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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 May 1777
May 15. 1777 Gen. Warren writes me, that my Farm never looked better, than when he last saw it, and that Mrs. –– was like to outshine all the Farmers.…
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Letters to Abigail Adams
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 May 1777
May 14. 77 Prices with you are much more moderate than here. Yesterday I was obliged to give Forty shillings Pen. Cur. 1 Thirty two L.M. for one Gallon of…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1777
Philadelphia May 10 [ 1777 ] We have at last accomplished a troublesome Piece of Business. We have chosen a Number of additional Ambassadors. Mr. Ralph Izzard of S. Carolina,…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 May 1777
Philadelphia May 7. 1777 We have no News here, except what We get from your Country. The Privateers act with great Spirit, and are blessed with remarkable Success. Some Merchant…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 May 1777
May 6. 1777 We have no News here but what comes from you–except that all is well and quiet at Ticonderoga, that We have four Thousand Troops there, and that…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 May 1777
May 4. 1777 Inclosed with this you have an Evening Post, containing some of the tender Mercies of the Barbarians to their Prisoners. If there is a Man, Woman or…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 May 1777
May 2. 1777 We have promoted Arnold, one Step this day, for his Vigilance, Activity, and Bravery, in the late Affair at Connecticutt. 1 –We shall make Huntingdon a Brigadier,…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 May 1777
May 1. 1777 This is King Tammany–s Day. Tammany was an Indian King, of this Part of the Continent, when Mr. Penn first came here. His Court was in this…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 April 1777
April 30. 1777 We have a fine Piece of News this Morning of the March of 2000 of the Enemy, and destroying a fine Magazine there–and the stupid sordid cowardly…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 April 1777
Ap. 29. 1777 This days Post brought me yours of 17th. inst. and Miss Nabbys obliging Favour of the 16. 1 This young Lady writes a very pretty Hand, and…