John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, December 12, 1811
Quincy Decr 12. 1811 Dear Sir What is common Law in England has been Subject to disputes enough. In Blackstones Commentaries and Fortescue Alands Preface to his Reports you may…
Quincy Decr 12. 1811 Dear Sir What is common Law in England has been Subject to disputes enough. In Blackstones Commentaries and Fortescue Alands Preface to his Reports you may…
Philadelphia Decemr 9th: 1811 Dear Sir You have touched me in a sore place in your letter of the 4th instant. My Son Richard has accepted of the Office of…
Quincy December 6. 1811. Sir Yesterday I received from the Post Office in this Town, your favour of the thirtieth of November in answer to < , Start deletion, mine…
New York Decr. 4th. 1811 Revered Sir— Permit me to present, for the honor of Your acceptance, a copy of a “Compendium” which I lately published: As, a Small testimony…
Quincy Decr. 4. 1811 Dear Sir Shall I congratulate or condole with you on the appointment of your Son to be Comptroller of The Treasury? You will know the delightful…
Quincy December 3. 1811 A Visit from you my good Friend, would be a cordial, and if honoured by His Honour would raise my Spirit as high as they are…
Oldenbarneveld 2 Dec. 1811 My Dear and High respected Sir! At lenght I succeed in Sending you the outlines of the contemplated work, which I could have, wished to have…
Quincy December 2d 1811 Reverend and dear Sir A present of a thanksgiving sermon from a Gentleman whome I have highly esteemed and honoured for three and forty years gave…
Washington 1 Decemr. 1811 Sir I had the honor yesterday to receive your letter of the 25h. Ulto. in which you Say—“That Coll. Pickering in his letters to the people…
Baltimore Nov. 30. 1811— Sir, In reply to your letter of the 25th of this month, just received, I have no hesitation in stating to you, that, at no period,…