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46,149 lettersQuincy August 23. 1814 Dear Sir You “are unable to discover in our form of Government any resemblance of Aristocracy.” As every branch of Executive Authority committed or entrusted, exclusively…
Albany, 8 Mo. 20, 1814. Respected Friend— Will thy good-nature excuse the freedom of a friendly enquiry after thy health? assured that a real solicitude exists for its long continuance,…
Quincy August 17th. 1814— Dear madam— I have certified in the book in the Atheneum that to my certain Knowledge, The Group was written by Mrs: Warren. Your polite invitation…
Quincy August 14 1814 In your fourth page you “are unable to discover, In Oour form of Government, any resemblance of Monarchy, Aristocracy or Democracy.” “as defined by ancient Writers,…
Plymth. Ms. August 4th 1814 Yours my dear Sir, of the 15th Ulto: is in the same stile of partial friendship which I witnessed many years ago.—If the author of…
Winston, August 2, 1814— Sir— As a token of my high respect, I inclose to you an oration delivered on the late anniversary of American Independence. I present it not…
Quincy July 29 1814 “Whether the terms ‘Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy,’ or the one, the few, and the many, are only numerical; or characteristic, like the Calyx petal and Stamina…
Quincy July 16. 1814 Dear Sir I recd, this morning your favour of the 5th. and as I can never let a Sheet of your’s rest I Sit down immediately…
Quincy July 16th 1814 Sir My thanks are due to you for your, “Battle of Bunkers hill, or the death of General Warren.” As that hero, patriot, and martyr, was…
Quincy July 15th 1814 I thank you Madam for your obliging Letter of the 10th whether my life shall be Spared to se the restoration of peace, is a question…
Quincy June 17th. 1814 Dear Sir What Shall I Say, of the “Resemblance, of our House of Representatives to a legislating Nation.”? It is, perhaps, a miniature, which resembles the…
Quincy June 9th. 1814 Sir Suppose another case which is not without examples; a family of Six daughters. Four of them are not only beautiful, but Serious and discrete Women.…
Quincy June 7.th 1814 Sir In the third page of your “Inquiry”, is an Assertion, which Mr. Adams has a right to regret as a gross and egregious misrepresentation. He…
Quincy April [ , Start insertion, -4 June , End, ] 1814 Sir, When your new Democratical Republick meets, you will find half a dozen Men of independent Fortunes; half…
Quincy June 3. 1814 Sir I have recd your favour of May. 20, with the thoughts on Government, returned in good condition. The Outline of a Militia in the 22d…
Quincy June 1st. 1814 Dear Sir I long to See the narrative of Dr Rush’s Life. I hope it will be printed. The Anecdote relative to me, in 1774, and…
Quincy May 31. 1814 Dear Sir I thank you, and Mr Vanderkemp, for giving me, an Opportunity of reading, his “historical Sketches of Calvin and Servetus.[ , Start insertion, ”…
Quincy May 30. 1814 My dear Sir Your favour of the 20th has given me great pleasure; because it informs me that you are happy. Your Visit to Philadelphia must…
Quincy May 29. 1814. My dear and venerable Friend. How Shall I? How can I express my Obligations to you? My Time, thoughts, labours are all Spent in my Garden,…
Quincy April 9 1814 Sir I have received from Mr. John M Carter, Your “Inquiry,” in 656 Pages, neatly bound. If I had any rational Expectation in my 79th. Year,…