Adams Family Correspondence Volume 6, December 1784 – December 1785 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Documents 1 December 1784Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Cousn Your letter from Autueil near Paris of Sept. 8 gave me great Pleasure as it assured me of Your safe Arrival in France and of Your being... 3 December 1784Abigail Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy dear Betsy I had my dear Girl such an obligeing visit from you last Night, and such sweet communion with you that it has really overcome the reluc... 3 December 1784Abigail Adams to Benjamin Franklin Mrs. Adams'es Respectfull Compliments to Dr. Franklin, is much obliged to him for the oil he was so kind as to send her, and is very sorry that his i... 5 December 1784Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Ever dear Sister I have not seen your Letter to Sister Cranch as yet, and cannot tell how you like your present Situation—the People—their Languag... 6 December 1784Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I yet do not know that you have receiv'd one of the many Letters I have sent you but hope you have all. I too well know the pleasure of r... 9 December 1784Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear Sister Your Letter by way of Amsterdam had a quick passage and was matter of great pleasure to me. I thank you for all your kind and Friendly... 10 December 1784Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch You can judge of my impatience my Dear Cousin, the last week when we heard from Mr. Storer who informed us that he had forwarded some days before a l... 12 December 1784John Quincy Adams to Mary Smith Cranch My Mamma has desired me, My dear Aunt, to give a Copy of a few cursory minutes, that I took at Chantilly of the Prince de Condé's Seat there. They ar... 14 December 1784Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy dear Sister I know your good will to have written to me if you had been able. It gives me pain to hear that you were not. Hearing of your indispos... 14 December 1784John Quincy Adams to William Cranch I have been so much taken up these four or five days, in copying both for my Pappa and Mamma, that I have not been able to write at all for myself. I... 17 December 1784Katherine Hay to Abigail Adams Permit me My Dear Madam to express my warmest gratitude for your kind attention, in conveying me Intelligence that I am so much Intrested in. Your se... 3 January 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy dear Betsy I am determined not to neglect my pen for so long an interval as I did before your last Letters; for then I always go to it with reluct... 3 January 1785Abigail Adams to Charles StorerMy dear Charles You bring me much deeper in Debt than I was aware of, but thus it often happens to those who are irregular in their accompts: nor is ... Enclosure Group 3 January 1785Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir In a Letter which Mr. Tyler wrote me not long since he informd me that Mr. Alleyne was about parting with his House and Farm and that he wou... 3 January 1785Enclosure: Account from the Salle des Ambassadeurs1. Louis to the Suisse.1. 2. Do. to each of the Coffee-Men2.2. At the Oeuil de Boeuf1. Louis to each of the Suisse's2. At M: de Vergennes's 1. Louis t... 4 January 1785Abigail Adams to Royall TylerMy Dear sir Half the pleasure of a Letter consist in its being written to the moment and it always gave me pleasure to know when and Where Friends re... 5 January 1785Abigail Adams to Lucy CranchMy dear Lucy I Hope you have before now received my letter, which was ordered on board with Captain Lyde, but put on board another vessel, because it... 7 January 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister Your kind Letter of November 6, I received the 4 of Jan'ry. I hope you have received my September Letters which were so unfortunate as... 11 January 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy Dear Sister I was doubly rejoiced to receive a Letter from you not only on account of the pleasure which I usually enjoy from your pen: but becaus... 16 January 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Not one line from my dear Sister have I reciev'd sinc last September. What can be the reason? I hope the letters we have written to yo... 18 January 1785Abigail Adams to John Shaw I find Sir, what I never doubted; that you are a Gentleman of your word: I thank you for the agreeable proof which you have given me of it, and that ... 20 January 1785Abigail Adams to Hannah Quincy Lincoln StorerMy Dear Madam, For your kind congratulations upon my arrival in Europe, receive my thanks. Those only, who have crossed the ocean, can realize the pl... 20 February 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister Your last favour which was dated in December came to hand in Febry. If Capt. Young has arrived safe, my Friends will find a sufficent ... 