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Abigail Smith Adams to George Washington Adams, August 7, 1815
Quincy August 7th 1815 Dear George I have received your Letter written at Sea dated the 1st of May, and was pleased that you had kept your promise of writing…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, August 6, 1815
Little Boston House Ealing Augt. 6. 1815 My Dear Mother Your kind Letters have remained unanswered much longer than I intended owing to the constant employment Mr. Adams found me…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, August 6, 1815
Quincy August 6th 1815 Dear Harriet My Eyes have been very troublesome the week past, So that I have not used my pen. I thank you for Carolines Letter, was…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to William Steuben Smith, July 30, 1815
Quincy July 30th: 1815— Dear Sir. Our dear Caroline, your sister, is about to leave us and return to you, and I cannot suffer her to depart without some expression…
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Charles Francis Adams to John Adams, July 26, 1815
London 26 July 1815 Dear Grandpapa I have recieved your letter of the 6 of May, 1815 I was very glad to hear that you were very well. I have…
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Richard Rush to Abigail Smith Adams, July 23, 1815
Washington July 23. 1815. Respected Madam. It would have been a greatr gratification to me if I could have announced to you before this time the actual appointment of Mr…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams Smith, July 22, 1815
London 22 July 1815. Dear Sir I have received your favour of the 13 May, and assure you that it would give me great satisfaction to contribute in any suitable…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, July 17, 1815
London 17. July 1815 Your kind Letters of 20 May and 4 June have been received together with others to my wife and the children which they have answered and…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 8, 1815
Quincy June 8th 1815 My Dear Son Dr Eustice, for so he will be call’d altho now our minister to Holland, came yesterday to make us a visit, and to…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 8, 1815
Quincy June 8th. 1815 My dear Sir I have requested a number of Friends, to Search and Seek for information concerning the Fisheries, and they have procured me many Letters…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 7, 1815
Quincy June 7th. 15. My dear Sir Inclosed is a Letter from Judah Alden of Duxbury, a fifty fifth Cousin of yours, on the Fisheries. And another from Freeman Atwood.…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, June 6, 1815
June 6th 1815. Dear Harriet I return you Cs Letter, I think she will not be here untill the last of this month. I fear W’s situation an unpleasant one,…
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Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Smith Adams, June 5, 1815
Scituate June 5th. 1815. My Dear Friend We were highly gratified in receiving a few lines from our dear Susan, to whom my love & thanks are [due.] I was…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 4, 1815
Quincy June 4th 1815 my dear Son I must abide by the rule I have establishd, which is not to let any opportunity of writing to you, pass unimproved.—altho I…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 4, 1815
Quincy June 4th. 1815 My dear Sir Mr Bray a Son in Law of Samuel Eliot Esquire, the putative Father of the Greek Professorship at H.C. will I hope have…
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Richard Rush to Abigail Smith Adams, June 3, 1815
Washington June 3. 1815 Respected Madam. I had the honor of your favor of the 14th of last month enclosed to me by Mr Smith, and upon this, as on…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, May 1, 1815
Sunday May 4th Dear Harriet I received your note this morning. mr A forgot to leave it last Evening; I am not much disappointed that there were not any Letters…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 30, 1815
Quincy May 30th 1815 my dear Son My last Letter, was written last week, and addrest to mrs Adams, by the Amsterdam packet, which sail’d for Liverpool. it is now…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, May 7, 1815
Paris 7. May 1815. My dear Mother. I have been with my friend Charles, and spent two days with General La Fayette, at his Country Seat of La Grange, about…
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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 6, 1815
Quincy May 6th 1815 My dear Son Yesterday, was one, of the most joyful days of my life Harriet Welsh, like a winged mercury, came flying with your Letters received…