Adams Family Correspondence Volume 3, April 1778 – September 1780 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Sponsors of Print Edition Advisory Board Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 1 April 1778James Lovell to Abigail AdamsDear Ma'am When I tell you that no Credit is to be given to the late Report of an attempted Assassination of Doctor Franklin, you are not to attribut... 3 April 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I have just heard a piece of news from Mr. Lovell, which he says comes in a packet lately arrived at New York from England, and which has been ... 5 April 1778Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Your kind Letter by Cousin Tufts was a pleasing and fresh proof of your Goodsense, Piety of Heart, sweetness of Disposition, and great... 9 April 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir Your repeated kind favours demand my acknowledgment. I own I have been rather remiss in not sooner noticeing them. I must plead many avocati... 11 April 1778John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Brother I Now Sit Down to inform You That I have Safely arrived at Paris which we Did on Wednesday evening when We went to 3 hotels Before we co... 12 April 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am so sensible of the Difficulty of conveying Letters safe, to you, that I am afraid to write, any Thing more than to tell you th... 12 April 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma Having now a good opportunity I Cannot Let it Slip without writing a few Lines To You as it is not often That I have That Pleasure & So I... 15 April 1778John Adams to William McCreeryDear Sir I have to thank you for your obliging Politeness to me at Bourdeaux and to request that you would give my most respectfull Compliments, and ... 18 April 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Since I had the pleasure of addressing you last, I have found in the office a Narrative respecting Count Pulaski, a copy of which is inclo... 19 April 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This Letter will be conveyed to you by Sir James Jay and Mr. Digges. Sir James is a Brother of the Chief Justice of N. York. Mr. Di... 19 April 1778John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Sir This Letter will be delivered you, by two Gentlemen who are returning to America, Sir James Jay of New York, a Brother of The Hon. John Jay, once... 20 April 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma I now Sit down to Write a few Lines To inform you That I am now at a School which I like very Well. I will now give you an account how W... 25 April 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Monsieur Chaumont has just informed me of a Vessell bound to Boston: but I am reduced to such a Moment of Time, that I can only inf... 30 April 1778John Thaxter to John AdamsSir I should have done myself the honor of addressing you before this, had I been so fortunate as to have known of opportunities previous to their pa... 6 May 1778Isaac Smith Sr. to John AdamsJohn Adams Esqr. Hopeing this might find you safe Arrived, and haveing an Opportunity by Via Cadiz, thought itt might be Agreeable to let you know yo... 9 May 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I have had the pleasure of receiving your agreeable favour of the 9th. of April. I am so exceedingly hurried in copying the Treaties (which are... 16 May 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I do myself the honor to inclose the postscript to Hall & Sellers's Paper of the 9th instant containing the message of the undersigned Ambassad... 18 May 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams I have waited with great patience, restraining as much as posible every anxious Idea for 3 Months. But now every Vessel which arrives sits my expecta... 21 May 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir I will not again be so long silent, indeed your repeated kind favours call upon me for acknowledgment. They have afforded both to me, and my... 22 May 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I am happy in informing you, that the Marquiss de La Fayette has safely returned to the Main Camp, after a Brush with a party of the Enemy from... 24 May 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond Mamma I now having an opportunity which to my Satisfaction I have much oftener than I expected when I first came here, in which I improve every ... 25 May 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMa chere Maman Celle ci etant la premiere fois que je ecrire en François ne sera surment pas trop bien Faites mais j'espere que vous le recevére avec... 29 May 1778John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I having wrote to my Mamma Sister and Brother Charles it is my duty to write to you also for if I do not write to you how can I expect that you will ... 31 May 1778John Quincy Adams to William Cranch I now Sit down with an intent to give you an account of the Place I dind at yesterday doctor Franklin his son a young Gentleman & I went to Place Cal... 1 June 1778John Quincy Adams to Lucy Cranch I having wrote Twice to your brother & not having yet wrote to you I now take a pen into my hand to write a few Lines to you to inform you of a Littl... 2 June 1778James Warren to Abigail AdamsMadam A Vessel is designed for France in two or three days which will be A very good Opportunity for A Conveyance of Letters to Mr. Adams who I hope ... 3 June 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend On the 13 of Feb. I left you. It is now the 3d. of June, and I have not received a Line, nor heard a Word, directly nor indirectly,... 5 June 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams it is witth great Pleasure that I now Sit down to write a few Lines to you to inform you of my health & Situation which I like pretty well but I had ... 6 June 1778John Quincy Adams to Charles Adams I often envy you the pleasure you enjoy in being at a place where you with pleasure look around you upon the rugged rocks & homly pastures & what is ... 7 June 1778Abigail Adams to James WarrenDear Sir Your Billit was deliverd to me a Day or two ago. I am much obliged to you for your kind offer but indeed Sir I know not where to find my Fri... 7 June 1778John Quincy Adams to Charles Adams we being so far from one another that I cannot Leave my pen out of my hand & I hope that my Letters will not be troublesome to you Yesterday my Pappa... 8 June 1778Isaac Smith Sr. to Abigail AdamsMrs. Adams There is a french Ship Arrived last fryday from France itt is said came Out about the same time the last Vessells. Whether they the same d... 10 June 1778Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest of Friends I should write to you with a much more cherefull Heart if I knew where to find you, but as yet I have no inteligance which can be ... 10 June 1778Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son Tis almost four Months since you left your Native land and Embarked upon the Mighty waters in quest of a Foreign Country. Altho I have no... 10 June 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Your favor of the 21st. and 26th. of May came to hand yesterday. I was exceedingly shocked at the first mention of the capture of the Boston, t... 11 June 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams to day my Pappa received a Letter from you which I had the honour of seeing in which you mentioned your being struck with the account of dotor Frankl... 12 June 1778Abigail Adams to James LovellDear Sir Will you forgive my so often troubling you with my fears and anxieties; Groundless as some of them have been they were real to me for a time... 12 June 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir My spirits are rather low, I do not feel in any great moode for useing my pen, yet I cannot let this opportunity slip without expressing my ... 13 June 1778James Lovell to Abigail Adams Amiable tho unjust Portia! doubly unjust!