John Thornton Kirkland to John Adams, August 12, 1818
Harvard College 12 Augt 1818. Dear Sir, Mr. Boylston in his institution of prizes for elocution at our University has appointed as follows viz “The Corporation shall in each &…
Harvard College 12 Augt 1818. Dear Sir, Mr. Boylston in his institution of prizes for elocution at our University has appointed as follows viz “The Corporation shall in each &…
Philadelphia Aug. 11th: 1818. Dear sir, I am prepared, whenever I may have the consent of yourself & family, to commence writing your life for my National Biographical work “the…
Quincy August 11th. 1818 Dear Sir The “Defence of the New England Charters” by Jer. “Dummer” is, both for Style and matter, one of our most classical American Productions. “The…
Trenton NJ July 25th. AD 1818— Dear Sir I take the liberty of introducing to Your acquaintance Samuel Southard Esqr a young man who for his extraordinary personal and literary…
Quincy July 25 1818 Dear Sir Permit me to present you, what I think a Curiosity. Dr Mayhews Thirtieth of January Sermon, preached and printed almost Seventy Years ago. It…
New York 24 July 1818. Sir, I take the liberty to transmit to you a discourse delivered at the consecration of the Synagogue in this City an event which from…
Quincy July 23. 1818 Sir I thank you, < , Start deletion, for you , End, > for your favour of the 12th. You advise me to write my own…
Quincy July 23d 1818 Sir I have received your favour of the 15th. with two printed Copies of the Abstracts &c. One Copy I shall give to William Smith Shaw…
Quincy July 22d. 1818 Dear Sir I have rarely, if ever, read a Letter with more Pleasure than yours of July the 3d. you could not have fallen into Families…
Quincy July 19. 1818 Dear Sir I have recd your favour from Richmond of July 4 I cannot write long letters. When you visit Boston do not forget Quincy the…