Sir. It was only three days since, that Mr Prescott called out here, and left your kind favour, of 2. and 11. September last,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, May 28, 1816
Quincy May 28th 1816 my Dear Daughter Altho’ I have repeatedly written to you Since I received a Letter from you, I am not critical in that respect. judging from…
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John Adams to George Washington Adams, May 27, 1816
Quincy May. 27th 1816 My dear George The Accounts I receive of your Indisposition, excite much Grief. Your Father by Precept and Example will recommend Exercise, and he will be…
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Susanna Boylston Adams Clark Treadway to Sarah Smith Adams, May 26, 1816
Quincy May 26th 1816 My Dear Mother I enclose a letter from Mr Clark to you, which he gave me yesterday. May we hope for your approbation and blessing? it…
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John Adams to John Adams Smith, May 26, 1816
Quincy May 26th. 1816 My Dear Sir I thank you for your sensible and feeling letter of the 7th of February. If you and I should take a flight to…
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John Adams to John Adams, May 26, 1816
Quincy May 26th 1816 My dear John It gives me much pleasure, to hear that you have a Taste for Numbers, because this quality or faculty, call it which you…
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Susanna Boylston Adams Clark Treadway to Sarah Smith Adams, May 18, 1816
Quincy May 18th. 1816 My Dear Mother I can hardly believe, that such a length of time has elapsed since I have written, or heard from you; be assured, I…
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John Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams, May 17, 1816
17 May 1816. Dear Sir, Mr Walker has just been here, to submit to you the enclosed letter, & for the purpose of requesting your intervention on the subject of…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, May 17, 1816
Ealing 17th: May 1816. My Dear Mother Within a few days I have received your two very kind letters of April and am sincerely grieved to find your health still…
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John Adams to Charles Francis Adams, May 15, 1816
Quincy May 15. 1816 Dear Charles you are a frolicksome little fellow; and I delight in your Fun with your School mates as heartily as you do, because it proves…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, May 13, 1816
Ealing 13. May 1816. My dear Mother. I have had the pleasure of receiving your kind Letters of 22. March. and 7. April; and at the same time my wife…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Katherine Dexter, May 12, 1816
Quincy, 12 May, 1816. Dear Madam, How can I address you, or offer human consolation for a wound which must bleed afresh at every attempt to assuage it? Yet if…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, April 27, 1816
Saturday morng [ , Start insertion, 27 April 1816 , End, ] Dear Harriet I am much dispirited by the weather which prevented the intended visit of you and your…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, April 24, 1816
Quincy April 24 1816— My Dear Daughter By a vessel which saild a week since, I wrote to my Son, and Grandson’s. by this I shall write only to you,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, April 24, 1816
Quincy April 24th 1816 Dear Sir I thank you for the information transmitted me in your Last Letter. I have Sent an extract to my Son—I wish that Congress could…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, April 24, 1816
Quincy April 24th 1816 My Dear Daughter I this morning received your Letter, dated the 10th I sympathize with you, under the repeated Bereavements you have been call’d to Suffer.…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, April 23, 1816
Ealing. 23. April 1816. My dear Mother. I wrote you last week by Captain Bronson, and sent you a Volume of Letters from the Continent, about the Battle of Waterloo…
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Richard Rush to Abigail Smith Adams, April 20, 1816
Philadelphia April 20. 1816 Respected Madam. I am here on a visit of a few days to my remaining parent, enjoying as much happiness as a son can, under her…
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Abigail Smith Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, April 1, 1816
April 1st 1816 Dear Sir After three months Sickness, great part of which time, I expected to go hence & be here no more, I am getting up Some Strength,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, March 1, 1816
[ , Start insertion, March 1816 , End, ] My dear daughter I always like to send to every one some token of remembrance by writing to each, altho, I…