—to yourself, and to me. Must I only write to you in the Language of Gazettes, enumerating, on the Part of B... 16 June 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Since my last I have had the inexpressible Pleasure of yours of the 25 of March by the Way of Holland, which is the first and the l... 17 June 1778Isaac Smith Sr. to Abigail AdamsMrs. Adams I send Josiah Spear, the bearer, to inform you of the Agreeable news of the Arrival of Mr. Adams in France. A London News paper taken Out ... 18 June 1778Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Sir At length my anxiety is relieved and the happy happy tidings of your arrival and safety in France has reachd my Ears and blessd my Eyes. ... 24 June 1778Abigail Adams to James LovellDear Sir I know not whether I ought to reply to your favour of April the first, for inded Sir I begin to look upon you as a very dangerous Man. It wa... 26 June 1778William Tudor to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I inclose £23:3:10—Twenty Pounds, seventeen Shillings being the Amount of the Account against Mr. Hancock—and two Pounds six Shillings & t... 30 June 1778Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest of Friends Shall I tell my dearest that tears of joy filld my Eyes this morning at the sight of his well known hand, the first line which has... 30 June 1778Abigail Adams to James LovellDear Sir As I have so often troubled you with my fears tis a debt I owe your patience to communicate to you my happiness. To a Heart so susceptible a... 3 July 1778James Lovell to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I have this Afternoon received your Favour of June 12th. and at the same Time a Gazette from Boston, of later Date, in which I find a plea... 6 July 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Permit me to congratulate you on the safe Arrival of Mr. Adams at France. It is an event that has relieved many of his friends from painful an... 9 July 1778James Lovell to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I heartily congratulate you upon the indubitable Proofs of our Friends Arrival in France. You might imagine that the Congress had received... 10 July 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I had been so short a time in this place when I wrote you last, that it was out of my power to furnish you then with any particulars respecting... 15 July 1778Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest of Friends By Mr. Tailor, who has promised me to deliver this with his own hand to you, or distroy it if necessary, I take the liberty of wri... 17 July 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam In my letter of the 11th. inst. I mentioned the arrival of the French Ambassador at Chester. I am now to inform you that on the 12th. a Committ... 22 July 1778John Quincy Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir It is with great pleasure That I write to you who have been so good and kind to me for which I fear I Shall never be able to repay you. I wr... 23 July 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir I have not wrote you so soon as I should have done, if I had known where to have directed to you, but your kind favours of july 6 and 10 whi... 26 July 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Yours of the Tenth of June by Captain Barnes was brought to me Yesterday, which is only the second that I have yet received from yo... 31 July 1778Le Coeur to John AdamsMonsieur Vous avez eu la bonté de me confier M. votre fils. c'est pour lui donner toute l'education possible, je me ferai honneur de mettre ses talen... 5 August 1778Cotton Tufts to John Adams The News of your Arrival at Paris gave us great Joy. Before your Letters reached America, the first Intelligence of your Arrival was obtain'd from an... 6 August 1778John Adams to Richard CranchMy dear Brother I have long wished for an Opportunity to write to you but the thousand things that have surrounded me have prevented. Mr. Williams ha... 11 August 1778John Adams to Abigail Adams I am desirous of conveying to you, in a manner that will not probably fail of success, and therefore have written the same Thing by many Vessells. I ... 11 August 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma you will pardon me if I do not write to you very often for you know how I used to teaze you to write a copy of a letter for me but now I ... 14 August 1778John Adams to Abigail Adams I have neither Time, nor Confidence enough in the Opportunity, to write you any Thing more, than an Assurance that We are all well, anxiously wishing... 14 August 1778John Quincy Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy Dear Cousin by your desire I now sit down to write a few lines to you and not yet having wrote to you I cannot let this oportunity pass without wr... 15 August 1778Benjamin Rush to Abigail AdamsMadam I set down with great pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Mr. Adams dated February 8th, with a poscript from you, which throug... 19 August 1778Abigail Adams to James LovellMy dear Sir This Moment your favour of August the 6 is come to hand. My Heart reproaches me that I have not before this time told you that according ... 19 August 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir I really began to feel very uneasy at your long Silence and feared Sickness or some disaster had befallen you. I have been a journey, and ab... 21 August 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend If I knew of any more endearing Title I should certainly give it. But this appears to me to express the Truth, the whole Truth and ... 26 August 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir Your favour of the 5th instant is just come to hand. I should like very well to see the Speach you mention and the reply, but would not desi... 27 August 1778John Adams to Abigail Adams I shall inclose by this Opportunity, by Mr. Ingersol, Son of Mr. Ingersol of Connecticut, the late Judge of Admiralty at Philadelphia, but very diffe... 1 August 177831 August 1778Abigail Adams to Jonathan Mason?Dear Sir Tho I cannot stile you a plant of my Hand, in some measure I own you as a child of my care, and as such feel anxious for your Glory and welf... 1 September 1778James Lovell to Abigail Adams Yesterday the Letters of Portia of June 24th. and Augst. 19th. came to my hand together, by Post. The wishes expressed in the latter have made all th... 2 September 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir I was much surprized to Night upon receiving a Letter from you, in which you say you have not heard from Home since june; I have wrote many ... 2 September 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Your much esteemed favors of 23d. July and 19th. Augst. came to hand on Monday. Your Letters and the inclosed ones were very acceptable; as the... 9 September 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I fear you will complain of me, for not writing so often as I ought. But I write as often as I can.—I really never had more Busines... 11 September 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Your favor of the 26th. Augst. I was honored with last Monday. Just after I had wrote my last to you we had an account here of the action at Rh... 12 September 1778James Lovell to Abigail Adams I have the Mortification of being obliged to tell the amiable Portia that the Council of Pensylvania will not grant a partial Exportation of Flour fr... 15 September 1778John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Since the date of that letter mentioning my not having recieved any intelligence from home for more then two months, I have had the honor of fo... 23 September 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend A very idle, vain Conversation, at a Dinner, has produced you this Letter from a venerable old Lady, in this Neighbourhood, the Wif... 27 September 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHonoured Mamma My Pappa enjoins it upon me to keep a journal, or a diary, of the Events that happen to me, and of objects that I See, and of Characte... 27 September 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy Dear sister it is some time since I wrote you a Letter & if I should neglect it a great while longer you would have no right to complain because y... 29 September 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams It is difficult my dearest Friend at the instant in which the Heart finds itself dissapointed of some darling hope, to avoid reflexions that however,... 