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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 April 1777
Ap. 28. 1777 There is a Clock Calm, at this Time, in the political and military Hemispheres. The Surface is smooth and the Air serene. Not a Breath, nor a…
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Letters to Abigail Adams
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 April 1777
Ap. 27. 1777 Your Favours of Ap. 2 and Ap. 7. I have received. The inclosed Evening Post, will give you, some Idea, of the Humanity of the present Race…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 April 1777
Saturday Evening 26 April 1777 I have been lately more remiss, than usual in Writing to you. There has been a great Dearth of News. Nothing from England, nothing from…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 April 1777
Ap. 23. 77 My Barber has just left the Chamber. The following curious Dialogue was the Amusement, during the gay Moments of Shaving. Well, Burn, what is the Lye of…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 April 1777
Philadelphia Ap. 22. 1777 The Post brought me two Letters from you, this Morning, one of the 7th. instant, and one before. You seem to be in fine Spirits–I rejoice…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 April 1777
Ap. 19. 1777 We have now an ample Representation from N. York. It consists of Six Delegates, and they are to all Appearance, as high, as decisive, and as determined,…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 April 1777
Philadelphia Ap. 16. 1777 We are waiting with some Impatience to hear of the Arrival of some of the Massachusetts Troops at Head Q [uarte] rs. The Lassitude and Torpor,…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 April 1777
April 13. 1777 I have spent an Hour, this Morning, in the Congregation of the dead. I took a Walk into the Potters Field, a burying Ground between the new…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 April 1777
Ap. 8. 1777 Yours of 26 March came by this days Post. Am happy to hear you have received so many Letters from me. You need not fear Writing in…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 April 1777
Philadelphia April 6. 1777 This Evening Major Ward deliverd me Yours of 23d. of March.–It is a great Pleasure to me to learn that your Flour has arrived. I begin…