John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1775
Philadelphia July 1 7. 1775 My Dear I have received your very agreable Favours of June 22d. and 25th. They contain more particulars than any Letters I had before received…
Philadelphia July 1 7. 1775 My Dear I have received your very agreable Favours of June 22d. and 25th. They contain more particulars than any Letters I had before received…
Braintre July 5 1775 I have received a good deal of paper from you; I wish it had been more coverd; the writing is very scant but I must not…
Phyladelphia July 4. 1775 My dear This Letter is to go by my worthy Friend Mr. Stephen Collins of this City. This Gentleman is of Figure and Eminence as well…
Weymouth July. 3. 1775 Dear Sr. You have no Doubt long before this heard of the unhappy Fate of Charlestown, its Destruction by Fire, the forcing of our Entrenchments there…
Braintree June 28th. 1775 Dear Sir One of the many brave and gallant Actions that have graced our Arms, I take the Liberty of writing you an Account of. The…
June 25 1775 Braintree Dearest Friend My Father has been more affected with the distruction of Charlstown, than with any thing which has heretofore taken place. Why should not his…
Salem. June 24. 1775 Mr. Adams Long before this will reach you, you will have an Account of the Action, att Charlestown, in which though the regulars have gaind an…
Philadelphia June 23. 1775 My Dear I have this Morning been out of Town to accompany our Generals Washington, Lee, and Schuyler, a little Way, on their Journey to the…
June 22 1775 I received yours [of] june 10, for which I thank you. I want you to be more perticuliar. Does every Member feel for us? Can they realize…
Phyladelphia June 18. 1775 My Dear This Letter, I presume, will go by the brave and amiable General Washington. Our Army will have a Group of Officers, equal to any…