Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, May 3, 1823
Washington 3 May 1823 My Dear Father I should certainly have answered your last very kind Letter immediately, had I not been very suddenly siezed by a violent Fever which…
Washington 3 May 1823 My Dear Father I should certainly have answered your last very kind Letter immediately, had I not been very suddenly siezed by a violent Fever which…
Hermitage Jamaica plain Sunday afternoon 27 Apr 1823— My Dear and ever Honor’d And beloved Father < , Start deletion, and , End, > And Friend—For such I shall ever…
Washington 26 April 1823. I have been very sick confined to my bed for several days therefore not able to write to either of you as I have intended as…
Washington 22. April 1823. My dear Sir. Mr De Bresson, a Secretary to the French Legation at this place, and his Lady who is a daughter of Mr Thompson the…
Quincy 22d. April 1823 My Dear Daughter. Your favor of the 16th. is a reviving cordial in which I have languished for a fortnight—But I have to complain, that it…
Washington 21 March 1823 My Dear John Worn out by fatigue parties influenza and all sorts of weariness both of mind and body I have really been too idle to…
Washington 11 March 1823 I have been so sick with the Influenza it has not been possible to write independent of which the perpetual round of dissippation in which I…
Quincy March 10th. 1823 Dear Sir. I have received your kind letter of the 27th. Feb—with great satisfaction and sincere gratitude, I can reciprocrate your sentiments with great truth, the…
Quincy March 6th. [ , Start insertion, 1823 , End, ] My dear daughter— As I consider y’r ladyship as always imprison’d during a session of Congress I congratulate you…
Quincy March 1st. 1823— Dear Sir. I like your philosophy very well, I will pursue an idea suggested in my last; I do sincerely wish that the Mandarins of China,…