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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, September 12, 1786
London Sepbr 12th 1786 My Dear Sister I am again safe arrived in this city after an absence of five weeks. By the last vessels I wrote Some of my…
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Letters to Mary Smith Cranch
B. 1769 · D. 1855
William Cranch was a United States circuit judge and chief judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. A staunch Federalist and nephew of First Lady Abigail Adams, Cranch moved his legal practice from Massachusetts to the new national capital, where he became one of three city land commissioners for Washington, D.C., and during his judicial service also was the 2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and a professor of law at Columbian College.
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87 letters
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 20, 1787
London Janry 20th 1787 Mr dear sister Since the Sailing of captain Folger by whom I wrote you, I have received Letters from you of the following dates, Sepbr 24…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, April 28, 1787
London April 28th 1787 My dear sister I have now to acknowledge your kind favour of April 7th 1 by Captain Folger— I have already written to my Neices 2…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, September 15, 1787
Sepbr 15 th [ 1787 ] Grosvenour Square my dear sister When I wrote you last, I was just going to Set out on a journey to the West of…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, October 20, 1787
London october 20th 1787 Dear sister As captain Folger is not yet gone I write a few more lines by him, tho I have nothing new to acquaint you with,…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, December 15, 1788
Jamaica December 15 1788 my dear sister I thank you for your kind Letter of Nov br 30th Dec br 2d you judg’d rightly I was almost melancholy to be…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, October 4, 1789
Richmond Hill october 4 th 1789 my dear sister I wrote you a Letter last week, but as it did not get to the Post office, I have detaind it…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, October 11, 1789
Richmond Hill october 11 1789 my dear sister Mr Adams Sets of tomorrow morning on a visit to Braintree. I would gladly have accompanied him, but so many difficulties arose…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 5, 1790
Jan ry 5 th 1790 my dear sister I begin my Letter with the congratulations of the season, to you and all my other Friends & for many happy returns…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, January 24, 1790
Richmond Hill Jan ry 24 1789 [ 1790 ] my dear sister I embrace this opportunity By my Brother to write you a few lines tho it is only to…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, April 3, 1790
April 3d 1790 N york my dear sister I congratulate you and my dear Neice upon the late happy event in your Family. can you really believe that you are…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, April 21, 1790
Richmond Hill April 21 1790 my dear sister I received your two kind Letters of April 1 & 5 1 I am extreemly sorry to hear that mrs Norten is…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, April 28, 1790
Richmond Hill April 28 1790 my dear Sister I designd to have written to you by the Monday Post, but I was so very ill on Sunday that I could…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, May 8, 1790
[ 8 May 1790 ] my dear sister I wrote to you ten days ago and informd you that my Family were very sick. I did not then conceive it…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, August 29, 1790
Sunday eve Nyork August 29 1790 my Dear sister I last Night received your Letter which I have long expected, dated 9 th of August, and thank you for your…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, December 12, 1790
Philadelphia dec br 12 1790 my dear sister I have received your two kind Letters one dated in october the 30 day I think & the 14 of Nov br…
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Abigail Adams Smith to Mary Smith Cranch, February 8, 1791
New York Febuary 8 th 1791 your kind attention my Dear Aunt demands an early acknowledgement, you judge very right that it would contribute greatly to my happiness could I…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, March 12, 1791
Bush Hill March 12 th 1791 my dear sister I was just going to set down to write to you, when I received your Letter of 1 I am sensible…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, October 17, 1791
N york Sunday october 17 [ 1791 ] 1 my dear sister I arrived here last Night. my first inquiry was for a Letter from you, which I was happy…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, October 30, 1791
Philadelphia october 30th 1791 my dear Sister I wrote to you upon my journey whilst I was at Brookfield the sunday after I left you and was sorry to find…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, December 18, 1791
Philadelphia december 18 1791 my dear sister I wrote to you on the 27 of Nov br but company comeing in call’d me from my pen, and I have not…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, April 20, 1792
Philadelphia April 20th 1792 My dear sister I have just received your kind Letter as I was about to write to you to inform you that we proposed Sitting out…
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Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, April 29, 1792
Sunday N york April 29 1792 my dear sister I left Philadelphia on twesday Noon the 24 of April. my first stage was only twenty miles. I bore it better…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith Cranch, April 21, 1793
Haverhill April 21 st 1793 My Dear Sister— I have been exceedingly grieved at hearing of our dear Sister Adams’s Illness— She was so well in the winter, that I…