Adams Family Correspondence Volume 1, December 1761 – May 1776 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Sponsors of Print Edition Advisory Board Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 30 December 1761Richard Cranch and John Adams to Mary SmithDear Miss Polly I was at Boston yesterday and saw your Brother who was well. I have but a moments notice of an oportunity of sending to you the enclo... 4 October 1762John Adams to Abigail SmithMiss Adorable By the same Token that the Bearer hereofsatt up with you last night I hereby order you to give him, as many Kisses, and as many Hours o... 1 January 176231 December 1763John Adams to Abigail SmithDr. 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 ... 14 February 1763John Adams to Abigail SmithDear Madam Accidents are often more Friendly to us, than our own Prudence.—I intended to have been at Weymouth Yesterday, but a storm prevented.—Crue... 16 March 1763Abigail Smith to Isaac Smith Jr.Dear Cousin Tis no small pleasure to me, to hear of the great proficioncy you have made in the French tongue, A Tongue Sweet, and harmonious, a Tongu... 20 April 1763John Adams to Abigail SmithDiana Love sweetens Life, and Life sometimes destroys Love. Beauty is desirable and Deformity detestible; Therefore Beauty is not Deformity nor Defor... 11 August 1763Abigail Smith to John AdamsMy Friend If I was sure your absence to day was occasioned, by what it generally is, either to wait upon Company, or promote some good work, I freely... 15 August 1763John Adams to Abigail Smith The Disappointment you mention was not intended, but quite accidental. A Gentleman, for whom I had much Esteem, Mr. Daniel Leonard of Norton, was so ... 1 August 176331 August 1763John Adams to Abigail SmithMy dear Diana Germantown is at a great Distance from Weymouth Meeting-House, you know; The No. of Yards indeed is not so prodigious, but the Rowing a... 12 September 1763Abigail Smith to John Adams You was pleas'd to say that the receipt of a letter from your Diana always gave you pleasure. Whether this was designed for a complement, (a commodit... 1 January 176331 December 1764Hannah Storer Green to Abigail SmithMy Dear Diana My inclinations, tho' not my Expectations were very much disapointed in not sending you a long Letter the last time I wrote; however I ... 20 February 1764Hannah Storer Green to John AdamsSir I think myself greatly indebted to you, for the honor you do my judgment, in refering so important a debate to my decission; and I ought, in stri... 2 April 1764Abigail Smith to Cotton TuftsDear Unkle I should not have been unmindful of you, even tho you had not call'd upon me to exert myself. I should be the most ungrateful of Mortals, ... 7 April 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsSir How do you now? For my part, I feel much easier than I did an hour ago, My Unkle haveing given me a more particuliar, and favorable account of th... 7 April 1764John Adams to Abigail SmithMy dear Diana For many Years past, I have not felt more serenely than I do this Evening. My Head is clear, and my Heart is at ease. Business of every... 8 April 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsSir If our wishes could have conveyed you to us, you would not have been absent to Day. Mr. Cranch and my Sister have been here, where they hoped to ... 9 April 1764John Adams to Cotton TuftsMy dear Friend I have nothing to do at present but to play with my Pen. I have long thought with Horace in his Dulce desipere: But now they tell me i... 9 April 1764Abigail Smith to Cotton TuftsDear Unkle I suppose you have written to me, tho I have not received it, for Mr. Ayers left his pocket Book with the Letters at Roxbury. However full... 11 April 1764John Adams to Abigail SmithMy ever dear Diana The Room which I thought would have been an Hospital or a Musaeum, has really proved a Den of Thieves, and a scene of Money Change... 11 April 1764John Adams to Abigail Smith This is the last Opportunity I shall have to write you from Braintree for some Weeks. You may expect to hear from me, as soon after my Arrival at Bos... 12 April 1764John Adams to Abigail SmithDr. Diana I have Thoughts of sending you a Nest of Letters like a nest of Basketts; tho I suspect the latter would be a more genteel and acceptable P... 12 April 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Here am I all alone, in my Chamber, a mere Nun I assure you, after professing myself thus will it not be out of Character to confes... 13 April 1764John Adams to Abigail SmithMy dearest We arrived at Captn. Cunninghams, about Twelve O'Clock and sent our Compliments to Dr. Perkins. The Courrier returned with Answer that the... 14 April 1764John Adams to Abigail Smith The Deacon and his Three Children are arrivd and the Operation has been performed, and all well. And now our Hospital is full. There are Ten, of Us, ... 15 April 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsSir Mr. Cranch informs me that Hones will go to Town tomorrow, and that I may not miss one opportunity, have now taken my pen to thank you for yours ... 16 April 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsMy Friend I think I write to you every Day. Shall not I make my Letters very cheep; don't you light your pipe with them? I care not if you do, tis a ... 17 April 1764John Adams to Abigail Smith Yours of April 15th. this moment received. I thank You for it—and for your offer of Milk, but We have Milk in vast Abundance, and every Thing else th... 18 April 1764John Adams to Abigail SmithDr. Diana Three of our Company, have now the Small Pox upon them, Wheat, Badger, and Elderkin. We have seen them for two or Three days each, wading t... 19 April 1764Abigail Smith to John Adams Why my good Man, thou hast the curiosity of a Girl. Who could have believed that only a slight hint would have set thy imagination a gig in such a ma... 19 April 1764Cotton Tufts to Abigail SmithMy Dear It was not forgetfulness, that prevented my writing. You must not ascribe to forgetfulness my not writing to You for some time past, it was A... 26 April 1764John Adams to Abigail Smith Many have been the particular Reasons against my Writing for several days past, but one general Reason has prevailed with me more than any other Thin... 30 April 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsDear Lysander Your Friendly Epistle reach'd me a fryday morning, it came like an Infernal Mesenger, thro fire and Brimstone, Yet it brought me tiding... 4 May 1764John Adams to Abigail Smith Returned from a Ramble in Town which began at 10 in the Morning. Dined with my Friend S. Adams and Wm. Checkley, and visited &c.—so that this is the ... 4 May 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsMy —— Your desire that I would write every Opportunity is punctually observed by me, And I comply with your request, altho I have nothing more to say... 7 May 1764John Adams to Abigail Smith I promised you, Sometime agone, a Catalogue of your Faults, Imperfections, Defects, or whatever you please to call them. I feel at present, pretty mu... 8 May 1764John Adams to Abigail SmithDr. Diana This Morning received yours by Mr. Ayers. I can say nothing to the Contents at present, being obliged to employ all my Time in preparing fo... 9 May 1764Abigail Smith to John Adams Welcome, Welcome thrice welcome is Lysander to Braintree, but ten times more so would he be at Weymouth, whither you are afraid to come.