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Mary Palmer to Abigail Adams, December 11, 1785
Germantown Decr. 11th. 1785 This is the fourth attempt my Dear Madam that I have made to reply to your unmerited favour of the 30th. of April last, 1 long…
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Letters to Abigail Adams
B. 1744 · D. 1818
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.
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, December 18, 1785
Braintree December 18th 1785 My dear sister I did not design to write another line till I could get my pen mendid but not a creature can I get to…
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Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, December 21, 1785
Boston. 21st. December. 1785 Dear Madam I am persuaded you will be pleased with this letter, if you were not ever before with one from me, because in the first…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, December 23, 1785
Braintree December 23d. 1785 My Dear Sister I wonder whether Mr. Shaw ever wrote you an account of the good woman who was so much offendid that you were not…
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Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, December 27, 1785
Paris Dec. 27. 1785 Dear Madam I am this day honoured with your favor of the 20th. and an opportunity offering to acknolege it immediately, I do not fail to…
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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, December 28, 1785
Haverhill December 28th. 1785 Dear Madam It is mortifying to me, to be again obliged to offer an excuse, for not having written more frequently to you, and to my…
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William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams, December 29, 1785
Thursday Decr. 29th. 1785 An anxiety to preserve a consistancy of Character in the opinion of Mrs. Adams (in whose favourable sentiments I feel myself more and more interested) induces…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, March 18, 1786
Haverhill March 18th 1786 Should I my Dear Sister, too much alarm the Heart of an affectionate Mother, solicitous for the welfare of her Children if I were to say…
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Richard Cranch to Abigail Adams, April 13, 1786
Boston April 13th 1786 My dear Sister Last Evening I received a few Lines from you dated the 23d of Decr., 1 with Newspapers to the 4th. of January 1786.…
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Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, April 13, 1786
Boston. 13th. April. 1786 Dear Madam What in the name of wonder can you be doing on your side the Atlantic? We hear no more of you than if you…
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Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, April 13, 1786
Boston April 13. 1786 My dear Cous. In some of my former Letters I mentioned the Probability, that Belchers Place would shortly be on Sale. Mr. Morton Atty. to C.…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, July 20, 1786
Haverhill July 20 1786 The Day after Commencment—Noon My Dear Sister Here I am, all alone for a great rarity. There is nothing more agreeable to me for a little…
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Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, July 21, 1786
Boston. 21st. July. 1786 And a good story you shall have, Madam, as you desire. Know then that your friends both at Haverhill and Braintree are well. But I had…
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Charles Storer to Abigail Adams, September 12, 1786
Boston. 12th. September. 1786 Dear Madam So I see by the papers that Amelia has become Mrs: Smith , and this the 12th. of June. The news came by the…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, September 24, 1786
Braintree September 24th 1786 My dear sister In my last I told you I suppos’d your Son Thomas would enter college at the end of the vacancy. He did so,…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, September 28, 1786
Braintree Sep 28th 1786 My dear Sister In the begining of this month I made a visit to Haverhill found them all well. Mr Duncan married to a maiden Lady…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, October 1, 1786
Haverhill October 1st. 1786 My Dear Sister This Day is the Aniversary of Eleven Years since our dear Mother left us poor Pilgrims, to sojourn here a little longer upon…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, October 8, 1786
Braintree october 8th 1786 Dear Sister I last evening receiv’d your kind Letter by the Way of new york and most heartily congratulate you upon the marriage of your only…
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Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, November 1, 1786
Paris [ , Start insertion, November 1786 1 , End, ] Dear Madam I am never happier than when I am performing good offices for good people; and the most…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, November 26, 1786
Braintree November 26th 1786 My dear sister Come home my Sister, that Braintree may have some of its old inhabitants residing in it. Could you look in upon it, you…
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Lucy Cranch to Abigail Adams, December 7, 1786
Braintree. Decr. 7. 1786 My dear Aunt Your obligeing Letter of July th’ 20, was duly recieved—those repeated attentions to me deserve my earliest acknowledgments. Grateful indeed to my heart…
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Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, January 10, 1787
[ , Start insertion, post 10 January 1787 , End, ] 1 There is another vessel up which will sail soon. What I may have omited by this I shall…
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Thomas Welsh to Abigail Adams, January 17, 1787
Boston Jany 17th 1787 Dear Madam Being without any of your Favors unanswered I take the Liberty to write this in Advance. The State of some Counties having been tumultuous…
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Mary Rutledge Smith to Abigail Adams, April 12, 1787
Charleston April the 12 th. 87 My dear Madam I have the happiness to inform you that we are again settled, in Charleston, we had a Passage of seven weeks,…