Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton to Abigail Adams, June 11, 1799
[ ca. 11 June 1799 ] 1 Madam— The following production is one of my favorite children; it speaks to the heart, and without ornament, or personal beauty, is recommended…
[ ca. 11 June 1799 ] 1 Madam— The following production is one of my favorite children; it speaks to the heart, and without ornament, or personal beauty, is recommended…
Philadelphia 9 th: June 1799. My dear Mother. Your kind favor of the 2 d: inst t: found me as you conjectured at Philadelphia, fixed in my lodgings & in…
Quincy June 8. 1799 My Dear Thomas The daily Duties of my office require so much Writing that my hand and head are fatigued & exhausted before I have half…
Baltimore 3 d: June 1799. My dear Brother On my journey through this place, about a fortnight since, I wrote you a few lines by a vessel bound to Bremen;…
Quincy June 2 d 1799 My Dear son I presume this will find you at Philadelphia, fix’d in your Lodgings; and in possession of your office, where I wish you…
Quincy March 9 th 1799 my Dearest Friend Such extreem cold Weather I do not recollect to have felt in March, as it has been this week, and it has…
Phyl. March 7. 1799 My dearest Friend I have been so overwhelmed with Business at the Close of the session of Congress and Since, that I have not been able…
March 4 th 1799— I have been informd to day, that a paper from N york the daily advertizer was received in Town on saturday night, which states that the…
Quincy 2 d: March 1799. My dear Sir. That I have hitherto given you no account of my voyage since my arrival, is imputable to the unsettled state in which…
[ 1 March 1799 ] 1 Dear William I am now and then regaled with a few words from your store house, spread over as many lines , which brings…