Adams Family Correspondence Volume 5, October 1782 – November 1784 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Sponsors of Print Edition Advisory Board Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents Translation Group 2 October 1782The Chevalier de Ronnay to Abigail AdamsMadame Je Suis au désespoire d'avoir oublié de vous remettre Le mémoire que vous avez eu La Complaisance de me preter L'avant derniere fois que j'ai ... 2 October 1782The Chevalier de Ronnay to Abigail Adams: A TranslationMadam I am sorry that I forgot to return to you the memoir which you had the kindness to lend me when I had the honor of seeing you the time before l... 2 October 1782Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch No Eliza I do not believe your real affection has decreased for Amelia, but a consiousness of my even doing wrong sometimes leads me to feel neglecte... 6 October 1782Abigail Adams to Benjamin WaterhouseMy dear Sir Your obligeing favour of Sepbr 10th was put into my hands the day before I set out upon a journey which detained me a fortnight abroad, a... 8 October 1782Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Your favour of August 17th is just put into my hands with word that Capt. Grinnel is to sail tomorrow, all of a sudden without havi... 9 October 1782John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam In receiving the Communication, that the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of America, and the seven United Provinces, was... 10 October 1782Richard Cranch to John AdamsMy dear Friend and Brother I have just been inform'd by Uncle Smith that a Vessel will sail for Holland this Day; and as I wish to let you hear from ... 10 October 1782Cotton Tufts to John AdamsMy Dear Sr I this day received your Favour of the 17th. Augst. Ultimo. I find that your mind is much distressed with the Accounts you have received o... 12 October 1782John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I believe I shall set off for Paris next Fryday. Mr. Thaxter and Mr. Storer will go with me. The Treaty of Commerce and the Convent... 16 October 1782John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Yesterday arrived your kind Letters of the 3 and 5 of september. I am preparing to sett off tomorrow Morning for Paris, so that I a... 16 October 1782John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy Dear Daughter Your obliging letter of 3d September, I have received, and read with all the tenderness of a father deprived of the dearest, and alm... 17 October 1782Charles Storer to Abigail Adams I write you, Madam, agreable to the request of Mr. Adams, having put up for you the sundry articles you gave orders for in a late letter. You will re... 17 October 1782John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I am thus far advanced on my Journey, and shall continue it from hence tomorrow. I found Mr. Storer writing to You as I came in, and he has con... 25 October 1782Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend The family are all retired to rest, the Busy scenes of the day are over, a day which I wished to have devoted in a particular manne... 26 October 1782Abigail Adams to John Thaxter No, the Fire Brand shall not sail again without a Letter to my Friend. Why what a Hurry. I meant to have written him a long Letter—but here before a ... 8 November 1782John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The King of Great Britain, by a Commission under the great Seal of his Kingdom, has constituted Richard Oswald Esqr. his Commission... 8 November 1782Charles Storer to Abigail Adams I have taken the liberty to enclose a line to my Papa, under cover of yours; knowing it will go more expeditiously as well as safely—to your Excellen... 9 November 1782Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch A constant succession of company, is all I have to offer in vindication of my appearant inattention, to my Eliza. Not a moment have I been able to de... 10 November 1782John Thaxter to Abigail Adams We arrived here the 26th. last Month after a tedious Journey in a crazy Carriage, with the additional Circumstances and Douceurs of constant Rains an... 13 November 1782Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I have lived to see the close of the third year of our seperation. This is a Melancholy Anniversary to me; and many tender Scenes a... 13 November 1782Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams How is it my dear son? You who used to be so punctual in your returns to your Friends that I your affectionate Mother have received but one Letter fr... 14 November 1782John Thaxter to Abigail Adams I forwarded a Letter to You, Madam, yesterday by Capt. Barney, Commander of the Packet Washington, and this I expect will go by the Cicero, Capt. Hil... 19 November 1782John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam In my melancholy, unhappy Moments, (for such I sometimes have), I recur to my old Letters for Consolation, and to none with more pleasure than ... 27 November 1782John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam You will believe me, when I inform You, that I am grievously disappointed in only having to acknowledge the reciept of just two Lines and an ha... 4 December 1782John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Proposal of coming to Europe, has long and tenderly affected me. The Dangers and Inconveniences are such and an European Life ... 4 December 1782John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear Daughter Your Solicitude for your Papa is charming: But he is afraid to trust you to the uncertain Elements, and what is infinitely more misc... 15 December 1782John Adams to Richard CranchMy dear Brother Since my Arrival here 26 October, untill the 30 of November, We had a constant Scuffle Morning noon and night about Cod and Haddock o... 15 December 1782John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I intended to have wrote largely by this Opportunity, but have been confined ever since last Sunday night to my Bed and Chamber, with a most vi... 19 December 1782Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Yesterday, my Dear Eliza, I came here to pass a few days with our friend. I found her much indisposed. She is better to day, and has flattered me by ... 22 December 1782Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Yesterday my Dear Eliza I returned from Germantown and this morning, it being our usual post day, I received your letter and take the earlyest opport... 