John Adams to Cotton Tufts, 20 July 1776
Philadelphia July 20. 1776. Saturday Dear Sir Yours of July 5th. never reached me, till this Morning. I greatly regret its delay. But that it might answer its End, without…
Philadelphia July 20. 1776. Saturday Dear Sir Yours of July 5th. never reached me, till this Morning. I greatly regret its delay. But that it might answer its End, without…
Philadelphia June 30th. 1776 Dear Sir Your Favour of the 17th. I received by Yesterdays Post. Am much obliged, to you for your judicious Observations of the Spirit of Com…
Philadelphia June 23d. 1776 My dear Friend It is with Shame, and Confusion of Face, that I acknowledge that your agreable Favour of April the twenty sixth, came duely to…
Philadelphia March 29. 1776 My dear sir We are impatiently waiting for Intelligence of further Particulars from Boston. We have only heard that General How and his Army have left…
Monday eve–Weymouth April 9. 1764 Dear Unkle I suppose you have written to me, tho I have not received it, for Mr. Ayers left his pocket Book with the Letters…
Ap. 9th 1764 My dear Friend I have nothing to do at present but to play with my Pen. I have long thought with Horace in his Dulce desipere: But…
Weymouth April th 2. 1764 Dear Unkle 1 I should not have been unmindful of you, even tho you had not call–d upon me to exert myself. I should be…