John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 5, 1780
May 5. 1780 My dear Portia By your Uncles Letter of 26 feb., he could not hear of any Letters from me by Trash. I certainly wrote by him from…
May 5. 1780 My dear Portia By your Uncles Letter of 26 feb., he could not hear of any Letters from me by Trash. I certainly wrote by him from…
May 3. 1780 My dear Portia Having just heard of a Small Brig bound directly from Nantes to Boston, I write you, one Line. The day before Yesterday, I had…
May 1 1780 My Dearest Friend Last week arrived at Boston the Marquis de la Fayette to the universal joy of all who know the Merit and Worth of that…
[ , Start insertion, Paris, April–May 1780 , End, ] 1 My dear Portia Yesterday We went to see the Garden of the King, Jardin du Roi, and his Cabinet…
Paris April 30th. 1780 Madam That a Nation once distinguished in the Annals of Mankind, should by the Pride, Avarice, Ambition, Injustice and Oppression of its Governors, loose its distant…
Paris March 16. 1780 My dear Portia I have never answered your Letter of the 8th. of June, 1 that I remember, and there is nothing in it that requires…
Wednesday Paris March 15th 1780 Hotel de Valois Rue de Richelieu Madam On Monday Morning I had the Honor to go with his Excellency and Mr. D [ana] to breakfast…
Paris March 15. 1780 My dearest Friend Mr. Brown, whom I left at Passy, when I returned to you, and whom I found here, upon my return to Paris, 1…
March 13th 1780 Sir Altho this is the first time I ever took up my pen to address you, 1 I do it in perfect confidence that you will not…
Plimouth March 10th 1780 I have to thank my Friend Mrs. Adams for a very agreable Letter Received a few days since. I shall make no other Apology for my…