—Once it was ... 30 September 1764John Adams to Abigail SmithMy dear Diana I have this Evening been to see the Girl.—What Girl? Pray, what Right have you to go after Girls?—Why, my Dear, the Girl I mentioned to... 4 October 1764Abigail Smith to John AdamsSir I am much obliged to you for the care you have taken about help. I am very willing to submit to some inconveniences in order to lessen your expen... 13 October 1764Abigail Smith to John Adams When I wrote you by the Doctor I was in hopes that I should have been out the next day, but my disorder did not leave me as I expected and I am still... 14 July 1765Abigail Adams to Hannah Storer GreenMy Good old Friend How many months have passed away since I have either written or received a line from my Dear Caliope? What various Scenes have I p... 29 June 1766John Adams to Richard CranchDr. Brother I have been determined, a long Time, to write you by the first Opportunity that should present, of sending a Letter. Two or Three Opportu... 15 July 1766Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister Tomorrow being Commencment, suppose this will not fail thro want of a conveyance. I therefore set, to tell you that I was much obliged... 6 October 1766Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchDear Sister I wrote to you a week ago, and sent my Letter part of the way, but like a bad penny it returnd, to me again. This I write in hopes that i... 13 October 1766Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchDear Sister I heard to Day that the Doctor had a Letter from Mr. Cranch, and that he was still very Ill, poor Man. I am grieved for him, and for you ... 12 January 1767Abigail and John Adams to Mary Smith CranchDear Sister Mr. Etter was so good as to come this morning and inform me that his Sons would go to Salem tomorrow. By them I gladly embrace this Oppor... 15 January 1767Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister Your kind letter I receiv'd to day and am greatly rejoiced to hear you are all so well. I was very uneasy at not hearing from you, indeed... 31 January 1767Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister I have just returnd from Weymouth, where I have been for a week past. It seems lonesome here, for My Good Man is at Boston; after have... 13 September 1767Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend The Doctor talks of Setting out tomorrow for New Braintree. I did not know but that he might chance to see you, in his way there. I... 23 September 1767John Adams to Richard CranchDr. sir I have but a few Moments, to congratulate you on the fresh Blessing to your Family.—Another fine Child and Sister comfortable! Oh fine! I kno... 13 April 1768Elizabeth Smith to Isaac Smith Jr. I return you Dr. Smollet, the Modern Travels, and the Funeral Elegy: with thanks for the lent of them. If at any time when you have Books that you th... 29 June 1769John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest I embrace with Joy, this Opportunity of writing you. Mr. Langdon, who is to be the Bearer, was so good as to call this Morning, to know if... 1 July 1769John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear We have lived thro the Heat, and Toil, and Confusion of this Week. We have tried three of the Kennebeck Proprietors Actions and have been for... 4 January 1770Abigail and John Adams to Isaac Smith Jr.Dear Cousin I Congratulate you upon the fine weather we have had since your absence; if it has been as favourable to you, as it has been here, you wi... 21 February 1771Isaac Smith Jr. to Abigail AdamsMadam Your kindness to me in a former absence, requires some acknowledgment in this. I write to you, therefore, with the view of repaying an obligati... 21 February 1771Isaac Smith Jr. to John AdamsDear sir I have very little of a political, or of any other kind of entertainment to give you. Yet I cannot omit a few lines, however small an expres... 11 April 1771John Adams to Isaac Smith Jr.My dear sir Three Days since I received your obliging Favour of February 21st. for which I thank you. The Account you give me of the late Negociation... 20 April 1771Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Jr.Dear Sir I write you, not from the Noisy Buisy Town, but from my humble Cottage in Braintree, where I arrived last Saturday and here again am to take... 3 September 1771Isaac Smith Jr. to John AdamsDear sir I have just returned from an agreable excursion, in the course of which I had the pleasure of receiving your favour of April last, with that... 17 September 1771John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear There is no Business here—And I presume as little at Braintree. The Pause in the English Trade, has made Husbandmen and Manufacturers, and in... 1 January 177131 December 1771John Adams to Isaac Smith Jr. P.S. There is another Gentleman whose History and Character I want to know more of, than I do at present, I mean Dr. Arthur Lee. These Things however... 1 May 177231 May 1772John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I take an opportunity by Mr. Kent, to let you know that I am at Plymouth, and pretty well. Shall not go for Barnstable untill Monday. There ar... 16 July 1773Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMadam The kind reception I met with at your House, and the Hospitality with which you entertained me, demands my gratefull acknowledgment. By request... 25 July 1773Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail AdamsDear Mrs. Adams I shall pass over in silence the Complementary introduction to your Letter, not because these Expressions of Esteem are frequently wo... 5 December 1773Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMy Dear Mrs. Warren Do not my Worthy Friend tax me with either Breach of promise; or neglect towards you, the only reason why I did not write to you ... 30 December 1773Abigail Adams to John Adams Alass! How many snow banks devide thee and me and my warmest wishes to see thee will not melt one of them. I have not heard one Word from thee, or ou... 1 January 177331 December 1773John Quincy Adams to Elizabeth CranchDear Cousing i thank you for your last letter i have had it in my mind to write to you this long time but afairs of much leess importance has preven... 19 January 1774Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I sincerely Congratulate my much Esteemed friend on the Restoration of the invaluable Blessing of Health: without which (if I may so Express it) Life... 8 February 1774Elizabeth Smith to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister When I cast my Eyes backward; and take a general survey, of the great alterations which have been made within these few Years, I behol... 24 February 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I was very glad to receive a Line from you, by Mr. French, tho the Account you give me of the Danger of my dear Mother gives me great Concern... 