5 March 1785John Adams to Cotton TuftsDr Sir Last night I received yours of 1 Jan. and immediately accepted the Bill for 50 £. St. payable in London. Whenever you draw upon me, you may dr... 7 March 1785Katherine Hay to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam I intended writing you before this but have been waiting very impatiently for letters from Mr. Hay, (but hitherto in vain) as they will... 8 March 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy Dear Betsy There is a Gentleman by the Name of Blakney a Philadelphian who is with other company to dine here to day and on Monday is going to Eng... 8 March 1785Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsMy Dear Sir Mr. Adams received last Evening a Letter from you dated January 1st, in which you inform him of some little purchases which are very agre... 20 March 1785Abigail Adams to John ThaxterMy Dear Sir To what cause shall I attribute your silence, that not a line has reachd me since I arrived in Europe? Altho I have not written to you si... 11 April 1785Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Cousin I have not received any Letter either from Mr. Adams or from you since Yours, just after your Arrival at Passy. We are solicitous to hear... 15 April 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister There is a Young Gentleman going from Passy in the pacquet for New York. His Name is Chaumont, the Son of a Gentleman whose Name is we... 19 April 1785Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Cousin It is now a violent Snow Storm (PM) and I hope it will be the last for this Spring, for the Snow has been on the Earth through the Winter... 24 April 1785John Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir It was yesterday only that I received your Favour of Nov. 26, which contains many Things which you mentioned in a posteriour Letter which I ... 25 April 1785Elizabeth Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt How shall I express to you the grateful Sense I feel, for your kind remembrance and attention in favouring me with such charming Letters... 25 April 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I reciv'd your September Letters a little while after I sent off my November ones, and a Feast they were to me. Mr. Storer inform'd us... 25 April 1785Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Not to hear one word from Novem. to April seemed a very long space of Time, to One solicitous for the Welfare, and deeply interested i... 26 April 1785Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir It was not untill the 21 of April that your Letter of December 1st. reach'd me, tho forwarded by Mr. Elworthy the 2 of Feb'ry. Where it has ... 27 April 1785John Adams to Richard CranchDear Sir Last Evening, Mr. Jefferson, my worthy Friend called upon me to shew me a Letter from Mr. Gerry which came by the March Packet, in which it ... 27 April 1785Catharine Louisa Salmon Smith to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Your kind Letter of the 15th. December came to me last week, and should I pretend to describe the innate Plesure I felt on the perusal... 30 April 1785Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams After long Expecting that Pleasure I was Gratifyed about four days since by the Receipt of a very agreable Letter from my Friend. I have so long answ... 30 April 1785Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister I have but a moments time to write you a Line, and send you by Mr. Allen the measure of Charles and Thomas Shirts. If you make them 2 ... 3 May 1785Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer to Abigail Adams I am, My dear Madam led by Various Motives to take My pen to Scribble a few lines at least by this conveyance. The first is that you May be Sensible ... 8 May 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister Can my dear sister realize that tis near eleven Months since I left her. To me it seems incredible, more like a dream than a reality. ... 5 May 1785Abigail Adams to Lucy Cranch I presume my dear Lucy would be dissapointed if her cousin does not deliver her a line from her Aunt. Yet it is hardly fair to take up an exhausted p... 6 May 1785Abigail Adams 2d to Elizabeth Cranch I have now before me your two last Letters by my Dear Eliza received by Capt Calliham which I mean to answer before my Brother departs, and this will... 6 May 1785Abigail Adams 2d to Lucy Cranch Your agreeable favour my Dear Cousin was received by me some time since. I have defered answering it till my Brother should go, that he should have t... 8 May 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Cranch Yes my dear Neice, it was a Ceremony that one must study Some time to find out either utility or pleasure in it. I own tho I made one in the processi... 8 May 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy Dear Sister I do not expect to date you any more letters from this place. Delighfull and blooming Garden, how much shall I regreet your loss. The ... 8 May 1785Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Dear Sir Your Letter by way of Bilboa dated February 25, did not reach me until the 2d. of this Month, yet it was 2 Months later date than any I have... 9 May 1785Charles Adams to William CranchDear Cousin I receiv'd your letter of the 27th. of April sometime last week, and as your Chum is going to Cambridge next Wednesday I here see fit wit... 10 May 1785Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis WarrenDear Madam I cannot let my son return to America without a few lines to you, nor will I doubt their being acceptable altho it is nine months since I ... 