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Benjamin Franklin to ——, February 1, 1746
[February 1746?] 6 has been blown off that Coast. Our Governor thinks they contain the Commissions for the Officers, and Orders to draw for the Pay of the Troops &c.…
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Letters to John Adams
B. 1735 · D. 1826
John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of the United States as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with contemporaries, including his wife and advisor Abigail Adams and his friend and rival Thomas Jefferson.
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, December 25, 1755
[Easton, December 25, 1755] The Country all above this Town, for 50 Miles, is mostly evacuated and ruined, excepting only the Neighbourhood of the Dupuy’s, 9 five Families, which stand…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 6, 1756
[Reading, January 6, 1756] Jacob Levan, 2 Esq; was sent by us to hear the Particulars of the Affair at Gnadenhutten, and fearing to go alone, sent Fifty-six Men over…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 8, 1756
[Bethlehem, January 8, 1756] I arrived here last Night. 9 We met a Number of Waggons on the Road, moving off with the Effects of the People of Lehi Township.…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 20, 1756
[Gnadenhütten, Jan. 20, 1756] We have been here since Sunday Afternoon: 4 That Day we had only Time to get up some Shelter from the Weather and the Enemy. Yesterday…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 25, 1756
Fort Allen, at Gnadenhutten Jan: 25: 1756. Dear Sir, We got to Hays’s the same Evening we left you and reviewed Craig’s Company by the Way. Much of the next…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 26, 1756
[Gnadenhütten, January 26, 1756] Wednesday we were hinder’d almost all Day by Rain. Thursday most of the Stockades were set up. Friday all inclosed to the Gate, and Part of…
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Thomas Lloyd to ——, January 30, 1756
Fort Allen at Gnadenhutten Jan. 30[31?]. 3 1756 Dear Sir I now sit down to give you an Account of Part of the Operations of our Campaign. It will hardly…
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Richard Cranch to John Adams, October 1, 1756
[ , Start insertion, Braintree October 1756 , End, ] My worthy Friend Tho’ I acknowledge that one ought never to be asham’d to speak the truth; yet I find…
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Lewis Ourry to ——, December 26, 1756
Philadelphia Decr. 26th. 1756 Sir By visiting the Quarters of the Men belonging to the first Battallion of the Royal American Regiment with the Mayor, Sheriff, and other Magistrates and…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 1, 1757
[1757–1775] Sir I have perus’d the Letters and Papers you put into my Hands, and shall, as you desire, say what occurs to me on the considering them. I do…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, December 13, 1757
[Cravenstreet, Dec. 13. 1757] Dear Sir I have read your Manuscrit with some Attention. By the Arguments it contains against the Doctrine of a particular Providence, tho’ you allow a…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, April 8, 1760
London April 8. 1760 Dear Sir I received your Favour of the 31st of last Month, 4 the answering of which I delayed and [I] should be glad to accompany…
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William Crawford to John Adams, July 4, 1763
Worcester July 4th 1763 My Friend I hope you enjoy mens sana in Corpore Sano: My Body for more than six months past has been in some degree more than…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, August 11, 1763
Weymouth August th 11 1763 1 My Friend If I was sure your absence to day was occasioned, by what it generally is, either to wait upon Company, or promote…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, September 12, 1763
Weymouth Sepbr. th 12 1763 You was pleas’d to say that the receipt of a letter from your Diana always gave you pleasure. Whether this was designed for a complement,…
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Jonathan Sewall to John Adams, February 15, 1764
Boston 15th. Feby. 1764 Dear Brother John You may remember we had some Confab. together about having the Small Pox in Concert. I intend next week (Thursday) to be inoculated…
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Hannah Storer Green to John Adams, February 20, 1764
Boston Februry. 20th. 1764 Sir I think myself greatly indebted to you, for the honor you do my judgment, in refering so important a debate to my decission; and I…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 7, 1764
Weymouth April 7. 1764 Sir How do you now? For my part, I feel much easier than I did an hour ago, My Unkle 1 haveing given me a more…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 8, 1764
Weymouth April 8. 1764 Sir If our wishes could have conveyed you to us, you would not have been absent to Day. Mr. Cranch and my Sister have been here,…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 12, 1764
Weymouth April 12. 1764 My Dearest Friend Here am I all alone, in my Chamber, a mere Nun I assure you, after professing myself thus will it not be out…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, May 9, 1764
Weymouth May. th 9 1764 Welcome, Welcome thrice welcome is Lysander to Braintree, but ten times more so would he be at Weymouth, whither you are afraid to come.—Once it…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, October 4, 1764
Boston Octobr. 4. 1764 Sir I am much obliged to you for the care you have taken about help. I am very willing to submit to some inconveniences in order…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, October 13, 1764
Saturday afternoon Boston Octobr. 13. 1764 When I wrote you by the Doctor 1 I was in hopes that I should have been out the next day, but my disorder…