29 September 1778Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son Writing is not A la mode de Paris, I fancy or sure I should have heard from my son; or have you wrote and have I been so unfortunate as t... 29 September 1778Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir I know not but you are upon your return home. If you be a pleasent journey to you but you will not I fear find us a bit better people than y... 29 September 1778Lafayette to Abigail Adams Le Marquis de lafayette Most Respectful Compliments Wait on Mrs. Adams and is highly sensible of the honor she had done him By her Most polite letter... 1 October 1778John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Brother As my thoughts are Principally busied upon the French tongue, & as I wish you to turn yours the same way, earlier than I did, I canno... 1 October 1778William Smith to Abigail AdamsMadam I have received your Letter, respecting the Bill for £50. The way that you propose is as agreable to us as any. The Credit of the Bill no one c... 2 October 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This goes by Captn. McNeil, who is an Adventurous Cruiser. It is not safe to write much by him. If Expressions of Tenderness, were ... 2 October 1778John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsDear Brother I have been thinking of a subject for a letter to you, & I can find none more agreable than that which is the constant employment of my ... 3 October 1778John Quincy Adams to Charles Adams and Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Brother in my letter to you of Septr. the 30th I promised you to sketch a plan for learning French and in a letter to Tommy I promised him a... 14 October 1778Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams The importunity of my Friends at Braintree, though my inclination is strong, is not sufficient to Carry me again from my Family till a Little more ti... 21 October 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams How dear to me was the Signature of my Friend this Evening received by the Boston a ship more valued to me than all the American Navy besides, valuab... 25 October 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams The Morning after I received your very short Letter I determined to have devoted the day in writing to my Friend but I had only just Breakfasted when... 29 October 1778Garcin to Abigail AdamsMadam Give me leave to present you my Most Sincear and respectful thanks of having been so kind as to Recommend me to Mr. Smith. As we expect of goin... 1 October 177831 October 1778John Eliot to Abigail AdamsDear Madam You did not see fit to send the letter you proposed for the conveyance of Mr. Ingram. Perhaps it was owing to the supposition that it woul... 2 November 1778Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. I wrote to You the latter End of last July which I hope You have received before this Time, by what Vessel it was sent I am not able to say.... 6 November 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have received Information that so many of our Letters have been thrown overboard, that I fear you will not have heard so often f... 9 November 1778Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams Mrs. Adams not knowing of this Opportunity by Mr. Sears and Capt. Cheevers, who are going in a Dutch ship, who probably may call on you as the ship i... 12 November 177823 November 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams I have taken up my pen again to relieve the anxiety of a Heart too susceptable for its own repose, nor can I help complaining to my Dearest Friend th... 14 November 1778James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMy dear Lady Having a good Opportunity, I now forward those Things which were left at York Town by your worthy Husband. I have never yet got the Box ... 27 November 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Mr. Brown is here, and I cannot miss the Opportunity by him, to write you a Line. I know not how often you receive Letters from me,... 2 December 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Last Night an Express from M. De Sartine, whose Politeness upon this Occasion, was very obliging, brought me your Letters of Septem... 2 December 1778John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy Dear Daughter In your letter to your brother, which is a very pretty one, you express a wish that you understood French. At your age, it is not di... 2 December 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHon'd Mamma I just now recd. your Letter of septr. ye 29th and read it with great pleasure in which you say you think that writing is not a la mode d... 2 December 1778John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Brother I have just now wrote to my Brother charles & you would not like it if I did not write to you also. but now I have my pen in my hand ... 3 December 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your two Letters of the 29th of Sept. and 10th of Oct. gave me more Concern than I can express. I will not say a Fit of the Spleen.... 3 December 1778John Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir I have the Pleasure of yours of the 5th. of August, for which I am much obliged to you. It is a great Satisfaction to me to be informed, of ... 9 December 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I cannot let this opportunity slip without sending you a Line, but the Gentleman waits and it can be but a Line. I have ordered you... 10 December 1778Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren Nothing but a very bad soar finger has withheld my Hand from writing to my Friend, and telling her that I most sincerely sympathize with her in the l... 10 December 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is now my Turn to complain. Last night We had great Packetts from the Council, but no Line from you. If Vessells sail from Bosto... 13 December 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams By the alliance (a fine frigate Built in Newbury port commanded by Capt. Laundry a Native of France) I hope this will reach you and by her you will h... 15 December 1778Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have a very bad soar finger and it pains me to write, yet a few lines I must write to my dear son to tell him that he is never forgotto... 18 December 1778John Adams to Abigail Adams This Moment I had, what shall I say? the Pleasure or the pain of your Letter of 25 of Octr. As a Letter from my dearest Freind it gave me a pleasure ... 26 December 1778John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHon'd Mamma it is now with Great Pleasure that I now sit down to write to you & many a time since I came here I have done the same though you say in ... 27 December 1778Abigail Adams to John Adams How lonely are my days? How solitary are my Nights? Secluded from all Society but my two Little Boys, and my domesticks, by the Mountains of snow whi... 27 December 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Mr. Greenleaf is about to set off, towards Nantes and from thence to Boston. Last Night, I walked to Paris and saw the Illumination... 30 December 1778John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We wait and wait and wait forever, without any News from America. We get nothing but what comes from England and to other People he... 31 December 1778William Smith to Abigail Adams I have inclos'd two hundred & thirty six Dollars. The amount of the bills was £100. 16. The Cask of Wine gaug'd 30 Gallons. Deducting the £30 you des... 1 January 1779Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth CranchMy Dear Friend I take my pen to perform my promice of writing to you and to wish you a happy new year may heaven pour down those blessings upon you t... 1 January 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams I wish you an happy new Year, and many happy Years—and all the Blessings of Life. Who knows but this Year may be more prosperous for our Country than... 2 January 1779Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend You have directed me to draw Bills upon you for what Money I want, and add, that if my Bills are scrupled, to get them indorsed. I ... 