Letters about Founding Era

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John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, March 29, 1811

From John Quincy Adams

To Thomas Boylston Adams

March 29, 1811

St: Petersburg 29 March 1811. At length after an interval of five months and seven days, since that when your last preceding letter came to hand, I have this morning…

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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, March 22, 1811

From John Quincy Adams

To Abigail Smith Adams

March 22, 1811

St: Petersburg 10/22. March 1811. I dined yesterday at the French Ambassadors, at a diplomatic dinner of about sixty persons in the highest and most formal style.—I give you a…

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Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 28, 1811

From Abigail Smith Adams

To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody

February 28, 1811

Quincy Feb’ry 28th 1811 my dear Sister I received your Letters by the Mail of yesterday, and by the return of it to day I write to give you all…

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Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, February 28, 1811

From Abigail Smith Adams

To Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams

February 28, 1811

Quincy Feb’ry 28th 1811 my Dear Daughter your Letter of Novbr 16th was an unexpected pleasure, for after yours of october the 13th, I had given up the Idea of…

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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, February 26, 1811

From John Adams

To John Quincy Adams

February 26, 1811

Quincy February 26. 1811 Dear Sir A Battery of Great Guns, has been erected in Philadelphia in the Beginning of this Year, under the Command of a young Engineer Mr…

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Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 26, 1811

From Abigail Smith Adams

To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody

February 26, 1811

Febry 26, 1811 my dear Sister I received your Letter by the Mail of yesterday, and by the return of it to day I write you a few lines to…

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Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, February 26, 1811

From Abigail Smith Adams

To Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt

February 26, 1811

Quincy, 26 February, 1811. Your Letter, my dear Caroline, gave me pleasure. As all your’s are calculated to enliven the spirits, I take them as a cordial, which during the…

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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, February 22, 1811

From John Adams

To John Quincy Adams

February 22, 1811

Quincy February 22. 1811 John Quincy Adams Esq. Yesterday I received by the Post from New York, your obliging Letter of 9. Novr.—Whether Letters are Sent through London Paris Gottenbourg…

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Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, February 22, 1811

From Abigail Smith Adams

To John Quincy Adams

February 22, 1811

Quincy Febry 22d 1811 my Dear Son The Schooner Washington owned by mr Gray is ready to Sail for St Petersburgh. I have already sent some Letters on Board of…

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Richard Cranch Norton to Abigail Smith Adams, February 20, 1811

From Richard Cranch Norton

To Abigail Smith Adams

February 20, 1811

Washington, Feby. 20th. 1811. My dear & honored Aunt, I have received your kind letter dated Feby. 11th. and feel the warmest gratitude for your tender sympathy with me in…

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