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Jean de, & fils Neufville to Abigail Adams, May 25, 1781
Amsterdam 25th May 1781 Madam We are honor’d with your Ladyship’s letter of the 15th Jany. last, 1 and deem ourselves peculiarly unfortunate, not to have been more happy in…
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Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) Adams to John Thaxter, May 25, 1781
Braintree may 25 1781 My mamma has so often reminded me of a deficiency in politeness in not replying to your letter 1 which is now too long out of…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, May 13, 1781
Leyden May 13th 1781 Honour’d Sir As you may possibly not come here before the 18th I write to know, if I must leave these lodgings at that time, as…
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Abigail Adams to James Lovell, May 13, 1781
May 13th [ , Start insertion, 1781 , End, ] 1 I wrote you by the last post 2 with a freedom which perhaps you may think I had no…
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Abigail Adams to James Lovell, May 10, 1781
[ , Start insertion, Braintree, 10 May 1781 , End, ] 1 Upon opening your favour of April 17 my Heart Beat a double stroke when I found that the…
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Joseph, & Sons (business) Gardoqui to Abigail Adams, May 2, 1781
Bilbao the 2d. May 1781 Madam Your much respected and highly Esteemed favour of the 4th of Septr. last 1 we duelly received and after a due acknowledgment for its…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 28, 1781
Amsterdam April 28. 1781 My dearest Friend Congress have been pleased to give me so much other Business to do, that I have not Time to write either to Congress,…
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James Lovell to Abigail Adams, April 23, 1781
Apr. 13. [ , Start insertion, i.e. 23 , End, ] 1781 1 Not receiving any Line from you by this day’s post, I recur to your favor of April…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 23, 1781
April 23 1781 My Dearest Friend You will wonder I suppose to what part of the world all the Letters you have written since the 25 of Sepbr. are gone,…
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James Lovell to Abigail Adams, April 17, 1781
April 17.1781 By your Letter of the 3d. 1 received this day I find that I have lost the Pleasure of having what you and Mr. Cranch wrote some Time…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, April 8, 1781
Leyden April the 8th 1781 Honour’d Mamma I have been wanting to write to you this sometime but there has been nothing worth writing, and even now I know not…
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John Thaxter to John Adams, February 11, 1781
Leyden 11th. Feby. 1781 Sir I have the Honour to inform You that Charles was matriculated the 29th. of last Month, by the Consent of the Curators, to whom the…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, February 11, 1781
Leyden Feby. the 11. 1781 Honoured Sir I received a day or two agone the vocabulary which I desir’d you to send, for which I am much obliged to you.…
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Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, February 8, 1781
Febry. 8 1781 My dear sons I fear you will think Mamma is unmindfull of you if she does not write you a few lines by so good an opportunity.…
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Abigail Adams to John Thaxter, February 5, 1781
Febry. 5 1781 My dear Sir I have not had the pleasure of a line from you since your arrival in Holland. I fear I have lost Letters by a…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, February 3, 1781
Leyden Feby. the 3d. 1780 [ , Start insertion, i.e. 1781 , End, ] Hond. Sir I yesterday received your’s of the 31st of Jany. in whic you desir’d me…
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John Thaxter to John Adams, February 1, 1781
Leyden 1st. Feby. 1781 Sir I have waited on Mr. Luzac with the Crisis, who is much obliged to You for it, and will either translate it into Dutch or…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 31, 1781
Amsterdam Jan. 31. 1781 My dear Boy I have received, by the Way of Bilboa, a Letter from your Mamma, of the 8th of October, in which She presents her…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, January 28, 1781
Janry. 28 1781 My dearest Friend Last Evening General Lincoln call’d here introducing to me a Gentleman by the Name of Col. Laurence 1 the Son as I suppose, of…
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John Thaxter to John Adams, January 25, 1781
Leyden 25th. Jany. 1781 Sir Your favour of yesterday 1 was recieved this morning. I suspect it was opened before it came to my hands. The Seal appeared to have…