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John Adams to George Brinley, June 19, 1818
Quincy June 19th. 1818 Dear Sir I have received your Letter of the 16th. My letter to Col Daniel Putnam of the 5th. is at his and your disposal. You…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 17, 1818
Quincy June 17th. 1818 Dear Tudor The next Statute produced & commented by Mr Otis was the 15th. of Charles the Second, i.e. 1663, Chapter 7. “An Act for the…
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George Brinley to John Adams, June 16, 1818
Boston June 16. 1818 Dr. Sir Col. Danl. Putnam knowing how anxiously I feel for the honor of his Father’s memory, (& my relation); was kind enough to transmit to…
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Daniel Putnam to John Adams, June 15, 1818
Brooklyn 15h. June1818. Sir, Words are poor, and wholly inadequate to express the grateful feelings of my heart for your excellent letter, couched in terms of no equivocal import, but…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 9, 1818
Quincy June 9th 1818 Dear Tudor I have promised you, hints, of the heads of Mr Otis’s Oration, Argument Speech, call it which you please, again the Acts of Trade…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 7, 1818
Quincy June 7th 1818 Dear Tudor No man could have written from memory Mr Otis’s Agument of four or five hours in length, against The Acts of Trade, considered as…
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William Wirt to John Quincy Adams, June 6, 1818
Office of the Attorney General June 6th: 1818. Sir. The enclosed letter from Mr. Bache, the post-master at Philadelphia, ought, I think, to be communicated to the President of the…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, May 8, 1818
Oldenbarneveld 8 May 1818. My Dear and respected Sir! Although only a few moments of day light are left me, I Shall take hold of these to indulge a pleasurable…
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John Adams to Justin Griswold, May 3, 1818
Quincy May 3d. 1818. Sir I was born on the nineteenth of October 1735, and consequently was eighty two years of age, on the thirtieth of October 1817. My Son…
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Richard Rush to John Adams, May 2, 1818
London May 2. 1818 Dear and Respected sir. An old Scotch woman, in North-Shields, signing herself Ann Hewison, has sent me a manuscript Quarto of what she calls extracts from…
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William P Gardner to John Adams, April 29, 1818
Washington City, D.C. 29 April 1818. Venerable Sir, A Stranger to you, an Apology is justly due on my part for the Liberty I take in addressing this Letter. The…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, April 23, 1818
Quincy April 23d. 1818 Dear Sir I have Seldom read so much good sense, in so few Words as in your Letter of the 5th. Your Judgment of Mr Wirts…
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Justin Griswold to John Adams, April 22, 1818
Herkimer State of New York April 22nd: 1818— Honourable Sir: I am requested by the old Revolutionary Gentlemen of this vicinity, to ask the favour of your Hon. to give…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, April 15, 1818
Quincy, April 15, 1818. dear sir, I HAVE received your obliging favour of the 8th, but cannot consent to your resolution to ask no more questions. Your questions revive my…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, April 12, 1818
Oldenbarneveld—12 Apr. 1818 My Dear and respected Sir! Since I was gratified with your favour of march the 10, another of my intimate acquaintances—whom you may, perhaps, may recollect to…
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Thomas Dawes to John Adams, March 7, 1818
Boston 7th. march 1818 Dear Sir, I had this day an opportunity to examine our Town Records. In May 1765 the representatives chosen were James Otis, Thomas Cushing, Oxenbridge Thacher…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, March 7, 1818
[ , Start insertion, post 7 March 1818 , End, ] Mr Niles I here Send you three great Authorities, James Otis Oxenbridge Thatcher and Samuel Adams, all Supported by…
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John Adams to William Wirt, March 7, 1818
Quincy March 7. 1818 Dear Sir Be pleased to accept my cordial Thanks for the present of and elegant Copy of your Sketches of Mr Henry. I know not whether…
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John Adams to Anonymous, March 3, 1818
Quincy March 3rd. [ , Start insertion, 1818 , End, ] Please Sir to excuse J and C Adams from School as they were detained here by the weather John…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, March 2, 1818
Oldenbarneveld 2 March 1812. [ , Start insertion, 1818 , End, ] Dear and respected Sir! It is not before now, that I can answer your favour of the 18…