27 February 1774Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren Your agreable favour of January 19 demands from me more than I am able to pay. My coin will have more alloy tho it bears the same Stamp of Friendship... Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, with a Poem on the Boston Tea Party 27 February 1774Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams The Confidence I have in the Candour and Friendship of Both Mr. and Mrs. Adams, together with her request in her last agreable Favour for the Communi... 27 February 1774Enclosure: Poem on the Boston Tea PartyWrote at the Request of A Gentleman who described the Late Glorious Event of sacrificeing several Cargos of tea to the publick Welfare, as a squable a... 7 March 1774Elizabeth Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I had written to the Deacon before I had received Yours, wherein I have your Sanction for it, and I had so far overcome the unconquerable... 12 May 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I am extreamly afflicted with the Relation your Father gave me, of the Return of your Disorder. I fear you have taken some Cold; We have had ... 17 May 1774Mercy Otis Warren to John and Abigail Adams Mr. Warren being prevented by many Avocations from writing this Morning, has put the pen into the hand of his substitute: who with him presents since... 23 June 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I had a tollerable Journey hither, but my Horse trotted too hard. I miss my own Mare—however I must make the best of it. I send with this an w... 29 June 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. The Prophet of York has not prophecy'd in vain. There is in this Town and County a Laodiceanism that I have not found in any other Place. I fi... 29 June 1774John Adams to Abigail Adams This is the second day of the Term at York: very little Business--very hot weather. My Refreshment is a flight to Braintree to my Corn fields and Gra... 29 June 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I have a great Deal of Leisure, which I chiefly employ in Scribbling, that my Mind may not stand still or run back like my Fortune.—There is ... 30 June 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I have nothing to do here, but to take the Air, enquire for News, talk Politicks and write Letters. This Town has the best Air I ever breathed... 30 June 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I have had a Curiosity to examine what could have been the Cause of Parson Lymans Affection to the Tories. I find that in some former Years, w... 1 July 1774John Adams to Abigail Adams I am so idle, that I have not an easy Moment, without my Pen in my Hand. My Time might have been improved to some Purpose, in mowing Grass, raking Ha... 2 July 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I have concluded, to mount my Horse, tomorrow Morning at four, and ride to Wells to hear my old worthy learned ingenious Friend Hemmenway, who... 3 July 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Quincy and I came this Morning from York, before Breakfast, 15 Miles, in order to hear my learned Friend Hemmenway. Mr. Qui... 5 July 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I cant be easy without my Pen in my Hand, yet I know not what to write. I have this Morning heard a Dialogue between Will. Gardiner and a Capt... 6 July 1774John Adams to Abigail Adams Mobs are the trite Topick of Declamation and Invective, among all the ministerial People, far and near. They are grown universally learned in the Nat... 6 July 1774John Adams to Abigail Adams Our Justice Hutchinson is eternally giving his Political Hints. In a Cause, this Morning, Somebody named Captn. Mackay as a Refferee. I said “an hone... 7 July 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Have you seen a List of the Addressers of the late Governor? There is one abroad, with the Character, Profession or Occupation of each Person... 9 July 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I never enjoyed better Health in any of my Journeys, but this has been the most tedious, the most irksome, the most gloomy and melancholly I e... 16 July 1774Elizabeth Palmer to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I have this moment finished Copying The manuscript you was kind enough to Lend me, and must write a line, to beg your excuse for not Soone... 9 August 1774Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I Returned yesterday from a Visit to my Venerable Father, and on our arival at our own Habitation we met the tidings that the Royal signet was affixe... 15 August 1774Abigail Adams to John Adams I know not where this will find you whether upon the road, or at Phylidelphia, but where-ever it is I hope it will find you in good Health and Spirit... 19 August 1774Abigail Adams to John Adams The great distance between us, makes the time appear very long to me. It seems already a month since you left me. The great anxiety I feel for my Cou... 20 August 1774Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I thank you my dear Sister for all your kind offers. I have not been able yet to get Miss Dolly Read. I expected her yesterday: but what ... 28 August 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dr. I received your kind Letter, at New York, and it is not easy for you to imagine the Pleasure it has given me. I have not found a single Opport... 2 September 1774Abigail Adams to John Adams I am very impatient to receive a letter from you. You indulged me so much in that Way in your last absence, that I now think I have a right to hear a... 3 September 1774William Tudor to Abigail AdamsDear Madam You may depend on my giving your Letter to Capt. Marston who sets out for Philadelphia on Monday. A safer Hand it could not go by. Pray le... 8 September 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear When or where this Letter will find you, I know not. In what Scenes of Distress and Terror, I cannot foresee.—We have received a confused Acc... 14 September 1774Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend Five Weeks have past and not one line have I received. I had rather give a dollar for a letter by the post, tho the consequence should... 14 September 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I have written but once to you since I left you. This is to be imputed to a Variety of Causes, which I cannot explain for Want of Time. It wo... 16 September 1774John Adams to Abigail Adams Having a Leisure Moment, while the Congress is assembling, I gladly embrace it to write you a Line. When the Congress first met, Mr. Cushing made a M... 18 September 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I received your very agreable Letter, by Mr. Marston, and have received two others, which gave me much Pleasure. I have wrote several Letters... 