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Charles G Haines to John Adams, August 18, 1818
New York 18. Aug. 1818. Hon. Sir, I take the liberty of sending you my pamphlet concerning the Great Western Canal, written at the request of the New York Corresponding…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, August 16, 1818
Quincy August 16th 1818 Dear Sir We cannot yet dismiss this precious statute of the 6th of George the second. Chapter 13. The second section I must abridge, for I…
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John T Watson to John Adams, August 12, 1818
Germantown 12 Augt 1818— Honoured Sir, I felt myself too much gratified with the receipt of your letter, not to have been Very thankful for the polite manner of your…
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John Thornton Kirkland to John Adams, August 12, 1818
Harvard College 12 Augt 1818. Dear Sir, Mr. Boylston in his institution of prizes for elocution at our University has appointed as follows viz “The Corporation shall in each &…
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Joseph Delaplaine to John Adams, August 11, 1818
Philadelphia Aug. 11th: 1818. Dear sir, I am prepared, whenever I may have the consent of yourself & family, to commence writing your life for my National Biographical work “the…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, August 11, 1818
Quincy August 11th. 1818 Dear Sir The “Defence of the New England Charters” by Jer. “Dummer” is, both for Style and matter, one of our most classical American Productions. “The…
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Lucius Horatio Stockton to John Adams, July 25, 1818
Trenton NJ July 25th. AD 1818— Dear Sir I take the liberty of introducing to Your acquaintance Samuel Southard Esqr a young man who for his extraordinary personal and literary…
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John Adams to James Madison, July 25, 1818
Quincy July 25 1818 Dear Sir Permit me to present you, what I think a Curiosity. Dr Mayhews Thirtieth of January Sermon, preached and printed almost Seventy Years ago. It…
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Mordecai M Noah to John Adams, July 24, 1818
New York 24 July 1818. Sir, I take the liberty to transmit to you a discourse delivered at the consecration of the Synagogue in this City an event which from…
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John Adams to John T Watson, July 23, 1818
Quincy July 23. 1818 Sir I thank you, < , Start deletion, for you , End, > for your favour of the 12th. You advise me to write my own…
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John Adams to William Lambert, July 23, 1818
Quincy July 23d 1818 Sir I have received your favour of the 15th. with two printed Copies of the Abstracts &c. One Copy I shall give to William Smith Shaw…
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John Adams to Rev. Horace Holly, July 22, 1818
Quincy July 22d. 1818 Dear Sir I have rarely, if ever, read a Letter with more Pleasure than yours of July the 3d. you could not have fallen into Families…
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John Adams to Benjamin Owen Tyler, July 19, 1818
Quincy July 19. 1818 Dear Sir I have recd your favour from Richmond of July 4 I cannot write long letters. When you visit Boston do not forget Quincy the…
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John Adams to Moses Lloyd Hill, July 19, 1818
Quincy July 19. 1818 Sir Your request of permission to dedicate to me, your proposed travels and Statistical views whose title promiseth both entertainment and Instruction is too flattering to…
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John Adams to William Wirt, July 18, 1818
Quincy July 18. 1818 Dear Sir Accept a Morsell of ancient Massachusetts Letterature: and will you be pleased to compare it with Mr Henry’s Argument against the Parsons. It was…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, July 18, 1818
Quincy July 18 1818 Dear Sir Will you accept a curious Piece of New England Antiquities. It was a tolerable Chatechism for the Education a Boy of 14 Years of…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 24, 1818
Quincy June 24th. 1818. Dear Tudor Mr Otis Said Such a “Writt of Assistance” might become the Reign of Charles the Second in England, and he would not dispute the…
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Moses Lloyd Hill to John Adams, June 23, 1818
Raleigh N.C. June 23d. 1818 Sir, Being about to send to the press a work entitled, “Travels through the United States in the years 1812, –13, –14, –15, –16, –17…
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Daniel Putnam to John Adams, June 20, 1818
Brooklyn June 20h. 1818 Sir, Words are poor, and wholly inadequate to express the grateful feelings of my heart for your excellent letter, wreched in terms of no equivocal import,…
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George Brinley to John Adams, June 20, 1818
Boston June 20. 1818 Dr. Sir I did myself the honor to address a note to you under date of the 16th. Inst requesting permission to use part of your…