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John Adams to Alexander Jardine, June 1, 1790
New York June 1 st 1790 Sir I take the opportunity by General Mansell to acknowledge the receipt of your polite letter of the 29 of May 1789 and to…
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Letters from 1790
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John Adams to Thomas Brand Hollis, June 1, 1790
NewYork June 1 1790 My dear friend Nothing mortifies me more than the difficulty I find to maintain that correspondence with you which when I left England I thought would…
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Henry Marchant to John Adams, May 29, 1790
Newport May 29 th. 1790— Most respected Friend ’tis done,—’tis done— The Constitution this Day was adopted by Our State Convention, by a Majority of two— Never were Days of…
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Bartholomew Burges to John Adams, May 29, 1790
New York 29 th. May ’90 May it please your Excellency— Sir, You did me the honor the winter before last to subscribe to a little Astronomical essay of mine…
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Thomas Brand Hollis to John Adams, May 28, 1790
28 May. 1790 Chesterfeild Street Dear Sir Having an opportunity of writing by M r Rutledge 1 I embrace it with great pleasure to convey to you a few lines…
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John Adams to Thomas, Jr Crafts, May 25, 1790
New York 25 th [ May ] 1790 Dear Sir I have received with a mixture of pleasure and gloomy melancholy your favour of the 17 th. What motives the…
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Benjamin Rush to John Adams, April 13, 1790
Philadelphia April 13. 1790 Dear Sir, Your last letter is a treasure.— 1 Every Sentence in it is full of instruction. I have often contemplated that passion in mankind to…
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John Quincy Adams to John Adams, April 5, 1790
Newbury-Port. April 5 th: 1790. Dear Sir. I have more than once mentioned to you, the state of retirement from political conversation in which I live, and the restraints which…
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John Adams to James Lovell, April 5, 1790
New York April 5 th: 90 Dear Sir I am much obliged by your favor of March 20 th and very apprehensive that this is not the only letter of…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, April 4, 1790
New York April 4. 1790 Dear sir The Tories as you observe in your friendly Letter of 24 Feb. are more attached to each other; they are also, We must…