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John Adams to Thomas Clark, January 25, 1814
Quincy January 25th 1814 Sir I thank you for your polite and obliging letter of the 17th and for the Copy in two volumes of the Naval History of the…
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Richard Rush to John Adams, December 31, 1813
Washington December 31. 1813. Dear Sir. On Sunday last I saw the President, and he mentioned to me that not a single line had been received from our commissioners in…
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John Adams to Horatio Gates Spafford, December 29, 1813
Quincy Dec. 29. [ , Start insertion, 18 , End, ]13 Friend Spafford I have delivered the Copy of your Gazetteer of New York, intended for the American Accademy of…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, December 28, 1813
Olden barneveld 28 Dec. 1813. Mÿ Dear Sir! Everÿ mail I flattered my Self to receive a Line from Mount Wallaston, till I received your favour of the 1st. and…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, December 26, 1813
Quincy Dec. 26. 13 Dear Vanderkemp Be not anxious. I am not jealous. Had your Packett arrived one day Sooner, I Should have delivered it in Person to Mr and…
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Richard Rush to John Adams, December 25, 1813
Washington December 25. 1813. Dear Sir. Christmas Day I sit down to offer you the compliments of the season, in the most respectful, cordial, and friendly way in which they…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, December 25, 1813
Quincy Decr 25th. 1813 Dear Sir Answer my Letters at your Leisure. Give yourself no concern. I write as for a refuge and protection against Ennui. The fundamental Principle of…
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John Taylor to John Adams, December 24, 1813
Virginia—Hazelwood—Port Royal—Decr. 24. 1813 Sir Orator, and the printed Sheets you speak of in your letter of the 12th. instant, were, as you conjecture, written by me. Orator, published in…
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Hendrick W Gordon to John Adams, November 19, 1813
Boston 19th. November 1813, My Dear Sirs, The President of the United States, having given me the Office of Collector of Direct Taxes & Internal Duties for the County of…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, November 15, 1813
Quincy November 15. 13 Dear Sir I cannot appease my melancholly commiseration for our Armies in this furious Snow Storm, in any way So well as by Studying your Letter…
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Thomas J. McKean to John Adams, November 15, 1813
Philadelphia Novemr. 15th. 1813. Dear Sir, I have to thank you for the introduction of the Reverend Mr; Henry Colman to my acquaintance, and am sorry his other engagements deprived…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, November 14, 1813
Quincy Nov. 14: 1813 Dear Sir Accept my thanks for the comprehensive Syllabus, in your favour of Oct. 12. The Psalms of David, in Sublimity beauty, pathos and Originality, or…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, November 12, 1813
Quincy November. 12. 1813 Dear Sir As I owe you more for your Letters of Oct. 12. and 28 than I Shall be able to pay. I Shall begin with…
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Richard Rush to John Adams, November 8, 1813
Washington November 8th: 1813 Dear Sir, According to the intimation contained in one of the letters I have had the pleasure to write to you, I took the liberty of…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, November 5, 1813
Quincy Nov. 5. 1813 Dr Sir My most reverend Dearling presents her compliments. She highly applauds and greatly admires a complaisant Husband. Quare! Entre nous, can you divine whether this…
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Horatio Gates Spafford to John Adams, November 1, 1813
Albany, 11 Mo. 1, 1813. Esteemed Friend— I have been duly favored with thy kind Letter of the 16th ultimo, & avail myself of a privilege to convey through thy…
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John Adams to William White, November 1, 1813
Quincy November 1 1813 Dear Sir Almost at the moment, when I entered my 79th year I recd. your kind letter, and a valuable present of your lectures on the…
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John Adams to N. G Dufret, October 30, 1813
Quincy October 30th 1813. Sir I duely received your present from Mr Jefferson to me of Dr Priestleys Doctrines of heathen Philosophy compared with those of “Revelation:” and immediately acknowledged…
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Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, October 28, 1813
Monticello Oct. 28. 13. Dear Sir According to the reservation between us, of taking up one of the subjects of our correspondence at a time, I turn to your letters…
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Richard Rush to John Adams, October 24, 1813
Washington October 24. 1813 Dear sir. As soon as I received your acceptable and instructing letter of the 8th of this month, I wrote to a friend in Philadelphia, who…