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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, April 8, 1814
Olden barneveld 8 apr. 1814. My Dear and respected Sir! Now I hope, you have already perused my Oration—although I have not Seen it yet in print—I doubt not, or…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, April 6, 1814
Quincy April 6th. 1814 Dear Sir As I have been, in the course of my life, 200 or 300 times in an “Agony of Embarrassment” I understand very well what…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, April 3, 1814
Quincy April 3. 1814 Dear Sir I have recd Condorcet, in good order and your favour of 20th. Ult. Enfields History of Philosophy, is worth many Condorcets. This great Work…
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Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams, March 31, 1814
Plymouth Ms. March 31st. 1814— I doubt not Sir, You will be pleased when I tell You that the Evening of my life is smoothed by the intercourse with a…
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Alexander Hill Everett to John Adams, March 31, 1814
Boston, March. 31. 1814. Sir. I return you the pamphlets you were so good as to send me with many thanks. I have derived much pleasure from reading them. Mr.…
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Horatio Gates Spafford to John Adams, March 30, 1814
Albany, 8 Mo. 30, 1814. My Dear Friend— I am very sensible of thy kind condescention, & often hesitate to trouble thee so often with my Letters, which thy goodness…
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John M Carter to John Adams, March 28, 1814
Georgetown, District of Columbia, March 28th. 1814 The Hon. Mr. Adams will herewith receive a volume of Col. Taylor’s Enquiry &c. on the Government of the United States—a Bill of…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, March 24, 1814
Quincy March 24. 1814 Dear Madam If weak Eyes and weaker fingers had not requird more time to write a Line than was once necessary for a page, I should…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, March 23, 1814
Olden barneveld 23 March 1814 Mÿ Dear and respected Sir! At lenght I have been able to peruse Condorcet’s book—It can not be difficult to you, to conjecture, what impression…
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Richard Rush to John Adams, March 21, 1814
Washington March 21. 1814. Dear Sir. At the very beginning of the last month my new appointment was bestowed upon me, and I was suddenly thrown into the midst of…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, February 5, 1814
Olden barneveld. 5 Febr. 1814. Mÿ Dear and respected Sir! Being now pretty free from headache, I will indulge myself in the pleasure, to cheer mÿ depressed spirits, in answering…
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Thomas Clark to John Adams, February 3, 1814
Philadelphia February 3d 1814 Sir I have received your kind letter of the 25th. January. I am pleased that my undertaking has met your approbation, & sincerely thank you for…
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John Adams to Mathew Carey, February 3, 1814
Quincy Feb. 3 1814 Dear Sir Your favour of Jan 26 is received, and a shower of obligations with it, before it, and after it, which demand my best Thanks,…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, February 2, 1814
Quincy Feb. 2nd 1814 Dear Madam I send you a curiosity. Mr M Kean, is mistaken in a day or two, the final vote of Independence, after the last debate,…
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John M Carter to John Adams, February 1, 1814
Georgetown, Febry. 1. 1814. Sir We take the liberty to send you by mail a copy of Arator, written by Col. John Taylor of Caroline Va.—We do this from having…
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Thomas J. McKean to John Adams, January 1, 1814
Philadelphia. Janry. 1814. Dear Sir, In your favor of the 26th. Novembert last you say, “that you ventured to say, that about a third of the people of the Colonies…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, January 1, 1814
Quincy Jan. 1814 Dear Rush When I meet The beattified Spirit I Shall Say to him, with our mutual frankness, “Sir you ought to have added two Chapters to your…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, January 30, 1814
Quincy Jan. 30. 14 Dr Sir Yours of 14th are here. You must take hints: I cannot write Letters. Half recovered from a former Illness, the fine sleighing tempted me…
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Mathew Carey to John Adams, January 26, 1814
Philada January 26. 1814 Sir By this day’s mail I forward you a Set of the Naval History, which I request You will place in your library, as a mark…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, January 26, 1814
Quincy Jan. 26. 1814 Dear Sir If I may judge of others by myself, Mr Hay had no cause of Apprehension that he Should be tedious: for when I had…