Adams Family Correspondence Volume 2, June 1776 – March 1778 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 1 June 1776John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Dear sir Your favours of May 14. and 22d. are now before me. The first I shewed to Mr. Morris, as soon as I received it. The last contains Intelligen... 2 June 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday I dined with Captain Richards, the Gentleman who made me the present of the brass Pistolls. We had Cherries, Strawberries and Green Peas in... 3 June 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I received by Mr. Church a few lines from you; I wish to hear from you every opportunity tho you say no more than that you are well. I feel concernd ... 3 June 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams The last Evening, Mess. Adams, Paine and Gerry and my self, by Agreement waited on the President at his House, in order to accompany him to the Gener... 9 June 1776Zabdiel Adams to John AdamsMuch Honored & dear Sir Having a very Convenient opportunity of Conveying a Line to you, by the Revd. Mr. Whitney (who being an invalid, sets out tom... 15 June 1776John Adams to Peter Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother I have an Account of the Politicks of the Town of Braintree; but it is an imperfect one. I wish you would write me, a clear, and dist... 15 June 1776Mary Palmer to John AdamsSir You will wonder at recieving a Letter from one who is very far from being Sufficiently qualified to write to a Member of the Grand Congress but I... 16 June 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday was to me a lucky Day, as it brought me two Letters from you, one dated May 27. and the other June 3d. Dont be concerned, about me, if it h... 17 June 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I this day Received by the Hands of our Worthy Friend a large packet, which has refreshed and comforted me. Your own sensations have ever been simila... 17 June 1776Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Our vast Extent of Territory requires a great Land Forrce to defend it. The Spirit of Commerce and Privateering already operates to render t... 21 June 1776John Adams to Zabdiel AdamsMy dear Sir Your Favour of the Ninth of this Month was delivered to me, Yesterday by Mr. Whitney, whose Health I hope will be fully restored by the S... 23 June 1776John Adams to Cotton TuftsMy dear Friend It is with Shame, and Confusion of Face, that I acknowledge that your agreable Favour of April the twenty sixth, came duely to my Hand... 26 June 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I have written so seldom to you, that I am really grieved at the Recollection. I wrote you, a few Lines, June 2. and a few more June 16. These are al... 30 June 1776John Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir Your Favour of the 17th. I received by Yesterdays Post. Am much obliged, to you for your judicious Observations of the Spirit of Commerce a... 3 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Your Favour of June 17. dated at Plymouth, was handed me, by Yesterdays Post. I was much pleased to find that you had taken a Journey to Plymouth, to... 3 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Had a Declaration of Independency been made seven Months ago, it would have been attended with many great and glorious Effects. . . . We might before... 3 July 1776Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams A Lame Hand still prevents me the free use of Either the Nedle or the pen. Yet I take up the Latter and Attempt a Line or two just to Let my Dear Fri... 5 July 1776John Adams to Mary PalmerMiss Polly Your Favour of June 15. 1776 was handed to me, by the last Post. . . . I hold myself much obliged to you for your Attention to me, at this... 5 July 1776Cotton Tufts to John AdamsMy Dear Sr. I wrote to You about the 17 or 18th. of last Month which suppose You have received. Yesterday People in Boston were openly inoculated for... 7 July 1776Abigail Adams to John ThaxterSir As you have always expressd a desire to have the small pox with my family I write to let you know that we go next thursday. If you chuse to enter... 7 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I have this Moment folded up a Magazine, and an Evening Post and sent it off, by an Express, who could not wait for me to write a single Line. It alw... 7 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams It is worth the while of a Person, obliged to write as much as I do, to consider the Varieties of Style. . . . The Epistolary, is essentially differe... 8 July 1776Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams You will hear by this Conveyance, itts probable that the small pox is likely to spread here chiefly by Innoculation As 4. or 500. I suppose... 10 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams You will see by the Newspapers, which I from time to time inclose, with what Rapidity, the Colonies proceed in their political Maneuvres. How many Ca... 11 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams You seem to be situated in the Place of greatest Tranquility and Security, of any upon the Continent. . . . I may be mistaken in this particular, and... 13 July 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I must begin with apoligising to you for not writing since the 17 of June. I have really had so many cares upon my Hands and Mind, with a bad inflama... 15 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams My very deserving Friend, Mr. Gerry, setts off, tomorrow, for Boston, worn out of Health, by the Fatigues of this station. He is an excellent Man, an... John Adams to Abigail Adams, with Enclosure 16 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams In a Letter from your Uncle Smith, and in another from Mr. Mason which I received by this days Post I am informed that you were about taking the Smal... 16 July 1776Enclosure: John Hancock to John AdamsSir On a Visit to Mrs. Yard this Evening I was inform'd by her that your Lady and Children propos'd to go into Boston, with an intention of Taking th... 17 July 1776John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Sir Your Letter of the Eighth contains Intelligence of an interesting Nature to the Public as well as to me, and my Family in particular.—The Small P... 20 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I cannot omit the Opportunity of writing you, a Line, by this Post. This Letter will I suppose, find you, in some degree or other, under the Influenc... 20 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams This has been a dull day to me: I waited the Arrival of the Post with much Solicitude and Impatience, but his Arrival made me more solicitous still.—... 20 July 1776John Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir Yours of July 5th. never reached me, till this Morning. I greatly regret its delay. But that it might answer its End, without further Loss o... 21 July 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I have no doubt but that my dearest Friend is anxious to know how his Portia does, and his little flock of children under the opperation of a disease... 22 July 1776Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Friend Those that are dearest to you are here, under Inocolation. Charles was Inocolated with me on Thursday, the 11th. Instt. Our Symptoms are ... 23 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams This Mornings Post brought me yours of July 13 and 14 and has relieved me from an huge Load of Anxiety.—Am happy to hear that you are so comfortably ... 24 July 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams First part of text missing. Respectfull Regards to Mr. Hancock with thanks for his very polite and generous offer and Let him know that I entertain a... 25 July 1776Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Yours of the 30th. of June came safe to Hand. A particular Answer to Your several Queries, for want of sufficient Information, must defer fo... 27 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Disappointed again.