John Quincy Adams to William Smith Shaw, March 7, 1808
Washington 7. March 1808. Dear Sir. I will thank you to pay to my father, for me, on or before the 22d: of this month eleven hundred and seventy two…
Washington 7. March 1808. Dear Sir. I will thank you to pay to my father, for me, on or before the 22d: of this month eleven hundred and seventy two…
Quincy March 5th. 1808 My dear Son Livy in his 42. Book and chapters 29 and thirty, as an introduction of his History of the War between the Romans and…
Quincy January 8. 1808 My great and good Son The distance between Us, the total retirement in which I live and the Want of Facts, render a Correspondence between Us,…
Fitchburg, Dec. 10th. 1808. Dear Sir, I had the pleasure to write you the 3d. inst. I follow it with this to make the explanation of the concluding part of…
Quincy Decr. 9. 1808 Sir I received, yesterday, from the Post Office, under your franc, the nervous Reply of Nine of our Representatives to < , Start deletion, the ,…
Fitchburg, Dec. 3d. 1808. Dear Sir, Your favour of the 25th. ult. came duly to hand. What you have < , Start deletion, [. . .] , End, > already…
Quincy November 25th: 1808 Dear Sir I have your favour’s of the 12th and 16th: of the month. The letter of President Washington concerning J Q A. is at your…
Fitchburg, Nov. 16. 1808. Dear Sir. The person who carried to the office < , Start deletion, my , End, > the letter which I had the pleasure to write…
Fitchburg, Nov: 12. 1808. Dear Sir. To my letter of the 22d. ult. I have not been favoured with an answer; indeed my expectations of an answer were not confident,…
Quincy November 7th. 1808. Dear Sir The letter of General Washington would have remained in obscurity forever, as far as I know, as it has been for twelve years past,…