Letter from John Adams to Abigail Smith, [1762

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Smith, [1762 - 1763]

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[Braintree? 1762 - 1763]

Dr. Miss Jemima

I have taken the best Advice, on the subject of your Billet, and I find you cannot compell me to pay unless I refuse Marriage; which I never did, and never will, but on the Contrary am ready to have you at any Time.

Yours,

Jonathan

I hope Jemima's Conscience has as good a Memory as mine.

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[Envelope -- see page image]

Cite web page as: Letter from John Adams to Abigail Smith, 1762 [electronic edition]. Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive. Massachusetts Historical Society. http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/

Original manuscript: Adams, John. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Smith, 1762. 2 pages. Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Source of transcription: Butterfield, L.H., ed. Adams Family Correspondence. Vol. 1. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963.