23 December 1782Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I have omited writing by the last opportunity to Holland; because I had but small Faith in the designs of the owners or passengers.... 28 December 1782John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I dare Say there is not a Lady in America treated with a more curious dish of Politicks, than is contained in the inclosed Papers. ... 30 December 1782Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Altho I wrote you a very long Letter no longer ago than this day week; which went under convoy of the French Fleet, I cannot omit a... 4 January 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Your wishes for my happiness, my Dear Eliza, demand my thanks. Wishing, this power of the mind, if it originates from the heart, are as emblems of it... 7 January 1783Benjamin Waterhouse to Abigail AdamsMadam For above a fortnight past I have been meditating a visit to Braintree but some unlucky occurrence or other turned up and disappointed me, and ... 10 January 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend The young Gentleman who is the Bearer of this has acted for about 7 months in the capacity of preceptor to our children; I have men... 10 January 1783Abigail Adams to Chandler Robbins Jr.Sir The Letter which you find enclosed you will be kind enough to sink should you be so unfortunate as to be captured; if you arrive safe and find it... 11 January 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Your letter my Dear Eliza, was, sent me yesterday afternoon. By the bearer of it I returned an insipid scrale—which I suppose you have either recieve... 16 January 1783John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam About three weeks agone, I forwarded a packet of Letters to Mr. Cranch, inclosing one to him—the first since I have been in Europe, that I ever... 18 January 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Your letter my Dear Eliza was this day handed me by your Mamma. I Love her much, Eliza, but wish you would just give her a hint, and tell her from me... 22 January 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Preliminaries of Peace and an Armistice, were Signed at Versailles on the 20 and on the 21. We went again to pay our Respects t... 22 January 1783John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I little expected, when writing to You on the 16th. instant, to have so soon congratulated You upon the Signature of the Preliminaries of Peace... 22 January 1783Benjamin Waterhouse to Abigail AdamsMadam! Yesterday I received your very obliging Letter and return you many thanks for your willingness to serve my interest. Some of my friends seemed... 27 January 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Your last letter my Dear Eliza, deserved from the goodness and friendship, expressed, a reply long ere this. I cannot with truth offer to you aney ap... 29 January 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your kind Letters of Oct. 25. and November 13 came to hand but to day. A Packet from you is always more than I can bear. It gives m... 30 January 1783John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam In acknowledging the receipt of your kind favor of 26th. October and in confessing it was accompanied with five or six other Letters, which arr... 1 February 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I arrived here a few days agone, and expect to be at the Hague by the latter end of this month where I shall wait for your orders, in ca... 4 February 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your two Letters concerning Mr. Tyler are never out of my Mind. He is of a very numerous Family and Connection in Boston who have l... 10 February 1783Charles Storer to Abigail Adams And why may I not write you, Madam, tho' Mr. Thaxter should not go to America? Is the restriction absolute? But I have already addressed you with sev... 11 February 1783Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Did I feel myself conscious of any inclination to suspend a Correspondence that has given pleasure I should feel a little Awkward in the Renewal. But... 12 February 1783Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam I need not tell you I was much disappointed in not having the pleasure of your Company yesterday and the advocate you Employed to appol... 12 February 1783Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren Indeed my dear Madam my omiting writing to you by my son was not oweing to the abrupt manner of your closeing your Friendly Billet which was sufficie... 18 February 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Peace, which Sets the rest of the World at Ease, increases, I think my Perplexities and Anxiety. I have written to Congress a R... 18 February 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son You cannot imagine, the Anxiety I have felt on your Account, nor the Pleasure just received from your Letter of Feb. 1. I had heard nothi... 20 February 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I arrived here about a week agone, and expected to leave this place in a vessel for Kiel, (which I found here,) two days afterwards, but... 26 February 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend “A Court,” as John Dryden informed me, before Experience, “is a place of forgetfulness for well deservers. It is infectious even to... 27 February 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Dryden, whom I have always loved to read now and then, because I learn something from him, informs me, if I did not know it before,... 27 February 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend L'Ambition dans l'oisiveté, la Bassesse dans l'orgueil, Le Desir de s'enrichir Sans travail, l'Aversion pour la vérité; la flatteri... 27 February 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I read in a great Writer, Montesquieu that “l'honneur, en imposant la loi de servir, veut en être l'arbitre; et, s'il se trouve cho... 12 March 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I suppose you have receiv'd before now my letter from Copenhagen dated Feby. 20th. in which I wrote you that I expected to come from the... 15 March 1783Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams and Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sisters If I had received your Letter an hour sooner, I could have sent you an answer the same day, viz. Thursday, by Mr. Badcock who dined h... 28 March 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend On the 30 Nov. our Peace was Signed. On the 28. March We dont know that you have Yet heard of it. A Packet Should have been Sent of... 28 March 1783John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Peace seems to have closed all Communication with America. 