Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, December 21, 1814
Quincy December 21 1814 my dear Daughter I shall make one effort more; to convey a Letter to you, and that by sending it to Ghent, where I really wish…
Quincy December 21 1814 my dear Daughter I shall make one effort more; to convey a Letter to you, and that by sending it to Ghent, where I really wish…
St Petersburg December 20th 1814 My best friend I was much disappointed at the receipt of your last letter having flatter’d myself that you would have had some letters from…
Ghent 20. December 1814. My dear wife. Our interval of leisure still continues—The British Messenger who took our last Note to England has not yet returned, but may now be…
Quincy December 20th 1814 My Dear Daughter I was glad to learn through mr Johnson that you had an agreable journey home Your visit here seems more like a vision,…
Boston 19 Dec 1814 Dear Sir I had promised my friend George Ticknor Esqr who will hand this letter to you, that I would accompany him to Quincy and have…
St Petersburg Decbr. 2d 1814 My best Friend Yours of the eighth is come not to fill me with doubts because that was already effected but to make those doubts…
Ghent 2. December 1814. My beloved wife. Yesterday morning your Letter of 6. November, which I mark number 41 was delivered to me—Why it had been so long on the…
Quincy December 2d 1814 Dear Sir I thank you for your favour of the 23d.— Gerry is gone to joine his Copatriots in lamentations over the degeneracy of his Country;…
Ghent 29 November 1814 My dearest wife. My letter of Friday last informed you of the arrival of the Fingal at Havre, and of the dispatches from the Government, brought…
Quincy Novbr 29th 1814 Dear Sir As my Husband has thought it proper to inclose a Letter, received from our Son to the president, which I presume you may read,…