John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, August 9, 1816
Quincy August 9. 1816 Dear Sir The Biography of Mr Vander Kemp would require a Volume which I could not write if a Milion were offered me as a Reward…
Quincy August 9. 1816 Dear Sir The Biography of Mr Vander Kemp would require a Volume which I could not write if a Milion were offered me as a Reward…
Philadelphia 8t. Augt. 1816 Dear Sir I contemplate publishing a collection of the letters of our late friend Dr Rush on political, religious & miscellaneous subjects; and as he long…
Oldenbarneveld 3 Aug. 1816. My Dear and respected friend! I intended at first to have answered your kind favour of July 16—last week—but I was everÿ daÿ So much fatigued…
New York 1st Augt. 1816 Respected Sir Being personally unknown to you, I fear that I am chargeable with a breach of decorum in thus addressing a letter to you…
Monticello Aug. 1. 16 Dear Sir Your two philosophical letters of May 4. and 6. have been too long in my Carton of “Letters to be answered.” to the question…
Quincy 7 Mo. 26, 1816 Worthy Friend I thank thee, for thy kind congratulations on my Health. There is no Man who wishes the return of my Son So much…
Quincy July 22 1816 Dear Sir The Copy inclosed in your Letter has tenderly affected the little Sensibility that remains in me. As a Memorial of the Friendship of Dr…
Quincy July 17 1816 Dear Sir I thank you for your kind and obliging Invitation to me and my famility to visit the Independence. I can Scarcely imagine any thing…
Albany, 7 Mo. 16, 1816. Hond. and Esteemed Friend— It is with great pleasure that I have observed, of late, the continued evidences of thy health so prolonged, and habitual…
Boston 13th. May 1816. Venerable Sir, I have it in contemplation to devote a portion of my leisure to Recollections of the Life of Samuel Dexter . Any facts, public…