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John Adams to James Madison, May 14, 1813
Quincy May 14 1813 Dear Sir I was yesterday honoured with the favour of the 5 inclosing Dr Waterhouses letter to me of the 23 of April announcing to me…
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John Adams to Gideon Granger, May 13, 1813
Quincy May 13th 1813 Sir Permit me to enclose to you a letter from my neighbour Mr Mottram Vesey and to add my Testimony to the truth of his representations.…
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John Adams to James Jervey, May 13, 1813
Quincy May 13 1813 Gentlemen I received yesterday the letter with which you honoured me on the 26 April inclosing Mr Elliots Oration on the inauguration of the Federal constitution.…
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John Adams to Albert Gallatin, April 24, 1813
Quincy April 24, 1813 Gentlemen I do myself the Honour to enclose a few Letters from my Family here to that part of Us who are at St. Petersburg; and…
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Hendrick W Gordon to John Adams, April 23, 1813
Boston 23d April 1813 Respected Sir, Having had business lately at Portsmouth I call’d on and spent an afternoon & Evening with the late Governor Langdon, he enquired very particularly…
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James Rush to John Adams, April 21, 1813
Philadelphia April 21st. 1813. Respected friend of My Father. It is not right that you Should first hear of our loss by a newspaper when your Sympathy will require a…
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Elbridge Gerry to John Adams, April 21, 1813
Cambridge 21st April 1813 I must apologize my dear Sir, for the troublesome request which I made; & for your ready compliance with it on the 2d of April in…
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John Adams to James Rush, April 21, 1813
Quincy April 21, 1813 Dear Sir I now Send you a Copy of the Law of Massachusetts in 13 Nov. 1775, taken from Edis’s Boston Gazette printed at Watertown, the…
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John Adams to James Monroe, April 20, 1813
Quincy April 20. 1813. Dear Sir Your favour of the 10th. of this month has laid me under very great Obligations to you. No intelligence could be more agreable to…
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John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, April 20, 1813
Quincy April 20. 1813 Dear Sir In former Letters, I have made a few hasty Remarks upon Mrs Warren and Mr Marshall: permit me now to add one or two…
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John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, April 19, 1813
Quincy April 19 1813 A very fortunate day to write to you, My dear Sir, and especialy on a Subject, without which my Letters of [. . .] 1775 would…
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James Monroe to John Adams, April 19, 1813
Washington April 19. 1813. Dear Sir The arrangment for the negotiations at St. Petersburg being compleated, I have the pleasure to apprize you of it, as that there will Still…
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Elbridge Gerry to John Adams, March 24, 1813
Cambridge 24th March 1813 My dear Sir, Enclosed are two letters marked A,B, & four documents numbered from 1 to 4 inclusively, which Capt Selman agreably to my request, on…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 23, 1813
Quincy March 23 1813 Dr Sir The inclosed letter from Dr Rush will give you good News of your Son. I congratulate you on the honor he has obtained by…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, March 23, 1813
Quincy March 23. 1813 My dear Friend Your Letter to Waterhouse inclosed in yours of the 16th. Shall be Sent tomorrow. With them came the News of the Hornets Glory.…
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John Adams to James Madison, March 23, 1813
Quincy March 23d 1813 Dear Sir I have been informed that a number of very respectable Gentlemen are desirous of having the Honourable Richard Cutts Esqr of Biddeford in this…
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John Adams to John Lathrop, March 22, 1813
Quincy March 22 1813. Reverend Sir, I thank you for your kind letter of the 19th and for the valuable present of your discourse occasioned by the death of Dr…
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William Plumer to John Adams, March 19, 1813
Epping (NH) March 19. 1813. My dear Sir, I am ashamed of having so long delayed acknowledging the receipt of your most excellent & truly innstinctive letter of the 10th…
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John Lathrop to John Adams, March 19, 1813
Boston March 19. 1813 Hond Sir, As I know you had an acquaintance with the late Dr Eliot, and I believe an affection for him, I take the liberty to…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, March 18, 1813
Quincy March 18 1813 Dear Sir A Jacobine Clubb, or a Washington benevolent Society, has a Right to discard, and exclude a Member, who will not conform to their Rules.…