4 January 1779Abigail Adams to James LovellDear Sir May I be permitted to call of your attention from the important and weighty concerns of State to answer me a Question in which I feel myself... 18 January 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend A Gentleman, Mr. Boardman of Newbury Port, is going, and by him I send you a few Lines. In England nothing is talked of, but Admira... 19 January 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest I can only tell you that I am not well. A bad Cold only. The others are all well. Not a Word of News from any Part. None from America a lo... 19 January 1779James Lovell to Abigail Adams Yes, lovely Portia, you have written to one “who lives in the continual practice of mortification and self denial,” who therefore can and does most “... 19 January 1779Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I Intended writing my Friend Mrs. Adams when Mr. Thaxter Returned but dare say he Gave you a satisfactory Reason why I did not, since which many matt... 22 January 1779Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren Your favour by Col. Henly was deliverd me by the Hand of that gentleman. I had been some time expecting to hear from you by your own worthy partner a... 24 January 1779Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Last weak I had the pleasure to receive too letters from my friend Myrtilla, aney time when you have letters if you send them to Brackets and dirrect... 1 January 177931 January 1779Abigail Adams to a Massachusetts Member of the Continental CongressDear Sir It gives me real pain to see the various arts and machinations of our internal Enemies practised with Effect upon the generality of Mankind.... 4 February 1779Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth CranchMy Dear Myrtilla If aney person had told me the night I left Braintree that I should have ben at Plymouth almost seven weaks and have received only o... 9 February 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is now a Year within a Day or two of my Departure from home. It is in vain for me to think of writing of what is passed. The Cha... 11 February 1779Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy Dear Daughter It is with inexpressible pleasure that I enclose to you a letter from your brother, and that I can tell you, that I last night recei... 12 February 1779Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. In the latter End of July and beginning of Novr. last I wrote to You. Am uncertain by whom the first was conveyed, the Latter was committed ... 13 February 1779Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend This is the Anniversary of a very melancholy Day to me, it rose upon me this morning with the recollection of Scenes too tender to ... 13 February 1779Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth CranchMy Dear Myrtilla It is now past ten however I will write you a few lines as I flatter myself they will be axcepttable, for you know we ar too apt to ... 13 February 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Yours of 15 Decr. was sent me Yesterday by the Marquiss whose Praises are celebrated in all the Letters from America. You must be c... 16 February 1779John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma I have now the pleasure to acquaint you some news which will be agreable to you. Yesterday morning an extroadinary express from England h... 16 February 1779James Lovell to Abigail Adams Though I have this day for the first time received a Letter from your husband, yet I feel chagrined at not having had one inclosed for you. I had pro... 19 February 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have written three Answers to yours of January 4. This is the fourth. The Three first I have burned. In one I was melancholly, in... 20 February 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams In the Margin are the Dates of all the Letters I have received from you. I have written you, several Times that Number—they are allmost all lost, I ... 20 February 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams A new Commission has arrived by which the Dr. is sole Minister. Mr. Lee continues Commissioner for Spain, but I am reduced to the Condition of a priv... 20 February 1779John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma I last night had the honour of reading a letter from you to my Pappa dated Jany. 4th. in which you complain much of my Pappa's not writin... 21 February 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Yours by Mr. Williams have received. The little Bill must be paid, but I confess it allarms me a little. The Expence of my Son here is greate... 26 February 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams I have this day taken a long Ramble, with my son. The Weather is as delightfull as you can imagine. There is not in the Month of May, a softer Air, a... 27 February 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams The Weather continuing fine, I went to Saint Denis a little Village about Eight Miles from this Place, where are the Tombs of all the Kings and Queen... 28 February 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams I suppose I must write every day, in order to keep or rather to restore good Humour, whether I have any thing to say or not. The Scaffold is cutt awa... 28 February 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams This Day, the Chevalier D'Arcy, his Lady, and Niece, Mr. Le Roy and his Lady, dined here. These Gentlemen are two Members of the Academy of Sciences.... 1 February 177928 February 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams You are uneasy that I dont write enough. I understand you. You want me to unravel to you all the Mysteries of the Politicks of Europe, and all the In... 1 February 177931 March 1779Abigail Adams to James Lovell Your favour of Jan'ry 19 never reachd me till the 26 of this Month. The only reason why I did not mention the recept of your Letter November 27 and a... 9 March 1779James Lovell to Abigail Adams It is hardly necessary that I should tell the amiable Portia of my having within 4 days received a letter from her worthy Husband, as the date is no ... 15 March 1779Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch As a convenient opportunity offoring by General Warren I cannot let it excape without a line for my Myrtilla. I now take up my pen to inform you that... 15 March 1779Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams If anything would awake the sleeping Muses or Call Back the Wandering Deities the Imagery of this Delightful Morn (when the hand of Nature has Decora... 20 March 1779Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Your favour of December 9 came to hand this Evening from Philadelphia, by the same post received a Letter from Mr. Lovell transcrib... 8 April 1779Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams So I must Give up my Little Companion, my Young Friend. Your Claim is prior, your Title Cannot be Contested, but Remember she is not all your own: ho... 14 May 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I left Paris on the Eighth of March, expecting to find the Alliance, at Nantes and embark immediately for home, but when I arrived ... 14 May 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend When I left Paris, the 8 March, I expected to have been at Home before this Day and have done my Utmost to get to sea, but the Emba... 14 May 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am taking an Opportunity by every Vessell that is going to inform you, that I am coming home as soon as possible. In Six or Seven... James Lovell to Abigail Adams, with enclosure James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 5 June 1779 5 June 1779James Lovell to Abigail Adams If at any Time heretofore I have seemed to infringe upon your Prerogatives, I ask your Pardon. It was rash in me to censure you for what Sovereigns d... 8 June 1779Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Six Months have already elapsed since I heard a syllable from you or my dear Son, and five since I have had one single opportunity ... 