18 September 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear In your last you inquire tenderly after my Health, and how we found the People upon our Journey, and how We were treated. I have enjoyed as g... 18 September 1774John Adams to Richard CranchMy dear Brother I thank you most kindly for your obliging Letter. And beg the Continuance of your Correspondence. Every Line from Boston is a Cordial... 19 September 1774John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear Child I have received your pretty Letter, and it has given me a great deal of Pleasure, both as it is a Token of your Duty and Affection to m... 20 September 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I am very well yet:—write to me as often as you can, and send your Letters to the Office in Boston or to Mr. Cranches, whence they will be se... 22 September 1774Abigail Adams to John Adams I have just returnd from a visit to my Brother, with my Father who carried me there the day before yesterday, and call'd here in my return to see thi... 25 September 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I would not loose the Opportunity of writing to you—tho I must be short. Tedious, indeed is our Business.—Slow, as Snails. I have not been us... 29 September 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sitting down to write to you, is a Scene almost too tender for my State of Nerves. It calls up to my View the anxious, distress'd State you m... 7 October 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I thank you for all your kind favours. I wish I could write to you, much oftener than I do. I wish I could write to you, a Dozen Letters ever... 9 October 1774John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I am wearied to Death with the Life I lead. The Business of the Congress is tedious, beyond Expression. This Assembly is like no other that e... 13 October 1774John Quincy Adams to John AdamsSir I have been trying ever since you went away to learn to write you a Letter. I shall make poor work of it, but Sir Mamma says you will accept my e... 14 October 1774Elizabeth Smith to John Adams I have (my Dear Brother) been more than entertained by perusing a number of your Letters to my Sister. Highly favoured among Women, and peculiarly ha... 15 October 1774Abigail Adams to William TudorSir I received your very obliging Letter and thank you for the early intelligence of your designed Tour. I could wish to be a fellow Traveller with y... 15 October 1774Mary Smith Cranch to Isaac Smith Jr.Dear Cousin It has been with inexpressable pleasure that I have beheld you usher'd into the world with such deserved approbation and it has been no c... 16 October 1774Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Much Loved Friend I dare not express to you at 300 hundred miles distance how ardently I long for your return. I have some very miserly Wishes; an... 20 October 1774Isaac Smith Jr. to Mary Smith Cranch If it was possible to tell you, my dear Mrs. Cranch, how much I think myself obliged to you, for your kind, sensible and polite letter of the last we... 1 January 177431 December 1774Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchDear Sister I was yesterday at Weymouth where I received your Letter, and the saffron risbands &c. I thank you and Cousin Betsy both; I expect you a ... 1 January 177431 December 1774Abigail Adams to Catharine Sawbridge MacaulayMadam In the last Letter which Mr. Adams had the honour to receive from you, you express a Desire to become acquainted with our American Ladies. To t... 25 January 1775Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenDear Mrs. Warren I wrote you last Sabbeth evening in a good deal of pertubation of Spirits. I fear I did wrong in sending it you; I then promised to ... 28 January 1775Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I think myself Doubly obligated to my amiable Friend that she has for once Layed aside that Cerimonious Demand of a Letter in Return for Every Line s... 3 February 1775Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMy Dear Mrs. Warren The die is cast. Yesterday brought us such a Speach from the Throne as will stain with everlasting infamy the reign of George the... 25 February 1775Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I had the pleasure of hearing Yesterday by a transient person that my much Esteemed friend Mrs. Adams was well. I wish she had been kind Enough to ha... 30 April 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I arrived here, last Evening, and have attended Mr. Strongs Meeting all this Day. I rode alone, all the Way to this Place. Here I found my wo... 30 April 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams New York has appointed an ample Representation in our Congress, and have appointed a provincial Congress. The People of the City, have siezed the Cit... 2 May 1775Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMy dear Mrs. Warren What a scene has opened upon us since I had the favour of your last! Such a scene as we never before Experienced, and could scarc... 2 May 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Our Hearts are bleeding for the poor People of Boston. What will, or can be done for them I cant conceive. God preserve them. I take this opp... 2 May 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Mr. Eliot of Fairfield, is this Moment arrived in his Way to Boston. He read us a Letter from the Dr. his Father dated Yesterday Sennight bei... 4 May 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I have but little news to write you. Every thing of that kind you will learn by a more accurate hand than mine; things remain much in the same situat... 7 May 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I received by the Deacon two Letters from you this Day from Hartford. I feel a recruit of spirits upon the reception of them, and the comfortable new... 8 May 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams I have an opportunity by Captn. Beale, to write you a Line. We all arrived last Night in this City. It would take many Sheets of Paper, to give you a... 13 May 1775Abigail Adams to Joseph WarrenSir A Brother of Mr. Adams'es who has been a Captain of a Company in this Town, is desirous of joining the Army provided he can obtain a Birth; he wo... 14 May 1775Eunice Paine to Abigail AdamsDear Portia I am indeed the Silvia, the once favored correspondent of Diana; But I am Silvia without my Beloved flock, my former sheepfolds are Laid ... 15 May 1775Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Though I am very unwell scarce able to set up long Enough to write, yet I must let my dear Friend Mrs. Adams know it gave me great pleasure to have b... 22 May 1775Abigail Adams to Edward DillySir Just before Mr. Adams set off upon his journey to Philadelphia he had the pleasure of receiving a Letter from you by way of New York, accompanied... 24 May 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams Suppose you have had a formidable account of the alarm we had last Sunday morning. When I rose about six oclock I was told that the Drums had been so... 26 May 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I embrace an Opportunity by two young Gentlemen from Maryland to write you a Line, on friend Mifflins Table. The Names of these Gentlemen, ar... 29 May 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Our amiable Friend Hancock, who by the Way is our President, is to send his Servant, tomorrow for Cambridge. I am to send a few Lines by him.... 2 June 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I had Yesterday the Pleasure of two Letters from you, by Dr. Church. We had been so long without any Intelligence from our Country, that the ... 