Adams Family Correspondence, volume 14

Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch

Abigail Adams to William Smith

John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 28 February 1800 Adams, John Adams, John Quincy
John Adams to John Quincy Adams
My dear Son Philadelphia Feb. 28. 1800

It grieves me to think how long it is Since I have written you a Line.1 But public Affairs are forbidden and private are indifferent or disagreable. Your sister and youngest Brother have given me much Pleasure this Winter by their Company: but At the same time have excited a Strong desire to see You and your best Friend my amiable Daughter, your Wife. A Being who has violated a Trust committed to him by you, is a thorn in the flesh, you may well imagine. Forlorn and undone, he has my unutterable indignation. But I must quit this subject. On the Death of your great Patron you will Sincerely mourn, with your Affectionate Father.

RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “Mr J. Q. Adams Berlin.”

1.

JA’s previous extant letter to JQA was of 16 Oct. 1798, for which see vol. 13:260–261.