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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, July 25, 1808
Quincy July 25 1808 Dear Benjamin Handsome Bradford, of thy City, allarmed me, the other day at our Athenaeum in Boston, by telling me, that Dr Rushes Business had amazingly…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, July 13, 1808
Philadelphia July 13. 1808 My dear Old friend The Campaign of Summer diseases being opened,—and my duties calling me at all hours of the day into the field of sickness…
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John Adams to Henry Guest, June 26, 1808
Quincy June 26 1808 Venerable Sir I have received your favour of the fifteenth of this Month and read it with pleasure; and my Son, who happened to be with…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, June 20, 1808
Quincy June 20, 1808 My dear Physical and Medical Philosopher. I give you this Title for the present only. I Shall Scarcely allow you to be a political, moral, or…
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Henry Guest to John Adams, June 15, 1808
Brunswick 15 June 1808 East Jersy Honorable Sir Your Very Frindly Letter of the 14th. March last Came Duly to hand. it gave and Still gives Me Much pleasure—I am…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, December 15, 1807
Philadelphia Decemr 15. 1807. My Venerable & dear friend, An inflammation in my eyes which for several days has confined me to my house, and rendered writing difficult and painful,…
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John Adams to William Heath, December 14, 1807
Quincy December 14. 1807 Dear Sir As I did not wish to oppress you with my Letters I have not acknowledged the receipt of your favour of the 18th of…
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Benjamin Waterhouse to John Adams, December 8, 1807
Boston Decr. 8th. 1807 My Dear Sir, Your letter of the 28th. instant has just come to hand, and I have stepped into the house of a friend to <…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, December 1, 1807
Quincy December 1st. 1807.— Dear Sir, I sympathize with you in all your Expressions of grief in your favour of Nov. 1st. at the melancholly Catastrophy of so many worthy…
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John Adams to Amos J Cook, November 30, 1807
Quincy November 30th. 1807 Sir I have received the favour of your letter of the 21st. day of this month, and have complied with your request so far as to…
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Amos J Cook to John Adams, November 21, 1807
Fryeburg Novr. 21. 1807. Sir, Having the honor to be Preceptor of the Academy in this place, and feeling interested in the diffusion of science and literature in general, I…
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John Adams to Abiel Holmes, November 14, 1807
Quincy November 14. 1807 Dear Sir I am Sorry it is not in my power to give you much information relative to General Oglethorpe in complyance with your desire in…
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Abiel Holmes to John Adams, November 11, 1807
Novr. 11, 1807. Mr. Holmes, presenting his respects to President Adams, takes the liberty to ask of him an account of General Oglethorpe , and particularly of what passed between…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, November 11, 1807
Quincy November 11 1807 My dear Phylosopher and Friend I have, long before the receipt of your favour of the 31 of October, supposed that either you were gazing at…
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John Adams to Rev. John Disney, November 9, 1807
Quincy near Boston Novber. 9th. 1807. Dear Sir, I was agreably surprised, the last week on receiving a very kind and obliging letter from you, dated at the Hide near…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, November 1, 1807
Olden barneveld 1 Nov. 1807. Dear Sir! Much time has elapsed indeed, Since you have favoured me with your last Letters—and more, Since I dropt to you my last line—I…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 28, 1807
Quincy 28th. July 1807 Dear Madam In the 135th. Page of your Second Volume, you State that in 1778 Mr John Adams of the State of Massachusetts was chosen to…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 27, 1807
Quincy July 27th. 1807 Dear Madam In the 131 and 132 page of the first Volume of your History, you are pleased to say that John Adams, one of the…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 20, 1807
Quincy July 20th. 1807 Dear Madam In the 392 Page of the third Volume of your History you say that “After Mr Adams’s return from England, he was implicated, by…
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Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams, July 16, 1807
Plymouth, Ms., July 16th: 1807. After a long suspension of a friendly literary intercourse, it was very unexpected to me this day, to receive a letter from the hand of…