3 June 1775Abigail Adams to Eunice PaineDear Silvia So good an opportunity offering, tho I had not wrote before I have detaind the Bearer, just to thank you for your obliging favour, and as... 4 June 1775Eunice Paine to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Portia Yours received last Evening deserves my Early acknowledgment; as a token of your Love, it revived my drooping Spirits; as a Testimony ... 6 June 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I have received yours of 24th. May and a Copy of your Letter to Mr. Dilly, and one Letter from him. Your Letter to him is a very agreable one... 7 June 1775John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Dr. sir Two days ago, I was very agreably surprized by a Letter from you, which was acceptable both for the important public Intelligence it containe... 10 June 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Dr. Church returns to Day, and with smarting Eyes, I must write a few Lines to you. I never had in my Life, such severe Duty to do, and was n... 10 June 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Dr. Church has given me a Lotion, which has helped my Eyes so much that I hope you will hear from me oftener than you have done. Pray write m... 11 June 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I have been this Morning to hear Mr. Duffil, a Preacher in this City whose Principles, Prayers and Sermons more nearly resemble those of our ... 16 June 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I set down to write to you a monday, but really could not compose myself sufficently: the anxiety I sufferd from not hearing one syllable from you fo... 16 June 1775Abigail Adams to James BowdoinSir I have the Pleasure of acquainting you that I last Evening recieved Letters from Mr. Adams, wherein he informs me that the Congress are determine... 16 June 1775Mary Nicolson to Abigail AdamsDear Mrs. Adams I hoped long ere now to have Been at Braintree, but evry circumstance has hitherto been Against me. I have been very unwell ever sinc... 18 June 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends. My bursting Heart must find vent at my pen. I have jus... 18 June 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear This Letter, I presume, will go by the brave and amiable General Washington. Our Army will have a Group of Officers, equal to any service. Wa... 22 June 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I received yours of june 10, for which I thank you. I want you to be more perticuliar. Does every Member feel for us? Can they realize what we suffer... 23 June 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I have this Morning been out of Town to accompany our Generals Washington, Lee, and Schuyler, a little Way, on their Journey to the American ... 24 June 1775Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams Long before this will reach you, you will have an Account of the Action, att Charlestown, in which though the regulars have gaind an Advant... 25 June 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend My Father has been more affected with the distruction of Charlstown, than with any thing which has heretofore taken place. Why should ... 28 June 1775John Thaxter to John AdamsDear Sir One of the many brave and gallant Actions that have graced our Arms, I take the Liberty of writing you an Account of. The most important Tra... 3 July 1775Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. You have no Doubt long before this heard of the unhappy Fate of Charlestown, its Destruction by Fire, the forcing of our Entrenchments there... 4 July 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear This Letter is to go by my worthy Friend Mr. Stephen Collins of this City. This Gentleman is of Figure and Eminence as well as Fortune in thi... 5 July 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I have received a good deal of paper from you; I wish it had been more coverd; the writing is very scant but I must not grumble. I know your time is ... 7 July 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I have received your very agreable Favours of June 22d. and 25th. They contain more particulars than any Letters I had before received from a... 12 July 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend I have met with some abuse and very Ill treatment. I want you for my protector and justifier. In this Day of distress for our Boston F... 16 July 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend I have this afternoon had the pleasure of receiving your Letter by your Friends Mr. Collins and Kaighn and an English Gentle man his N... 17 July 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear About five O Clock this Morning, I went with young Dr. Bond at his Invitation and in his Carriage, to his Fathers Seat in the Country. His Mo... 23 July 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear You have more than once in your Letters mentioned Dr. Franklin, and in one intimated a Desire that I should write you something concerning hi... 23 July 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Have only Time to send by this Opportunity a Token of Remembrance. The Fast was observed here with a Decorum and solemnity, never before seen... 24 July 1775Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMy Dear Mrs. Warren I have been hoping every day since I received your obliging favour to get time to thank you for it, but many avocations some from... 24 July 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams My Dear, IT is now almost three Months since I left you, in every Part of which my Anxiety about you and the Children, as well as our Country, has be... 24 July 1775Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Bror: Sister Adams informs me that you complain that your Friends this way neglect writing to you. I believe a share of the Blame belongs to me,... 25 July 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend I received yours of July 7 for which I heartily thank you, it was the longest and best Letter I have had, the most Leasurely and there... 25 July 1775Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Since my last to you, nothing very important has occurd. The Skirmish near Long Island, You have already received an Accountt off by Mrs. Ad... 26 July 1775Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams I forgot in my last epistle, to desire you to speak to the Phila. printer's of the News paper's generally sent this way for to send me One,... 28 July 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Your two last Letters had very different Effects. The long one gave me vast Satisfaction. It was full of usefull Information, and of excellen... 