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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, October 1, 1817
Quincy Oct 1. 1817 Dear Sir Mr J. A Smiths appointment was not by J. Q. A but by the President “Sancte Socrate ora pro nobis” Said Erasmus on reading…
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Henry Channing to John Adams, September 30, 1817
New London Sept 30th 1817. Dear Sir I regret that I had not the pleasure of seeing your son, when he passed through this city. I did not hear of…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, September 20, 1817
Oldenbarneveld 20 Sept 1817 My Dear and respected Sir! Having in so long a time not received a word from Quincÿ, although I was freed from all anxiety about your…
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William Bainbridge to John Adams, September 16, 1817
Brooklyn 16th. Septemr 1817 Dear Sir On the rect. of a Letter signed by you and several others, respecting a Boat belonging to a Mr. Davis of Quincey; I immediately…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, September 15, 1817
Quincy Sept. 15th. 1817 Dear Sir I will now venture to congratulate you upon your relief from a part of the heavy burthen which has been imposed upon you for…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, June 1, 1817
Quincy June 1817. Sir I have received my Pamphlet and your Register, with your Letter of the 20th. “Inclosed are four Papers—No. 1. A Letter from President Washington, Aug. 27,…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, June 30, 1817
Quincy June 30th 1817 Mr Niles The oldest Statesman in North America is no more.—Vixit. McKean, for whose services, and indeed for whose patronage, the two States of Pensylvania and…
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Horatio Gates Spafford to John Adams, June 28, 1817
Albany, 6 Mo. 28, 1817. Esteemed Friend— Thou wast good enough to inform me that ‘no Book of mine would disturb thy peace,’ & I accordingly ordered my publisher to…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, June 27, 1817
“Inclosed are four papers.—No. 1. A letter from President Washington, Aug. 27, 1790; No. 2. Another letter on the same subject, on the same day, Aug. 27, 1790. No. 3.…
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John Adams to James Monroe, June 27, 1817
Quincy June 27, 1817 Dear Sir Another application has been made to me by Mr Elbridge Gerry, the oldest Son of the late Vice President, for a recommendation to the…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, June 24, 1817
Quincy June 24th 1817 Dear Sir As we have amused ourselves with looking at a few pictures, suppose we should add one more to the Gallery. The Artist makes the…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, June 23, 1817
Quincy June 23, 1817 Dear Sir Your kind Letter of the 8th. and the enclosed Biography have been read with all the interest inspired by So long a Friendship; though…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, May 25, 1817
Quincy May 25. 1817 Sir I thank you for your favour of the 19th and the return of the Pamphlet with a Copy. You revive me when you assure me,…
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James Madison to John Adams, May 22, 1817
Montpellier [ , Start insertion, 22 , End, ] May 1817. Dear Sir I have recd. your favor of the 22d Ult: with the two vols. bearing the name of…
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Hezekiah Niles to John Adams, May 19, 1817
Baltimore, May 19. 1817 Honored Sir, I gratefully return to you the little pamphlet, & send with it a copy of the Register in which I have published it. I…
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William, Jr Tudor to John Adams, May 18, 1817
Boston May 18th 1817 Dear Sir, I was going to trouble you with a letter on the subject of a continuation of the remarks on the Jesuits, which it would…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, May 18, 1817
Quincy May 18th. 1817 I pretend not to preserve any order, in my Letters to you. I give you hints, as they accidently occur to me, which, an hundred years…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 18, 1817
Quincy May 18. 1817 Dear Sir Lyman was mortified that he could not visit Monticello. He is gone to Europe a Second time. I regret that he did not See…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, May 15, 1817
Quincy May 15th. 1817 Dear Sir Mr William Smith Shaw has lent me the fourth Volume of his political pamphlets, the first tract of which is the Controversy between Governor…
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John Adams to Leslie Combs, May 12, 1817
Quincy May 12th. 1817 Sir I have received “the history of the late war in the western country by Mr Robert B McAffe” and “the philosophy of human nature by…