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John Adams to Joseph Delaplaine, December 30, 1815
Quincy December 30. 1815 Sir I have received your favour of Decr 24th. I have Settled the Plan with Mr Morse. You ask a Sketch of my Life. I was…
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Letters about Diplomacy
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Joseph Delaplaine to John Adams, December 24, 1815
Philada. Decr. 24th: 1815. Dear sir I have received you very obliging favour, & thank you for you kindness in promising to sit to Mr. Morse, for your portrait for…
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Cyrus Kingsbury to John Adams, December 23, 1815
Andover, Dec. 23, 1815. Honoured Sir; I hope you will excuse me for troubling you with a line relative to the subject on which I called at your house. the…
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John Adams to Jedidiah Morse, December 22, 1815
Quincy Decr. 22. 1815 Feast of the Pilgrims. Dear Sir You are examining me upon Interrogatories. I must tell you the Truth and nothing but the Truth. But to tell…
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Jedidiah Morse to John Adams, December 21, 1815
Charlestown Dec. 21. 1815 Dear sir, Your favor of the 28th. is before me, My son, & his parents feel much obliged to You for your polite & kind invitation…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, November 13, 1815
Quincy Nov. 13 1815 Dear sir The fundamental Article of my political Creed is, that Despotism, or unlimited Sovereignty, or absolute Power is the same in a Majority of a…
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John Adams to Richard Rush, November 11, 1815
Quincy Novbr 11th 1815 Dear Rush To your studies in Jurisprudence, I wish all the success, which you can possibly wish for yourself; but you must collect yourself & remember…
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David Sewall to John Adams, November 10, 1815
York 10th. Novr. 1815. Dear Sir I was much gratified with the reception of yours of Novr. 4th. Current And if it were in my power to communicate the Strength…
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John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, November 10, 1815
Quincy Nov. 10. 1815 Dear Sir May your anticipations of another Visit to Quincy be reallised! Much good may your Theological Studies do you! I have been reading an Abridgment…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, November 9, 1815
Olden Barneveld, November 9, 1815. Musing on Molière, the last precious gift of de Gyzelaer, which I received this summer, I was as usual diverted from him to you, recollecting…