'Tis a very long time since any Vessels or Letters have arrived either in France or ... 7 April 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Tis a long a very long time since I had an opportunity of conveying a single line to you. I have upon many accounts been impatient ... 7 April 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is now compleatly five Years, Since I first arrived in Europe, and in all that time I was never more impatient to hear from you ... 11 April 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend There is at length a Ministry in England composed of Kings Friends and Peoples Men, which will effervesce, and throw out a great de... 14 April 1783John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy dear daughter By this time, I hope, your inclination to travel has abated, and the prospect of peace has made you more contented with your native ... 16 April 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It Seems as if Providence had ordered many Things for the last Months, in Such a manner as to put my Patience and Resignation to th... 16 April 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend If Congress when they revoked my Commission had appointed another to make a Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain, We should have h... 18 April 1783John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam For about three Weeks in the Time of Lent, the Play Houses are shut up, on account of its being a Season for the Care (not Cure) of Souls. To a... 22 April 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I arrived here in very good health yesterday morning at about 6. o'clock, after having spent some days at Amsterdam. I found here a lett... 23 April 1783Arthur Lee to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I arrived in Philadelphia this day and had the honor of receiving your Commands of the 9th. Tho' we were exceedingly desirous of the assis... Translation Group 26 April 1783The Chevalier de Ronnay to Abigail Adams, with a Contemporary TranslationMadame Ce jour tant désiré est à la fin arrivé, la paix a couronné vos voeux et les nôtres. Ce fléau si dangereux s'est donc éloigné pour longtems de... 26 April 1783The Chevalier de Ronnay to Abigail Adams: A TranslationMadam The much-desired day is at last arrived: Peace hath crowned both your Wishes and Ours. The dangerous Scourge of War is removed for a long time ... 26 April 1783Charles Storer to Abigail Adams The last Evening's news, Madam, has made me somewhat anxious on your Account. We heard of the arrival of Captain Barney, in the Packett-Washington, a... 27 April 1783Abigail Adams 2d to John Thaxter Opportunities of conveyance from America have for these many Months past been so seldom, that it would be unpardonable to omit the present, my good W... 27 April 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son Last Night I received your Favour from the Hague of the 22 and I congratulate you, on your Safe Arrival. You have had a long Journey, fro... 28 April 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend At length an opportunity offers after a space of near five Months, of again writing to You. Not a vessel from any port in this stat... 28 April 1783Abigail Adams to Charles Storer May I address you by the Epithet of my dear Charles? for I realy feel towards you a Maternal Regard. I enjoyed a Feast upon the receit of your Letter... 29 April 1783Abigail Adams to John Thaxter I am largely indebted to you my much valued correspondent for many Letters received in the last four months, to not one of which have I been able to ... 6 May 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir The bearer of this, is Mr. Hardouin a French young Gentleman whose company I had the pleasure of from Hamborough to Amsterdam, and who i... 7 May 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Yesterday Mr. Johonet waited upon me with your favour of Febry 4th. I am sorry you have sufferd so much anxiety with regard to a do... 9 May 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I wrote you last Tuesday by Mr. Hardouin who will arrive in Paris I suppose to morrow. I have not yet began to pursue my studies, on acc... 10 May 1783Abigail Adams 2d to John Adams No opportunity of writing has pressented since I was so happy as to receive two excellnt letters from my Dear Pappa, neither of them of a date later ... 10 May 1783Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams Where, or in what part of the world to address you, my dear brother, I do not at present know; but I can no longer restrain my pen. It is a long, ver... 12 May 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir The fair ended last Saturday, and yesterday I began to translate Suetone's life of Caligula; Mr. Dumas who is so good as to direct my st... 13 May 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son No Letters from you by the two last Posts. Let me hear from you as Soon and as often as you can. This is the only Substitute for the Plea... 14 May 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Child Mr. Hardouin has just now called upon me, and delivered me your Letter of the 6 Instant. I find that, although, your hand Writing is di... 18 May 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend You may well Suppose that I am not very easy when you are informed that We have no News from America, and that the definitive Treat... 19 May 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I am glad to learn, by your Favour of the 12th, that you have begun to translate Suetonius. This is a very proper book to teach you to lo... 20 May 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend No News yet from America! We Yesterday, exchanged Full Powers with Mr. Hartley, and have agreed to meet at my House, every Evening ... 24 May 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir Last Tuesday I went to pay a visit to Mr. van Berkel and when I return'd I receiv'd your favours of the 13 and 14th. instants in which y... 28 May 1783John Thaxter to John Quincy AdamsDear Sir I have had the pleasure of recieving your favor of the 20th. instant. With regard to the Miniature of Genl. Washington, which Mr. Dana reque... 