—The Post brought me no Letter from you, which I dont wonder at much, nor any Intelligence concerning you, which surprizes me, a g... 27 July 1776Nathan Rice to Abigail AdamsMrs. Adams When I reflect on that Tranquil State, and agreable Scituation which I was in, while I had the Honour of being one of your Family, and com... 29 July 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I write you now, thanks be to Heaven, free from paine, in Good Spirits, but weak and feeble. All my Sufferings produced but one Eruption. I think I c... 29 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams How are you all this Morning? Sick, weak, faint, in Pain; or pretty well recovered? By this Time, you are well acquainted with the Small Pox. Pray ho... 30 July 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I wrote you by the post, but as Capt. Cuznow Cazneau goes to morrow perhaps this may reach you first. As to myself I am comfortable. Johnny is clever... 30 July 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams This is one of my fortunate days. The Post brought me, a Letter from you and another from my Friend and Brother. The particular Account you give me o... 1 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I wrote you by Capt. Cazneau a wedensday, but as the post will go to day I will not omit telling you how we do, tho I repeat over what I have written... 2 August 1776John Adams to Richard CranchMy dear Sir I received your Favour of 22 July, by last Tuesdays post. I thank you for the Trouble you have taken to inform me of the Circumstances of... 3 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams The Post was later than usual to day, so that I had not yours of July 24 till this Evening. You have made me very happy, by the particular and favour... 4 August 1776Mary Palmer to John AdamsSir I had the honour of your Letter of the 5th July above a fortnight ago, and should much sooner have acknowledged the favor had not an absolute wan... 5 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I this Evening Received Your two Letters of july 10 and 11, and last Evening the Post brought me yours of july 23. I am really astonished at looking ... 6 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of 29 July came by this days Post, and made me very happy. Nabby, Charles, and Tommy, will have the small Pox, well, I dont doubt. Tell John he... 6 August 1776Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Last Week I received Yours of July the 20th. also Dr. Rushs Letter on Inoculation for which You and the learned and benevolent Dr. have my s... 10 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of 30. and 31 July was brought me, to day, by Captain Cazneau. I am happy to think that you, and my oldest son, are well through the distemper,... 11 August 1776Nathan Rice to Abigail AdamsMrs. Adams Inclosd I send you a Copy of General Carltons Orders of the 7th. Instant, which we received by Major Biggelow of Connecticut, who was sent... 12 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams Yours 30 of July reachd me by Saturdays post, and found me with Johnny and Tommy quite Recoverd from the small Pox. When I first came to Town I was m... 12 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. A. setts off, to day, if the Rain should not prevent him, with Coll. Whipple of Portsmouth: a Brother of the celebrated Miss Hannah Whipple, a se... 12 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. A. and Coll. Whipple, are at length gone. Coll. Tudor went off with them. They went away, about Three o Clock this afternoon. I wrote by A and Co... 13 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Geography is a Branch of Knowledge, not only very usefull, but absolutely necessary, to every Person of public Character whether in civil or military... 14 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams Mr. Smith call'd upon me to day and told me he should set out tomorrow for Philadelphia, desired I would write by him. I have shewn him all the civil... 14 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I wrote you to day by Mr. Smith but as I suppose this will reach you sooner, I omitted mentioning any thing of my family in it. Nabby has enough of t... 14 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams This is the Anniversary of a memorable day, in the History of America: a day when the Principle of American Resistance and Independence, was first as... 17 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams Tho I wrote you two Letters yesterday one by the Post and one by Mr. Smith, yet I will not omit this by your Worthy Friend Mr. Gerry who has promised... 18 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams My Letters to you are an odd Mixture. They would appear to a Stranger, like the Dish which is sometimes called Omnium Gatherum. This is the first Tim... 19 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I set down to write you a few lines by the post, because I would not omit one opportunity. I received yours of August 6 but cannot tell what to do fo... 20 August 1776Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir My Little Charles has been so ill that I have not had leisure to day to thank you for your obliging favour nor for the present which accompa... 20 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours without a Date, but written, as I suppose about the Twelfth of August came by the Post this Morning. I wish Mrs. Nabby Joy that she has at last... 21 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday Morning I took a Walk, into Arch Street, to see Mr. Peele's Painters Room. Peele is from Maryland, a tender, soft, affectionate Creature. .... 22 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams Yours of August 12 came to hand by last Nights post. Mr. Adams and Coll. Whipple are not yet returnd so that I know not what you have wrote by them, ... 25 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I sent Johnny last Evening to the Post office for Letters. He soon returnd and pulling one from under his Gown gave it me, the young Rogue smiling an... 25 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams The day before Yesterday and Yesterday, We expected Letters and Papers by the Post, but by some Accident, or Mismanagement of the Riders, no Post is ... 27 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Within this half Hour, I received yours of the 18 by the Post. I have only Time before the Post goes out again to thank you for it, and to express my... 28 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Benjamin Smith of S. Carolina, was kind enough to send forward from New York, your Favour of August 14 and it came safely to Hand to day. There i... 29 August 1776Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend I have spent the 3 days past almost intirely with you. The weather has been stormy, I have had little company, and I have amused my se... 29 August 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I have this moment sent of a Letter to the post office when Mr. Bass came in to let me know that he has got ready sooner than he expected and will no... 30 August 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams The two Armies, on Long Island have been shooting at each other, for this whole Week past, but We have no particular Account of the Advantages gained... 31 August 1776Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend You know not How dissapointed I was to Night when the Post came in and I received no Letter from You. Tis the first Saturdays post ... 4 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Gerry arrived Yesterday, and brought me yours of August 17. and soon afterwards the Post came in, with yours of the 25. of Aug. Am happy to find ... 4 September 1776Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Is my Dear Mrs. Adams too Much Engagd with Company, is her Family sick, or is she inattentive to What Gives pleasure to her Friend, that I have not h... 5 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Bass arrived this Day, with the joyfull News, that you were all well. By this Opportunity, I shall send you a Cannister of Green Tea, by Mr. Hare... 6 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams This day, I think, has been the most remarkable of all. Sullivan came here from Lord Howe, five days ago with a Message that his Lordship desired a h... 7 September 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams Last monday I left the Town of Boston, underwent the operation of a smoaking at the lines and arrived at my Brother Cranchs where we go for purificat... 