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Abigail Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, October 6, 1782
Braintree october 6. 1782 My dear Sir Your obligeing favour of Sepbr 10th 1 was put into my hands the day before I set out upon a journey 2 which…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, February 24, 1791
Philadelphia Feb. 24. 1791 Dear Sir It was not, till yesterday that I received your kind Letter, with your Discourse on Animation; for both of which obliging favours I pray…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, September 10, 1800
Quincy September 10. 1800 Dear Sir I have received and will communicate to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, your Prospect of exterminating the Small Pox. I have read…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, October 3, 1805
Quincy October 3. 1805 Dear Sir I duly recd your favour of the 21. Sept.—I Sent you two pretty large Packetts the first of Six sheets of Paper, another of…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, October 29, 1805
Quincy October 29. 1805 Dear Sir, I have heard, as you insinuate, that Sterne was a wicked Man; and there are traits of a false Character, in his Writings: yet…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 26, 1805
Quincy December 26. 1805 Dear Sir, In a former Letter I expressed a doubt, whether the Barilla of Spain, were the Same Plant as the Soda or Kali: but have…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, April 2, 1806
Quincy April 2. 1806 Dear Sir Your favour of March 30th I received last Evening. The Subject of it is of great importance I have been absent from my Country…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, June 29, 1806
Quincy June 29 1806. Dr Sir I rejoice to find by your Letter of the 26. and by my Sons Conversation, that his commencement of a residence at Cambridge has…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 21, 1807
Quincy Jan. 21. 1807 Dear Sir Robinson was not only a Man of Sense and learning < but > Piety and Virtue but of a Catholic tolerant Spirit and remarkable…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, February 2, 1807
Quincy Feb. 2, 1807 Dear Sir One of the Historiographers of Johnson’s Chat, Boswell perhaps or Piozzi says that Johnson being asked which were the best sermons in the English…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 18, 1809
Quincy December 18. 1809 Dear Sir I have recd your favour of Nov. 20th and regret very much that your Employments would not allow you to Spend a Night with…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, February 27, 1811
Quincy February 27th. 1811 Dear Sir As I read the Essays of The elegant Botanist < , Start deletion, as , End, > when they appeared in the Monthly Anthology,…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, September 15, 1811
Quincy Septr. 15 1811 Dear Waterhouse I receive no Letters with So much pleasure as yours and Rushes. The Shortest of them always contains Something new and Solid; Some thing…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 3, 1811
Quincy December 3. 1811 A Visit from you my good Friend, would be a cordial, and if honoured by His Honour would raise my Spirit as high as they are…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 12, 1811
Quincy Decr 12. 1811 Dear Sir What is common Law in England has been Subject to disputes enough. In Blackstones Commentaries and Fortescue Alands Preface to his Reports you may…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 11, 1812
Quincy March 11. 1812 Dear Sir The tumultuous Crowd of Thoughts that rushed into my head as I read your Letter of Yesterday, would appear as gross a Chaos and…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, August 16, 1812
Quincy August 16 1812 Dear Waterhouse You are So waggish and roguish with your Woofs and your Warps and your Webs, that I am almost afraid to write or Speak…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, August 19, 1812
Quincy August 19. 1812 Dr Sir The History of Queen Ann’s reign and of the Treaty of Utrecht is So instructive, that it is worth while to look into the…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, September 15, 1812
Quincy September 15. 1812 Dear Sir. You ask my Opinion, (if I understand you) whether Duane or General Hull, be the fittest Man for Secretary of War. I answer. In…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 12, 1813
Quincy Jan. 12 1813 Dr. Sir No Wonder, that the President has suffered a violent strain. I have spent nine days in the gulph stream 3 of them in a…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 16, 1813
Quincy Jan. 16. 1812 [ , Start insertion, 1813 , End, ] Dear Sir I am broke….I am a Bankrupt… Je n’ai rien; Je dois par tout Dans mes affaires…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 16, 1813
Quincy March 16. 1813 Dear Sir I have just recd your Favour of Yesterday. It has been a Rule of the Government from 1789 to this day to answer no…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 23, 1813
Quincy March 23 1813 Dr Sir The inclosed letter from Dr Rush will give you good News of your Son. I congratulate you on the honor he has obtained by…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, June 9, 1813
Quincy June 9th 1813 Dear Sir I enclose you sketches of Naval history and a letter from the Author Make what use of them you think probono publico. John Adams