29 May 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son It gives me great Pleasure to find, that your Situation is agreable to you. An abler Instructor than Mr. Dumas is not to be found. Is not... 30 May 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Here I am, out of all Patience. Not a Word from America. The British Ministry, lingering on. Mr. Hartley uncertain what to do. No R... 6 June 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I receiv'd last Tuesday your favour of the 29th of last month. As Mr. Dumas is so good as to read Virgil with me; 100 verses at a time i... 9 June 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend What would I not give for an Arrival from America? or for certain Advice from London of the Appointment of a Ministry, or for the A... 10 June 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Day after day, Week after Week, Month after Month, roll away and bring Us no News. I am So weary of this idle useless Time, that I ... 10 June 1783John Thaxter to Abigail Adams It would give me great Satisfaction to have it in my power to reply to any Letter from you since October last. But that pleasure is denied me. I feel... 12 June 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son The Bearer of this Letter, Eliphalet Fitch Esqr., a Gentleman of large Fortune and high in office in Jamaica, is a Grandson of Dr. Boylst... 14 June 1783Abigail Adams to Royall Tyler I had thoughts of writing to you before I received my last Letters from abroad, because you have frequently flatterd me with an assurance that my adv... 14 June 1783Abigail Adams to Royall Tyler? You wish me to devote half an hour to you in your absence; you requested and I comply, to shew you that I have a disposition to oblige, but I am very... 19 June 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Legion of Lauzun has arrived, and We hope has brought the Orders of Congress, for Us, but We have not yet received them, and ar... 20 June 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend If I was certain I should welcome you to your native Land in the course of the summer, I should not regret Mr. Smiths going abroad ... 24 June 1783John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I receiv'd some days agone two setts of the 3d. and 4th. volumes of the Politique Hollandais, from Mr. Cerisier. I suppose your intentio... 26 June 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Frind No Letters from you Since last December. Write by the Way of England Holland, France Spain all the Winds of Heaven. You may desire M... 26 June 1783Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Brother Your most esteemed Favour of the 15th. of December came safe to hand, for which I heartily thank you. I have also been favour'd with the... 30 June 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I wrote you a Letter a fortnight ago to send per this opportunity, but meeting with the Consul in Boston, he informd me, that the A... 1 July 1783Abigail Adams to John ThaxterMy Dear Sir Mr. Smith is at last about to leave us. I cannot in conscience omit so good an opportunity of writing, altho I hope you will be here almo... 1 July 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Every moment of my time has been employd since we got home, in writing to my friends abroad, to forward by Mr. Smith who sails a thursday—that I have... 1 July 1783Abigail Adams 2d to John Thaxter On my return from a little excursion to Hingham some time since, I was presented with a letter from you. It pleased me and I felt quite in the spirit... 3 July 1783John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I can tell you nothing with Certainty when the Peace will be finished. I hope it will not be long. You may purchase a Suetonius, provided... 9 July 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Not a Line from you since December. Congress has not cutt off our heads for making Peace, and that is some Comfort. I am not in hea... 13 July 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have had for a Fortnight or Three Weeks a Succession of Hot Weather, attended with an unusual Fog, that has been worse for me to... 17 July 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch For these Two days my Dear Eliza, I have been in expectation of hearing from you. Mr. Shaw tells me he brought letters but I have not yet been so hap... 17 July 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend No Letter from you, yet. I believe I shall Set off Tomorrow or next day, for the Hague, and Shall bring John with me back to Paris ... 18 July 1783Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Brother The Bearer Mr. Benjamin Austin is a Son of the Honble. Benjamin Austin Esqr. of this Town, and Brother to Mr. Jona. Loring Austin who wa... 18 July 1783Richard Cranch to John AdamsMy dear Friend and Brother The Pamphlets herewith inclosed, I send you by favour of Mr. Benjamin Austin, Merchant (Brother to Mr. Jonathan Loring Aus... 20 July 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Amid the numberless letters that you receive from your various and numerous correspondents, can a few lines from your friend afford you any pleasure.... 21 July 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I last evening received a Letter from Mr. Thaxter dated in April, and Mr. Storer received Letters from his Son, but not a line has ... 21 July 1783Abigail Adams to John ThaxterMy dear Sir I almost fear I shall be too late for the Vessel which is about to sail for England. I did not know of it untill a few days ago, and then... 23 July 1783John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHonoured Mamma It is indeed a long time since I have receiv'd any Letters from my friends in America, and I must own I have been a little behind hand... 26 July 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Last Saturday, I left Paris, and on Tuesday arrived, at the Hague. To Day I am come to this Town. I Shall return to Paris in a Fort... 29 July 1783John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam Mr. Adams having taken a Journey to Holland for three or four Weeks, and there being nothing of consequence to do in his Absence, Mr. Storer an... 30 July 1783John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHonoured Mamma Altho' I have already written you by Mr. Brush who will probably deliver this to you; yet I cannot help writing a few more Lines to ju... 14 August 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have received your two favours of 7 May and 20 June. I had received no Letter from you for so long an Interval that these were re... 14 August 1783John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy Dear Daughter I have received your affectionate letter of the 10th of May, with great pleasure, and another from your mother of the 28th and 29th ... 