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John L Meredith to John Adams, August 5, 1819
Urbana, Ohio, 5th. August 1819.— Venerable Sir, I have in contemplation, in concert with Isaac Walker a qr. blood Indian of the Wyandot tribe, to publish a history of the…
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James Madison to John Adams, August 5, 1819
Montpellier Aug. 5. 1819 Dear Sir I pay with much pleasure the debt of thanks for the copy of Mr. Wells’s Oration so kindly forwarded by you. It is a…
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John Adams to Henry Colman, August 5, 1819
Quincy August 5th 1819 Dear Sir, I received the first Volume of the Defence in perfect order, several mails before your polite letter which was intended to accompany it arrived—I…
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John Adams to John Davis, August 4, 1819
Quincy August 4th 1819 Sir I thank you for your Oration, which I have read with pleasure, there has never been any Alination of Esteem or affection between Mr Jefferson…
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Warwick, Jr Palfray to John Adams, August 2, 1819
Salem, Aug 2. 1819. Sir. In sending you the Essex Register, we intended to do ourselves pleasure, and to assist the daily recollection of the Man, the Father of his…
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Richard Bland Lee to John Adams, August 2, 1819
Washington August 2. 1819 Sir I take the liberty of sending to you herewith the copy of an Oration which I was unexpectedly called upon to deliver on the 5h.…
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James Brackett to John Adams, August 2, 1819
Quincy August 2d 1819. Much Respected Sir, Your favour of the 29 ulto I duly received, And in answer to Mr Farmer’s enquirey Honour’d through your medium. I beg leave…
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John Adams to James Monroe, July 31, 1819
Montezillo July 31 1819 Dear Sir Had I not been poisoned by the mephytic effluvia of blossoms and roses to Such a degree as to deprive me of the Sight…
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William, Jr Tudor to John Adams, July 29, 1819
Boston July 29th. 1819. Dear Sir, I have found since I had the honour of writing to you last, a book among my Fathers papers belonging to you.—There is also…
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John Adams to James Brackett, July 29, 1819
Quincy July 29th. 1819.— dear Sir Inclosed are two letters from a Mr Farmer of Billerica; a Gentlemen whom I never saw, or heard of—also a plan of a Farm…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 28, 1819
Quincy July 28th. 1819— Dear Sir I inclose you a National Register, to convince you that the Essex Register is not to blame for printing the Mecklingburg County Resolutions, on…
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John Adams to William Bentley, July 28, 1819
Quincy July 28th. 1819 my Inestimable Friend. The Essex Register, its Editors, and Printers are not only Innocent but meritorious for Publishing the pretended Meclengburg Resolutions—I have transmitted to Mr…
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John Adams to William Bentley, July 15, 1819
Quincy July 15th. 1819 Dear Sir, I thank you for your kind favour of the 12th. Mr Dunlaps Oration is well written and discovers talents, dispositions and views, which will…
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John Adams to Ann Frances Bulkeley Humphreys, July 14, 1819
Quincy July 14th 1819 dear Madam your reccommendation alone would have been surficient < , Start deletion, apology for me , End, > Authority for me to sign my name…
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Ann Frances Bulkeley Humphreys to John Adams, July 12, 1819
Boston July 12th. 1819 My dear Sir Deign to forgive the liberty which I take, in compliance to the earnest request of Mr: Coffin’s friends, in asking you, if you…
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Peter Stephen Duponceau to John Adams, July 12, 1819
Philadelphia, 12th. July 1819 Dear Sir I am honoured with your letter of the 5th. inst. If you have felt pleasure in recognizing in me the friend & pupil of…
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William Bentley to John Adams, July 12, 1819
Salem 12. July. 1819. Sir, Your letters on the day of our nation’s birth are in consent with the wonderful character you have supported in the best services to your…
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William, Jr Tudor to John Adams, July 11, 1819
Sunday Afternoon July 11th. 1819. Dear and Most venerable Sir, You will have been informed before this letter reaches you of the bereavement that has happened to my family. My…
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John Adams to Franklin Dexter, July 11, 1819
Quincy July 11th. 1819 dear Sir accept my thanks for an Oration, of dignified Candour and Moderation, as remarkable for its elegance and taste as for its profound Wisdom, at…
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Samuel Adams Wells to John Adams, July 10, 1819
Boston July 10. 1819 Respected Sir, I intended, before this, to have done myself the honor of visiting you, personally to make my acknowledgments for the letter which you were…