12 May 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Cranch Did you ever my dear Betsy see a person in real Life such as your imagination form'd of Sir Charles Grandison? The Baron de Stael the Sweedish Ambass... 12 May 178517 May 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d You will perhaps be surprised, to see that in less than 8 hours I have come 9 ½ posts. But the Roads, as far as this place, are excellent, and the ho... 17 May 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d Our winds are now contrary, and as they changed with the moon they may be three weeks as they are; which would by no means be mon compte. I am not so... 18 May 1785Abigail Adams to Charles StorerDear Charles I received your Letter this Day when I was in Paris—for the last time! I took my leave of it, but without tears. Yet the thought that I ... 18 May 1785John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir After a very warm and dusty Journey, setting out early, and riding late, I arrived here on Monday the 16th. instant at about 4. o'clock in t... 24 May 1785Charles Storer to Abigail Adams 2d I wrote you this, Amelia, in answer to yours, No. 8, received a day or two ago, for which accept my thanks. I had really begun to think our correspon... 25 May 178517 July 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d You have doubtless received before this, my Letter by Mr. Barclay, and you will have my N:2 in a day or two. I address'd it under cover to Mr. Jeffer... 3 June 1785Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Brother This will be handed to you by a worthy young Gentleman Mr. Bulfinch Son of Doctor Bulfinch; I doubt not but his Conduct will render him ... 4 June 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I have just heard that Scot is to sail tomorrow. I cannot let a vessel go without a few Lines when I know of it. I have a letter began... 4 June 1785John Thaxter to Abigail AdamsMadam I had a few days since the pleasure of your favor of the 20th. of March last. Your reproofs are always accompanied with so much delicacy, that ... Enclosure Group 6 June 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Mr. Adams has already written you that we arrived in London upon the 27 of May. We journey'd slowly and sometimes silently. I think I have s... 6 June 1785Enclosure: Extracts from NewspapersThe publick Advertiser— Yesterday Lord Gerge Gordon had the Honour of a long conference with his Excellency John Adams, (honest John Adams) the Ambass... 12 June 1785Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams I have but just returned, my much loved Sister, from my Southern Excursion. You know how agreeable these always were to me. To see, and to visit my F... 21 June 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I have received duly the honor of your letter, and am now to return you thanks for your condescension in having taken the first step for s... 22 June 1785Abigail Adams 2d to Mary Smith Cranch The flattering mark of attention which I yesterday received from my Dear Aunt demands my earliest acknowledgments. Be assured Madam it has not arrise... 23 June 1785Abigail Adams 2d to Lucy Cranch Disappointment upon Disappointment, Mortification upon Mortification My Dear Lucy shall no longer be subjected to, if it is in my Power to sheild her... 24 June 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister Captain Lyde is arrived and I have 3 Letters by him, one from Doctor Tufts one from Dr. Welch and one from Mrs. Storer. I will not acc... 26 June 1785Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I have not written you a single line since you left me. Your sisters punctuality I saw would render my pen unnecessary and I have resignd... 26 June 1785John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I hope, that before this day you are Safely arrived at New York, and that in another Month, I shall receive a Letter from you dated from ... 27 June 1785Charles Williamos to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I had the pleasure of writing to Mr. Adams four or five days after your departure to acquaint you of your son's safe arrival at l'Orient, ... 30 June 1785Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Sr.Dear Sir You obligeing favour I received by Captain Lyde and thank you for its contents, which assured me of your kind remembrance of me, and your po... 1 July 1785Abigail Adams to Charles WilliamosDear sir I received your favour last evening which is the first line we have had from you; I shall send to this Mr. Clark and see if the other Letter... 2 July 1785Mary McCann to John Adams and Abigail Adams May it please your Excellency Madam Having humbly presumed to wait on you to solicit the honor of serving your Excellency's Family with Cream and Mil... 4 July 178511 August 1785Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams Every day, hour, and minute, your absence mon chere frere, pains me more and more. We left last saturday the Hotell and have got settled in peace and... 7 July 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I had the honour of writing you on the 21st. of June, but the letter being full of treason, has waited a private conveiance. Since that da... 17 July 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Madam We are now sailing up North River; and have met the french packet about 6 leagues from New York: she will sail to morrow morning; and has ... 