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Abigail Adams to John Adams, December 14, 1793
Quincy dec br 14. 1793 my dearest Friend I hope this days post will bring me a Letter from you at Philadelphia, and that I shall hear you are well…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 12, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r 12. 1793 My dearest Friend This Day having been devoted to Thanksgiving by the Governor of Pensilvania, Congress have adjourned to Fryday. 1 We have had a…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, December 9, 1793
Philadelphia 9 th: Dec r: 1793— My dear Mother I believe you are indebted to me for a letter or two, but as your late loss has been my gain,…
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Charles Adams to John Adams, December 6, 1793
New York Dec r 6 1793. My dear Father The very interesting situation of our Country at present cannot fail to call forth the serious reflections of those who are…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 5, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r 5. 1793 My dearest Friend I wrote you from Hartford, New York and once from Philadelphia: but have not yet had the Pleasure of a Letter from…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 1, 1793
Philadelphia Dec r. 1. 1793 My dearest Friend We may ever remember 1 The Thirtieth of November because it was the Day on which We were absolved from Infamy; in…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, November 28, 1793
Col Smiths Cottage, 1 near New York Nov. 28 1793 My Dearest Friend I arrived here Yesterday, and had the Pleasure to dine with our Children and The Baron: All…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, November 28, 1793
Quincy Nov br 28 1793 my dearest Friend My early rising still continues, and I am writing by candle light. it is a week this day since you left me.…
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John Adams to Charles Adams, June 5, 1793
Quincy June 5 1793 Dear Charles I thank you for your, agreable Letter of the 29. Ult. Your Brother is destined to be celebrated and consequently envyed and abused. He…
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Charles Adams to John Adams, May 29, 1793
New York May 29 th 1793 My dear Sir It is with great pleasure I hear that my brother is appointed to speak the town Oration, on the fourth of…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, May 21, 1793
Philadelphia 21 May. 1793. My dear Mother Your kind letter of the 12 has reached me, in complyance with M r Brieslers request I enclose the Receipt of M rs…
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Charles Adams to John Adams, May 10, 1793
New York May 10 th 1793 My dear Sir It is sometime since I have written to you but still longer since I have had a line from my dear…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, May 5, 1793
Philadelphia 5 th: May 1793— My dear Mother, Your last letter to me is dated the 18 th: of March, since which time I have not heared a single word…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith Cranch, April 21, 1793
Haverhill April 21 st 1793 My Dear Sister— I have been exceedingly grieved at hearing of our dear Sister Adams’s Illness— She was so well in the winter, that I…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, April 7, 1793
Philadelphia 7 th: April 1793— My dear sir. I am requested by M r: Dobson to enquire of you what disposition you desire to be made of your Book’s of…
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John Adams to Charles Adams, March 18, 1793
Quincy March 18. 1793 My son I had the Pleasure of receiving your favour of the 1 st. on Saturday night: 1 by your Brother, who has been admitted this…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, March 2, 1793
Philadelphia 2 d: March 1793 My dear Mother I am grieved to hear of the fresh return of your old persecuter the Ague; I had flattered myself that the Air…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, March 2, 1793
Philadelphia March 2. 1793 My dear Your Letter from your Sick Chamber if not from your Sick bed, has made me so uneasy that I must get away as soon…
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Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, February 28, 1793
Quincy February 28. 1793. My dear M rs Smith. I wrote to you by your brother making a proposal to you which you might not consider me in earnest about—…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 27, 1793
Feb. 27. 1793 Philadelphia My dearest Friend I am so anxious for your health, Since you inform’d me of the return of your Intermittent, that I shall take the Stage…