John Adams to William Tudor, August 28, 1774
Prince Town New Jersey Aug. 28. 1774 Dr. Sir I received your obliging Letter at New York, and it was peculiarly acceptable to me and my Companions, and of great…
William Tudor was an American politician, military officer and lawyer from Boston. His eldest son William became a leading literary figure in Boston. Another son, Frederic, founded the Tudor Ice Company and became Boston's "Ice King", shipping ice to the tropics from many local sources of fresh water including Walden Pond, Fresh Pond, and Spy Pond in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Prince Town New Jersey Aug. 28. 1774 Dr. Sir I received your obliging Letter at New York, and it was peculiarly acceptable to me and my Companions, and of great…
Braintree October 15 1774 Sir I received your very obliging Letter 1 and thank you for the early intelligence of your designed Tour. 2 I could wish to be a…
Phyladelphia June 20th. 1775 Dr sir I have lamented excessively the Want of your Correspondence ever since I have been here. Not a Line from Dr. Winthrop, Dr. Cooper, Mr.…
July 23. 1775 Dr sir We live in Times, when it is necessary to look about Us, and to know the Character of every Man, who is concerned in any…
Novr. 14. 1775 Dear Sir I received your kind Letter of the 28th. of Octr.—but yesterday. It was such a Letter as I wish all my Friends would write me,…
Philadelphia June 24. 1776 Dear sir Your Favour of May 4th. has lain by me, till this Time unanswered, and I have heard nothing from you Since. I have entertained…
Philadelphia July 10. 1776 Dear Sir Yours of the 7th. instant I received yesterday. I wish to see you here for Several Reasons. But particularly, to hear your Observations upon…
Philadelphia August 29. 1776 Dear Sir I Sett down now in the Character of a School Master, or a Fellow of a Colledge to give myself Airs, the Pedantry and…
Philadelphia March 11. 1777 Dear Sir Yours of the 7th. instant, I just received. Am glad to find the Post begins to do its Duty, and that Intelligence, is like…
Philadelphia March 22. 1777 Dear sir Yours of the 16th. I got Yesterday. If Howe imagines that one fourth of Pensilvania are Quakers, he is mistaken one half: for upon…
Philadelphia April 27. 1777 Aha!—exchanging the Pride, Pomp and Circumstance of Glorious War, for the soft Charms of Wedlock and domestic Felicity, 1 I suppose—abandoning Gun, Drum, Trumpet, Blunderbuss and…
New York. May 3. 1789 Dear Sir Your fav r. of 22 Ult. is rec d. — I was well aware that many of my Friends and the Well Wishers…
New York May. 27. 1789 Dear Sir I have received your favour of the 18 th. but cannot agree with you that “a considerable Period must elapse before the United…
New York June 12. 1789 Dear sir Your Letters put me more and more out of Patience every Post.— Why, in that of the 6 th. do you call our…
Philadelphia Feb. 15. 1791 Dear Sir My good Genius this morning has thrown in my Way, by perfect Accident, your oration of the 4. July last, and although I read…