record number: 041327

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Dates:

20 Nov. 1783

Original paper slip text:20 Nov. 1783.

Author's location:

Braintree,

Original paper slip text:Braintree

Author:

Abigail Smith Adams

Original paper slip text:AA

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Recipient:

John Quincy Adams

Original paper slip text:to JQA, also a transcript of a draft

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Length:

4 p., 4 p.

Notes:

"This evening as I was setting...."
Extract (undated) of a letter reporting the death of JQA's grandfather. The letter was used to illustrate that JQA was destined for greatness. GJS, 14 Aug. 1967.
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Massachusetts Historical Society

From the collection: Adams Family Papers

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PRINTED: AFC, 5:272–275

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AA, Letters, 1840

Original paper slip text:Printed: AA, Letters, 1840, 1:188–192

Full citation:

Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams. With an Introductory Memoir by Her Grandson, Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1840.

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AA, Letters, 1840, 2d

Original paper slip text:AA, Letters, 1840, 2d. edn., 1:188–192
also in 1841 edn.

Full citation:

Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams. With an Introductory Memoir by Her Grandson, Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1840.

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AA, Letters, 1848

Original paper slip text:AA, Letters, 1848, 146–149

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Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams. With an Introductory Memoir by Her Grandson, Charles Francis Adams, 4th edn., rev. and enl., Boston, 1848.

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Printed: Quincy Patriot, 13 Sept. 1845, p. 2, col. 3.

Original paper slip text:Printed: Quincy Patriot, 13 Sept. 1845, p. 2, col. 3.

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