20 August 178329 August 1783Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Why my Dear Eliza have I not had the pleasure of hearing from you but once in an absence of two months. Is this right Betsy? I have been half of a mi... 20 August 1783Richard Cranch to John AdamsMy Dear Brother This will be convey'd to you by the Honble. Natl. Gorham Esqr. our late Speaker, who return'd this Summer from Congress in which he h... 24 August 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend By Capt. Freeman who Sails on Sunday for England I embrace the opportunity of writing you a few lines. Mr. Goreham is gone to Ports... 1 September 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have not received my Letters of Recall from Holland and therefore must disappoint you and my self. I have requested them anew and... 4 September 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have the Satisfaction to inform you that the definitive Treaties were all Signed yesterday, and the Preliminaries with Holland we... 4 September 1783John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHonoured Mamma I should deserve, all the reproaches which my friends in America have made me if I neglected writing, by so good an Opportunity as the... 7 September 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This Morning for the first Time, was delivered me the Resolution of Congress of the first of May, that a Commission and Instruction... 10 September 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have received from Congress a Resolution by which We are to be impowered to negotiate a Treaty of Commerce with G. B. My self Mr... 10 September 1783John Adams to Richard CranchMy dear Brother I have received with very great Pleasure, your favours of June 26 and July 18. If my Townsmen of Marblehead, Salem, Cape Anne, Plymou... 10 September 1783John Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I thank you for your Favours of June 26 and July 5 and for your obliging Congratulations, on the Peace. The Articles respecting Refugees had... 10 September 1783John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsHonoured Mamma As you have ordered me in a Letter which I have Lately receiv'd to give you my own Observations on the Countries thro' which I have tr... 12 September 1783Will of Reverend William Smith In the Name of God Amen, I William Smith of Weymouth in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in New England Clerk, being of a soun... 17 September 1783Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawDear Sister It will not be in my power to get Beaf. Bisquit I can procure, I shall prepaire a dinner here and stop all our Boston Friends with me, in... Enclosure Group 18 September 1783Elbridge Gerry to Abigail AdamsMadam I embrace the Oppertunity by Mr. Guild, of informing You, that Mr. Adams was well the 27th. of July, and that by a Letter to the Minister of Fr... 22 July 1783Enclosure: Extract of a Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston After declaring that neither the Letter from Mr. Marbois nor the conversation respecting the Fishery, Boundaries, Royalists and recommending Moderati... 20 September 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Dearer if possible than ever; for all the parental props which once sustaind and supported me are fallen! My Father, my Father, whe... 14 October 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have had another Fever, which brought me low, but as it has carried off certain Pains and Lamenesses the Relicks of the Amsterdam... 15 October 1783Abigail Adams to Elbridge GerryDear Sir Your obligeing favour was handed me from Mr. Guild, at a time when I was engaged in the Melancholy office, of attending the dieing Bed, of a... 19 October 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend My last Letter to you was written in Sepbr. I closed it, because I knew not how to think upon any other subject than the solemn one... 20 October 1783Abigail Adams to John Thaxter To you my young Friend upon whom the parential ties are strong and unbroken; who never yet knew the agonies which attend the loss of a fond Mother; o... 6 November 1783Elbridge Gerry to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam Since I had the Pleasure of addressing You, nothing of Importance has occurred in the Concerns of our Friend excepting a Letter from Mr... 8 November 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Yours of Jany. 10 to Mr. Robbins, he shewed me this Moment and informs Me, he goes on Board on Monday. I regret that I have had no ... 8 November 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have this Day, by Special Permission from their Majesties obtained by Mr. West the Painter who with Mr. Copely do so much honour ... 11 November 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Col. Trumble has been so kind as to visit me, and request a Letter from me to you; I have promised him one. You direct me to write ... 18 November 1783John Adams to Abigail AdamsDearest Friend I have time only to inform you that We are well, and to repeat my earnest Wish and Expectation to see you as soon as possible. Draw up... 20 November 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Your favour dated at Amsterdam in july was last evening handed to me; and this evening your Letter of the 10th of Sepbr. by Col. Og... 20 November 1783Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams This evening as I was Setting, with only your sister by my side, who was scribling at the table to some of her correspondents, my Neighbour Feild ent... 24 November 1783Elbridge Gerry to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam Mr. Thaxter is arrived with the Definitive Treaty and I have the pleasure of receiving a number of letters from Mr. Adams. I think it w... 7 December 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Will you honour a Bill of mine, drawn in favour of Uncle Smith for 60 pounds, to pay for 9 acres of wood land which I have purchase... 