Adams Family Correspondence, volume 3

John Adams to Abigail Adams

John Adams to Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams to Mary Middleton Lovell, 12 December 1779 AA Lovell, Mary Middleton

1779-12-12

Abigail Adams to Mary Middleton Lovell, 12 December 1779 Adams, Abigail Lovell, Mary Middleton
Abigail Adams to Mary Middleton Lovell
My Dear Madam Braintree December 12 1779

The enclosed Letter I send to your care. The triffel which accompanies it I ask your acceptance of. I only wish that my ability was equal to the desire I have of serving you. But merrit like yours and that with which you are connected must look for its reward beyond this transitory scene where more permanant Blessings await it, than the gratitude of mortals can bestow.

I sympathize with you in all your sacrifices—I know what you resign, and the anxiety you must endure. Yet if you are called to a still more painfull task,1 as it is more hazardous you will submit to it with a fortitude which has always greatly distinguished you in the mind of your Friend and Humble Servant,

A Adams
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LbC (Adams Papers); at foot of text: “To Mrs. Mary Lovell Boston.” Enclosure not identified.

1.

In allusion to the possibility that her husband, James Lovell, might serve in a diplomatic post abroad; see JA to AA, 14 Nov., above.