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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 May 1777
May 2. 1777 We have promoted Arnold, one Step this day, for his Vigilance, Activity, and Bravery, in the late Affair at Connecticutt. 1 –We shall make Huntingdon a Brigadier,…
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Letters from 1777
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 May 1777
May 1. 1777 This is King Tammany–s Day. Tammany was an Indian King, of this Part of the Continent, when Mr. Penn first came here. His Court was in this…
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Abigail Adams to John Adams, April 1777
[ April 1777 ] 1 The young folks desire Mamma to return thanks for their Letters which they will properly notice soon. It would have grieved you if you had…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 April 1777
April 30. 1777 We have a fine Piece of News this Morning of the March of 2000 of the Enemy, and destroying a fine Magazine there–and the stupid sordid cowardly…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 April 1777
Ap. 29. 1777 This days Post brought me yours of 17th. inst. and Miss Nabbys obliging Favour of the 16. 1 This young Lady writes a very pretty Hand, and…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 April 1777
Ap. 28. 1777 There is a Clock Calm, at this Time, in the political and military Hemispheres. The Surface is smooth and the Air serene. Not a Breath, nor a…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 April 1777
Ap. 27. 1777 Your Favours of Ap. 2 and Ap. 7. I have received. The inclosed Evening Post, will give you, some Idea, of the Humanity of the present Race…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 April 1777
Saturday Evening 26 April 1777 I have been lately more remiss, than usual in Writing to you. There has been a great Dearth of News. Nothing from England, nothing from…
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Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams, 25 April 1777
Boston, Aprill the 25th. 1777 [Mr. Adam] s The bearer is Thomas Russell Esq., who is going to The Congress in order to make Application in behalf of the Town…
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Cotton Tufts to John Adams, 24 April 1777
April 24. 1777 Dear Sr. I wrote to you last Week by Mr. Thos. Russell who was to set out for Philadelphia on Monday last. In it I gave you…