11 June 1779Richard Cranch to John AdamsMy dear Friend and Bror: I have just now deliver'd to your Friend Genl. Warren of the Navy-Board, a Pacquet from Sister Adams directed to you. The Ge... 14 June 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have been often disappointed, and therefore cannot be perfectly sure now: but my Baggage is all on Board a Frigate of the Kings, ... 18 June 177926 June 1779Abigail Adams to James Lovell Do you love the Natural sentiments of the Heart Take them then as they flow from the pen of Portia. Having been to take a ride this afternoon upon my... 6 July 1779Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I take up my pen this Morning to let my Friend know I have not yet seen Mr. S. Adams, but understand by Mr. Warren, That Thier is No Expectation in C... 14 July 1779Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams My Friends anxity I Wonder not at. Wish I could say anything that would Give that Relief her agitated mind requires. Yet have no doubt her best Frien... 15 July 1779Abigail Adams to James Lovell I wrote to Mr. S A—— the same day I received your Letter, but not a syllable of information have I yet collected from him. No Alliance yet arrived—it... 16 July 1779James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam The above is an Extract from a Letter of Ar. Lee to Mr. S. Adams and tho Mr. Lee writes afterwards on April 6th. yet it was a very shor... 19 July 1779James Lovell to Abigail Adams Your Favor of June 18/26 is this Hour come to hand. “Do I love the natural Sentiments of the Heart”? Yes, Amiable Correspondent, I truly love them; a... 28 July 1779Abigail Adams to James LovellDear sir Your favour of july 16 this moment received the contents of which have awakend in my Bosom the anxiety which had before almost subsided. By ... 30 July 1779Abigail Adams to Samuel AdamsDear sir As your good Lady had promised me the favour of a visit before your return to your Native Town, give me leave sir to request a compliance wi... 31 July 1779Samuel Adams to Abigail Adams Mr. Saml. Adams and Mrs. Adams present their most friendly Regards to Mrs. Adams of Braintree. In Answer to her Message to Mr. A, he informs her, tha... 6 August 1779Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Friend Beneath the shady Forrest of Ele River, while my Best Friend has walked towards the Fertile plains to survey the Reapers, or perhaps a... 9 August 1779James Lovell to Abigail Adams Indeed, my lovely anxious Friend, you lead me to doubt whether Mr. A. is really on the Water: The Report of the Alliance being in Concert with a 40 G... 11 August 1779James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMy amiable Friend This Evening I have satisfactory Intelligence of the real Embarkation of your very dear Treasure at l'Orient the 17th. of June and... 20 October 1779Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch I have began too or three letters to you but have burnt them, all for reasons that you need not be inquisitive to know. If they had been fit for your... 13 November 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have just sent Mr. Thaxter, Johnny and Stephens with the Things on Board. I shall go with Charles at four O Clock. It is now thre... 14 November 1779Abigail Adams to John AdamsDearest of Friends My habitation, how disconsolate it looks! My table I set down to it but cannot swallow my food. O Why was I born with so much Sens... 14 November 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest We got all on Board last night, and began to make our Arrangements. Mr. Thaxter and Johnny, slept in a large Cott in the Council Chamber. ... 15 November 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Portia We have a fine Wind, and in the Course of this Afternoon and Night expect to be clear of Georges Bank, and out of Danger of meeting... 18 November 1779Abigail Adams to James LovellSir In a Letter from my Dear absent Friend the day before he saild dated on Board the Frigate he informd me that the Evening before he received a Let... 20 November 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend A brave fellow from Boston Captn. Carr, gives me an Opportunity of writing one Line, to let you know that We are all very well thus... 20 November 1779John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHon'd Mamma This moment gives me an Opportunity of writing to you but I have very little to write. We are now about 200 leagues from Boston and have ... 23 November 1779James Lovell to Abigail AdamsDear Ma'am Instead of sending the inclosed to the Navy Board I shall from Time to Time direct them as now, that after you have had the Amusement (suc... 27 November 1779James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMy dear Lady I cannot recollect whether I sent No. 31 before. I promised your Husband to continue to forward the Journals: But my Wish is not to brea... 29 November 1779Abigail Adams to John LowellSir Before Mr. Adams left me he mentiond 2 or 3 gentlemen to me to whom he would have me apply for advice and assistance during his absence. You Sir ... 29 November 1779Abigail Adams to Oliver WendellDear Sir My dear Mr. Adams when he left me recommended Mr. Wendle to me as one of those Friends he had Requested to assist me in his absence. My pres... 29 November 1779Oliver Wendell to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. Mr. Adams gave me real Pleasure when he told me it was in my Power to render any Service to himself or his Family, therefore any Apology f... 10 December 1779Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I will not omit any opportunity of writing tho ever so great an uncertainty whether it will ever reach your Hand. My Unkle Smith ha... 11 December 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have had an Escape again: but are arrived safely in Spain. As the Frigate will probably not get from this place these two Months... 12 December 1779Abigail Adams to Mary Middleton LovellMy Dear Madam The enclosed Letter I send to your care. The triffel which accompanies it I ask your acceptance of. I only wish that my ability was equ... 12 December 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams The french Consul had agreed to carry me, Mr. Dana, Mr. Allen, and my three Children and our three Servants, this Day to Corunna, which is about five... 12 December 1779John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear Daughter If I could send you some of the Lemons, Oranges, or Water Melons of this Place, it would give me more Pleasure than you. But there a... 12 December 1779John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Brother As I have wrote to Mamma and Sister I have but very little to write to you but I cannot let an opportunity slip without writing to yo... 13 December 1779Abigail Adams to James Lovell Enclosed I return according to your direction a duplicate Number of the journals. Number 29 is missing. I do not fully understand you when you say th... 15 December 1779John Lowell to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I received by the Return of the last Post from Philadelphia a Letter from my Friend Mr. Adams which he had very kindly directed to me ther... 15 December 1779John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam The Reason of our being in Spain, you will, perhaps, be no stranger to, when this reaches You. I am not sorry We arrived at Ferrol, as a prosec... 16 December 1779John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Last night We all arrived in this Place from Ferrol. The Distance is about twenty miles by Land over high Mountains and bad Roads. ... 16 December 1779John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam This Afternoon I visited one of the Churches in this place; and casting my Eyes into one Corner of it I spy'd one of the Monks of the Francisca... 