17 July 178531 July 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d I went on shore upon Long Island with our Captain, and visited Monsr. de Marbois, who has taken a house there for the summer. He received me with pol... 19 July 17857 August 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I have been waiting till I am out of all patience to hear that you are returnd to England. One or two vessels have sail'd for London w... 21 July 1785Charles Williamos to Abigail Adams It is with much pleasure my dear Madam that I hear of your safe arrival in London and that you are once more fixed in a house of your own, the situat... 1 July 178531 August 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch?My dear sister I wrote you by Captain Dashood just when I was about removeing from the Bath Hotel to Grovsnor Square, since which I have had a buisy ... 1 August 17858 August 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d In my last I just mentioned having been over upon Long Island, and paid a visit to Mrs. Smith, the Colls.s Mother: she was very polite to me, and app... 3 August 1785John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir Mr. Church proposes to embark on board the british Packet, which is to sail to-morrow. He has offered to take my Letters, and I suppose, he ... 9 August 178519 August 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d Mr. Söderström, the Sweedish Consul, has been here about a fortnight. I went this morning about a mile out of town with him, and was introduced to a ... Cotton Tufts to John Adams With Enclosed Account 10 August 1785Tufts, CottonAdams, JohnDear Sir The Want of a sufficient Power in Congress to regulate the national Concerns of the United States is now pretty generally seen and has been ... 10 August 1785Enclosure: AccountDr. 1784.June.24.To Cash pd. Nath. Austin 19/6 July.1.To Nath. Willis 30/92.10.3 July.21.To 1/2 m. Nails 4/ Aug.11.To Cash pd. Jno. Gill 24/ 1/2 qe Pa... 11 August 1785Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I went from my own little writing room below stairs just now into your Pappas; where Mr. Storer was writing for him. Col. Smith having se... 11 August 1785Abigail Adams 2d to Royall TylerSir Herewith you receive your letters and miniature with my desire that you would return mine to my Uncle Cranch, and my hopes that you are well sati... 12 August 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonDear sir I would not omit so good an opportunity as presents by Mr. Short, of continuing the correspondence which you have done me the honour to Say ... 13 August 1785Abigail Adams to William Stephens SmithDear Sir Your letter from Harwich, dated August 10, reached us upon the 11th. We were very glad to hear of your arrival there, and continue to follow... 14 August 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I have just Sent away one Letter and shall now begin another to be ready for the next ship. Cousin John is not yet arriv'd. I hear of ... 15 August 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister When I wrote you by Captain Dashood, I was obliged for want of time to break of before I had noticed certain parts of your Letter, som... 15 August 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy dear sister I have been situated here for near six weeks. It is one of the finest squares in London. The air is as pure as it can be so near a Gre... 18 August 1785Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsMy dear sir Captain Lyde is to Sail this week. I will not let him go without a few lines to you, tho Captain Callihan has arrived without a Single Le... 20 August 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d This morning we left New Haven, accompanied by Mr. Broome, and Mr. Brush, who wishing to take a ride to Hartford, took this opportunity, which is a ... 21 August 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonDear sir The Gentleman who is so kind as to convey this to you is from Carolina, his Name is Smith. He is a distant relation of mine, tho I have not ... 22 August 1785John Adams to Richard CranchMy dear Brother I have received your kind Letter of June 3. and rejoice to hear of the Health and Welfare of our Friends. The County did themselves J... 23 August 1785Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I hope this will find you upon terra firma, tho in vain I searcht the New York papers of july 7th. to find you, since which I have been v... 25 August 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas WelshMy dear sir Your obliging favour of April 25 came to hand by Captain Lyde just after my arrival here. The important affairs of Court Etiquette and pr... 26 August 1785Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams Lyde sailed the 24th. with a long Letter for you from me, and I have now commenced N 6, which I propose giving to the Care of Mr. Storer he talks of ... 