30 July 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear This Letter is intended to go by my Friend Mr. William Barrell, whom I believe you have seen in Boston. If he calls at our House you will ple... 31 July 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I do not feel easy more than two days together without writing to you. If you abound you must lay some of the fault upon yourself, who have made such... 10 August 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend Tis with a sad Heart I take my pen to write to you because I must be the bearer of what will greatly afflict and distress you. Yet I w... 18 August 1775Hannah Storer Green to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Friend A serious truth this, which daily observation teaches, and experience convinces us of; for at the very moment that our hopes are at th... 26 August 1775Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I know my dear friend Mrs. Adams will be Glad to hear Her friend is in Better Health than when she Left Her. Hope I shall be able to Look Homewards s... 27 August 1775Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMy Dear Mrs. Warren It was with pleasure I received a line from my Friend to day informing me of her better Health. I was really anxious for her—more... 8 September 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend Since you left me I have passed thro great distress both of Body and mind; and whether greater is to be my portion Heaven only knows. ... 17 September 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I set myself down to write with a Heart depressed with the Melancholy Scenes arround me. My Letter will be only a Bill of Mortality, tho thanks be to... 17 September 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear This is the first Time, that I have attempted to write, since I left you. I arrived here in good Health, after an agreable Journey, last Wedn... 21 September 1775Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams As soon as the Letter of my Beloved friend reached my Hand, I immediately set down to Congratulate her on the Recovery of her Lovely Boy. May Returni... 22 September 1775Hannah Storer Green to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Friend I suppose you have received a Letter from me which upon recollection, I'm sensible, bears evident tokens of a disorderd mind, but I h... 23 September 1775Joseph Hawley to Abigail AdamsMrs. Adams The Publick have great Need of two Vols. of Mr. Adams English Statutes at large. The edition which Mr. Adams owns is (if I don't mistake) ... 25 September 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend I set down with a heavy Heart to write to you. I have had no other since you left me. Woe follows Woe and one affliction treads upon t... 26 September 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear I have not written the usual Compliment of Letters since I left Braintree; nor have I received one Scratch of a Pen from any Body, till the l... 27 September 1775James Warren to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I Received yours last Evening. Att the same time that I feel a Joy on the happy recovery of yourself and Family, I feel a Tender Simpathy,... 29 September 1775Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend I received your kind favour of the 17. It was a Cordial to my dejected Heart to see and hear of your safe arrival in good Health and S... 1 October 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams Have pitty upon me, have pitty upon me o! thou my beloved for the Hand of God presseth me soar. Yet will I be dumb and silent and not open my mouth b... 1 October 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear This Morning, I received your two Letters of September 8th. and September 16th.—What shall I say?—The Intelligence they contain, came upon me... 2 October 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Every Thing here is in as good a Way as I could wish, considering the Temper and Designs of Administration. I assure you, the Letters have ha... 4 October 1775John Thaxter to John AdamsDear Sir Since your absence your family has been visited with such a scene of sickness, as, I believe it never before saw. Mrs's. Adams, Tommy, Copel... 6 October 1775Obituary of Elizabeth Quincy SmithLast Sabbath departed this Life universally lamented Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, the amiable and virtuous Consort of the Revd. Mr. William Smith of this tow... 7 October 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Yesterday, by the Post, I received yours of Septr. 25th., and it renewed a Grief and Anxiety, that was before almost removed from my Mind. Tw... 9 October 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I have not been composed enough to write you since Last Sabbeth when in the bitterness of my soul, I wrote a few confused lines, since which time it ... 10 October 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams I am much concerned least you should feel an Addition to your Anxieties, from your having so seldom heard from me. But I pray you to dismiss all Conc... 13 October 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams I this day received yours of the 29 of September, and the 1st. of October. Amidst all your Afflictions, I am greatly rejoiced to find that you all al... 19 October 1775Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren I thank my Friends for their kind remembrance of me last week, the Letter enclosed was dated one day after that I received a week before, and contain... 19 October 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear It is some Time since I wrote you, and I have nothing, now, to write but Repetitions of Respect and Affection.—I am anxious to hear from you.... 20 October 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear Daughter I condole with you, most sincerely, for the loss of your most worthy grandmamma. I know you must be afflicted at this severe stroke.... 20 October 1775John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear son I have suffered a great deal of Anxiety on your Account, having heard of your severe sickness. But am very glad to learn that you are bet... 21 October 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams Tis ten Days since I have wrote you a line; I have received one Letter since dated 27 of Sepbr. You do not mention having heard from me altho I have ... 21 October 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear This Letter will go by two Gentlemen, who are travelling to your Country, for the Sake of acquiring military Knowledge. The Name of one of th... 22 October 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams Mr. Lorthorp call'd here this Evening and brought me yours of the 1 of October a day which will ever be rememberd by me, for it was the most distress... 