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Martha Washington to Mercy Otis Warren, December 26, 1789
My Dear Madam New York December the 26th 1789 Your very friendly letter of the 27th of last month has afforded me much more satisfaction than all the formal compliments…
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Letters to Mercy Otis Warren
B. 1728 · D. 1814
Mercy Otis Warren was an American activist poet, playwright, and pamphleteer during the American Revolution. During the years before the Revolution, she had published poems and plays that attacked royal authority in Massachusetts and urged colonists to resist British infringements on colonial rights and liberties. Her husband, James Warren, was likewise heavily active in the independence movement.
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, December 26, 1790
Philadelphia Dec r 26— 1790 Madam Yesterday I had the pleasure of receiving your favour of September the 24 th with an elegant copy of your poems dramatic and miscellaneous;…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, February 14, 1791
Philadelphia February 14 th 1791— Madam. By the last post I received your letter of January 17 th , and was as much surprised at the information that my last…
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Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, October 1, 1797
Quincy october 1 st 1797 my dear Madam I acknowledg myself indebted to you for two kind Letters, 1 both of which found me in circumstances of distress; the first…
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Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, June 17, 1798
Philadelphia June 17 1798 You and I, my dear Madam have trod together, through one Gloomy scene, of war, havock and desolation; and we have Seen our Country rise superiour…
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Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, January 16, 1803
Quincy Jan’ ry 16 th 1803 my Dear Madam It was with much pleasure I recognized the Hand writing of an old Friend, tho only in the Signature of her…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, August 30, 1803
Quincy August 30th. 1803 Dear Madam I received, with much pleasure, late, the last evening your kind Letter of the 28th. of the month, and Should have answered it Sooner…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, March 9, 1807
Quincy March 9th 1807 my Dear Mrs Warren To your kind and friendly Letter I fully designd an immediate replie, but a Severe attack of a rheumatick complaint in my…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 11, 1807
Quincy July 11. 1807 Dear Madam As it is neither consistent with my Principles, Disposition or habits, upon any misunderstanding with an ancient Friend, to conceive Resentment and hostility to…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 20, 1807
Quincy July 20th. 1807 Dear Madam In the 392 Page of the third Volume of your History you say that “After Mr Adams’s return from England, he was implicated, by…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 27, 1807
Quincy July 27th. 1807 Dear Madam In the 131 and 132 page of the first Volume of your History, you are pleased to say that John Adams, one of the…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 28, 1807
Quincy 28th. July 1807 Dear Madam In the 135th. Page of your Second Volume, you State that in 1778 Mr John Adams of the State of Massachusetts was chosen to…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, December 31, 1809
Quincy December 31st 1809 Dear Madam Standing as we do upon the confines of the other world, you at the age of four-score, and I at three score and near…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, December 30, 1812
December 30th 1812 my dear Madam I will not Suffer the year to close upon me without noticeing your repeated favours and thanking you for them—so long as we inhabit…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, April 9, 1813
Quincy April 9th 1813 my dear Madam I cannot let my Son pass through Plimouth without stoping to inquire after your Health, and that of Your Family! Nor of asking…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, June 20, 1813
Quincy June 20th 1813 my dear Madam your Letter this morning received So kindly inquiring after my Dear Daughter, demands from me, not only my thanks, but an immediate reply.…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 11, 1813
Quincy July 11th 1813 My Dear Madam I received your obliging favour, with the Letters inclosed, and was gratified that the Sentiments which they contain’d met your cordial approbation, and…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, September 1, 1813
Quincy September 1. 1813 Madam Permit one to enclose to you a Packet from my old Friend Governor M Kean: and a dialogue of the dead. The latter was the…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, November 1, 1813
Quincy Nov’br 1st 1813 My Dear Madam I was so highly gratified with the visit from your Grandaughter that I could not leave her to write, knowing that She had…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, February 2, 1814
Quincy Feb. 2nd 1814 Dear Madam I send you a curiosity. Mr M Kean, is mistaken in a day or two, the final vote of Independence, after the last debate,…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, February 21, 1814
Quincy Feb’ry 21 1814 My Dear Madam I have been for near two months confined to my chamber, and much of that time unable to write or read or my…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, March 24, 1814
Quincy March 24. 1814 Dear Madam If weak Eyes and weaker fingers had not requird more time to write a Line than was once necessary for a page, I should…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 15, 1814
Quincy July 15th 1814 I thank you Madam for your obliging Letter of the 10th whether my life shall be Spared to se the restoration of peace, is a question…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, August 17, 1814
Quincy August 17th. 1814— Dear madam— I have certified in the book in the Atheneum that to my certain Knowledge, The Group was written by Mrs: Warren. Your polite invitation…