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Thomas Welsh to Abigail Adams, July 15, 1798
Boston July 15. 1798 Dear Madam I acknowledge with Pleasure your Letter of the 7 th Ins t: 1 thinking it uncertain whether you may not have left Philadelphia before…
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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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William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, July 20, 1798
Atkinson July 20 th 1798. My dear aunt O how happy should I be, were I to sit down to write you of my dear sisters better health, but alas…
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Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, September 14, 1798
Berlin 14 th: of September 1798. My dear mother. Your kind favor of July 19 th. was transmitted from Hamburg by our cousin Welsh & came to hand last evening.…
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Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Adams, October 8, 1798
Hendricksons October the 8 th. 1798. My Dear Madam By letters received from Boston I was grieved to learn that you had been very ill. It would give me great…
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Margaret Allison Caldwell McHenry to Abigail Adams, October 8, 1798
Trenton Oct br: [8] 1798 1 Dear Madam It was with the greatest concern I heard of your late illness, since which time I have felt very sollicitous to hear…
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Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail Adams, December 2, 1798
Philadelphia Dec r: 2 d 1798 Dear M rs Adams Next to the pleasure of seeing you, would have been that of hearing, of your perfect restoration to health; but…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 4, 1798
Phyladelphia December 4. 1798 My dearest Friend Your Letter of the 25 Nov. has revived my heart. I rejoice at your real Recovery and hope it will be confirmed so…
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John Russell to Abigail Adams, December 6, 1798
Boston, Dec 6. 1798— Madam, The Letter which you so obligingly communicated, is this day published in the Commercial Gazette; and I have endeavoured to make its insertion accurate and…
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William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, December 12, 1798
Philadelphia Dec 12 th 1798 Wednesday morn. My dear Aunt The president received two letters the latest dated 3 d of Dec from you last Evening with a letter inclosed…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 13, 1798
Phyladelphia Dec. 13. 1798 My Dearest Friend Your Letters of Nov. 29 Dec. 2. and 3 affect me very tenderly. The low Spirits, Effects of long and exhausting sickness are…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 14, 1798
Dec. 14. 98 My Dearest Friend. Rejoice with me, that I have this Day finished my Ceremonies with the two Houses. Their Answers to the Speech have been civil and…
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William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, December 30, 1798
Philadelphia Dec 30 th 1798 Sunday Evening My dear Aunt. ’Though I have been writing a very long letter, to my wild, random, laughter loving Walter and have made it…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, December 31, 1798
Philadelphia Decr 31. 1798 My Dearest Friend I hope you have health enough to bear to share with me some of my Griefs. I have determined to do a Thing…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, January 1, 1799
Phyladelphia January 1. 1799 My Dearest Friend I rec d to day your fav r of 24 and it made the day more tolerable. 1 Your health and Spirits always…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, January 5, 1799
Phil. Jan. 5. 1799 My Dearest Friend Three Vessells have arrived from Hambourg Since Thomas was there. The inclosed will shew you that he chose the Alexander Hamilton of New…
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William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, January 6, 1799
Philadelphia Jan 6 th 1798 [ 1799 ] Sunday Eve. My dear Aunt I have seldom known it to be colder at the Eastward than it is here at present.…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, January 10, 1799
Phyl. Jan. 10. 1798 [ 1799 ] My Dearest Friend We have the Pleasure of your Letters to the 3 d . 1 I think it is not worth while…
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Stephen Peabody to Abigail Adams, January 10, 1799
Atkinson January 10 th. 1799— Dear Madam As you are frequently receiving letters from your good Sister, you have in that channel all the news we have in this quarter.…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, January 28, 1799
Phil a. Jan. 28. 99 My dearest Friend In my solitude in Markett street, I find nothing so sociable as your Letters— those of 18 & 20 th. are this…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams, January 29, 1799
Atkinson Jan. 29th. 1799 My Dear Sister After many expecting, anxious hours for my dear Nephew, I am made happy by seeing his safe arrival announced in the Newspaper— The…
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Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail Adams, January 31, 1799
Washington January 31 st: 1799— Indeed my dear Madam, I was very happy to receive a letter from you, after hearing you had been so very ill, at the time…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 1, 1799
Phil. Feb. 1. 1799 My dearest Friend On Tuesday M r T. B. Adams left Us, at Eleven in the stage for New York & Boston and consequently Quincy.— I…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 22, 1799
Phyladelphia Feb. 22. 1799 My dearest Friend Your last Letter, which I have rec d was dated the 10 th. — I have one from M r Thomas at Brookfield…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 25, 1799
Phyladelphia Feb. 25. 1799 My dearest Friend I have just rec d yours of 14 th. — it has laid in the Post office I suppose Since saturday. The subjects…