Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, April 11, 1798
Philadelphia, April 11th, 1798. My Dear Child: I received your two letters of April 5th and 7th, yesterday, and I enclosed you two from the children, in a letter to…
Philadelphia, April 11th, 1798. My Dear Child: I received your two letters of April 5th and 7th, yesterday, and I enclosed you two from the children, in a letter to…
Plimouth April 9 th 1798 Have I my dear madam appeared negligent in not answering your last friendly letter jest before you left this state.— low health through the winter…
Philadelphia April 9 th 1798 My Dear sister I wrote you on saturday that I would forward to you the Dispatches as soon as they were out. I accordingly inclose…
April 7 th 1798 my dear sister The senate on thursday voted to have the dispatches from our Envoys made publick, and orderd them Printed, but not the instructions. 1…
Quincy April 5th 1798 My dear Sister I last week had to inform you of the Sudden death of my much value’d Freind Mrs Quincy I Now have to acquaint…
April 4 1798 dear sister The eastern post will go out this morning and I take my pen to thank you for your Letters of the 20 & 26th of…
Philadelphia April 4 th 1798 my dear son To know that one Cannot freely say that Black, is Black; even tho it be “darkness visible,” or that white is white,…
Philadelphia April 4 1798 my Dear Son I embrace this opportunity by mr Thornton Secretary to mr Liston the British Minister to write too you, and to Send you two…
Washington March 12 th. 1798 Dear Madam After a most fatigueing journey I arrived on friday Evening. I travel’d all the first night, & arrived in Baltimore the next night…
Philadelphia March 9 th 1798 my dear Madam I yesterday received your kind Letter of March 5 th 1 and congratulate you and the Judge upon your safe arrival at…