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…
Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She is widely considered to be an influential figure in the founding of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Paris May 20. 1783 My dearest Friend No News yet from America! 1 We Yesterday, exchanged Full Powers with Mr. Hartley, and have agreed to meet at my House, every…
Paris May 30. 1783 My dearest Friend Here I am, out of all Patience. Not a Word from America. The British Ministry, lingering on. Mr. Hartley uncertain what to do.…
Paris July 9. 1783 My dearest Friend Not a Line from you since December. Congress has not cutt off our heads for making Peace, and that is some Comfort. I…
Paris July 13. 1783 My dearest Friend We have had for a Fortnight or Three Weeks a Succession of Hot Weather, attended with an unusual Fog, that has been worse…
Paris July 17. 1783 My dearest Friend No Letter from you, yet. I believe I shall Set off Tomorrow or next day, for the Hague, and Shall bring John with…
July 22 1783 1 After declaring that neither the Letter from Mr. Marbois nor the conversation respecting the Fishery, Boundaries, Royalists and recommending Moderation in our Demands, are of Weight…
Hague July 23d. 1783 Honoured Mamma It is indeed a long time since I have receiv’d any Letters from my friends in America, and I must own I have been…
Amsterdam July 26. 1783. Saturday My dearest Friend Last Saturday, I left Paris, and on Tuesday arrived, at the Hague. To Day I am come to this Town. I Shall…
Havre de Grace 29th. July 1783 Madam Mr. Adams having taken a Journey to Holland for three or four Weeks, and there being nothing of consequence to do in his…
Auteuil 1 near Paris Oct. 14. 1783 My dearest Friend I have had another Fever, which brought me low, but as it has carried off certain Pains and Lamenesses the…
Princeton 6th. Novr. 1783 My dear Madam Since I had the Pleasure of addressing You, 1 nothing of Importance has occurred in the Concerns of our Friend excepting a Letter…
London Nov. 8. 1783 My dearest Friend I have this Day, by Special Permission from their Majesties obtained by Mr. West the Painter who with Mr. Copely do so much…
The Hague Jan. 25. 1784 1 My dearest Friend I was much disappointed, on the Arrival of Mr. Temple in London, at not finding a Letter from you, but last…
Haverhill March 26th. 1784 My Dear Sister The Roads have been so bad for several Weeks past, that there has been but little travelling, and it has been difficult to…