23 October 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday yours of Octr. 9th. came to Hand. Your Letters never failed to give me Pleasure—the greatest Pleasure that I take, is in receiving them. An... 25 October 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I have been highly favourd this week past. No less than 5 Letters I have received from you. It is a releif to one to know that we have a Friend who s... 28 October 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear The Fall of Dr. Church, has given me many disagreable Reflections, as it places human Nature itself in a Point of bad Light, but the Virtue, ... 29 October 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams I cannot exclude from my Mind your melancholly Situation. The Griefs of your Father and Sisters, your Uncles and Aunts, as well as the remoter Connec... 29 October 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams Human nature with all its infirmities and depravation is still capable of great things. It is capable of attaining to degrees of wisdom and of goodne... 29 October 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams There is, in the human Breast, a social Affection, which extends to our whole Species. Faintly indeed; but in some degree. The Nation, Kingdom, or Co... 4 November 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams Have but Yesterday received yours of Octr. 21. Your Letters of the following Dates I have received. Septr. 8. and 10. 16. 29. Oct. 1. 9. 21. 22. Thes... 5 November 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I have been prevented writing you for more than a Week past by a Whitlow upon the fore finger of my right Hand. Tis now so tender that I can manage a... 5 November 1775Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenDear Marcia I hope the Historick page will increase to a volume. Tis this hope that has kept me from complaining of my friends Laconick Epistles. Our... 12 November 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I received yours of October 23. I want to hear from you every day, and I always feel sorrow when I come to the close of a Letter. Your Time must be g... 12 November 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear I am often afraid you will think it hard that I dont write oftener to you. But it is really impossible. Could I follow the Inclinations of my... 15 November 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams This I suppose will go by Mr. James Bowdoin who has just arrived here from London. He has been very obliging in communicating to me Pamphlets and New... 18 November 1775John Adams to Abigail Adams Your kind Letter of the 5th. Inst. came to Hand yesterday by Captain McPherson. I admire your skill in Phisiognomy, and your Talent at drawing Charac... 27 November 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams Tis a fortnight to Night since I wrote you a line during which, I have been confined with the Jaundice, Rhumatism and a most voilent cold; I yesterda... 3 December 1775John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend Yours of Novr. 12 is before me. I wish I could write you every day, more than once, for although I have a Number of Friends, and many ... 5 December 1775Isaac Smith Jr. to the Reverend William Smith?Dear Sir The present opportunity appears to me so convenient for writing to you, that I cannot avoid sending you a few lines.—I will not now trouble ... 10 December 1775Abigail Adams to John Adams I received your obliging favour by Mrs. Morgan, with the papers, and the other articles you sent which were very acceptable to me. As they are not to... 11 December 1775Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams My Dear Mrs. Adams has Disappointed Me so often that I think I will no more promise myself the pleasure of A Visit. But I think I will put in A Doubl... 2 January 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams I wrote you sometime Ago, desireing you to inquire of the So. Carolina Gentlemen whether they wanted to make Exchange of some money, I had ... 19 January 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams, with Adams' Letter of TransmittalMr. Adams I had wrote you several posts before my hearing you was returned. I should be very glad if you and Mrs. Adams could take a turn this way be... 24 January 1776John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Nabby I am determined not to commit a fault which escaped me, the last Time I sat out for the southward. I waited on General Thomas at Roxbur... 7 February 1776Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Just Come to hand is A Letter from my very Worthy Friend who I suppose is by this time arrived at Philadelphia and Another from his Good Portia whose... 11 February 1776John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Here I am again. Arrived last Thursday, in good Health, altho I had a cold Journey. The Weather, a great Part of the Way, was very severe, wh... 13 February 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Lee is at York, and We have requested a Battalion of Philadelphian Associators, together with a Regiment of Jersey Minute Men, to march to his Assist... 18 February 1776John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I sent you from New York a Pamphlet intituled Common Sense, written in Vindication of Doctrines which there is Reason to expect tha... 21 February 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams Tis a month this day since you left me, and this is the first time I have taken my pen to write to you. My conscience accuses me, but I have waited i... 2 March 1776Abigail Adams to John AdamsI was greatly rejoiced at the return of your servant to find you had safely arrived, and that you were well. I had never heard a word from you after y... 8 March 1776John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Yesterday by Major Osgood I had the Pleasure of a Letter from Mr. Palmer, in which he kindly informed me of your and the Familys Welfare. Thi... 16 March 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I last Evening Received yours of March 8. I must confess my self in fault that I did not write sooner to you, but I was in continual Expectation that... 17 March 1776John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Our worthy Friend Frank Dana arrived here last Evening from N. York, to which Place he came lately from England in the Packet. In C... 19 March 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday I had the long expected and much wish'd Pleasure of a Letter from you, of various Dates from the 2d. to the 10 March. This is the first Lin... 22 March 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams You will by this itts likely have heard, of the departure of the Troops from Boston. I went in this week and found my home in good Order, t... 27 March 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams Sir I wrote you by last, to which refer you. I beleive the brigantine of Mr. Gearey is taken, a Vessell from So. Carolina which left itt Ab... 29 March 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I give you Joy of Boston and Charlestown, once more the Habitations of Americans. Am waiting with great Impatience for Letters from you, which I know... 29 March 1776John Adams to Cotton TuftsMy dear sir We are impatiently waiting for Intelligence of further Particulars from Boston. We have only heard that General How and his Army have lef... 30 March 1776John Adams to Norton QuincyDear sir The Acquisition of Boston, and its Harbour is of such vast Importance to the Province of Massachusetts Bay and New England in general, and i... 31 March 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I wish you would ever write me a Letter half as long as I write you; and tell me if you may where your Fleet are gone? What sort of Defence Virginia ... 