Charles Francis Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, July 1, 1816
Boston July 1st 1816 Dear Grandmama I am now come home for the holidays and I hope to receive a great many letters but too I must mind to write…
Boston July 1st 1816 Dear Grandmama I am now come home for the holidays and I hope to receive a great many letters but too I must mind to write…
Quincy June 30th 1816 My dear Son The east wind of this day, will prevent the Sailing of the Galen, and it gives me the opportunity of acknowledging the receipt…
Quincy June 16th 1816 My dear George You cannot easily imagine, how much Grief, the news of your Indisposition has given Us. our most chearing hopes are built upon your…
Boston June 14th. 1816 Dear Madam, I lament that indisposition should have obliged me to defer so long acknowledging your kind letter; it was received with a deep sense of…
Madison June 13th. 1816 I have just obtained pen, ink & paper at the house we have stoped at for the night to commence a letter to my dear Harriet…
Sunday Eve’g 10 June 1816 Dear Harriet As I consider you as a part of my own Family, I Send you the inclosed, which you will return with care tomorrow…
Quincy June 10th 1816 My Dear Son Altho I have written to you, more than once since I have received a Letter from you, I know how gratefull it is,…
Ealing 29. May 1816. My Dear Sir. It was only three days since, that Mr Prescott called out here, and left your kind favour, of 2. and 11. September last,…
Quincy May 28th 1816 my Dear Daughter Altho’ I have repeatedly written to you Since I received a Letter from you, I am not critical in that respect. judging from…
Quincy May. 27th 1816 My dear George The Accounts I receive of your Indisposition, excite much Grief. Your Father by Precept and Example will recommend Exercise, and he will be…