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Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, May 23, 1802
Quincy May 23 1802— My Dear Thomas William Shaw was here to spend the Sabbeth, and brought with him his Letters from you; he shew me that in which you…
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Letters to Thomas Boylston Adams
B. 1772 · D. 1832
Thomas Boylston Adams was the third and youngest son of second United States president John Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams. He worked as a lawyer, a secretary to his brother John Quincy Adams while the latter served as United States ambassador to the Netherlands and Prussia, the business manager of and a contributor to the political and literary journal Port Folio, and a Massachusetts chief justice.
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133 letters
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 12, 1802
Boston 12. December 1802. I have had your favour of the 30 th: ult o: several days; and have taken time to deliberate upon its contents— And first as to…
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Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 13, 1802
Quincy Dec’ br 13 th 1802 Dear Thomas I was in Boston at your Brothers when Mr Shaw received Your Letters. according to the direction given him, he deliverd them.…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 2, 1803
2. January 1803. I have now received the Port-Folio, to number 48 inclusive; excepting N: 47 which yet remains in arrear— They have come to me lately, two and three…
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Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 27, 1803
Quincy Jan ry 27 th 1803 Dear Thomas. A little well timed and just criticism is sometimes very Salutary. If I had not been conscious that I deserved Your Raillery…
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John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 28, 1803
Quincy Jan. 28. 1803 Dear Sir I have had the pleasure of receiving your favour of the 18 th and congratulate you, on the Success of your labours. Thank you…
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John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, February 3, 1803
Quincy [ ante 25 ] Feb. 1803 Dear Sir In my last I attempted to prove that Goverment and Society are inseperable from each other. 1 In the case…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, August 19, 1803
Boston 19. August 1803. I have received two or three letters from you, which I have not answered for want of a conveyance— 1 My objection to the Post Office,…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, August 21, 1803
Quincy 21. August 1803. You will be so anxious to hear the state of your mother’s health that I cannot forbear writing you a line— Since I wrote you last…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, October 12, 1803
Newark 12. October 1803. Wednesday. My dear Brother. We have been detained here since Sunday the 9 th: inst t: by the severe illness of my wife— We think however…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, October 15, 1803
Frankford. Saturday Evening 15. October 1803. My dear Brother. I presume you had not left Bristol two hours before we arrived there— Your advice to us to stop at the…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, February 18, 1804
18 February 1804. The Louisiana Government bill has this day pass’d, yeas 20. Nays 5.— It now goes to the House of Representatives, where we shall see what will be…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 13, 1804
Washington 13. December 1804. Your letter of the 2d: has been duly received, and has contributed with those of your father received at the same time to cheer my mind,…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, February 8, 1805
Washington 8. Feby: 1805. I have two or three letters from you which I am afraid will never be answered in the manner all your letters deserve to be answered;…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 18, 1805
Washington 18. Decr: 1805 Your letter of the 4th: instt: came to hand two days ago—But I have no information of a public nature to communicate, which may render it…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 20, 1806
Washington 20. January 1806. Your letter closing the last and commencing the present year, has been several days in my hands, and has hitherto remained without reply, from a variety…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, March 19, 1806
Washington 19. March 1806 I have received two letters from you, since I wrote you last; but I presume you will know the reason which has prevented me from answering…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 13, 1807
Washington 1 [3] < , Start deletion, Decemb , End, > Jany: 1807 My dear Brother. I received a few days since your favour of the 28th. ulto: with the…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, December 14, 1807
Washington 14. Decr: 1807. Your’s of the 3d: instt: came to hand the night before last; I am perfectly satisfied with your sales of my wood—I had a little kindness…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, March 12, 1808
Washington 12. March 1808. My dear Brother. I begin by congratulating you upon the birth of your daughter Elizabeth, of which I had never heard, untill I received your letter…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, August 7, 1809
At Sea. 7. August 1809—Monday My Dear Brother. About 9. O’Clock this Morning we spoke a fishing Schooner from the Grand Bank, belonging and bound to Plymouth—We were in the…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, September 24, 1809
24. September 1809. The original of which the within is a duplicate, was dispatched to you on the 16th: of August, by the Dove, a fishing vessel belonging to Plymouth,…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, January 8, 1810
[ 8 Jan. 1810 ] The cypher consists of two parts—a Lock and a Key. The Lock is a sheet of paper, with four columns of letters at the left,…
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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, April 21, 1810
St: Petersburg 21. April 1810. I have already drawn for three hundred pounds Sterling, of the credit, for which Mr: Gray gave me a letter upon his correspondents here. He…