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46,149 lettersAtkinson May 16th. 1812— My Dear Sister, I have the pleasure to inform you, that your dear Grandchildren reached here Friday noon, safe, & are very well in health, &…
Quincy May 10th 1812 my dear Son Mr Shaw sent me word yesterday, that a Gentleman of his acquaintance was going to Archangel, and would take a Letter to you,…
Middletown May 5th. 1812 Accept my Dear Friend of my sympathy for the loss of your lovely grand Daughter. For Mrs Charles Adams I can most sensibly feel for her…
St: Petersburg 30 April 1812. The enclosed is a copy of a letter, which was written near a Month, before an opportunity occurred of sending it, on its way to…
St: Petersburg 28. April 1812. The only notice of existence directly from yourself that I have received since your letter of 2. June 1811. is by a scrap of half…
Atkinson April 26th. 1812 My Dear Sister, The human Pores have been so long obstructed by the late severe Season, & peircing winds of March, that it has occasiond many…
Quincy April 20th 1812 My dear Sister I had got comfortably through the cold of the winter, but the chilling winds of March have laid me up in April. I…
Quincy April 12th 1812 my dear son As Congress are going to lay an Embargo, of sixty days, the Bill having already past the House, all is hurry and Dispatch…
Washington April 11th 1812 With pleasure & I hope, with Gratitude, I take up my pen, to assure you my dear Mrs A that we are all in perfect health;…
Atkinson March 7th. 1812 My Dear Sister, Though the Season has returned when the genial warmth of the Sun, invigorated our chilled Blood, yet we find the Cold still presides,…
Washington, March 5th. 1812. Honored Sir, When I called upon you, the evening before I left Quincy for this place, you did me the honor to request that I would,…
Quincy March 5th 1812 My dear Abbe I [know] my dear Child I shall wound your affectionate heart when I communicate to you the affliction we are all in, for…
St. Petersburg 4. March 1812. I have not forgotten the engagement which I voluntarily undertook, at the beginning of the last year, not to suffer any month to pass over…
Washington. 27. Feb. 1812. Dear Sir. Be assured that I receive, with the sentiments of respect and humility, which I ought the very high approbation, you have been pleased to…
Atkinson February 26th, 1812. My Dear Nephew, My Dear Sister, has I presume written, & given you some account of the Situation of our Connections at Quincy, & of those…
Quincy Febry 26 1812 my dear Adelaide I received your Letter with the inclosures and have written and forwarded them by a vessel just going to St Petersburgh—since I wrote…
Quincy. Feb’ry 24 1812 my dear daughter I beleive I have written you only one Letter since the commencment of the present Year, and I have received only one from…
23 Feb. 1812 La Communauté Impériale de Demoiselles Nobles a l’honneur d’inviter aux examens publics, qui auront lieu les, ———, ———, et 23, du mois de Fevrier courant pour les…
Quincy February 21st 1812. Mr Quincy I thank you for your speech, in relation to Maritime protection, and much more for making it. It is the speech of a Man,…
Quincy Feb. 19. 1812 My dear Sir I have your favour of Oct 31. before me. The Sensations it produces in my Aged Bosom, and the Reflections it occasions in…