27 December 1779Abigail Adams to John LowellSir Your very polite reply to my Letter demands my acknowledgment. If I should find myself embarressed at any time I shall not fail making use of you... 27 December 1779Abigail Adams to Oliver WendellSir Your obligeing reply to my request demands my Thanks. I have taken the Liberty of sending 5 Guinea's to be exchanged—any time within these ten da... 31 December 1779Oliver Wendell to Abigail AdamsDr. Madm. Mr. Cranch deliver'd me your Letter with the five french Guineaus which at the Insurance Office I endeavord to hawk to the Money Voyagers. ... 6 January 1780James Lovell to Abigail Adams You will see, lovely Woman, by the Papers which I have sent that we shall have more post Advantages of Communication than we have had for some time b... 13 January 1780James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMadam I send you a Continuance of the Journals. The Printer having lately made a Mistake in the Course of sending me the Sheets of 1778, I was led to... 16 January 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We arrived here, last night, all alive, but all very near sick with violent Colds taken on the Road for Want of comfortable Accommo... 16 January 1780John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma I am (by the Grace of God) once more safely arrived at Bilbao. I have wrote you an account of my Voyage and why we put into Spain. I have... 16 January 1780John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Brother I am always happy to find an opportunity of conversing with you, as we cannot verbally do this it is our duty to do it by writing. I ... 18 January 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend It is now a little more than two months since you left me. I have many hopes that you had a prosperous voyage and that you were som... 18 January 1780Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Bror. I was last Evening at your House and left Mrs. Adams, Miss Nabby and Master Tommy well, as are also all the rest of our Connections. The C... 18 January 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam After twenty odd days spent in climbing Mountains, sinking into Valleys, tumbling over Rocks, pocking thro' Mud and Mire, creeping along Plains... 19 January 1780Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I hope you have had no occasion either from Enemies or the Dangers of the Sea to repent your second voyage to France. If I had thought yo... 19 January 1780Abigail Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Charles How does my son after the fatigues of a voyage. A young adventurer indeed, how many times did you wish yourself by mammas fireside. B... 19 January 1780John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma I can never keep my pen out of my hand when ever there is an oportunity of writing and as there is one now by a Captn. Lovett I will make... 20 January 1780Abigail Adams to Oliver Wendell I return you thanks Sir for the trouble you took in exchangeing my Money, our currency is some thing like the Stocks abroad, rises and falls with the... 12 February 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend On Wednesday, the 9th. of this Month, We all arrived in tolerable Health at the Hotel De Valois, in Paris where We now are. On Thur... 13 February 1780Abigail Adams to James Lovell With fingers so soar that I can scarcly guide a pen tho it cost me ever so much pain I must I will call you—wicked Man. I told you that I had discove... 16 February 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have the Honour to be lodged here with no less a Personage than the Prince of Hesse Castle Cassel, who is here upon a Visit. We o... 16 February 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam On the ninth of this Month We all happily arrived here, and with Hearts replete with Gratitude. Our Journey was long, cold, tedious and painful... 17 February 1780John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHond. Mamma As there is an opportunity of writing to you, I must by no means let it Slip me; I have wrote you a Small account of my Voyage and that w... 22 February 1780John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother I am once more settled down in a school and am very content with my situation. I was the other night at the Foire St Germain in Paris... 23 February 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Children made me a Visit to day, and went with me to dine with my old Friends the two Abbys, whom you have often heard me menti... 26 February 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend This day I am happy in the News of your safe arrival at Corruna by a vessel arrived at Newbury port in 60 days from thence. I canno... 26 February 1780Abigail Adams to John Quincy and Charles AdamsMy Dear Sons I am happy to hear of your safe arrival tho not at the port, I wished to hear you were. You will however have a more extensive opportuni... 26 February 1780Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams Last Evening we had an Account from Newbury that a Vessell was Arrived there from Bilbao, but haveing stopt att Coronia, brings the Agreeable news of... 27 February 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The House of Joseph Guardoqui and Sons of Bilbao, have sent you some necessaries to the Amount of about 200 Dollars, by Captain Bab... 28 February 1780Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren How does my Dear Mrs. Warren through a long and tedious Winter? in which I have never been honourd with a single line from her hand. Possibly she may... 28 February 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have sent you, one yard of fine Cambrick, at 14 Livres an Ell, two of a coarser sort at 6 Livres an Ell. Eight India Handkerchief... 28 February 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have already sent to the Marquis de la Fayette, a Number of Letters for you, and the Children, from their Brothers, who favoured ... 1 March 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I had scarcly closed my packet to you when I received your Letters dated Ferrol and Corunna. I am happy indeed in your safe arrival... 2 March 1780Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I cannot close the packet, without acknowledging the recept of your Letter, and thanking you for it. You have great reason for thankfulln... 2 March 1780Abigail Adams to John ThaxterDear sir I must attempt a few lines to you (tho very much troubled with whitlows upon my fingers) in reply to your favours from Ferrol and Corruna, w... 7 March 1780James Lovell to Abigail Adams The Post but now arrived will be again on his Way in an Hour; I retire therefore from a Circle of public Debate, to acknowledge, at a Side-Window, yo... 10 March 1780Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams I have to thank my Friend Mrs. Adams for a very agreable Letter Received a few days since. I shall make no other Apology for my long silence, but a F... 13 March 1780Abigail Adams to Elbridge GerrySir Altho this is the first time I ever took up my pen to address you, I do it in perfect confidence that you will not expose me, having been long ag... 15 March 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have sent you Things from Bilbao, by Captain Babson, and a small present by the M. de la Fayette, another by Mr. Lee, another by ... 15 March 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Mr. Brown, whom I left at Passy, when I returned to you, and whom I found here, upon my return to Paris, will deliver you this and ... 15 March 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam On Monday Morning I had the Honor to go with his Excellency and Mr. Dana to breakfast with the celebrated Abbè Reynald, in Company with a larg... 16 March 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia I have never answered your Letter of the 8th. of June, that I remember, and there is nothing in it that requires a particular Answer b... 16 March 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia I have not particularly answered your amiable Letter of 10 Decr. Your tender Anxiety distresses me, much: I hope your Faith however, h... 16 March 1780John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Sir I duly received your Favour of December the 12, and thank you for your Attention to the Widows, whose Letters came safe by the same Conveyance. T... 16 March 1780John Quincy Adams to John Adams Make Latin, ExplainCicero Erasmus Appendix PeircePhaedrus. Learngreek Racines greek Grammar Geography geometry fractions Writing Drawing As a young ... 