John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, September 22, 1811
St: Petersburg 22 Septr: 1811. My Dear George, My last letter contained the substance but not the form of an argument for considering the Bible as a divine Revelation. It…
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46,149 lettersSt: Petersburg 22 Septr: 1811. My Dear George, My last letter contained the substance but not the form of an argument for considering the Bible as a divine Revelation. It…
Quincy Sep’br 22d 1811 my dear Madam At last it is decided—it is as I conjectured in my last Letter to you, the Situation of Mrs Adams prevents their return…
Lebanon Septr. 15th. 1811— My dear Madam I received your very affectionate Letter (dated the 20th. of August, post mark 2d inst.) on Wednesday; in my Letter of August 12th.…
St: Petersburg 15. September 1811. The first point of view, in which I have invited you to consider the Bible, is in the light of a Divine Revelation . And…
St: Petersburg 14 September 1811. Dear Sir. Some time in the month of June last there was published in the Boston Patriot, a pretended State-Paper, purporting to be signed by…
Quincy [ , Start insertion, 12 , End, ] Septr 1811 you will I hope pardon the Liberty I have taken to address myself to you Sir upon a Subject…
Quincy Sepbr 12 1811 Altho I cannot personally be with you, oweing to the Sickness in my own Family, to pay the last tribute of respect to the remains of…
St: Petersburg 12. August 1811. My Dear Madam, It is but a few days since I received your favour of 1. March, though I had two months earlier learnt from…
St: Petersburg 12. August 1811. On the 10th: of August 1811. we received your favour of 22. September 1810 to my wife; not quite eleven months after it was written;…
Stockholm. August. 11. 1811. I have a thousand apologies to make to you, Madam, for not having troubled you sooner with a line, which to avoid fatiguing you, I omit…
Quincy, Aug. 11th, 1811. My Dear Caroline: I do not know how our account stands, whether I am indebted for a letter or you, but I shall not be very…
Atkinson August 3d 1811 Your Letter my Dear Sister, received a week since, flattered me with the pleasing Prospect of our beloved Sisters recovery— though slowly, & feeble, I trusted…
St: Petersburg 31. July 1811. My Dear Brother. No more scolding about your accounts—No more petty complaints about trifles instead of hearty thanks for the faithful care, and trouble which…
Quincy July 31 1811 My dear Madam yours of July 21, I received by the last Mail I was just going to ask the cause of your long Silence, when…
St: Petersburg 29. July 1811. My Dear Mother, My last letter, of which a press-copy is enclosed, was sent by the Palafox, Captain William Welsh, since which I have received…
Quincy July 24th 1811 my dear Son I write to you, altho it is really with the hope that you may not receive my Letter. I would fain believe that…
Quincy July 23 1811 Dear Sir I hope you will not impute my not writing to you by your son to want of attention to you, or a proper Sensibility…
Quincy July 23d 1811 dear Abbe your Mother has been So constant in writing that I have been the more remiss. I am glad to find that you are content,…
St: Petersburg 21 July 1811. My Dear Sir. American vessels are now pouring upon us in floods—I wrote you less than a month since that there had then arrived at…
St: Petersburg 15 June 1811. My Dear Son I have received your letter dated the sixth of February last, and was very much delighted to see it so well written;…