Cotton Tufts to John Adams, April 26, 1776
Weymouth April 26. 1776 Dear Sr. Soon after the Removal of our Enemies from Boston, I sat myself down to write You the Proceedings of our Army from their Cannonading…
Weymouth April 26. 1776 Dear Sr. Soon after the Removal of our Enemies from Boston, I sat myself down to write You the Proceedings of our Army from their Cannonading…
April 23d. 1776 This is St. Georges Day, a Festival celebrated by the English, as Saint Patricks is by the Irish, St. Davids by the Welch, and St. Andrews by…
April 21 1776 I have to acknowledg the Recept of a very few lines dated the 12 of April. You make no mention of the whole sheets I have wrote…
Philadelphia April 18. 1776 My dear Son I thank you for your agreable Letter of the Twenty fourth of March. 1 I rejoice with you that our Friends are once…
April 18th, 1776 My dear Daughter I cannot recollect the tenderness and dutiful affection you expressed for me, just before my departure, without the most sensible emotion, approbation, and gratitude.…
April 18 1776 I cannot omit so good an opportunity as offers by Mr. Church of telling you that we are all well. I wrote you two Letters last week…
Watertown April 17 1776 If my dear friend Required only a very Long Letter to make it agreable I Could Easily Gratify her but I know There must be many…
April 15. 1776 I send you every News Paper, that comes out, and I send you now and then a few sheets of Paper but this Article is as scarce…
Ap. 14. 1776 You justly complain of my short Letters, but the critical State of Things and the Multiplicity of Avocations must plead my Excuse.—You ask where the Fleet is.…
April 14 1776 I have misst my Good Friend Col. W [arre] n from Watertown in the conveyance of my Letters; you make no mention of more than one, write…