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John Adams to David Ramsay, December 2, 1802
Quincy 2 December 1802 Dear Sir You may very justly be surprised to receive under this date my acknowledgment & thanks for your review of the improvements, progress & state…
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John Adams to National Intelligencer, August 4, 1802
[ , Start insertion, post August 4, 1802 , End, ] It has been often Said, and as often as denied, that there are Men in this Country attached to…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, July 24, 1802
Quincy, July 24. 1802 Dear Sir I have received your letter of the 1. of June and read your Sketch of the Achaic Republick. It is a valuable Addition to…
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Thomas Truxtun to John Adams, July 10, 1802
Perth Amboy 10th July 1802. Sir Permit me to present you with a Copy of the medal voted me by Congress, and executed agreeable to Your directions (to the Secretary…
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William Cushing to John Adams, June 9, 1802
Scituate June 9. 1802— Dear Sir, Mrs. Cushing joins to present our best respects to you & Mrs Adams and our best wishes for your health & happiness. We returned…
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John Sinclair to John Adams, June 3, 1802
London 29 Parliament Street 3rd. June 1802. Sir I expected to have had the Honour of hearing from you before this time, on the subject of the publication of General…
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Elisha, Jr Sylvester to John Adams, May 20, 1802
Greene May 20th 1802 Sir! I have taken liberty to call at your house in a friendly way Several times, and as I respected you as President of the united…
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John Adams to Rev. Manasseh Cutler, May 10, 1802
Quincy, May 10 1802 Dear Sir I duly received your favor of the 17 of April. The letter from Dr Mitchell & the project of the society at N York…
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Cotton Tufts to John Adams, April 28, 1802
April 28. 1802 Know All Men by these Presents that I Cotton Tufts of Weymouth in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executor of the last Will and…
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James Asheton, Jr Bayard to John Adams, April 25, 1802
Washington 25. April 1802. Sir I have been extremely flattered by the letter which you did me the honor to write me on the 10th. Inst. It is no virtue…
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Rev. Manasseh Cutler to John Adams, April 22, 1802
Washington 22d. April 1802 Sir. I have the honour to enclose the late Census of the United S[ , Start insertion, t , End, ]ates, presuming it to be a…
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Jedidiah Morse to John Adams, April 20, 1802
Charlestown April 20. 1802 Respected sir, I am much obliged to you for the honour & advantage of your name to head the list of subscribers to the Gazetteer of…
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Joseph Wheaton to John Adams, January 2, 1802
Washington Jany 2d: 1802— Sir Mr. Shaw has written to me to procure, and forward to him the President message, the reports of departments and generally Such State papers as…
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Latour Longnevoué, Marquise de Fleury to John Adams, January 1, 1801
Monsieur le Président des Etats unis, Le Colonel fleury mon mari que vous avés honoré de votre estime & de Votre bienveillance a cessé de Vivre. le Délabrement de Sa…
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Department of the Treasury to John Adams, January 1, 1801
By Mistake, the officers of the Treasury charged to the Household Account 2000 dollars which ought to have been charged to the Salary Account. 1797 March Received July 6th 1797…
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John Marshall to John Adams, January 1, 1801
[ , Start insertion, 1801 , End, ] Sir Inclosd is the answer of the secretary of the Senate to a request that he woud furnish the department of state…
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Adam Gerard Mappa to John Adams, December 30, 1801
Oldenbarneveld, December 30th 1801 Sir! Mr. van der Kemp communicating to me your desire of committing to writing a description of the Phenomena Which I Saw floating on the Surface…
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Robert Purviance to John Adams, December 19, 1801
Baltimore, December 19th. 1801— Sir, By the Maryland Sloop of war Cap. John Rodgers a Box or case was directed for You, and was delivered in the public Store in…
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John Adams to Philip Peck, November 16, 1801
Quincy November 16th 1801 Sir The request, in your Letter of the 4th: which I received on Saturday, is somewhat embarrassing. On the one hand, to refuse my consent to…
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John Adams to Augustus Elias Brevoort Woodward, November 10, 1801
Quincy Nov. 10. 1801. Sir I have received the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 16 Oct together with your “considerations on the substance of…