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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 4, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 225.] Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1862. Sir: I regret to be obliged to revert to a subject upon which I have already…
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Abigail Smith to Isaac Smith Jr., 16 March 1763
Weymouth March 16 1763 Dear Cousin 1 Tis no small pleasure to me, to hear of the great proficioncy you have made in the French tongue, A Tongue Sweet, and…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 14 February 1763
Braintree Feby. 14th. 1763 Dear Madam Accidents are often more Friendly to us, than our own Prudence.–I intended to have been at Weymouth Yesterday, but a storm prevented.–Cruel, Yet perhaps…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 3, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 224.] Department of State, Washington, April 3, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of the 7th of March (No. 128) was received Every new instance of…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 1762 – 1763
[ Braintree? 1762–1763 ] 1 Dr. Miss Jemima I have taken the best Advice, on the subject of your Billet, and I find you cannot compell me to pay unless…
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John Adams to Abigail Smith, 4 October 1762
Octr. 4th. 1762 Miss Adorable By the same Token that the Bearer hereof 1 satt up with you last night I hereby order you to give him, as many Kisses,…
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Mr.Adams to Mr. Seward, April 3, 1862
Mr.Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 140.] Legation of the United States, London, April 3, 1862. Sir: I have to acknowledge the reception of despatches from the department, numbered 209, 210,…
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Richard Cranch and John Adams to Mary Smith, 30 December 1761
Germantown Decr. 30th. 1761 Dear Miss Polly 1 I was at Boston yesterday and saw your Brother who was well. I have but a moments notice of an oportunity of…
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[A Letter to William Crawford Telling “How I Live,” October 1758.]
How it is with you I know not, but if I am rightly informed, I am yet alive and not dead. And to prove it to you, I will tell…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 2, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 132.] Department of State, Washington, April 2, 1862. Sir: The reports we receive from China show that the insurrection there is becoming very formidable,…
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[Letters to Three Friends on Studying Law, October–November 1758.]
Mon Ami My letters, for the future will come to you, not from a School House but from the Cell of an Hermit. I am removed from Worcester to Braintree…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, April 1, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 218.] Department of State, Washington, April 1, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of March 13, (No. 131,) has been submitted to the President. I have…
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[Draft of a Letter to Vergennes, 10–11 February 1779.]Confidential
Sir As your Excellency reads English perfectly well, my first Request is that you would not communicate this Letter, even to a Translator. I have hitherto avoided, in my single…
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Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward, March 21, 1862
[Extract.] Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 137.] Legation of the United States, London, March 21, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to transmit the copies of three notes received…
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[Account with Massachusetts as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, January–September 1777.]
1777 July 23. I cast up the foregoing Account, and found it amounted to £87:15s:8d. At the same Time I counted over all the Money which I had left of…
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Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward, March 27, 1862
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 135.] Legation of the United States, London, March 27, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the reception from the department of despatches…
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[Robert Aitken’s Bill for Books]
Frans: Sellers N.B. I am not certain whither it was the Political Disquisitions or some other book you had from me, when you got them you proposed paying me but…
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, March 25, 1862
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 213.] Department of State, Washington, March 25, 1862. Sir: I have no despatches from you since the date of my last acknowledgments. The events…
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[Ann Smith’s Bill for Laundry. ]
Received the Contents per Me Ann Smith
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Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward, March 20, 1862
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 132.] Legation of the United States, London, March 20, 1862. Sir: Late last evening I received despatches from the department numbered from 194 to…