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Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, May 5, 1817
Monticello. May 5. 17. Dear Sir Absences and avocations had prevented my acknoleging your favor of Feb. 2. when that of Apr. 19. arrived. I had not the pleasure of…
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John Adams to William Vaughan, May 5, 1817
Quincy May 5th 1817 Dear Sir A Reminiscence, as the French phrase it, of Civilities received from you and your Brothers, whenever I have met them in France England or…
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John Adams to William Temple Franklin, May 5, 1817
Quincy May 5. 1817 Dear Sir The Volume of Dr Franklins Correspondence has Seemed to make me live over again my Life at Passy I rejoice that the Public are…
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Hezekiah Niles to John Adams, March 26, 1817
Baltimore, March 5. 1817 Sir, I am, indeed, gratified by the receipt of your letter of the 27th ulto. The approbation of those we ourselves reverence for their virtues, is,…
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William, Jr Tudor to John Adams, March 25, 1817
Boston March 25th 1817. Dear Sir, I set out the first of next week on the journey to the South in execution of a State commission to examine the various…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 25, 1817
Quincy March 25. 1817 Dr Sir The great question was “Whether Writs of Assistants, were legal, or illegal; constitutional or unconstitutional”? “Writs of Assistants”! You will indignantly say. “What are…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 19, 1817
Quincy March 19th. 1817 Dear Can you prescribe rules for painting, a perception? A reminiscens,? a judgment? a ratiocination? Do you think there will ever arise an original Genius who…
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John Adams to John Trumbull, March 18, 1817
Quincy, March 18th. 1817. Dear Sir I thank you for your favour of the 3d. and congratulate you on your success; which I hope and believe will be an honourable…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 17, 1817
Quincy Mar. 17. [ , Start insertion, 1817 , End, ] Dear Sir Have you read certain Strictures upon Painters and Paintings in the Newspapers? What do you think of…
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John Adams to Harrison Gray Otis, March 16, 1817
Quincy March 16 1817 Dear Sir The information you gave me in your favour of the fifth of this month; for which I kindly thank you, has given me great…
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John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, March 14, 1817
Quincy March 14th 1817 Sir I am obliged to you for your favour of the 5th. the eleven volumes of your Register, shall be paid to your order in Boston…
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John Adams to Charles Cushing, March 13, 1817
Quincy March 13 1817 Dear Sir Though the publication of my juvenile Letters to your Father, especially in a Nantucket Gazette is a riddle, a mystery beyon[ , Start insertion,…
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Charles Cushing to John Adams, March 10, 1817
Roxbury March 10th: 1817 Dear Sir To my very great surprise and mortification, I saw in the daily Advertizer a week or ten days since, letters written by you in…
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John Adams to William, Sr Tudor, March 8, 1817
Quincy March 8th. 1817. Dear Sir “Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity!” The French have a distinction, between Eulogy and Apology. I know not under which of these heads to…
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William, Jr Tudor to John Adams, February 2, 1817
Boston Feby 2 1817. Dear Sir, An attack of rhumatism which has confined me to my room & kept me in such a feverish, irritable state as to be almost…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, February 2, 1817
Quincy Feb. 2d. 1817 Dear Sir In our good old English language of Gratitude, I owe you and give you a thousand thanks, for Tracy’s Review of Montesquieu which Mr…
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Theodore, Jr Lyman to John Adams, January 31, 1817
Boston. Jan. 31. 1817. I am certainly very glad, Sir, that the Baron de Grimm with his 16 big tomes has been able to amuse You for a few hours,…
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John Adams to Horatio Gates Spafford, January 31, 1817
Quincy Jan. 31. 1816 [ , Start insertion, 1817 , End, ] Mr Spafford I thank you for your kind Letter of the 21st, and for the three Magazines inclosed,…
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John Trumbull to John Adams, January 28, 1817
Washington 28th. January 1817. Dear Sir Your letter of the 1st. of this Month was received by me here on the 6th. I will not attempt to express to you…
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John Adams to John Gorham, January 28, 1817
Quincy Jan. 28. 1817 Sir My Thanks are due to you for your Inaugural Address of Decr. 11th. I rejoice that Such a Professorship is established and that So accomplished…