Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, August 14, 1777
August 14. 1777. Braintree This is the memorable fourteenth of August. This day 12 years the Stamp office was distroyd. 1 Since that time what have we endured? What have…
August 14. 1777. Braintree This is the memorable fourteenth of August. This day 12 years the Stamp office was distroyd. 1 Since that time what have we endured? What have…
[ , Start insertion, Plymouth, ante 14 August 1777 , End, ] 1 Most sincerly do I Congratulate My Friend on her Restoration to Health after pain, peril and Disappointment.…
Boston July 28th. 1777 Mr. Adams Not haveing anything worth troubling you with for sometime have been silent. The late Affair of Ticonderogia, makes us all sick. I have been…
Philadelphia July 28. 1777 My dearest Friend Never in my whole Life, was my Heart affected with such Emotions and Sensations, as were this Day occasioned by your Letters of…
Philadelphia July 27. 1777 My dear Son If it should be the Design of Providence that you should live to grow up, you will naturally feel a Curiosity to learn…
Philadelphia July 26. 1777 Saturday My dearest Friend At this Moment, I hope you are abed and happy. I am anxious to hear, and the more so because I had…
July 23 1777 My dearest Friend Notwithstanding my confinement I think I have not omitted writing you by every post. I have recoverd Health and strength beyond expectation; and never…
Philadelphia July 21. 1777 My best Friend I have long sought for a compleat History of the Revolution in the low Countries, when the Seven united Provinces seperated from the…
Phila. July 20th. 1777 The little masterly Expedition to Rhode Island has given Us, some Spirits, amidst our Mournings for the Loss of Ti. Barton conducted his Expedition with infinite…
Fryday July 18, 1777 The Papers inclosed will inform you, of the Loss of Ticonderoga, with all its Circumstances of Incapacity and Pusillanimity.—Dont you pitty me to be wasting away…