14 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday Morning I returned with Dr. F. and Mr. R. from Staten Island where We met Lord Howe and had about three Hours Conversation with him. The Re... 15 September 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I have been so much engaged this week with company that, tho I never cease to think of you I have not had leisure to write to you. It has been High C... 16 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams The Postmaster at N. York, in a Panick, about a fortnight ago fled to Dobbs's Ferry, about 30 Miles above N.Y. upon Hudsons River, which has thrown t... 18 September 1776Jonathan Mason to Abigail AdamsMadam I was extreemly sorry I could not pay that attention to your son Johnny, as I should wish to have done, had not I been very diligently employed... 20 September 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams I sit down this Evening to write you, but I hardly know what to think about your going to N.Y.—The Story has been told so many times, and with circum... 21 September 1776Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir I wrote you last Night till my Eyes were almost out by the post, but Mr. Eliot has taken pains to send me word that he would carry a Lett... 21 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of Septr. 9. I have received. Septr. 5. I sent you another Cannister by Mr. Hare. I have only Time to tell you I am not worse in Health than I ... 22 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams We have at last agreed upon a Plan, for forming a regular Army. We have offered 20 dollars, and 100 Acres of Land to every Man, who will inlist, duri... 23 September 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams There are perticuliar times when I feel such an uneasiness, such a restlessness, as neither company, Books, family Cares or any other thing will remo... 25 September 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I have only Time to say, by Mr. Taylor, that I am not worse than I have been—that however, I think, the General Court might have sent somebody here, ... 29 September 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams Not since the 5th of Sepbr. have I had one line from you which makes me very uneasy. Are you all this time confering with his Lordship, is there no c... 3 October 1776Samuel Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Samuel Adams sends his affectionate Regards to Mrs. Adams (in which his own Mrs. Adams heartily joyns) and acquaints her that he shall sett off n... 4 October 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I send you, all the News. When I do not write I suffer more Pain than you do, when you dont receive a Line. I have no greater Pleasure than in Writin... 4 October 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I am seated, in a large Library Room, with Eight Gentlemen round about me, all engaged in Conversation. Amidst these Interruptions, how shall I make ... 5 October 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Eliot brought me yours of Septr. 21, this day. My Health is rather better than worse. The cool Weather, in conjunction with my Ride to Staten Isl... 7 October 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I have been here, untill I am stupified. If I set down to write even to you, I am at a Loss what to write. We expect General Lee, in Town every Hour,... 8 October 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I ought to acknowledge with Gratitude, your constant Kindness in Writing to me, by every Post. Your favour of Septr. 29. came by the last. I wish it ... 11 October 1776John Adams to Abigail Adams I suppose your Ladyship has been in the Twitters, for some Time past, because you have not received a Letter by every Post, as you used to do.—But I ... 15 October 1776Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Nothing but the Greatest affection for my dear Mrs. Adams Would Induce me to Break over the Avocations of this busey Morning, and to quit the Convers... 1 December 1776Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams It is A Long time since I had the Happiness of hearing from my Braintree Friends. Dos my dear Mrs. Adams think I am Indebted a Letter. If she dos Let... 9 January 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear The irresistable Hospitality of Dr. Sprague and his Lady has prevailed upon me, and my worthy Fellow Traveller, to put up at his happy Seat.—... 13 January 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The Riding has been so hard and rough, and the Weather so cold that We have not been able to push farther than this Place. My little Colt has perform... 14 January 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams It is now generally believed here that G. Washington has killed and taken at least two Thousands of Mr. Howes Army since Christmas. Indeed the Eviden... 17 January 177718 January 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams After a March like that of Hannibal over the Alps We arrived last Night at this Place, Where We found the Utmost Difficulty to get Forage for our Hor... 19 January 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams There is too much Ice in Hudsons River to cross it in Ferry Boats and too little to cross it, without, in most Places, which has given Us the Trouble... 20 January 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This Morning We crossed the North River at Poughkeepsie, on the Ice, after having ridden many Miles on the East side of it to find a proper Place. We... 24 January 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have at last crossed the Delaware, and are agreably lodged in Easton, a little Town, situated on a Point of Land formed by the Delaware on one Sid... 26 January 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Tis a Great Grief to me that I know not how to write nor where to send to you. I know not of any conveyance. I risk this by Major Rice who promisses ... 1 January 177731 January 1777Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenDear Marcia Tis so long since I took a pen up to write a line that I fear you have thought me unmindfull of you; I should not have neglected writing ... 2 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Last Evening We arrived safe in this Town after the longest Journey, and through the worst Roads and the worst Weather, that I have ever experienced.... 3 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This Day has been observed in this Place, with exemplary Decency and Solemnity, in Consequence of an Appointment of the Government, in Observance of ... 7 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I am at last after a great deal of Difficulty, settled in comfortable Quarters, but at an infinite Expence. . . . The Price I pay for my Board is mor... 7 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I think, in some Letter I sent you, since I left Bethlehem, I promised you a more particular Account of that curious and remarkable Town. When We fir... 8 February 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Before this time I fancy you at your journeys end; I have pittied you the Season has been a continued cold. I have heard oftner from you than I ever ... 10 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday, I took a long Walk with our Secretary Mr. Thompson to a Place called Fells Point, a remarkable Piece of Ground about a mile from the Town ... 10 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Fells Point, which I mentioned in a Letter this Morning, has a considerable Number of Houses upon it. The Shipping all lies now at this Point. You ha... 12 February 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Mr. Bromfield was so obliging as to write me Word that he designd a journey to the Southern States, and would take perticuliar care of a Letter to yo... 15 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Hall, by whom this Letter will be sent, will carry several Letters to you, which have been written and delivered to him, several Days. He has set... 17 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams It was this Day determined, to adjourn, tomorrow Week to Philadelphia. How, as you know my opinion always was, will repent his mad march through the ... 18 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I shall inclose with this a Newspaper or two. I am as yet in tollerable Health. My Eyes are somewhat troublesome. I believe I must assume the Appeara... 20 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This Morning I received yours of the 26th. Ult. It is the first I have received from you, and except one from Gen. Palmer of the 28th. it is the firs... 21 February 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday, I had the Pleasure of dining with Mr. Purveyance. There are two Gentlemen of this Name in Baltimore, Samuel and Robert, eminent Merchants,... 