17 March 1780John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have received your Letter, giving an Account of your Studies for a day. You should have dated your Letter. Making Latin, construing Cic... 17 March 1780John Quincy Adams to William CranchMy Dear Cousin As there is a very good opportunity of writing to you by a Gentleman from South carolina who is about embarking for America I must wri... 20 March 1780Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son Your Letter last evening received from Bilboa relieved me from much anxiety, for having a day or two before received Letters from your Pa... 21 March 1780John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHond. Sir I yesterday asked Mr. Pechigny if he thought it would do brother Charles any good to begin upon Latin at present, he answered me, that on t... 21 March 1780James Lovell to Abigail Adams I most sincerely rejoice with you on the safe Arrival of Mr. Adams in Spain after so short a Passage tho' attended with some Hardships. In addition t... 22 March 1780John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have just now received your Letter, of Yesterday, and am very well pleased with it, because it is written with care, in an handsome Han... 24 March 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia This goes by Colonel Fleury, whom you know, who desires to carry a Letter to you. My three Boys dined with me Yesterday, being a Playd... 28 March 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia Mr. Izard goes off, the day after tomorrow, and will carry this, and all the News there is. We have none from America, a long time. I ... 28 March 1780Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith CranchMy dear Sister It is so long since the enclosed was written that I am almost ashamed to send it. However I wish it may be accepted as a convincing Ar... 6 April 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia There is a great deal of hatred against the Govt. in England as you will see by the song inclosed. They are going on, with County meet... 15 April 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend By Mr. Guile who is bound to Amsterdam and from thence to France, I embrace this opportunity of writing to you; and inquiring after... 17 April 1780Elbridge Gerry to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam By the last Post I was honored with your Letter of the 13th March, communicating in Confidence your Sentiments on a certain publication... 26 April 1780Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Brother I have this Moment heard of an Oportunity of writing a line to you by Coll. Tyler of this Town who sets out this Day from hence and is g... 30 April 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam That a Nation once distinguished in the Annals of Mankind, should by the Pride, Avarice, Ambition, Injustice and Oppression of its Governors, l... 1 April 178031 May 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia Yesterday We went to see the Garden of the King, Jardin du Roi, and his Cabinet of natural History, Cabinet d'Histoire naturell. The C... 1 May 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Last week arrived at Boston the Marquis de la Fayette to the universal joy of all who know the Merit and Worth of that Nobleman. He... 3 May 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia Having just heard of a Small Brig bound directly from Nantes to Boston, I write you, one Line. The day before Yesterday, I had a lette... 5 May 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia By your Uncles Letter of 26 feb., he could not hear of any Letters from me by Trash. I certainly wrote by him from Corunna, so did the... 12 May 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia Mr. Austin has at last arrived—he dined with me, Yesterday and today. He has been taken, and been to London and from thence to Amsterd... 12 May 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam On the 10th. of this Month I had the pleasure of recieving Letters from Hingham dated in February, which informed me of the Health of all Frien... 12 May 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia The inclosed Dialogue in the Shades was written by Mr. Edmund Jennings now residing at Brussells, a Native of Maryland. I will send yo... James Lovell to Abigail Adams, with Reports on John Adams' Accounts 14 May 1780James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMadam The inclosed Papers will show you how the Business of Mr. A's Accounts has been conducted—with indecent Delay. I presume the Treasury will draw... 25 October 177914 May 1780Enclosure: Reports on John Adams' AccountsMr. Adams' Letter of Aug. 3d. was referred to the Board of Treasury on the 20th. to take Order. Committed and a Report made Decr. 15 which Report was ... 15 May 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia I inclose for your Amusement, a Publication, made here within a few days. Somebody has inserted in the Amsterdam Gazette, that this Ge... 16 May 1780John Adams to PechignySir I have recieved your two favors of the 9th. and 10th. of this Month with the Accounts of my Sons and Mr. Cooper i.e. Samuel Cooper Johonnot for t... 16 May 1780John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Sir Your kind favor of 26th. Feby. was sent me by Mr. John Hodshon of Amsterdam, whom I shall request to convey You this. You can't imagine how much ... 16 May 1780Elbridge Gerry to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I had the pleasure of addressing You on the 17th of April last, since which Congress have received several Letters from our worthy Friend ... 17 May 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia This day I received yours of the first of March from Bilbao, with the Journals &c.—the Postage of this Packet, is prodigious. I would ... 17 May 1780John Thaxter to Abigail Adams I was made happy this day by the Receipt of your esteemed favor of the 2d. of March. You say, that in the seperation of near Friends, You have ever t... 19 May 1780Abigail Adams to Winslow Warren From the Friendship with which I have long been honourd by your Mamma, and the personal knowledge of the amiable disposition of her Son, I am led to ... 19 May 1780James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMy much esteemed Friend Large Packets are here received from Mr. Adams up to March 4th. His Reception was of the most cordial Kind. I shall execute s... 24 May 1780Abigail Adams to James LovellDear Sir Your favour of May the Second came last Evening to Hand, and is the only line received from you since the 21 of March. Former puntiality lea... 26 May 1780John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Sir I must intreat You to write me, and persuade others to write by every Vessel to Spain and Holland. We have just received Clinton's Letter. A Span... 26 May 1780Winslow Warren to Abigail AdamsMadam I had the honor of receiving your Letter the last Week handed Me by Mr. Cranch; accompanied with your Letters for Mr. Adams Which I shall take ... 3 June 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia I went a few days ago to see the Hotel de Monnoie or the Mint, the Building where all the Kings Coin is cast and stamped. We viewed al... 9 June 1780Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Bror. The Bearer Mr. John Leverett has just now inform'd me that he is bound to Holland and intends to wait upon you at Paris before he returns.... 11 June 1780Abigail Adams to James LovellDear sir Your repeated favours of May 14, May 19 and 30 together with one bearing no date merrit my acknowledgement that amidst so great a Number of ... 