Abigail Adams to John Adams, May 16, 1789
Braintree May 16 1789 My dearest Friend I yesterday received yours of May the 3 d by Captain Beal’s in which you request that I would come on imediatly Yours…
Braintree May 16 1789 My dearest Friend I yesterday received yours of May the 3 d by Captain Beal’s in which you request that I would come on imediatly Yours…
Havilands at Rye. April 19. 1789 My dear I have been so diligent on the Road and so much interrupted by Company at the Taverns that this is the first…
April 12 th. 89. M r. Du err , as you pronounce it, and my Wife seem to think alike as to the Powers of an Ambassadress when placed as…
Newyork april 6 th. 1789— Dear Sir— M r: Bourne has this moment waited upon me and informs, that he has been honoured by the senate with the appointment of…
Braintree Febry 20 th 1789 my dear madam When I left your Hospitable mansion, I did not design so many days should have elapsed, before I had express’d to you…
Haverhill February 14 th. 1789 My Dear Sister— You cannot think how mortified & grieved I was, by being so unexpectedly disappointed, of seeing my dear, long absent Friends last…
Plimouth feb 3 d 1789 How dos my dear M rs Adams like the City of New york: its manners & amusements as it may probably be her future residence…
New york Jan ry 12 th 1788 [1789] my dearest Friend I last wednesday received yours of Dec br 28 and should have answerd by the post of thursday but…
Braintree Dec r. 28. 1788 My dearest Friend I have rec d your favours of the 3 and 13 th and have opened that to our Son, who has been…
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…