Abigail Adams to John Thaxter, July 7, 1776
Braintree july 7. 1776 Sir As you have always expressd a desire to have the small pox with my family I write to let you know that we go next…
Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter was an American actress. She is best known for portraying Ellen Lawson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Martha "Ma" Kent in Superman (1978). She also appeared in Bewitched (1945), Blood on the Moon (1948), and The World of Henry Orient (1964).
Braintree july 7. 1776 Sir As you have always expressd a desire to have the small pox with my family I write to let you know that we go next…
Boston August 20 1776 Dear Sir My Little Charles has been so ill that I have not had leisure to day to thank you for your obliging favour 1 nor…
Philadelphia April 8. 1777 Dear Sir Your kind Favour of March 22. reached me Yesterday. I am much obliged to you for your Account of the Proceedings of the Superiour…
Braintree Febry 15 1778 1 Dear Sir I little thought when you left me, that so much time would have Elapsed before I had taken my pen to write to…
June 12 [ , Start insertion, 1778 , End, ] Dear Sir My spirits are rather low, I do not feel in any great moode for useing my pen, yet…
Braintree August 19 1778 Dear Sir I really began to feel very uneasy at your long Silence and feared Sickness or some disaster had befallen you. I have been a…
August 26 1778 Dear Sir Your favour of the 5th instant is just come to hand. 1 I should like very well to see the Speach you mention and the…
March 2. 1780 Dear sir I must attempt a few lines to you (tho very much troubled with whitlows upon my fingers) in reply to your favours from Ferrol and…
July 21 [ , Start insertion, 1780 , End, ] My dear Sir Your agreable favour of March 15 reachd me yesterday. I most sincerely thank you for every token…
Amsterdam Septr. 23 1780 Dear Sir Last Night I had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 17th. After reflecting a little upon matters I think upon the whole it…
Febry. 5 1781 My dear Sir I have not had the pleasure of a line from you since your arrival in Holland. I fear I have lost Letters by a…
Braintree may 25 1781 My mamma has so often reminded me of a deficiency in politeness in not replying to your letter 1 which is now too long out of…
A St: Petersbourg ce 2/13 Janvier 1782 Mon cher Monsieur Je viens de recevoir la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 22 du mois passé et je…
A St. Petersbourg 11/22 Juillet 1782 Mon cher Monsieur Monsieur D [ana] reçut il y a quelques jours une lettre, par la quelle vous lui mandéz prémiérement; que vous avéz…
Braintree july 21 1783 My dear Sir I almost fear I shall be too late for the Vessel which is about to sail for England. I did not know of…
Braintree October 20. 1783 To you my young Friend upon whom the parential ties are strong and unbroken; who never yet knew the agonies which attend the loss of a…
Auteuil March 20. 1785 My Dear Sir To what cause shall I attribute your silence, that not a line has reachd me since I arrived in Europe? Altho I have…
London June 2d. 1786 Dear Sir Yours of 22. Jan. 1 reached me, but yesterday. You would have entertained and obliged me, by an account of Grumblections and Prognostications, one…