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John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, June 20, 1814
Amsterdam, 20 June 1814. My dear Son. I received your second Letter, dated 23. May, just as I was coming on board the ship at Gothenburg, so that I had…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 13, 1814
St Petersburg June 13th. 1814 How shall I express my thanks my best beloved friend for you very kind attention. No 8 was put into my hand on my arrival…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, June 12, 1814
United States Corvette John Adams. Below Wingo. Sunday 12 June 1814— The wind, which had been blowing for ten days to the Westward having yesterday become fair, Captain Angus went…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 12, 1814
Quincy June 12th: 1814 My ever dear Son I have received your number 27. 15 October, 13. The large quarto Pamphlet entitled “Principes de Chronologie pour les temps anterieurs aux…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 19, 1814
St Petersburg May 19th. 1814. My dear friend Owing to the unfortunate detention of your last letter (that is to say No 2) I lost the opportunity of writing to…
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 15, 1814
St Petersburg May 15th. 1814 We had concluded from appearances here that you would be detained some days at Revel, but I did not imagine that your stay would have…
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Abigail Smith Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushing, May 15, 1814
Quincy may 15 1814 My dear Friend I really was much rejoyed to See once again your hand writing. While I feelingly Sympathize with you, in the weakness of your…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, May 14, 1814
Reval. Saturday Evening 14. May 1814. My dear Wife After I had closed my Letter for you which is to go by this night’s Post, I received a Letter from…
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John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, May 13, 1814
Reval 1/13 May 1814. What can I say to my beloved friend, but that I am still the prisoner of the ice and the winds?—It is a poor Consolation, but…
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Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, May 13, 1814
Atkinson May 13th 1814 My Dear Sister, I have often felt thankful that we cannot trace our Geneology to the family of Kill-Joys , but are closely allied to those,…