1 March 1777Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams For once I have followed the Example of my Friend, and have Long delayed a Reply to her Letter. And though I Cannot Complain of my Eyes as an Excuse,... 3 March 1777John Quincy Adams to John AdamsSir I write to Congratulate you upon your arrival in baltimore and hope you will not omit writing to me. I have been very earnest to write to you for... 7 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I am returned in tolerable Health to this Town—have received but one Letter from you since I left you, that which you sent by Mr. Rice. If you send L... 7 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The President who is just arrived from Baltimore, came in a few Minutes ago and delivered me, yours of Feb. 8, which he found at Susquehannah River, ... 7 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of Feb. 12. received this day. I have begged a Bundle of Newspapers, to inclose. They contain some Intelligence. I am pretty well, after all my... 8 March 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams We have had very severe weather almost ever since you left us. About the middle of Febry. came a snow of a foot and half deep upon a Level which made... 14 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Congress has been sitting several Days and proceeding upon Business. I have been in Town above a Week and have spent much of my Time, in making Inqui... 16 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The Spring advances, very rapidly, and all Nature will soon be cloathed in her gayest Robes. The green Grass, which begins to shew itself, here, and ... 16 March 1777John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son There is an observation, which I wish you to make very early in Life because it may be usefull to you, when you grow up. It is this, that... 16 March 1777John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsTommy I believe I must make a Phisician of you. There seems to be a Propriety in your studying Physick, because your Great Great Grandfather after wh... 17 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear Daughter I hope by this Time, you can write an handsome Hand; but I wish you would, now and then, send a Specimen of it, to Philadelphia to y... 17 March 1777John Adams to Charles AdamsCharles How do you do?—I hope you are in fine Health and Spirits. What Subject do your Thoughts run upon these Times. You are a thoughtfull Child you... 20 March 1777John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr. In an Hand Bill printed at Baltimore the 17th instant is as well made a Lye as ever I read. It is in these Words viz. “last night Mr. Charles Cook, a... 22 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The Post now comes regularly, once a Week, and brings me the Boston News Papers, but no Letters from Penns Hill or its Environs. How do you do? Anxio... 22 March 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams Yours of the 25th Ulto. I received sometime since by my Schooner and have sent your Barrel flour—As likewise a packet of yours by a schoone... 22 March 1777John Thaxter to John AdamsSir You mention, Sir, in the beginning of your Letter, that you are indebted to me for several Letters. I shall never presume to consider you indebte... 23 March 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I have a very good opportunity of writing to you by Major Ward, who sits of tomorrow morning. I most sincerely rejoice at your return to Philadelphia... 23 March 1777John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I received yours of the 19 of Feb and thank you for your perpetual almanack with the assistance of my Mamma I soon found it out and find it... 26 March 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I this morning Received yours of March 7 favourd by Dr. Jackson. I rejoice to hear you are so comfortable. Col. Palmer informd me a Sunday that he is... 28 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams “A Plott! a Plott! an horrid Plott, Mr. A.” says my Barber, this Morning.—“It must be a Plott 1. because there is British Gold in it. 2. because ther... 30 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d I have been this Afternoon, to a Place of Worship, which I never attended before. It is the Church of the Scotch Seceeders. They have a tolerable Bui... 30 March 1777John Adams to Charles Adams Yesterday, I took a Walk upon the Wharves, to see the Navigation. The new Frigate called The Delaware, is hawled off, into the stream and is ready to... 30 March 1777John Adams to John Quincy Adams Two ingenious Artificers, a Mr. Wheeler and a Mr. Wiley, under the Direction of a Committee, have been lately employed in making a Field Piece, a thr... 31 March 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I know not the Time, when I have omitted to write you, so long. I have received but three Letters from you, since We parted, and these were short one... 2 April 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I sit down to write tho I feel very Languid; the approach of Spring unstrings my nerves, and the South winds have the same Effect upon me which Brydo... 2 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterdays Post brought me your kind Favour of March 8. 9. 10, with a Letter inclosed for from each of my Sons. But where is my Daughters Letter? Tha... 2 April 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams Yours by Docto. Jackson I received last week, he had letters to Others likewise. I waited on him with some Others att his lodgings. Mr. Jon... 3 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams As you seem so inquisitive about Politicks, I will indulge you so far (indulge, I say, observe that Word indulge! I suppose you will say it ought to ... 6 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams You have had many Rumours, propagated among you, which I suppose you know not how to account for. One was, that Congress, the last Summer, had tied t... 6 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This Evening Major Ward deliverd me Yours of 23d. of March.—It is a great Pleasure to me to learn that your Flour has arrived. I begin to have some o... 7 April 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I hope to receive some Letters from you this week, the date of the last was the 7 of March and now tis the 7 of April. I cannot suppose according to ... 8 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of 26 March came by this days Post. Am happy to hear you have received so many Letters from me. You need not fear Writing in your cautious Way ... 8 April 1777John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I received your Letter of 23d. March, and was very much pleased with it, because it is a pretty Composition and your Mamma Assures me it ... 8 April 1777John Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir Your kind Favour of March 22. reached me Yesterday. I am much obliged to you for your Account of the Proceedings of the Superiour Court, and... 10 April 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams Yours by post I have received, and with what Armes is Arrived this way, hope will be a full supply, and wish there were an equal Number to ... 13 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Enclosed with this you have a Correspondence, between the two Generals, concerning the Cartell for the Exchange of Prisoners. Washington is in the Ri... 13 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I have spent an Hour, this Morning, in the Congregation of the dead. I took a Walk into the Potters Field, a burying Ground between the new stone Pri... 14 April 1777Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. We hear of your being at Philadelphia and wish You a comfortable Session there. The spring is now opening and with this (probably) some gran... 16 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We are waiting with some Impatience to hear of the Arrival of some of the Massachusetts Troops at Head Quarters. The Lassitude and Torpor, that has s... 17 April 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Your obliging favours of March 14, 16 and 22, have received, and most sincerely thank you for them. I know not How I should support an absence alread... 19 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have now an ample Representation from N. York. It consists of Six Delegates, and they are to all Appearance, as high, as decisive, and as determin... 