27 August 1785Abigail Adams to Lucy CranchMy dear Lucy I have not yet noticed your obliging favor of April 26th, which reached me by Captain Lyde, whilst I was at the Bath Hotel. I had then s... 29 August 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Storer SmithMy dear Madam Mr. Storer your worthy Nephew will be the Bearer of this Letter. I congratulate his Friends upon his return to them, after several Year... 29 August 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d I came into Boston this morning, and shall probably spend the week here, in order to pay all my visits, and see all those persons, that it will be ne... 31 August 1785John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I hope Mr. Storer, when he delivers this Letter, will find you a Student in the University, or upon the Point of becoming So. We have as ... 2 September 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth CranchMy dear Betsy At the Bath hotel I received my dear Neices Letter of April. I have told your Sister and other Friends why I did not write then, but I ... 3 September 1785Abigail Adams to Lucy Quincy TuftsMy Dear Aunt And why my dear Madam have you not written a few lines, and tuckt into a corner of my good uncles Letters when he has favourd me with on... 4 September 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I was honoured with your letter of Aug. 21. by Mr. Smith who arrived here on the 29th. I am sorry you did not repeat the commission you ha... 5 September 1785Mary Barclay to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam I did not know till this moment that Coln. Franks would set out this evening, who has just Call'd on me for my Commands. I dare not det... 5 September 1785Elizabeth Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt My Papa came in this evening and brought a great Letter directed to Mama, superscrib'd by my Uncle Adams. Mama is at Braintree, we had n... 5 September 1785William Stephens Smith to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam Your benevolence I know will excuse the particularity of this address, when you confide in the assurance of its proceeding from a since... 6 September 1785Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son Yesterday being Sunday I went with your papa to the Foundling Church, Dr. Price whom we usually attend being absent a few weeks in the Co... 6 September 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonDear sir I cannot omit by this opportunity acquainting you that on sunday the August packet arrived in which came Mr. Church and brought us Letters f... 7 September 1785Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister The long looked for, the modest, the manly, the well accomplished Youth, is come at last. And had he needed any thing to have made him... 8 September 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d All this day has been employ'd in answering Questions respecting you, and all is not over yet. I must mention one Circumstance, although it may appea... 9 September 1785John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have received your Letter by Mr. Church, and am very happy to hear of your Safe Arrival, and kind Reception at New York. You have a goo... 11 September 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I have enjoyed very good Health ever since I came to London, untill ten days past. I had about a week since a small attack of the Fall... 12 September 1785Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son Mr. Storers departure is delayed from day to day so that I fear he will have a dissagreeable time upon our Coast. It gives me an opportun... 15 September 1785Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy Dear Sister Mr. Storer says the ship in which he is to embark will go down to day and that he shall go on Board tomorrow. I cannot let him depart ... 16 September 1785Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I believe that Mr. Storer is going to leave Us in good earnest. He has so long and so many months been delay'd that I knew not when to give ... 18 September 1785Abigail Adams to William Stephens SmithDear sir Col. Franks being detained to day by an accident gives me the opportunity of replieing to your kind Letter last evening received; Col. Forre... 19 September 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d I have been in a manner cheated out of this day by the library; for in looking over the books, and sometimes dipping into one, the fleeting hours (as... 19 September 1785Lucy Cranch to Abigail Adams Indeed my ever honoured Aunt I should have been much disapointed if my Cousin had not brought me a letter from you. Your pen Madam is never so far ex... 24 September 1785Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams Last fryday I closed my Last to you and Mr. Storer sailed on Monday from Graves End so that it is now on its way to Greet you with health peace and C... 25 September 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Mr. Short's return the night before last availed me of your favour of Aug. 12. I immediately ordered the shoes you desired which will be r... 30 September 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister