Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, January 8, 1817
Quincy, Janry 8th 1817 My dear Son I must begin my Letter by wishing you and yours, many returns of the Season, as pleasent, as delightfull as the present for…
Quincy, Janry 8th 1817 My dear Son I must begin my Letter by wishing you and yours, many returns of the Season, as pleasent, as delightfull as the present for…
Quincy January 7th 1817 Dear Sir Thanks for your favour of Novbr. 13th. Of Lord Holland, I know nothing. I pity the people, I pity all men of destinction. I…
Little Boston Ealing 3. January 1817. My dear Sir. Your favour of 23. Septr: & 3. Octr. was brought to me by my old friend and Classmate I. M. Forbes,…
Quincy Jan. 2d. 1818 My dear Son I have received your Letter of the 26th. of December 1817 inclosing a Postnote upon the Branch Bank of The United States at…
Little Boston House 1 January 1817. Dear Sir. I enclose herewith a draft of a Note to Lord Castlereagh on the case of the Hope, which I will thank you…
Janry 1st 1817 Many happy returns of the Season dear Harriet is wished you by your Friend, who you know would rejoice to see you at Quincy, but the Gay…
Quincy Decbr 30th 1817 Sir In 1774, I became acquainted with MacKean, Rodney, and Henry. Those three appeared to me to see more clearly to the End of the Biussiness…
Cambridge 29th. Decr. 1817. Dear Sir, Habituated as I have long been to consider your judgement as infallible, I have not found it exactly so on the subject of our…
New York 26th. December 1817. Dear Sir You will forgive my long delay in replying to your very interesting & confidential favor of the 18th. March:—I was reluctant to write…
Montezillo Decbr. 25th 1817 Dear Sir It was not friendly in you to involve me in your domestic & family Controversies Major Pierce Butler told me that he made a…