19 April 1777Zabdiel Adams to John AdamsDear Sir The great Distance that separates us occasions that we can hear of each others welfare but seldom. This therefore ought to induce us, as we ... 20 April 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams The post is very Regular and faithfully brings me all your Letters I believe. If I do not write so often as you do be assurd that tis because I have ... 22 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The Post brought me two Letters from you, this Morning, one of the 7th. instant, and one before. You seem to be in fine Spirits—I rejoice at it. Gene... 23 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams My Barber has just left the Chamber. The following curious Dialogue was the Amusement, during the gay Moments of Shaving. Well, Burn, what is the Lye... 24 April 1777Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. I wrote to you last Week by Mr. Thos. Russell who was to set out for Philadelphia on Monday last. In it I gave you some Account of the Bill ... 25 April 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams The bearer is Thomas Russell Esq., who is going to The Congress in order to make Application in behalf of the Town of Charlestown for some ... 26 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I have been lately more remiss, than usual in Writing to you. There has been a great Dearth of News. Nothing from England, nothing from France, Spain... 27 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Your Favours of Ap. 2 and Ap. 7. I have received. The inclosed Evening Post, will give you, some Idea, of the Humanity of the present Race of Britton... 28 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams There is a Clock Calm, at this Time, in the political and military Hemispheres. The Surface is smooth and the Air serene. Not a Breath, nor a Wave. N... 29 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This days Post brought me yours of 17th. inst. and Miss Nabbys obliging Favour of the 16. This young Lady writes a very pretty Hand, and expresses he... 30 April 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have a fine Piece of News this Morning of the March of 2000 of the Enemy, and destroying a fine Magazine there—and the stupid sordid cowardly tori... 1 April 177730 April 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams The young folks desire Mamma to return thanks for their Letters which they will properly notice soon. It would have grieved you if you had seen your ... 1 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This is King Tammany's Day. Tammany was an Indian King, of this Part of the Continent, when Mr. Penn first came here. His Court was in this Town. He ... 2 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have promoted Arnold, one Step this day, for his Vigilance, Activity, and Bravery, in the late Affair at Connecticutt.—We shall make Huntingdon a ... 4 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Inclosed with this you have an Evening Post, containing some of the tender Mercies of the Barbarians to their Prisoners. If there is a Man, Woman or ... Abigail Adams to John Adams, with a List of American Losses at Danbury 6 May 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Tis ten days I believe since I wrote you a Line, yet not ten minuts passes without thinking of you. Tis four Months wanting 3 days since we parted, e... 6 May 1777Enclosure: List of American Losses at Danbury1700 Barrells Pork 50 Do: Beef 700 Basketts Wheat 7 Hhds. Rum 6 Do: Bread 11 Tierces Claret 3 Quarter Cask Wine 12 or 1700 Wheat—Rye & Corn 12 Coile R... 6 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have no News here but what comes from you—except that all is well and quiet at Ticonderoga, that We have four Thousand Troops there, and that they... 6 May 1777John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Son Thomas The only Reason why I omitted to write you when I wrote to your Brothers, was because I thought you was as yet too young to be abl... 7 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have no News here, except what We get from your Country. The Privateers act with great Spirit, and are blessed with remarkable Success. Some Merch... 10 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The Day before Yesterday, I took a Walk, with my Friend Whipple to Mrs. Wells's, the Sister of the famous Mrs. Wright, to see her Waxwork. She has tw... 10 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have at last accomplished a troublesome Piece of Business. We have chosen a Number of additional Ambassadors. Mr. Ralph Izzard of S. Carolina, a G... 12 May 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams I duly received your several packets for Mrs. Adams which have been forwarded.—I have thoughts of sending a Vessell to Georgia to load with... 14 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Prices with you are much more moderate than here. Yesterday I was obliged to give Forty shillings Pen. Cur. Thirty two L.M. for one Gallon of Rum. In... 15 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Gen. Warren writes me, that my Farm never looked better, than when he last saw it, and that Mrs. —— was like to outshine all the Farmers.—I wish I co... 17 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I never fail to inclose to you the News papers, which contain the most of the Intelligence that comes to my Knowledge. I am obliged to slacken my Att... 18 May 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I think myself very happy that not a week passes but what I receive a Letter or two, some times more from you; and tho they are longer in comeing tha... 21 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Dont be two much alarmed at the Report of an Attack of Boston. The British Court are pursuing a system which in the End I think they will find impoli... 21 May 1777Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I this day Received a few lines from my Friend, whose Long silence I have not been able to Account for but suppose her Letters are Directed southward... 22 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams After a Series of the souerest, and harshest Weather that ever I felt in this Climate, We are at last, blessed with a bright Sun and a soft Air. The ... 24 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have an Army in the Jersies, so respectable that We seem to be under no Apprehensions at present, of an Invasion of Philadelphia—at least untill a... 25 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams At half past four this Morning, I mounted my Horse, and took a ride, in a Road that was new to me. I went to Kensington, and then to Point No Point, ... 28 May 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams This is Election Day, but the news of the day I am not able to inform you of as I have Heard nothing from Town. The House is not so unwealdy a Body t... 28 May 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams An horrid cold Day for Election—warm work however, in the Afternoon, I suppose. You will see by the inclosed Papers, among the Advertisements, how th... 1 June 1777Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I designd to have wrote you by the last Post, but have been so unwell for the week past that I have not been able. We have had very... 2 June 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yesterday, I took a ride to a beautifull Hill eleven Miles out of Town. It is called Rush Hill. An old Lady Mrs. Morris and her Daughter Mrs. Stamper... 2 June 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Artillery Election!—I wish I was at it, or near it. Yours of the 18th. reached me this Morning. The Cause that Letters are so long in travelling, is ... 2 June 1777John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I Love to recieve Letters very well much better than I love to write them, I make but a poor figure at Composition my head is much too fickl... 