Your kind Letters of July and August are before me. I thank you most sincerely for the particular manner in which you write; I go alon... 1 October 1785Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I told you in my last, that I was going to dine with my Friend Mrs. Rogers. You must know that yesterday the whole Diplomatick Choir d... 1 October 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d I am now settled down for the Winter, and shall be obliged to pay an unremitting attention to my Studies. I am told I have much more to do, than I ha... 5 October 1785Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I began a Letter to you yesterday which I designd to have finishd last evening, but as we had a great deal of company, many of them Ladie... 5 October 1785Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir Captain Callihan sails sooner than we expected so that we have not time to write to several of our Friends, and indeed we have all written s... 6 October 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am afraid my dear Mamma, will accuse me again of neglect for not having written to her, since I left her, before now; several Circumstan... 6 October 1785Cotton Tufts to John AdamsMy Dear Sr On the 6th. Ultimo I drew on You for £100 sterling in Favour of Mr. Samuel Eliot, payable at 30 Days Sight of whom I received 5 Per Cent a... 7 October 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonDear sir Your very polite favour was handed me by Col. Franks. I am much obliged to you for the execution of the several commissions I troubled you w... 7 October 1785Royall Tyler to Abigail AdamsMadam I am equally pleased with your Letter of the Ninth of May and the very Delicate Friendly Motives which Induced you to Write it. Whilst I Contin... 8 October 1785John Quincy Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Aunt Mr. Thaxter will want a horse in a short time, to go a journey, and I should be glad, if mine is not wanted, that Charles should come wi... 9 October 1785Elizabeth Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt You will percieve by the date of this that I am at H——: last thursday I arrived here. My Visit is to Miss White. She has spent the Summe... 11 October 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Your favor of the 7th. was put into my hands the last night and as I received at the same time dispatches from Mr. Adams which occasion a ... 12 October 1785Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam The anxious Sentiments of a Parent which You have manifested in the close of Your last Letter, I have read with a sympathetic Feeling. ... 14 October 1785Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Cousin Your agreable Letter of May. 10. from Auteuil I received by your Son. His Absence You will feel and I do not wonder that you parted wi... 15 October 1785Royall Tyler to John AdamsSir It has not been without Anxiety, that I have refrained from addressing a Letter to you for some months past. But not having the Advantage of a Fe... 18 October 1785Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams Mr. James Jarvis called upon us yesterday but we were not at home. To day he wrote to Pappa to let him know that he should sail next week for New Yor... 19 October 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonDear sir Mr. Fox a young Gentleman from Philadelphia who came recommended by Dr. Rush to Mr. Adams, will have the Honour of delivering you this Lette... 23 October 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I hope my dear Sister you have receiv'd the Letter You was looking for in Callahan. I think I did not send it till the next Ship Saild... 25 October 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonSir I should not so soon have ventured to interrupt your more important avocations by an other Scrible, having writen you a few Days since, if it was... 26 October 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d We have had the most considerable freshet in the river that has ever been known. I mentioned in my last that it had rained for two days without inter... 26 October 1785Catharine Louisa Salmon Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Sister My heart has dictated many Letters to you since the recept of yours, but my time has been so wholy taken up in my famely, (haveing no Sch... 1 November 1785John Quincy Adams to William Cranch My two Brothers, Leonard and Charles, will leave us tomorrow for Cambridge, and you would perhaps strike me from your books, was I to let them go wit... 6 November 1785John Quincy Adams to William Cranch I received on Saturday evening your kind favour of the day preceding, and although I was then far, very far from being in a pleasant State of mind: y... 6 November 1785Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Your Son, My Dear Sister has been a Member of our Family for these five Weeks, almost three of those I suppose he will tell You, Mr. Shaw and I were ... 