13 June 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend The Palles which I thought had saild a fortnight ago, still lies at Newbury Port, and gives me the opportunity of acquainting you w... James Lovell to Abigail Adams, with a Resolution of Congress of 31 May 13 June 1780James Lovell to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I will not omit to acknowledge by this Post the Receipt of your Letter of the 24th. Ulto. because I can in some measure afford you Satisfa... 31 May 1780Enclosure: Resolution of Congress of 31 MayResolved That the Establishment of the Salaries of the Honorable John Adams and his Secretary Mr. Dana be transmitted to the Minister Plenipotentiary ... 17 June 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia I yesterday received a Letter of 26 April from Brother Cranch, for which I thank him and will answer as soon as possible. He tells me ... 18 June 1780John Thaxter to Abigail Adams About a fortnight since Mr. Hutchinson, formerly Governor of the Massachusetts Bay, dropped down dead in England. The Reflection made by some one in ... 23 June 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia We are very much affected with the Loss of Charlestown—it seems the most disagreable Affair, We have ever met with. I dont know that t... 5 July 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Your favour of April 6th reachd me to day per favour Mr. Williams, and is the only one I have had the pleasure of receiving since t... 14 July 1780James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMadam Your favour of June 13th. reached me this Morning. I will endeavour to write intelligibly in answer;—but, alas! I have already fallen into my o... 16 July 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I had just retired to my Chamber and taken up my pen to congratulate you upon the arrival of the Fleet of our Allies at Newport, wh... 21 July 1780Abigail Adams to John ThaxterMy dear Sir Your agreable favour of March 15 reachd me yesterday. I most sincerely thank you for every token of rememberance. You have been puntual t... 22 July 1780Abigail Adams to Charles and John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sons I must write you a few lines by this opportunity, altho tis a long time since I had the pleasure of hearing from you by your own Hands. ... 24 July 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Love Your affectionate Letter by the Count de Noailles reachd me but yesterday, together with your present by Col. Fleury which was very n... Cotton Tufts to John Adams, Enclosing a Weather Journal, 1779–1780, and an Account of the Dark Day in May 1780 25 July 1780Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sir My Letter of the 1st. of May last gave You some Account of the Proceedings of the Convention, the Business of which has been since compleate... 17 November 177930 June 1780Enclosure No. 1: Weather Journal, 1779–1780The Autumn of 1779 was the most pleasant and agreable for its Fertility and the Mildness of the Air that has been remembered, scarce any Rain had fall... 19 May 1780Enclosure No. 2: Account of the Dark Day in May 1780May 19. It thunderd early this Morning and raind about 7 or 8. About 9 a Darkness came on gradually encreasing at 11. I could neither read nor write w... 7 August 1780John Thaxter to John AdamsSir Since Mr. Appleton left Us, the inclosed Letters came to hand with a packet of Newspapers as late as the middle of May. The Letter signed Portia ... 17 August 1780Richard Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister The Alliance arriv'd yesterday after a Passage of about 36 Days. I went this Morning to see Mr. A. Lee (who came in her) but he was engag... 21 August 1780Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams I received your favor of the 16 March sometime Ago. The fleet and Army are still att Rd. Island by the arrival of Admiral Graves the british are supe... 21 August 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I have the pleasure of informing You, that Mr. Dana this day recieved a letter from Mr. Adams of the 17th. of this Month, who was well with his... 21 August 1780John Thaxter to John Quincy AdamsMy dear young Friend Your favor from Brussells was duly recieved, and ought to have been acknowledged before this. By the size of your Packet that ca... 23 August 1780Abigail Adams to John Adams I could not omit so favourable an opportunity as the present of writing you a line by Mr. Warren who is upon his travells, and tis not unlikely may t... 1 September 1780Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenMy dear Madam From your Hospitable Mansion of Benevolence and Friendship, I reachd my own Habitation, the day I left you, and found my family well, b... 2 September 1780Jean de Neufville & Son to Abigail AdamsHonourd Lady! May we begg leave to offer our Respects to your Excellency, and to enclose here the list of some particulars His Excellency favourd us ... 2 September 1780John Thaxter to John AdamsSir By yesterday's post from Nantes Mr. Austin recieved a Letter from Mr. Williams, informing him that a french Vessel had just arrived there from Ph... 3 September 1780Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend By a Vessel of my unkles bound to Bilboa I write you a few lines, and commit them to the care of our Friends Gardoqui to whom I hav... 3 September 1780Abigail Adams to James Lovell Where is my Friend Mr. Lovell? Can he be an inhabitant of this world and inattentive to a Lady? Can he suffer Letters repeatedly to reach him and not... 3 September 1780James Lovell to Abigail AdamsMadam I have at length an Opportunity by Mr. Brown to forward Bills of Exchange; and I only add the News Paper of Yesterday. Bell so long expected fr... 4 September 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia I have ordered the Things you desired for yourself and Mr. Tufts by Captain Edward Davis in the Brig Dolphin. They are very dear, as y... 4 September 1780John Thaxter to John AdamsSir I was this day honoured with your favour of the 30th. of last Month. I cannot give a fuller answer to your question respecting President Laurens,... 4 September 1780John Thaxter to John Quincy AdamsMy dear John I had the pleasure of your agreeable favour of the 31st. of August this day, and am much obliged by the Continuation of your Journal. Yo... 15 September 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia I wish you to write me, by every Opportunity to this Place, as well as to France. It seems as if I never should get any more Letters f... 17 September 1780Abigail Adams to James LovellMy Dear Sir I was much gratified at again receiving a few lines from you, tho very Laconick. I wrote you about ten days since by a Mr. Brown, who cam... 17 September 1780John Thaxter to John AdamsSir I was honoured with your favour of the eighth Instant on the fifteenth. So general an Approbation of the Constitution of the Massachusetts is an ... 19 September 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam A few days since I had the honor of a letter from Mr. A., who I have the pleasure to inform You is well with his two Sons. Mr. Dana is gone als... 19 September 1780John Thaxter to John AdamsSir This Evening Capt. Simeon Sampson of the State Ship Mars of 20 Guns arrived here, and delivered me a large Budget of Letters for You and Mr. Dana... 20 September 1780John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I had the honor yesterday of a most excellent letter under the signature of Portia dated 21st. July; and altho' I wrote You largely but yesterd... 23 September 1780John Adams to John ThaxterDear Sir Last Night I had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 17th. After reflecting a little upon matters I think upon the whole it will be neces... 25 September 1780John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Portia The new Orders I have received from your side the Water, have determined me to stay here untill further Orders. Write to me, by every ... Document Group Part 5 June 1779Enclosure InJames Lovell to Abigail Adams, 5 June 17791 Nankin Jacket 1 Brown Coat 1 Flannel Drawers 1 Shirt 2 Stocks 1 Pr. Thread Stockings 1 Pr. Worstead Stockings 1 Beaver Hatt 1 Straw Hatt 6 Packets o...
