William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams Smith, June 6, 1787
Aranjuez, June 6th, 1787. My Dear Friend: I was much pleased this morning by the receipt of yours of May 19th. 1 Look at the dates—May 5th, Paris, and Blois,…
Aranjuez, June 6th, 1787. My Dear Friend: I was much pleased this morning by the receipt of yours of May 19th. 1 Look at the dates—May 5th, Paris, and Blois,…
Aranjuez June 4 th. 1787. My dear Madam— I have recived your agreable Letter of the 5 th. of may 1 and am much obliged for it, at the same…
London April 28th 1787 My dear sister I have now to acknowledge your kind favour of April 7th 1 by Captain Folger— I have already written to my Neices 2…
York House, Dover, April 26th, 1787. 1 I dare say, my friend, when you receive this, you will think I have moved with great rapidity. There have but two things…
London April 26 1787— my dear Neice I write you a few lines my dear Lucy to thank you for your kind Letter, and to inform you that I am…
Wednesday Evening 25. April 1787. Portsmouth Dear Madam It may perhaps afford you satisfaction to learn that M r Adams and his secretary pro tempore 1 arrived at the Crown…
Braintree April 22d 1787 My Dear Sister Captain Cushing arriv’d last Monday after a tedious Passage It was so long since I receiv’d any Letters from you that I began…
Charleston April the 12 th. 87 My dear Madam I have the happiness to inform you that we are again settled, in Charleston, we had a Passage of seven weeks,…
London March th 20th 1787 My dear Son I have procured the Books for you, and Captain Folger not sailing quite so soon as I expected, I have sent them…
London March 15th 1787 Dear Tommy I would not omit writing you, because you seem to think you have been agrieved. I do not recollect what I wrote you, but…