John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 September 1771
Septr. 17. 1771. My Dear There is no Business here 1 –And I presume as little at Braintree. The Pause in the English Trade, has made Husbandmen and Manufacturers, and…
Septr. 17. 1771. My Dear There is no Business here 1 –And I presume as little at Braintree. The Pause in the English Trade, has made Husbandmen and Manufacturers, and…
London, Septr. 3: [ 1771 ] Dear sir I have just returned from an agreable excursion, in the course of which I had the pleasure of receiving your favour of…
Braintree April the 20 1771 Dear Sir I write you, not from the Noisy Buisy Town, but from my humble Cottage in Braintree, where I arrived last Saturday and here…
Boston April 11th. 1 1771 My dear sir Three Days since I received your obliging Favour of February 21st. for which I thank you. The Account you give me of…
London, Feb. 21. 1771 Dear sir I have very little of a political, or of any other kind of entertainment to give you. Yet I cannot omit a few lines,…
London, Feb. 21. 1771 Madam Your kindness to me in a former absence, requires some acknowledgment in this. I write to you, therefore, with the view of repaying an obligation,…
Boston Janry. 4 1770 Dear Cousin I Congratulate you upon the fine weather we have had since your absence; if it has been as favourable to you, as it has…
Falmouth < June 30 > July 1 1769 [ My ] 1 Dear We have lived thro the Heat, and Toil, and Confusion of this Week. We have tried three…
Falmouth [ 29 ] June [ 1769 ], I know not wt. day but it is Thurdsday morning the first Week 1 My dearest I embrace with Joy, this Opportunity…
Weymouth April 13th 1768 I return you Dr. Smollet, the Modern Travels, and the Funeral Elegy: with thanks for the lent of them. 1 If at any time when you…