Adams Papers Digital Edition

Papers of John Adams, volume 21

From Stephen Higginson

To Oliver Wolcott Jr.
414 Benjamin Lincoln to John Adams, 14 September 1795 Lincoln, Benjamin Adams, John
From Benjamin Lincoln
My Dear sir Hingham Sept 14th. 1795

I return your letters with my most cordial thanks for the sight of them—1 In the perusal I have been highly gratified and informed and have been confirmed in the idea that if our Jacobins intend to sap the foundation of our present constitution and thereby bring on a serious contest now is the moment for them to attempt their mad pursuit while the powers of Europe have full employ at home and our Citizens are enjoying unimpaired the fruits & blessings of their own government &c—

A few friends will dine with me tomorrow a two oClock Mrs. Lincoln joins me in respectful regards and in the request that you and Mrs. Adams would honour us with your company2

Believe me my dear sir / all that towards you / which the highest / esteem can generate / and confidence / preserve

B Lincoln

RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “The vice President.”

 1.

These letters have not been identified but may have included JQA’s various dispatches.

 2.

Mary Cushing (1734–1816), of Pembroke, Mass., wed Lincoln in 1756 (David B. Mattern, Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution, Columbia, S.C., 1995, p. 14; Boston Daily Advertiser, 25 July 1816).