8 November 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister Although I have written so largly to you by the last vessels that Saild I cannot bear to let another go without a few Lines. I have no... 16 November 1785Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Cousn When I wrote to You by Capt. Cushing informed You of my Fears with respect to Mrs. Tufts's Illness. The Event which I then feared, has sin... 19 November 1785Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Bror. I have just received the within Letters, and as I hear Capt. Young is to sail tomorrow I take the liberty of inclosing them to you. By Cap... 19 November 1785Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams 2d Tuesday the first of November, I received from you, my ever dear Neice, a Letter dated the 3d. of August. Were I to describe to you the Ideas I have,... 20 November 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I have been honoured with your two letters of Octob. 19. and 25. by Mr. Fox and Doctor Rodgers since the date of my last. I am to thank yo... 21 November 1785Charles Storer to Abigail Adams 2d My word I mean always to keep, Amelia, so I write you from this place, though my letter may be barren of subjects to entertain or interest you. One t... 24 November 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonSir I hope if the Marquiss de la Fayette is returned to Paris he may be able to give us some account of Colln. Smith for whom we are not a little anx... 27 November 1785Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams Never was there a young Man who deserved more a severe punishment than yourself. I am so out of patience with you, that I am quite at a loss in what ... 29 November 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister How provoking it is to be told that a vessel is to sail next week with our Letters and then have it stay in the Harbour six Weeks. I t... 5 December 1785Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams This Morning I wrote you that we were going to the play with Mrs. Church. At six oclock we called upon her, and went to the Theatre of Drury Lane, wh... 6 December 1785William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams The three Letters which Mrs. Adams honoured me with were received at Paris, and should have been answered, had an oppertunity offered. Permit me to p... 8 December 1785Lucy Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Aunt I last week recieved your invaluable favour of August 27. by Mr. Storer. I wish it was in my power to return you any thing that would be... 10 December 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister Mr. Storer is arriv'd and I have got my Letter and am very sorry to hear you have been so sick. If I had receiv'd this Letter before t... 11 December 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Expecting Baron Polnitz to call every moment, I have only time to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Nov. 24. and to answer you on the... 11 December 1785Mary Palmer to Abigail Adams This is the fourth attempt my Dear Madam that I have made to reply to your unmerited favour of the 30th. of April last, long since reciev'd, but ill ... 12 December 1785John Adams to Royall TylerSir I have received, your instructive and entertaining Letter of the 15. of October, and although a Change of Circumstances has rendered it improper ... 18 December 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear sister I did not design to write another line till I could get my pen mendid but not a creature can I get to do it, and I am so affraid that ... 20 December 1785Abigail Adams to Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your favours by Colln. Smith and by the Baron Polintz came safe to hand. As you have justly estimated the Worth and merit of the former, you... 21 December 1785Charles Storer to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am persuaded you will be pleased with this letter, if you were not ever before with one from me, because in the first place, it will inf... 23 December 1785Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I wonder whether Mr. Shaw ever wrote you an account of the good woman who was so much offendid that you were not treated with more civ... 27 December 1785Thomas Jefferson to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am this day honoured with your favor of the 20th. and an opportunity offering to acknolege it immediately, I do not fail to embrace it. ... 28 December 1785John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Madam It is mortifying to me, to be again obliged to offer an excuse, for not having written more frequently to you, and to my father however co... 29 December 1785Richard Cranch to John AdamsDear Bror. When the Senate was last sitting I desired the Honble. Mr. Goodhue≠ of Salem, to answer your Request to me about the Cod-Fishery, and give... 29 December 1785William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams An anxiety to preserve a consistancy of Character in the opinion of Mrs. Adams (in whose favourable sentiments I feel myself more and more interested... 29 December 1785Charles Storer to Abigail Adams 2d I join fully with you, Amelia, that whatever is, is right. Yet I cannot but regret that the winds hurried me so soon from England. But weigh the matt... Back Matter Appendix: List Of Omitted Documents, 1761–1785 halftitle2 Chronology