4 June 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I wish I could know, whether your season is cold or warm, wet or dry, fruitfull or barren. Whether you had late Frosts. Whether those Frosts have hur... 4 June 1777John Thaxter to John AdamsSir Last Monday Dr. Mather Byles was tried by Virtue of a late Act of this State, and found by the Jury so inimical, as to render his residence in th... 8 June 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I generally endeavour to write you once a week, if my Letters do not reach you, tis oweing to the neglect of the post. I generally get Letters from y... 8 June 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Upon an Invitation from the Board of War of Pensilvania, a Committee was appointed a few days ago to go down Delaware River and take a View of the Wo... 8 June 1777John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I promised to write In a week again provided I could give a better account of my conduct. I have according to my resolution been more dilige... 14 June 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This Week has produced an happy Reconciliation between the two Parties in this City and Commonwealth, the Friends of the new Constitution and those w... 14 June 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsDear Sr. I wrote you some time Ago requesting your Asking some of the Gentlemen of the Congress, belonging to Georgia, whether the Continental Certif... 14 June 1777Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Could I write you any agreable Inteligence I would with pleasure Grasp the pen And Call of my Friends Attention a Moment from her Domestic avocations... 15 June 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams This is the 15 of June. Tomorrow our new Edition of the Regulating act takes place, and will I fear add wrath to Bitterness. No arguments which were ... 16 June 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I had a most charming Packett from you and my young Correspondents, to day. I am very happy, to learn that you have done such great Things in the Way... 18 June 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We shall have all the Sages and Heroes of France here before long. Mr. Du Coudray is here, who is esteemed the most learned Officer in France. He is ... 21 June 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It would give Pleasure to every Body your Way but the few, unfeeling Tories, to see what a Spirit prevails here. The Allarm which H... 23 June 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I have just retird to my Chamber, but an impulce seazes me to write you a few lines before I close my Eye's. Here I often come and sit myself down al... 29 June 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The enclosed Newspapers will communicate to you, all the News I know. The Weather here begins to be very hot. Poor Mortals pant and... 1 July 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams We have no News: a long, cold, raw, northeast Storm has chilled our Blood, for two days past. It is unusual, to have a storm from that Point, in June... 2 July 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I sit down to write you a few lines this morning as I am loth the post should go, without telling you that I am well, as usual. Suppose you will be m... 5 July 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear Daughter Yesterday, being the anniversary of American Independence, was celebrated here with a festivity and ceremony becoming the occasion. ... 7 July 1777Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Being Necessiated to use a Certain peace of Linnen so Nearly up that I Cannot spare my Friend the bit she Requested I Let her know if I Come across a... 8 July 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of June 23d. have received. I believe there is no Danger of an Invasion your Way, but the Designs of the Enemy are uncertain and their Motions ... 9 July 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I sit down to write you this post, and from my present feelings tis the last I shall be able to write for some time if I should do well. I have been ... 10 July 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams My Mind is again Anxious, and my Heart in Pain for my dearest Friend. . . . Three Times have I felt the most distressing Sympathy with my Partner, wi... 10 July 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams About an Hour ago I received a Letter from my Friend dated June 21: begining in this manner “my dearest Friend.” It gave me a most agreable Sensation... 11 July 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams This Letter will go by the Hand of the Honourable Samuel Hewes Esqr., one of the Delegates in Congress from North Carolina, from the Month of Septemb... 13 July 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have a confused Account, from the Northward, of Something Unlucky, at Ticonderoga, but cannot certainly tell what it is. I am mu... 13 July 1777John Thaxter to John AdamsSir The day before Yesterday Mrs. Adams was delivered of a daughter; it grieves me to add, Sir, that it was still born. It was an exceeding fine loo... 16 July 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Join with me my dearest Friend in Gratitude to Heaven, that a life I know you value, has been spaired and carried thro Distress and danger altho the ... 16 July 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Favour of the 2d. instant reached me on the 14th. The last Letters from me which you had received, were of the 2d. 4th. and 8t... 18 July 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The Papers inclosed will inform you, of the Loss of Ticonderoga, with all its Circumstances of Incapacity and Pusillanimity.—Dont you pitty me to be ... 20 July 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams The little masterly Expedition to Rhode Island has given Us, some Spirits, amidst our Mournings for the Loss of Ti. Barton conducted his Expedition w... 21 July 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend I have long sought for a compleat History of the Revolution in the low Countries, when the Seven united Provinces seperated from the K... 23 July 1777Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Notwithstanding my confinement I think I have not omitted writing you by every post. I have recoverd Health and strength beyond exp... 26 July 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend At this Moment, I hope you are abed and happy. I am anxious to hear, and the more so because I had no Letter, from you, nor concern... 27 July 1777John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son If it should be the Design of Providence that you should live to grow up, you will naturally feel a Curiosity to learn the History of the... 28 July 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Never in my whole Life, was my Heart affected with such Emotions and Sensations, as were this Day occasioned by your Letters of the... 28 July 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams Not haveing anything worth troubling you with for sometime have been silent. The late Affair of Ticonderogia, makes us all sick. I have bee... 30 July 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I dare say before this Time you have interpreted the Northern Storm; if the presages chill'd your Blood, how must you be froze and stiffend at the Di... 30 July 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am sorry to find by your late Letter what indeed I expected to hear, that my Farm wants manure. I fear by your Expressions that y... 1 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend The Fleet is in Delaware Bay. 228 of them were seen, in the Offing, from Cape Henlopen, the day before yesterday. They come in but slo... 2 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend By an express last night from Cape May, We learn that the Fleet went out of the Bay, the Morning before, i.e. on Thursday Morning and ... 4 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your kind Favour of July 23, came by the Post, this Morning. It revives me, to hear of your Health, and Welfare, altho I shall be, ... 5 August 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams If allarming half a dozen places at the same time is an act of Generalship How may boast of his late conduct. We have never since the Evacuation of B... 6 August 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Price current.—Oak Wood £4:15s:od. Pr. Cord. Bad Beer, not so good as your Small Beer, 15d: Pr. Quart. Butter one Dollar Pr. Pound. Beef 2s:6d. Coffe... 7 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest We have not yet the least Intimation of Howes Design. He is wasting away the Time. Let him aim at what Object he will, he will have scarce... 