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Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, June 18, 1808
Atkinson June 18th. 1808 Mr Lion and his intended I suppose so , as the modern phrase is, called here last Wednesday—I was very glad to see any one from…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, June 15, 1808
Atkinson Jun. 15th 1808 My Dear Sister— I received your kind letter, with the sum enclosed for Mr Little. Butter has, since yours was engaged, fallen to fifteen Cents pr…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, May 28, 1808
Quincy, May 28th, 1808. My Dear Caroline: Your letter of May the 8th, your grandpapa brought home with him from church, on Sunday the 20th; owing to sickness I was…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith, May 20, 1808
Quincy May 20 1808 My dear Daughter When confined to my Chamber as I am at present by indisposition, I get more leisure for writing than when < , Start…
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Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Smith Adams, May 11, 1808
Scituate May the 11th. 1808. My Dear Madam I had the happiness of receiving your excellent letter at Middleton, for which my heart is alive to gratitude. My dear Connexions…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith, March 27, 1808
Sunday Eve. Quincy March 27th 1808 my Dear Daughter William left us on thursday, and on fryday set his face towards you. we parted with him, with much reluctance his…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, March 25, 1808
Washington 25. March 1808. My Dear Sir. Your favour of the 5th: instt: never came to my hands untill yesterday—I have long noticed the characters of the factions which were…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, March 24, 1808
Atkinson March 24th. 1808 My Dear Niece, Your Letter did not reach me untill several Weeks after it was written, & as I had a few days before addressed a…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 24, 1808
Quincy 24th: March 1808. Dear Brother Although I have recently written you a letter of some length, I will not therefore refrain from a prompt acknowledgment of your favour of…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 18, 1808
Quincy March 18. 1808 Dear Son Your luminous Letter of the 27th of Feb. and 6. March < , Start deletion, are , End, > is before me. Was this…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Abigail Amelia Adams Smith, March 18, 1808
Quincy March 18th 1808 my dear daughter William has been so punctual in writing to you every week, that I have been more remiss. I cannot write in an Evening;…
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Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Smith Adams, March 17, 1808
Washington March the 17th. 1808. My Dear Madam We were blessed with fine weather & roads from Providence to Phila., where we staid a fortnight; & from thence here as…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 15, 1808
Quincy 15th: March 1808. Dear Brother. I have received from Messrs: Curtis & Adams to whom I sold your Wood near the Mill pond, the amount of price agreed for;…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, March 12, 1808
Washington 12. March 1808. My dear Brother. I begin by congratulating you upon the birth of your daughter Elizabeth, of which I had never heard, untill I received your letter…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, March 7, 1808
Washington 7. March 1808. Dear Sir. I will thank you to pay to my father, for me, on or before the 22d: of this month eleven hundred and seventy two…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, March 5, 1808
Quincy March 5th. 1808 My dear Son Livy in his 42. Book and chapters 29 and thirty, as an introduction of his History of the War between the Romans and…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 8, 1808
Quincy January 8. 1808 My great and good Son The distance between Us, the total retirement in which I live and the Want of Facts, render a Correspondence between Us,…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, December 27, 1807
Quincy 27th: December 1807 Dear Brother I returned from Dedham on Friday morning, and found your letter of the 14th. The Court of Common Pleas dispatched business rather faster than…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, December 27, 1807
Washington 27. Decr: 1807 My dear Sir, Your favour of the 14th: instt: came to my hands just at a moment to renew and to strengthen impressions which had been…
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John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, December 18, 1807
Washington 18. Decr: 1807. My dear Sir. I received some days since, your letter of the 18th: of last Month—But it was longer in coming than the time usually taken…