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Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, January 24, 1815
Atkinson Jan 24th. 1815 Dear Sister, You will now have no occasion to wish for more Snow, if at Quincy you are favoured with as much as we are in…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, January 24, 1815
Ghent 24. January 1815 My dear wife. Although I have been since I wrote you last Friday constantly engaged in preparing for my departure, I have not been able to…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 20, 1815
St Petersburg Janry. 20 1815 My best Friend Conceive the astonishment your Letter caused me if you can and still more the Treaty which is published in the English Papers…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, January 20, 1815
Ghent 20. January 1815. My dearest wife. I received yesterday Morning your’s of 27. December number 54—and readily excuse the omission of a Letter on the Birth-day in the satisfaction…
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Catherine Elizabeth Murray Rush to Abigail Smith Adams, January 18, 1815
Washington Jan. 18th. 1815. Respected and dear Madam. I had the pleasure to receive your kind and friendly letter yesterday, and hasten to inform you, that my dear husband is…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, January 17, 1815
Ghent 17. January 1815. My dear wife. Since the departure of Mr Gallatin, I am left here the only remnant of what was called the Congress of Ghent—Instead of the…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, January 13, 1815
Ghent 13 January 1815. My dearest friend. Your two Letters of 15 and 16. December were delivered to me yesterday Morning, and are numbers 51. and 52—The day before, I…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 11, 1815
St Petersburg Janry 11 1815 My best Friend I can scarcely find time to write you < , Start deletion, into , End, > even a few lines having been…
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John Adams to Alexander Bryan Johnson, January 11, 1815
Quincy January 11. 1815 Dear Sir For myself and all my Family, I reciprocate to you and yours, the Compliments of the Season. At my Age, one knows not what…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, December 27, 1814
St Petersburg December 27 1814 My best Friend With what pleasure I read your last kind Letter you are capable of judging who are so well acquainted with the warmth…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, December 27, 1814
Ghent 27. December 1814. My dear wife. On Saturday last, the 24th: of December, the Emperor Alexander’s birth day a Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed by the British…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, December 26, 1814
Ghent 26. December 1814. My Dear Sir. Mr Hughes, the Secretary to the American Mission for negotiating Peace, was dispatched early this morning with one copy of the Treaty signed…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Charles Francis Adams, December 25, 1814
Quincy December 25th 1814 my Dear Charles Francis I have received two very pretty Letters from you, with which I have been much pleased, both with the composition, and the…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, December 24, 1814
Ghent 24. December 1814. My dear and honoured mother. A Treaty of Peace between the United States and Great Britain has this day been signed by the British and American…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, December 23, 1814
Ghent 23. December 1814. My dear wife. If in receiving two of your Letters at a time, I have some times mingled with the pleasure derived from them a thought…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, December 23, 1814
Quincy December 23 1814 Dear Harriet The black hair Ribbon is just what was wanted, I thank you for thinking of it. I Should like 8 yds I believe of…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, December 21, 1814
Quincy December 21 1814 my dear Daughter I shall make one effort more; to convey a Letter to you, and that by sending it to Ghent, where I really wish…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, December 20, 1814
St Petersburg December 20th 1814 My best friend I was much disappointed at the receipt of your last letter having flatter’d myself that you would have had some letters from…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, December 20, 1814
Ghent 20. December 1814. My dear wife. Our interval of leisure still continues—The British Messenger who took our last Note to England has not yet returned, but may now be…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Sarah Smith Adams, December 20, 1814
Quincy December 20th 1814 My Dear Daughter I was glad to learn through mr Johnson that you had an agreable journey home Your visit here seems more like a vision,…