8 August 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I have concluded to run the Risque of sending Turner Home. It will save me the Expence of his Board and Horse. The Moment he arrives, I hope you will... 11 August 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I have paid Turner, his Wages up to this day, and settled all Accounts with him. Besides which I have given him £3:2s:od. L.M. towards his Expences h... 11 August 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Your kind Favour of July 30. and 31. was handed me, just now from the Post office. I have regularly received a Letter from you every Week excepting o... 11 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I think I have sometimes observed to you in Conversation, that upon examining the Biography of illustrious Men, you will generally ... 11 August 1777John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son As the War in which your Country is engaged will probably hereafter attract your Attention, more than it does at this Time, and as the fu... 12 August 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams A few lines by way of remembrance every week tho I have nothing new to write you if I may judge you by myself are very acceptable. I long for a weden... 13 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have been sweltering here, for a great Number of days together, under the scalding Wrath of the Dog Star. So severe a Spell of H... 13 August 1777Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsMr. Adams I wrote you the post before last to which refer you. In your last you mention the prize price of Salt, which am very sorry to see was so hi... 14 August 1777Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Most sincerly do I Congratulate My Friend on her Restoration to Health after pain, peril and Disappointment. May she Long be spared to her Family and... 14 August 1777Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren This is the memorable fourteenth of August. This day 12 years the Stamp office was distroyd. Since that time what have we endured? What have we suffe... 14 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We are still parching under the fierce Heats of Dog days. It is agreed, by most People, that so long and so intense a Heat has scar... 15 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Weather continues, as hot as ever. Upon my Word I dont know how to sustain it. Oh for a Bowl of your Punch, a Bottle of your Cy... 17 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Yesterday We had a cool Day, the Wind Easterly and cloudy, this Morning there is a brisk northeast Wind and cool Rain, which restor... 19 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend Your obliging Favour of the 5th. came by Yesterdays Post, and I intended to have answered it by this Mornings Post, but was delayed by... 19 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend The Weather still continues cloudy and cool and the Wind Easterly. Howe's Fleet and Army is still incognito. The Gentlemen from South ... 20 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend This Day compleats three Years since I stepped into the Coach, at Mr. Cushings Door, in Boston, to go to Philadelphia in Quest of Adve... 21 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend This Morning, We have heard again from the Fleet. At 9 o Clock at Night, on the 14. Inst. upwards of an hundred Sail were seen, standi... 22 August 1777Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I came yesterday to this Town for a ride after my confinement, and to see my Friends. I have not been into it since I had the happi... 23 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend It is now no longer a Secret, where Mr. Hows Fleet is. We have authentic Intelligence that it is arrived, at the Head of Cheasopeak Ba... 23 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend We have an Express, today from Governor Johnson, Captn. Nicholson and several other Gentlemen with an Account that the Fleet, to the N... 24 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We had last Evening a Thunder Gust, very sharp and violent, attended with plentifull Rain. The Lightning struck in several Places. ... 25 August 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Yours of Aug. 12 and 13, came by this Mornings Post. A letter from Cheasopeak Bay, dated Yesterday Morning, informs that the Enemy had not then lande... 26 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend Howes Army, at least about 5000 of them besides his Light Horse, are landed, upon the Banks of the Elke River, and the Disposition he ... 27 August 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Your Man and Horse arrived the 22 day of this Month. The Horse and Man look pretty low in flesh. You advise me to sell the Horse, but I think upon th... 29 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Newspapers enclosed, will give you, all the Intelligence, of any Consequence. General Washington with a very numerous Army, is ... 29 August 1777James Lovell to Abigail AdamsDear Madam It is probable that Genl. Howe will waste the fall of this year between Chesapeak Bay and Delaware River. I send you a copied sketch of pa... 30 August 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Friend A Letter from General Washington, was received last Night by the President, which I read. It is dated the 29th. Yesterday. The Enemy are in... 1 September 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear We have now run through the Summer, and altho the Weather is still warm, the fiercest of the Heats is over. And altho the extream Intemperanc... 2 September 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Friend I had Yesterday the Pleasure of yours of from Boston, and am happy to find that you have been able to do so well, amidst all your Diff... 8 September 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear There has been a very general Apprehension, during the last Week that a general Action would happen, as on Yesterday. But We hear of none. Ou... 10 September 1777Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend The accounts you give of the Heat of the weather, gives me great uneasiness upon account of your Health. I fear it will through thr... 10 September 1777Peter Cunningham to John AdamsHonner'd Sir I have been So missfortinate as to be out of my native Country when those unhappy wars began, and have not got home before now. Deturmin... 14 September 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend You will learn from the Newspapers before this reaches you, the situation of Things here. Mr. Howes Army is at Chester, about fifte... 17 September 1777Abigail Adams to John AdamsBest of Friends I have to acknowlidge a feast of Letters from you since I wrote last, their dates from August 19 to Sepbr. 1. It is a very great sati... 17 September 1777Abigail Adams to James LovellSir Your very polite favour was handed me this Evening. I esteem myself much obliged for the enclosed plan, but I cannot describe to you the distress... 18 September 1777Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Our Spring was cold and Wet, Our Summer fruitful and the Fall forbodes a plentiful Harvest. We had but very little warm Weather untill Augus... 21 September 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams I immagine before this reaches you some very important Event must take place betwen the two Armies. Affairs on all Sides seem to be workd up to a cri... 30 September 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend It is now a long Time, since I had an Opportunity of writing to you, and I fear you have suffered unnecessary Anxiety on my Account.—I... 5 October 1777Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest Friend I know not where to direct to you, but hope you are secure. Tis said in some part of the Jersies, but I know this only from report. I ... 7 October 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams I have no Time, nor Accommodations to write of late—besides I seldom know what to write, and when I do, I dont love to write it. One Thing is now bec... 9 October 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I told you, in a former Letter, that I lodged at Gen. Roberdeau's. This Gentleman is of French Extraction, his Father was a rich Pl... 15 October 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have not been able of late to keep up my Correspondence with you, so constantly, as my Heart inclined me to do. But I hope now to... 20 October 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams Tis true my dearest Friend that I have spent an anxious 3 weeks, and the sight of a Letter from you gave me joy beyond expression. I had sent every p... 24 October 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is with shame that I recollect that I have not written you more than two or three Letters these 5 Weeks, and those very short. N... 25 October 1777Abigail Adams to John Adams The joyfull News of the Surrender of General Burgoin and all his Army to our Victorious Troops prompted me to take a ride this afternoon with my daug... 25 October 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy best Friend This Town is a small one, not larger than Plymouth.