15 December 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I returned last Evening from Boston, where I went at the kind invitation of my uncle and Aunt, to celebrate our Anual festival. Doc... 16 December 1783John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam, I have this moment received your polite Invitation to dinner tomorrow, and am extremely sorry, that a severe Cold, which has confined me a day... 26 December 1783Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son Your Letters by Mr. Thaxter I received; and was not a little pleased with them; if you do not write with the precision of a Robertson, no... 27 December 1783Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I did not receive your Letter of August the 14th. untill this very Evening; I was much gratified to find I had done what you direct... 3 January 1784Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I have already written you 3 Letters, which have been waiting a long time for a passage; they will now all go in one ship, provided... 4 January 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch And why my Dear Eliza has my letter layn unanswered. That it merited a reply I will not pretend to determine, but as the motive which actuated me to ... 4 January 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I received Yours, last Friday just as We were siting down to dinner, favoured by Mr. Ludden. We mortified our bodily appetite for a fe... 6 January 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Mamma Yesterday afternoon Mr. V——handed me your letter. I am sorry that you were prevented from communicating your farther sentiments, as I w... 13 January 1784Royall Tyler to John AdamsSir When a man's views are direct and his Intentions consistant with Honour and Virtue he seldom affects Concealment. I will not presume therefore th... 15 January 1784Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I write you again by this vessel altho it seem's as if there was a Spell to detain her; she has letters of various dates from me as... 20 January 1784Richard Cranch to John AdamsMy dear Friend and Brother I have received your esteemed Favour of the 10th. of Sepr. 1783, and am sorry to find that the Happiness we flatter'd our ... 25 January 1784John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I was much disappointed, on the Arrival of Mr. Temple in London, at not finding a Letter from you, but last Week at Amsterdam, I ha... 11 February 1784Abigail Adams to John Adams Two days only are wanting to campleat six years since my dearest Friend first crost the Atlantick. But three months of the Six Years have been Spent ... 28 February 1784Abigail Adams to Hannah Storer GreenDear Mis Green I inclose to you my sons Letters, which you will be so kind as to return safe to me again; as they are very valuable to me. For a Lad ... 14 March 1784Charles Adams to William CranchDear Cousin NB This is not performing the promise of writing to one another every week. I know you can write if you have a mind to for you have enou... 15 March 1784Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I have not received a Line from you, nor heard a Syllable Since yours of November 18th, which I have allready acknowledged. I am im... 15 March 1784Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son As I did not write you by the last conveyance I will not omit the present. I supposed your sister had got a Letter for You, but I found a... 19 March 1784Abigail Adams to Elbridge GerrySir I received Letters dated about the middle of November from Mr. Adams, in which he was very urgent with me to come out early in Spring, if I decli... 26 March 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister The Roads have been so bad for several Weeks past, that there has been but little travelling, and it has been difficult to get a conve... 3 April 1784John Adams to Richard CranchMy dear Brother Your kind Letter of 20 Jany. I received Yesterday. Mr. Tylers Letter inclosed is here answered. Your Opinion has great Weight with me... 3 April 1784John Adams to Royall TylerSir I Yesterday received your Letter of the thirteenth of January. The Subject of it has for some time been to me an Occasion of Solicitude, chiefly ... 12 April 1784Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I hope this will be the last Letter which I shall have occasion to write to you, before I embark for Europe. Uncle Smith has been u... 16 April 1784Elbridge Gerry to Abigail Adams I am this day, Madam, favoured with your Letter of the 19th. of March, and embrace the earliest Oppertunity of informing You, that it is highly proba... 18 April 1784John Quincy Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy dear Cousin While I was at St. Petersbourg, I had, the Pleasure, of receiving a Letter from you; I answered it, but since that time I have shamefu... 25 April 1784Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have been much dissapointed in not receiving any Letters from your Father or you by the late arrivals from England. Capt. Lyde, and a B... 6 May 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I am glad to hear that my Cousins got home well. Poor Boys I believe that they had their Coats wet enough a Thursday, I was really sor... 18 May 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHond. Sir I have only time to write a few lines for the present as the Post is about to depart. On Saturday the 15th. instant I sailed in the Packet ... 18 May 1784Elbridge Gerry to Abigail AdamsMadam By Mr. Bourne, who was here last Week, I informed You that our commercial Affairs were arranged, that Mr. Adams Mr. Franklin and Mr. Jefferson ... 20 May 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHon'd Sir I have been looking out for lodgings, yesterday and this day, and have at length found a bed Room, in the House, where Mr. Smith lodges; an... 25 May 1784Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I came to Town yesterday and have engaged My passage on Board the ship Active Capt. Lyde, agreable to the advise of my Friends: she... 25 May 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHond. Sir Yesterday, I met Mr. Bridgen at the Coffee House; he told me he had a book for you, and this morning he sent it to my lodgings; Mr. Watson ... 28 May 1784John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear John At Amsterdam I received your Letter of the 18 and to day that of the 20th. Write me, when you Ship the Books for Rotterdam, and by what ... 1 June 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHond. Sir Yesterday I received your favour by Dr. Parker, and was very glad to find you pleased with your situation, tho' I was myself in pretty low ... 5 June 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister I have the pleasure to inform you of my safely being lodged in our Haverhill Dwelling, last Friday night, and found all in good Health... 