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Committee of Citizens Boston to John Adams, March 1, 1818
Quincy, 1, March, 1818 Sir, Being deputed by a numerous body of our fellow citizens of Boston, we have to request that you would permit a Marble bust of you…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, February 25, 1818
Quincy Feb 25, 1818 Dear Sir As Mr Wirt had filled my head with James Otis; and I am well informed that the Honourable Mr Benjamin Austin alias Honestus alias…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, February 21, 1818
Quincy Febur’y 21th., 1818 Dear Sir I presume you have read the elegant life of Patrick Henry by Mr. Wirt the Attorney General of the United States. If you have…
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William, Jr Tudor to John Adams, February 19, 1818
State House Feby 19th. 1818. Dear Sir, Though I had no personal views whatever in proposing the Resolve which I had the honor to introduce which went to request you…
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Jacob Flint to John Adams, February 17, 1818
Cohasset Febry. 17th. 1818 You may recollect that some time since, your Excellency, speaking of the fisheries in New-England, expressed a curiosity to know the quantity of fish, taken in…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 12, 1818
Montezillo Jan. 12. 1818 Dear Sir In your Letter of the 21st. of October you Say that Mrs Knox said to you that “her husband was the parent of the…
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John Adams to John Trumbull, January 12, 1818
Quincy Jan. 12 1818 Dear Sir I have received your favour of 26 of Decr and request you to insert my Name among the Subscribers for your Print of the…
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Thomas B Wait to John Adams, January 10, 1818
Boston, Jan. 10, 1818.— Sir, When I had the honour of calling on you, I only conjectured that the printing of the Journals of the Convention, &c would be under…
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John Adams to John Jay, January 9, 1818
Quincy January 9th 1818 Dear Sir Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, by William Wirt of Richmond Virginia has been Sent to me by Mr Shaw of…
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John Adams to William Wirt, January 5, 1818
Quincy January 5. 1818 Sir Your Sketches of the life of Mr Henry have given me a rich Entertainment. I will not compare them to the Sybil conducting Eneas to…
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John Adams to John K. Jackson, December 30, 1817
Quincy Decbr 30th 1817 Sir In 1774, I became acquainted with MacKean, Rodney, and Henry. Those three appeared to me to see more clearly to the End of the Biussiness…
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Benjamin Waterhouse to John Adams, December 29, 1817
Cambridge 29th. Decr. 1817. Dear Sir, Habituated as I have long been to consider your judgement as infallible, I have not found it exactly so on the subject of our…
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John Trumbull to John Adams, December 26, 1817
New York 26th. December 1817. Dear Sir You will forgive my long delay in replying to your very interesting & confidential favor of the 18th. March:—I was reluctant to write…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 25, 1817
Montezillo Decbr. 25th 1817 Dear Sir It was not friendly in you to involve me in your domestic & family Controversies Major Pierce Butler told me that he made a…
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Elkanah Watson to John Adams, November 2, 1817
Albany. 2d. Novr. 1817 Dear Sir It is now 37 years since I had the pleasure to recieve your first letter at Anconis It was a paternal letter containing advice…
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David Sewall to John Adams, October 28, 1817
York October 28th. 1817 Dear Sir I take the liberty of Congratulating you on the returne of your worthy Son to America, after years of absence in Europe, And may…
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Alpheus Cary to John Adams, October 13, 1817
Boston Oct. 13th. 1817. Sir, I received on Saturday last, through the medium of the Post-Office, a letter from you dated the 9th. inst. in which you request me to…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, October 10, 1817
Quincy Oct. 10. 1817 Dear Sir I thank you for your kind congratulations on the return of my little family from Europe. To receive them all in fine hea[ l…
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John Adams to Alpheus Cary, October 9, 1817
Quincy Oct 9th 1817. Sir, Will you be so good as to procure for me a piece of white marble four and twenty inches in length and twenty inches in…
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Thomas Loring to John Adams, October 3, 1817
Hingham 3d: of Octr: 1817 Respected Sir I would inform you my daughter Mrs: Lincoln died yesterday after a lingering illness. The funeral will be tomorrow.—The bell will toll at…