—There are in it, two German Churches, the one Lutheran, the other Calvinistical. T... 26 October 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Mr. Colman goes off for Boston Tomorrow. I have seized a Moment, to congratulate you on the great and glorious Success of our Arms ... 28 October 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have been three days, soaking and poaching in the heavyest Rain, that has been known for several Years, and what adds to the Glo... 30 October 1777Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Jr.Dear Sir A favourable opportunity offering by Mr. Austin of writing to you, I embrace it, in compliance to your pappa's request as well as my own inc... 3 November 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This Moment I received your favour of Octr. 6. by Mr. Niles.—I am as well as can be expected. We have no News, but such as is old t... 10 November 1777James Lovell to Abigail Adams As the delivery of this Billet cannot be attended with the disagreable allarm which the amiable Mrs. Adams some time ago suffered from a well meant b... John Adams to Abigail Adams, with an Extract of a Letter from St. Eustatius 14 November 1777John Adams to Abigail Adams Here I am.–I am bound home.–I suppose it will take me 14 days, perhaps 18 or 20, to reach Home.–Mr. S.A. is with me.–I am tolerably well. The America... 17 September 1777Enclosure: Extract of a Letter Business still continues dull but am in Hopes of a Speedy Change as it seems by the last Accounts from Amsterdam that a War with France and England i... 16 November 1777Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend In a Letter which came to me to Night you chide yourself for neglecting writing so frequently as you had done. Tis true a very long... 21 November 1777Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Sometime in September last I wrote to You, and am not a little anxious to know whether you receivd my Letter, as it was sent about the Time ... 13 December 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Yesterday was as fine for Travell as ever occurred at this season of the Year.—I reached Ipswich, and lodged, at the House where I used to pu... 15 December 1777Abigail Adams to James LovellDear Sir Your Letters arrived in the absence of Mr. Adams who is gone as far as Portsmouth, little thinking of your plot against him. O Sir you who a... 15 December 1777Abigail Adams to Daniel RoberdeauDear Sir Your obliging favour came to hand yesterday in the absence of my dearest Friend, and as he will not I fear reach home before tis too late to... 15 December 1777John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear I arrived here, last Evening, in good Health. This Morning, General Whipple made me a Visit, at the Tavern, Tiltons, and insists upon my taki... 2 January 1778Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Friend Great Advantages are often Attended with Great Inconveniencies, And Great Minds Called to severe tryals. If your Dearest Friend had no... Samuel Tufts to John Adams, with Enclosure 6 January 1778Samuel Tufts to John AdamsHond. Sr. Inclosed you have a letter from Saml. Moody Esqr. dated the 5th. Inst. came to my hands by his Brother, unsealed. You will therein read his... 5 January 1778Enclosure: Samuel Moody to Samuel TuftsDear Sir With a very particular Satisfaction shall I take into our School and Family the Son of your respectable Friend Mr. Adams but as we are now s... 8 January 1778Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Did I think it in my power to afford any Consolation to my Friend I Would Readily undertake the tender task and as she Requests offer many Arguments ... 10 January 1778Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister I am very sorry I lost the Opportunity of conveying a Letter to Braintree by Mr. Thayer last week. We had company engaged to dine with... 10 January 1778John Thaxter to John AdamsDear Sir The morning after my arrival to this place, I waited on the President with your letter; upon reading of which, he informed me, that he did n... 19 January 1778Daniel Roberdeau to Abigail AdamsDear Madam So much good sense, prudence, conjugal affection and patriotism blended in your favor to me was a juster portraiture of the dear deceased,... 20 January 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am happy in having it in my power to furnish you with a Copy of Mr. Duche's Letter, which is inclosed, as also an Extract from the publi... 20 January 1778John Thaxter to John AdamsDear Sir Mr. Lovell informed me last Evening of your acceptation of the appointment; and also that he should send an express immediately to the Eastw... 28 January 1778John Thaxter to John AdamsDear Sir One day last week a number of british waggoners, who were carrying Cloathing &c. to some of their soldiers in our power, had the honor of be... 13 February 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsDearest of Friends I had not been 20 Minutes in this House before I had the Happiness to see Captn. Tucker, and a Midshipman, coming for me. We shall... 13 February 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsDearest of Friends I am favoured with an unexpected Opportunity, by Mr. Woodward the lame Man who once lived at Mr. Belchers, and who promises in a v... 15 February 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir I little thought when you left me, that so much time would have Elapsed before I had taken my pen to write to you, but indeed Sir my Hands a... 22 February 1778John Lowell to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am not displeased that the Call of Business obliges me to address you at this Time, and gives me an Opportunity of expressing my sincere... 23 February 1778—— —— to Abigail AdamsMadam Mr. Adams for a long time has been engaged by the Kennebeck Company in a cause in which Colo. Tyng is a Party, which was reduced in one or more... 24 February 1778Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer to Abigail Adams I have often thought of You My good friend, and as often wish'd to See You, and did flatter Myself that I should injoy that happiness before Mr. A——d... 1 March 1778Abigail Adams to James LovellDear Sir I am greatly allarmed and distressd at the intelligence from Bordeaux, with regard to Dr. Franklin, which if true must be attended with very... 1 March 1778Abigail Adams to Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer My dear Mrs. Storers obliging favour was handed me to day. It found me with an additional Weight of anxiety upon my mind. I had been just able by the... 2 March 1778Samuel Cooper to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam Many besides my self partake with you in the Sollicitude you express respecting our dear Friend; for no Man could carry with him more o... 6 March 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Your much esteemed favor came to hand this day, in which you inform me of the departure of your “dearest Friend.” I sincerely wish for you... 8 March 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams Tis a little more than 3 weeks since the dearest of Friends and tenderest of Husbands left his solitary partner, and quitted all the fond endearments... 21 March 1778James Lovell to Abigail AdamsDear Ma'am I am to thank you, in my own name, and on the public account, for that exercise of laudable patriotic prudence, which you have modestly te... 31 March 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Since I wrote you last, the mystery of blank Dispatches being sent by Capt. Folgier from France has been developed. One Capt. Hinson (who was h... 1 March 177831 March 1778Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw I was meditating a Letter to my dear Sister when her agreable favour reachd my Hands. Tho my own felicity is over cast, I can rejoice in that of my F...