6 June 1784John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son Last night I received yours of the 1. with the Letter from your Mother to you, by which it appears so uncertain when She will arrive or e... 6 June 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHond. Sir Last Wednesday Mr. W. Vaughan, got me introduced into the house of Commons, and I was there, from about 2. in the afternoon till 1. the nex... 6 June 1784John Adams to John Quincy Adams A young Gentleman of 17, must not talk of low Spirits for Small disappointments. He must reconcile his Mind to them. He will meet with many. My Frien... 11 June 1784John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Boy I am so pleased with your Letters, in general, that you may well believe that of the 6. has contributed very much to my Happiness. As you... 15 June 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir I this day receiv'd your favour of the 11th. instant and expect to send the Books away, in the course of this week, if I receive no cont... 18 June 1784Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsSir As You have been so kind as to undertake the care of Mr. Adams'es Estate and affairs during the absence of his family, for which it is my desire ... 18 June 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir In my last Letter, I informed you of my intention to set off for the Hague next Wednesday; since that I have thought that it would be mo... 18 June 1784Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Brother The Oportunity that now presents of sending this by your most amiable Friend, while it makes me glad to think that so great an Addition ... 20 June 1784Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Ellery Dana Little my Dear Mrs. Dana did I think I should leave America without seeing you, but a slow fever, your absence and now a thousand thousand cares are ... 21 June 1784John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I received your Letter of the 15th. on the 18th. and that of the 18th. this moment, and am happy to find that you Spend So much Time and ... 26 June 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister Mr. Dodge has just informed me of his design to go to Boston tomorrow, and has kindly offered to convey a Letter. I thank you for Your... 1 June 178430 June 1784John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear John There is no Accomplishment, more usefull or reputable, or which conduces more to the Happiness of Life, to a Man of Business or of Leisu... 3 July 1784John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend From the first of April to this time, I have been in constant and anxious Expectation of hearing of your Arrival in London. Your Le... 3 July 1784Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Bror. I wrote you a few Lines by your most amiable Partner who sailed in a Ship commanded by Capt. Byfield Lyde, from Boston, the 20th. Ulto. I ... 3 July 1784Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sir Since Mrs. Adams's Departure I have revolved within myself, whether you would not have an Inclination to purchase the piece of Land on Pens ... 5 July 1784James Lovell to Abigail Adams Suppose every proper Epithet to occupy these two upper Lines. Under them all I most cordially salute you. Once upon the Arrival of a Ship from France... 6 July 178430 July 1784Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear Sister I have been 16 days at sea, and have not attempted to write a single Letter; tis true I have kept a journal when ever I was able, but ... 7 July 1784Eunice Paine to Abigail Adams and Abigail Adams 2d It is now the 7th. of July, the 18th. day Since we Saw You Quit our shores to seek a happier Climate. We perceived the Active passing as we went up t... 9 July 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch My Dear Eliza will be one of the first to inquire after the welfare of her friend. Nor shall she be the last unanswered. Thus far we have proceeded o... 10 July 1784Abigail Adams to Royall TylerDear sir As well in compliance with your request, as to gratify my own inclination I take my pen after 3 weeks absence to inquire after you: you have... 11 July 1784Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy dear sister This day 3 weeks I came on Board this Ship; and Heaven be praised, have hietherto had a favourable passage. Upon the Banks of Newfound... 23 July 1784Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend At length Heaven be praised I am with our daughter safely landed upon the British Shore after a passage of 30 days from Boston to t... 26 July 1784John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Letter of the 23d. has made me the happiest Man upon Earth. I am twenty Years younger than I was Yesterday. It is a cruel Mort... 27 July 1784John Adams to Abigail Adams 2dMy Dear Daughter: With the tenderest emotions of a father's heart, I congratulate you on your agreeable voyage, and happy arrival; and hope that your... 28 July 178430 July 1784Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy dear sister I think when I finishd the last page I was rubbing myself up on Board Ship. But this was not the only rubbing I had to go through, for... 30 July 1784Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I was this day made very happy by the arrival of a son in whom I can trace the strongest likeness of a parent every way dear to me.... 30 July 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch This day I was Dining with Mamma at Mrs. Atkinsons in hourly expectation of receiving letters from America, Mr. Elworthy called and sent me up, one ... 30 July 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHond. Sir I was so lucky as to have a passage of 26 hours from Helvoetsluis to Harwich and arrived in town this morning. I will not attempt to descri... 1 August 1784Abigail Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy dear Betsy Enclosed is a tasty ribbon for you, I do not mean to forget my other dear cousin, but could not light of one that all together pleased ... 1 August 1784John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your favour without a Date, just now received and Mr. Jeffersons Arrival, a Month sooner than he expected, have indeed changed my P... 1 August 1784John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I have the Pleasure of yours of July 30. and advise you to purchase the Coach and prepare every Thing to set off with me to Dover in a We... 2 August 1784Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchDear sister Before Mr. Smith went away I had no opportunity to ask Master John a Question but in company. I find by his accounts that Some Letters ar... 6 August 1784John Quincy Adams to John AdamsHonoured Sir We have not received as yet any answer to the letters we wrote you the day I arrived in town; and are yet in a State of great uncertaint... 