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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, March 20, 1804
20. March 1804. A letter is now reading from Captain Bainbridge, with an account of the loss of the frigate Philadelphia, wreck’d on rocks on the coast of Tripoli—the last…
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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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James Wilkinson to John Adams, September 12, 1804
Frederick Town Maryland Septr. 12th. [ , Start insertion, 18 , End, ]04 Honored & Dear Sir I rely on your goodness to pardon me for this intrusion, which springs…
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John Davis to John Adams, September 28, 1804
Boston Septemr 28th. 1804. Dear Sir, It has again become my duty to address you on a melancholly subject. The excellent President Willard , whose discourse we so lately heard…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, October 15, 1804
Olden barneveled 15 oct. 1804. Dear Sir! As you assured me in your last favour, with which you honoured me the 3d. of march, that my letters did give you…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, November 3, 1804
Washington 3. Novr: 1804. Dear Sir I wrote you a few lines from New-York, enclosing a copy of Commodore Morris’s Defence, for Mr: Shaw—The day after which I left that…
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Richard Morris to John Adams, November 5, 1804
Morrisania November 5the 1804 Sir Having been honored with a commission of a Captain in the Navy by you, and still desirous of preserving your good Opinion, which I highly…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, December 11, 1804
Washington 11. Decr: 1804 My dear Sir, I received together last Evening your two favours of 30th: ulto: and 2d: instt: for which I most sincerely return you my thanks.—In…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, January 24, 1805
Washington 24. January 1805 Dear Sir You will find, in the multitude of public documents, which I constantly transmit to you, the only apology I have to offer, for the…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, March 23, 1805
My much respected & dear friend, Philadelphia March 23rd: 1805 I was much gratified by your early answer to my letter, and by your kind inquiries after several branches of…
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John, Jr Avery to John Adams, April 11, 1805
Boston April 11. 1805— Sir Agreeably to the Request of the Trustees of the Massachusetts Society for promoting Agriculture, I have the honor to inclose you their Vote, passed this…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, May 17, 1805
Olden barneveld 17 May. 1805. Dear Sir! Your favor of march 14—with the post mark of Brookfield Mass: march 26 did not come to mÿ hands before the begin of…
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John, Jr Avery to John Adams, June 12, 1805
Boston June 12th: 1805— Sir I have the honor to inform you, that Your Excellency has been, this day, elected President of the Massachusetts Society for promoting Agriculture, and I…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, June 29, 1805
Philadelphia June 29. 1805. My dear Old friend Having been called upon lately to bear a part in the examination & exercises of twenty four Candidates for degrees in Medicine,…
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John Trumbull to John Adams, October 19, 1805
Hartford Octr. 19th. 1805— Dear Sir ‘Till I received your last of the 4th: instant I had no idea that you doubted the truth of Washington’s letter relative to the…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, November 21, 1805
Philadelphia Novr 21. 1805 My very dear friend I am pleased in reflecting that I destroyed all the documents and Anecdotes I had collected for private memoirs of the American…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, January 14, 1806
Washington 14. January 1806. I received some days since your kind favour containing the account of your occupations and amusements; and I have this day that of my brother dated…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, April 7, 1806
Oldenbarneveld 7 apr. 1806 Dear Sir! An indisposition of a week–occasioned bÿ a severe cold–with the unavoidable transactions of familÿ concerns, compelled, me to delaÿ an answer to your Lett.…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, June 10, 1806
Philada June 10th. 1806 My much respected & dear friend My long delay in answering your last letter has arisen from two causes—an unusual share of business from an unusually…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, June 26, 1806
Philadelphia June 26th. 1806 Dear Sir Herewith you will receive a small publication that contains several new Opinions in Physiology, < , Start deletion, and , End, > which admit…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, July 4, 1806
Cambridge 4. July 1806. My dear Sir I enclose you a letter, which I received last Monday, and by which you will learn the distressing misfortune which has befallen me—I…
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John Marshall to John Adams, July 6, 1806
Richmond July 6th. 1806 Dear Sir I have taken a liberty which may require an apology. Thinking it necessary, I have, without your permission, inserted in the life of General…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, July 7, 1806
Olden barneveld 7 July 1806 Dear Sir! At lenght I take again mÿ pen, to assure you of the high respect, with which I am So fortunate to feel mÿ…
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Samuel Foxcroft to John Adams, January 10, 1807
Jany 10th. 1807. Sir, I herewith send you Asmall book, which having your Name in it I suppose it to be yours. and that I borrowd it when we ware…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, January 12, 1807
Oldenbarnev. 12 Jan. 1807 Dear Sir! I spent two days as disagreable, as anÿ in mÿ life—tears bedewed my cheeks and reason and religion could not entirely assuage the pains…