4 April 1776Peter Boylston Adams to John Adams So far Sincable of my duty to Comply with your Dissier to write to you I now Take my pen in hand to give you a narative of the Evelotions thats hapne... 6 April 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams I wrote you a post or two Ago, of being informd Mr. Gearey had wrote his brother to procure a Cargo or two of fish, to ship to Europe and h... 7 April 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I Received two Letters from you this week one of the 13 and the other the 19 of March. I know not where one of my Letters is gone, unless you have si... 12 April 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Inclose a few Sheets of Paper, and will send more as fast as Opportunities present. Chesterfields Letters are a chequered sett. You would not choose ... 13 April 1776Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenDear Marcia I Received a few lines from you more than a week ago, and determined to have replied immediately to them, but tho you will scarcly believ... 14 April 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I have misst my Good Friend Col. Warren from Watertown in the conveyance of my Letters; you make no mention of more than one, write me how many you h... 14 April 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams You justly complain of my short Letters, but the critical State of Things and the Multiplicity of Avocations must plead my Excuse.—You ask where the ... 15 April 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I send you every News Paper, that comes out, and I send you now and then a few sheets of Paper but this Article is as scarce here, as with you. I wou... 17 April 1776Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams If my dear friend Required only a very Long Letter to make it agreable I Could Easily Gratify her but I know There must be many more Requisits to mak... 18 April 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I cannot omit so good an opportunity as offers by Mr. Church of telling you that we are all well. I wrote you two Letters last week which I sent to W... 18 April 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear Daughter I cannot recollect the tenderness and dutiful affection you expressed for me, just before my departure, without the most sensible em... 18 April 1776John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I thank you for your agreable Letter of the Twenty fourth of March. I rejoice with you that our Friends are once more in Possession of th... 21 April 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I have to acknowledg the Recept of a very few lines dated the 12 of April. You make no mention of the whole sheets I have wrote to you, by which I ju... 23 April 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams This is St. Georges Day, a Festival celebrated by the English, as Saint Patricks is by the Irish, St. Davids by the Welch, and St. Andrews by the Sco... 26 April 1776Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Soon after the Removal of our Enemies from Boston, I sat myself down to write You the Proceedings of our Army from their Cannonading the Tow... 27 April 1776Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren I set myself down to comply with my Friends request, who I think seem's rather low spiritted. I did write last week, but not meeting with an early co... 28 April 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday, I received two Letters from you from the 7th. to the 14. of April. I believe I have received all your Letters, and I am not certain I wrot... 7 May 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams How many are the solitary hours I spend, ruminating upon the past, and anticipating the future, whilst you overwhelmd with the cares of State, have b... 8 May 1776Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenDear Marcia Mr. Morton has given me great pleasure this morning by acquainting me with the appointment of our Worthy Friend to the Bench. Have I any ... 9 May 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I this day Received yours of the 20 of April accompanied with a Letter upon Goverment. Upon reading it I some how or other felt an uncommon affection... 12 May 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of April 21. came to Hand yesterday. I send you regularly every Newspaper, and write as often as I can—but I feel more skittish about writing t... 14 May 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I set down to write you a Letter wholy Domestick without one word of politicks or any thing of the Kind, and tho you may have matters of infinately m... 14 May 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams I received last post a letter from Mr. Morris with referance to the fish I wrote to you about, sometime Ago—since which, and not hearing fr... 15 May 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Church setts off, tomorrow Morning. I have sent this Morning by Mr. William Winthrop, about half a dozen Letters containing Papers &c. Have nothi... 17 May 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I have this Morning heard Mr. Duffil upon the Signs of the Times. He run a Parrallell between the Case of Israel and that of America, and between the... 22 May 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams When a Man is seated, in the Midst of forty People some of whom are talking, and others whispering, it is not easy to think, what is proper to write.... 22 May 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams Your esteemed favors of the 29th. Ulto. and 6th Inst. now before and in Answer say I shall att all times be willing to communicate my senti... 27 May 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams What can be the reason I have not heard from you since the 20 of April, and now tis the 27 of May. My anxious foreboding Heart fears every Evil, and ... 27 May 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I have three of your Favours, before me—one of May 7., another of May 9. and a third of May 14th. The last has given me Relief from many Anxieties. I... 27 May 1776Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams My dear Mrs. Adams will undoubtedly Wonder that she has not heard from me since I Left Braintree, but want of Health, a Variety of Avocations, with s... 1 January 177631 January 1776Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMy Dear Marcia Our Country is as it were a Secondary God, and the first and greatest parent. It is to be perferred to parents, to wives, children, Fr... Back Matter colophon