7 August 1784Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams Long e'er this time I hope my dear Sister and Cousin have sat their Feet upon the British shore, and been made happy by the sight of their long absen... 12 August 1784Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Brother After a long Interval, I had Yesterday the great Happiness of receiving your esteemed Favour of the 3d. of April. I immediately sent the... 24 August 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister I thank you, and my Betsy Smith for your kind Care of my dear little sick Girl. She has had 2 in her life, of such sudden and voilent ... 27 August 1784Royall Tyler to John AdamsSir I received your Letter of the Third of April, Two Days since. Whether from the very great Interest I have in the Subject, or some more latent cau... 4 September 1784Abigail Adams to Anna QuincyMadam It was not untill yesterday that I had the Honour of your Letter inquireing into the Character of Capt. Lyde, and I embrace the earliest moment... 4 September 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Here my Dear Eliza is your friend placed in a little village two or three miles from Paris, unknowing and unknown to every person around her except o... 4 September 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Lucy Cranch Will you not think me very unmindfull of you my Dear Lucy that I have not ere this, written you. Be assured that it has not been for any reason, but ... 5 September 1784Abigail Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy dear Betsy I am situated at a small desk in an appartment about 2 thirds as large as your own little Chamber; this appartment opens into my lodgin... 5 September 1784Abigail Adams to Lucy CranchMy dear Lucy I promised to write to you from the Hague, but your uncles unexpected arrival at London prevented me. Your uncle purchased an Excellent ... 5 September 1784Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear Sister It is now the 5th of September, and I have been at this place more than a fortnight, but I have had so many Matters to arrange, and so... 5 September 1784Abigail Adams to Royall TylerDear Sir I have scarcly toucht a pen since I came from London nor have I written a single Letter to a Friend untill now. Mr. Tracy is here for a few ... 5 September 1784Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren Although I have not yet written to you, be assured Madam, you have been the subject of some of my most pleasing thoughts: the sweet communion we have... 5 September 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Mercy Otis Warren I should have availed myself, Madam, of your permission to write you, ere this, had an opportunity presented. I now have the pleasure to present myse... 5 September 1784John Adams to Cotton TuftsMy dear Friend I am here, happily Settled with my Family and I feel more at home, than I have ever done in Europe. I have not time to enlarge, as Mr.... 6 September 1784John Adams to Cotton Tufts Know all Men by these Presents, that I John Adams of Braintree in the County of Suffolk in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have constituted and do ... 8 September 1784Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsMy Dear Sir To a Gentleman I so much respect, and esteem, I am ashamed to write only a few hasty lines, yet I fear he would consider it as still more... 11 September 1784John Adams and Abigail Adams to Benjamin Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Adams present their Compliments to Dr. Franklin and hope to have the Honour of his company to day at Dinner, with his Grandson Mr. Bache... 26 September 1784Elizabeth Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear and ever honourd Aunt The last evening we were all made happy by the reciept of Letters from you and Cousin Nabby,How happy, you may more eas... 29 September 1784Joseph Palmer to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. I heartily rejoice to hear of Your safe arrival; pray make My best respects acceptable to Mr. Adams, Miss Nabby, and Your Son. I can write... 30 September 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch Your letter N 2. Eliza, I was so happy as to receive a day or two ago. I searched my journal, upon your request to know were I was the 4 of August an... 3 October 1784Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams Accept my dear Sister a thousand thanks for your charming Journal, it is just Such an one as I wish'd, so particular that while reading it, I could n... 10 October 1784Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister When I return'd from Haverhill I hurry'd over a very incorrect Scrowl, being as I thought very much in danger of not geting it on boar... 15 October 1784John Shaw to Abigail Adams Most Sincerely do I congrattulate you, Madam, and your amiable Daughter upon your Safe arrival at the wished for Port: my busy imagination persued yo... 15 October 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Permit me to congratulate both you and my dear Neice upon your safe and happy arrival upon the British Shore. I do not wonder that you... 29 October 1784Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Cousin It gives me great Pleasure to hear of your safe Arrivall in Europe, and that you are once more enjoying the Society and Friendship of You... 5 November 1784Charles Storer to Abigail Adams 2d Monitor, Amelia? I don't know whether the idea is more flattering or affronting. What an old fellow would one suppose Eugenio to be, from the task yo... 6 November 1784Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Mr. Tyler has this moment reciev'd a Letter from Cousin Nabby by Captn. Lyde. I hope there are some in Boston for me. I have not heard... 22 November 1784Charles Storer to Abigail Adams Very well, Madam; this fine house of the Comte de Rouhaut, spacious Gardens, Courts &c. have seemingly banished from your thoughts humble Basinghall ... 26 November 1784Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr Yours of Sept. 5. I received the 13th. Instant and rejoice to hear that You are in the Enjoyment of that Family Felicity, which your Scituati...
