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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, May 12, 1783
Hague May 12th. 1783 Honoured Sir The fair ended last Saturday, and yesterday 1 I began to translate Suetone’s life of Caligula; 2 Mr. Dumas who is so good as…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 16, 1783
Paris April 16. 1783 My dearest Friend If Congress when they revoked my Commission had appointed another to make a Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain, We should have had…
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John Adams to Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) Adams, April 14, 1783
Paris, April 14th, 1783 My dear daughter By this time, I hope, your inclination to travel has abated, and the prospect of peace has made you more contented with your…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 11, 1783
Paris April 11. 1783 My dearest Friend There is at length a Ministry in England composed of Kings Friends and Peoples Men, which will effervesce, and throw out a great…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 7, 1783
Paris April 7. 1783 My dearest Friend It is now compleatly five Years, Since I first arrived in Europe, and in all that time I was never more impatient to…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 7, 1783
April 7 1783 My dearest Friend Tis a long a very long time since I had an opportunity of conveying a single line to you. I have upon many accounts…
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John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, March 28, 1783
Paris 28th. March 1783 Madam Peace seems to have closed all Communication with America. ’Tis a very long time since any Vessels or Letters have arrived either in France or…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, March 28, 1783
Paris March 28. 1783 My dearest Friend On the 30 Nov. our Peace was Signed. On the 28. March We dont know that you have Yet heard of it. 1…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, March 15, 1783
Haverhill March 15 [ , Start insertion, 1783 , End, ] 1 My Dear Sisters If I had received your Letter 2 an hour sooner, I could have sent you…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, March 12, 1783
Hamborough March 12. 1783 1 Honoured Sir I suppose you have receiv’d before now my letter from Copenhagen dated Feby. 20th. in which I wrote you that I expected to…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 27, 1783
Paris Feby. 27th. 1783 My dearest Friend I read in a great Writer, Montesquieu that “l’honneur, en imposant la loi de servir, veut en être l’arbitre; et, s’il se trouve…
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John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, January 22, 1783
Paris 22d. Jany. 1783 Madam I little expected, when writing to You on the 16th. instant, to have so soon congratulated You upon the Signature of the Preliminaries of Peace…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, January 22, 1783
Paris Jan. 22. 1783 My dearest Friend The Preliminaries of Peace and an Armistice, were Signed at Versailles on the 20 and on the 21. We went again to pay…
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Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) Adams to Elizabeth Palmer Cranch, January 18, 1783
Saturday Evening [ , Start insertion, ca. 18 January 1783 , End, ] 1 Your letter 2 my Dear Eliza was this day handed me by your Mamma. I Love…
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John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, January 16, 1783
Paris 16th. Jany. 1783 Madam About three weeks agone, I forwarded a packet of Letters to Mr. Cranch, inclosing one to him—the first since I have been [ , Start…
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Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) Adams to Elizabeth Palmer Cranch, January 11, 1783
Saturday Morn [ , Start insertion, ca. 11 January 1783 , End, ] 1 Your letter 2 my Dear Eliza, was, sent me yesterday afternoon. By the bearer of it…
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Abigail Adams to Chandler, Jr Robbins, January 10, 1783
[ , Start insertion, ca. 10 January 1783 , End, ] 1 Sir The Letter which you find enclosed you will be kind enough to sink should you be so…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, January 10, 1783
Janry 10th 1783 My dearest Friend The young Gentleman who is the Bearer of this has acted for about 7 months in the capacity of preceptor to our children; I…
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Benjamin Waterhouse to Abigail Adams, January 7, 1783
Boston Janry. 7th. 1783 Madam For above a fortnight past I have been meditating a visit to Braintree but some unlucky occurrence or other turned up and disappointed me, and…
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Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) Adams to Elizabeth Palmer Cranch, January 4, 1783
Milton saturday Morning [ , Start insertion, ca. 4 Jan. 1783 , End, ] 1 Your wishes for my happiness, my Dear Eliza, demand my thanks. Wishing, this power of…