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George Blake to John Adams, April 29, 1819
Boston 29. April 1819 Dear Sir Two Young Gentlemen, fellow Students at Princeton University, the One, Mr S. Clay of Kentucky, a near relative of Mr. Speaker Clay; and the…
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John Adams to Ann Frances Bulkeley Humphreys, April 28, 1819
Quincy 28th 1819 my dear Madam Your letter of Yesterday reached me < , Start deletion, yesterday , End, > me last night— I cannot express in terms strong enough,…
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John Adams to William, Jr Tudor, April 28, 1819
Quincy April 28th 1819. Dear Sir In answer to your favour of the 25th. I must refer you to one of those letters—I wrote to your Father—in which I have…
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Robert, Jr Walsh to John Adams, April 27, 1819
Philadelphia April 27th. 1819 Sir Mr. Mathew Carey of this City did me the favor, this morning, to shew me an interesting letter from you to him, in which you…
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John Adams to J. H Tiffany, March 31, 1819
Quincy March 31st 1819 Sir Your Political Chart is a happy thought—and an invention as useful as it is ingenious, accept my best thanks for the present you have made…
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John Adams to John Rhea, March 31, 1819
Quincy March 31st. 1819 Sir I have received with great pleasure, your favour of March 9th. with the inclosed < , Start deletion, of , End, > Copy of a…
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William Willis to John Adams, March 30, 1819
New Bedford 3d Mo. 30th. 1819 Respected & Dear Sir I have some time wished, and from day to day intended to write you a letter: And your esteem’d favor…
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Caesar Augustus Rodney to John Adams, March 28, 1819
Wilmington March 28th. 1819. Venerable & Dear Sir, In the late irreparable loss, you have sustained by a severe dispensation of Divine Providence, I sincerely sympathise with you; but hope…
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Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, March 21, 1819
Monticello Mar. 21. 19. Dear Sir I am indebted to you for mr Bowditch’s very learned mathematical papers, the calculations of which are not for every reader, altho’ their results…
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J. H Tiffany to John Adams, March 18, 1819
Schoharie Bridge, N.Y. 18 March, 1819. Venerable Sir. Will you be pleased to accept of the accompanying political charts of 6 tables or sheets; & may I solicit your Suggestions…
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John Adams to Mordecai M Noah, March 15, 1819
March 15th. 1819 Dear Sir I have to thank you for another valuable publication your travels in “Europe & Africa” which though I cannot see well enough to read I…
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John Adams to John Taylor, March 12, 1819
Quincy March 12—1819 Worthy Sir— The painful difficulty of holding a pen which has been—growing upon me for many years & now in the middle of the 84th year of…
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John Adams to Alden Bradford, March 12, 1819
Quincy March 12th 1819 Dear Sir There has been some misunderstanding between us. I fear the mistake was originally mine; the “Appeal to the world” was not the pamphlet I…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, March 7, 1819
Quincy March 7. 1819 Dear Sir On the 20 of January 1768 the House of Representatives appointed a committee to prepare a petition to the King & letters to his…
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Alden Bradford to John Adams, March 6, 1819
Boston, March 6. 1819 Sir, I am much obliged by the information & advice given in your Note of the 5th. instant—I hope I have not deviated materially in my…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, February 13, 1819
Quincy Feby. 13th: 1819. Dear Sir As you was so well acquainted with the philosophers of France I presume the name and character of Mademoiselle De Lespinasse is not unknown…
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John Adams to James Brackett, February 12, 1819
Quincy Feby. 12th: 1819. Dear Sir I have received your favour of yesterday. The condition you mention or refer to is altogether inadmissable. No line or < , Start deletion,…
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Peter, Jr Ludlow to John Adams, February 11, 1819
New York February 11th: 1819 Highly Esteemed Sir— Having been advised to arrange an unbiassed history of the events which have grown out of the late Seminole War, especially as…
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John Adams to Josiah Nightengale, February 11, 1819
Quincy Feby. 11th: 1819. Sir I have received information that you have mistaken the boundary line between your lot in the six hundred acres & mine that I bought of…
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John Adams to James Brackett, February 10, 1819
Quincy Feby. 10th: 1819. Dear Sir I have received your letter of the 5th: of Feby. As you have not agreed to any of my proposals in my last letter…