Abigail Adams to John Adams, 17 April 1777
April 17. 1777 Your obliging favours of March 14, 16 and 22, have received, and most sincerely thank you for them. I know not How I should support an absence…
April 17. 1777 Your obliging favours of March 14, 16 and 22, have received, and most sincerely thank you for them. I know not How I should support an absence…
Philadelphia Ap. 16. 1777 We are waiting with some Impatience to hear of the Arrival of some of the Massachusetts Troops at Head Q [uarte] rs. The Lassitude and Torpor,…
April 14. 1777 Dear Sr. We hear of your being at Philadelphia and wish You a comfortable Session there. The spring is now opening and with this (probably) some grand…
April 13. 1777 I have spent an Hour, this Morning, in the Congregation of the dead. I took a Walk into the Potters Field, a burying Ground between the new…
Boston. Aprill. 10. 1777 Mr. Adams Yours by post I have received, and with what Armes is Arrived this way, hope will be a full supply, and wish there were…
Philadelphia April 8. 1777 Dear Sir Your kind Favour of March 22. reached me Yesterday. I am much obliged to you for your Account of the Proceedings of the Superiour…
Philadelphia April 8. 1777 My dear Son I received your Letter of 23d. March, and was very much pleased with it, because it is a pretty Composition and your Mamma…
Ap. 8. 1777 Yours of 26 March came by this days Post. Am happy to hear you have received so many Letters from me. You need not fear Writing in…
Monday April 7. 1777 I hope to receive some Letters from you this week, the date of the last was the 7 of March and now tis the 7 of…
Philadelphia April 6. 1777 This Evening Major Ward deliverd me Yours of 23d. of March.–It is a great Pleasure to me to learn that your Flour has arrived. I begin…