Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 October 1775
Braintree October 21 1775 Tis ten Days since I have wrote you a line; I have received one Letter since dated 27 of Sepbr. 1 You do not mention having…
Braintree October 21 1775 Tis ten Days since I have wrote you a line; I have received one Letter since dated 27 of Sepbr. 1 You do not mention having…
Octr. 20. 1775 My dear son I have suffered a great deal of Anxiety on your Account, having heard of your severe sickness. But am very glad to learn that…
October 20th, 1775 My dear Daughter I condole with you, most sincerely, for the loss of your most worthy grandmamma. I know you must be afflicted at this severe stroke.…
Octr: 19. 1775 My Dear It is some Time since I wrote you, and I have nothing, now, to write but Repetitions of Respect and Affection.–I am anxious to hear…
Braintree October 19 1775 I thank my Friends for their kind remembrance of me last week, 1 the Letter enclosed was dated one day after that I received a week…
Octr. 13. 1775 I this day received yours of the 29 of September, and the 1st. of October. Amidst all your Afflictions, I am greatly rejoiced to find that you…
Octr. 10. 1775 I am much concerned least you should feel an Addition to your Anxieties, from your having so seldom heard from me. But I pray you to dismiss…
Braintree october 9 1775 I have not been composed enough to write you since Last Sabbeth 1 when in the bitterness of my soul, I wrote a few confused lines,…
Philadelphia Octr. 7th. 1775 My dear Yesterday, by the Post, I received yours of Septr. 25th., and it renewed a Grief and Anxiety, that was before almost removed from my…
Hingham Octr. 4th. 1775 Dear Sir Since your absence your family has been visited with such a scene of sickness, as, I believe it never before saw. Mrs–s. Adams, Tommy,…