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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, July 1, 1813
Quincy July 1st. 1813 Dear Sir, The report that John Quincy Adams has written to his father, or any one else that “the war which the United States has declared,…
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Letters to Benjamin Waterhouse
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, July 25, 1813
Quincy July. 25th. 1813 Mine Eyes are better. I am angry with you for calling our Navy little. It is the greatest Navy in the World. Far greater than the…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 17, 1817
Quincy Mar. 17. [ , Start insertion, 1817 , End, ] Dear Sir Have you read certain Strictures upon Painters and Paintings in the Newspapers? What do you think of…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 19, 1817
Quincy March 19th. 1817 Dear Can you prescribe rules for painting, a perception? A reminiscens,? a judgment? a ratiocination? Do you think there will ever arise an original Genius who…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, March 25, 1817
Quincy March 25. 1817 Dr Sir The great question was “Whether Writs of Assistants, were legal, or illegal; constitutional or unconstitutional”? “Writs of Assistants”! You will indignantly say. “What are…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 25, 1817
Montezillo Decbr. 25th 1817 Dear Sir It was not friendly in you to involve me in your domestic & family Controversies Major Pierce Butler told me that he made a…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, January 12, 1818
Montezillo Jan. 12. 1818 Dear Sir In your Letter of the 21st. of October you Say that Mrs Knox said to you that “her husband was the parent of the…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, October 11, 1818
Montezillo Oct. 11. [ 18 ]18 Dear Waterhouse I am really grieved at your Misfortune, if it were only on the Principle of Rochefaucault and Swift, that “In all Misfortunes…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, September 7, 1820
Montezillo September 7th. 1820 Dear Sir Captain Phillips’s letter is a Volume of News to me—That he Sailed without a Commission was never known, heard, or suspected, by me—and not…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, November 7, 1820
Montezillo November 7th. 1820 Dear Sir I return you Captain Phillips’s sensible letter, I wish I could converse with you upon the subject; it is most certain that I never…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, May 2, 1821
Little Hill May 2d. 1821 Your letter dear Waterhouse, is a precious lecture in Piety Religion and morality according to our blessed Constitution; and I hope to be profited and…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, May 8, 1821
Little Hill May 8th. 1821 Dear Sir You must have much pleasure in watching the Opining mind of your Grandchild; for, being half Waterhouse and half Ware it must be…
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John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, September 16, 1823
Quincy Sep 16th. 1823 Dear Sir I thank you for your letter of the 12th I am extremely sorry to hear that Genll Miller has lost so much of his…