Adams Family Correspondence Volume 9, January 1790 – December 1793 Front Matter Copyright Dedication Sponsorship Administrative and Editorial Committees Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 5 January 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I begin my Letter with the congratulations of the season, to you and all my other Friends & for many happy returns in Succeeding years... 8 January 179031 January 1790Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear sir I have to acknowledge two kind Letters from you which I should sooner have replied to, but the post office would make me pay more than I ... 17 January 1790Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir: I think our dear state makes full use of the liberty of the press, but they who write for the benefit of mankind whether learned or unlearn... 24 January 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I embrace this opportunity By my Brother to write you a few lines tho it is only to tell you what you would have learnt from him, Name... 29 January 1790Abigail Adams to Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storermy dear Friend By my son who Sets out in the morning on his return to Boston, I write to thank you for your kind Letter of december, and for the pres... 31 January 1790Abigail Adams Smith to Lucy Cranch I cannot omit so good an opportunity as now Presents to acknowledge the receipt of your kind letter of Nov. my Dear Lucy—, my Brother has made us a v... 31 January 1790Abigail Adams Smith to Elizabeth Cranch NortonMy Dear Cousin— your letter of December 14th I had the pleasure to receive the last week. and by my Brother Thomas who leaves us tomorrow I have an o... 9 February 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I hope your Anxiety, about your Prospects of future Life, will not be indulged too far. If, after your Term with Mr Parsons expires your ... 10 February 1790Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm Our Genl Court is now in the Fourth Week of its Session; very little Business of Importance as yet finished The Leisure Season of the Year ... 19 February 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son There is a sett of Scotch Writers that I think deserve your Attention in a very high Degree. There are Speculations in Morals Politicks a... 20 February 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I yesterday received a Letter from dr Tufts and an other from Thomas informing me of the death of Mrs Palmer. the good old Lady is gon... 28 February 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister on the 17 of this Month cousin William wrote his uncle, that he had carried his cousin Tom Home to Braintree with the Symptoms of the ... 28 February 1790Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I know you Will rejoice to hear that cousin Tom has got comfortable through the Measles. He caught them at Cambridge the day he arriv'... 7 March 1790Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I received your Letter inclosing mr joys proposals and I have omitted answering it because I wished mr Adams to determine himself. he says t... 14 March 1790Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I have a Letter partly written to you which was begun sometime ago, but as a new Seene has presented itself to my view, I will lay th... 15 March 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I last Evening received your Letter of 28th of Febry which relieved my mind from a great weight of anxiety. I do not think that I have... 17 March 179021 March 1790Mary Palmer to Abigail AdamsDear Madam The enclosed will need your utmost candour, but as I am not able to write it over again being Still in very low health & kept so long upon... 19 March 1790John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of two Letters from you, of the 9th. and of the 19th: of last month; the former of which I received, about... 20 March 1790Rebecca Leppington to Abigail Adams Encouraged Madam, by your condescention in answering a letter I not long since took the liberty to write you, And relying on your candour to pardon m... 21 March 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I was in hopes of hearing from you by last Nights post, as I am solicitious to learn how mrs Norten does. I had Letters from Thomas an... 1 April 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I have this morning received your agreable Letter of the 19. Ult. and am pleased with your prudent deliberation and judicious decision, u... 1 April 1790Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I last Week receiv'd your Letter date 15th. of March in which you mention writing me three weeks successivly. I have receiv'd but one ... 3 April 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I congratulate you and my dear Neice upon the late happy event in your Family. can you really believe that you are a Grandmamma? does ... 7 April 1790John Quincy Adams to William Cranch As you were somewhat in my debt in the article of Letters, when I left Boston, I expected ere this to have received something from you; and I was not... 18 April 1790Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir Your kind favour of the 5th Instant came safe to Hand. I know our interest at Braintree can be of very little Service to us, seperated as we... 18 April 1790Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams I had the pleasure to receive a letter from my Dear Brother many weeks since, I must acknowledge that I have been very deficient in attention by thus... 21 April 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your two kind Letters of April 1 & 5 I am extreemly sorry to hear that mrs Norten is afflicted in the way that you write me... 28 April 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear Sister I designd to have written to you by the Monday Post, but I was so very ill on Sunday that I could not set up. I have had the severest ... 28 April 1790John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I received your short Epistle by Mr: Thomas at Ipswich, where I was then attending the Court of Common Pleas: and at the same time he gave me very ag... 8 May 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I wrote to you ten days ago and informd you that my Family were very sick. I did not then conceive it to be, what I have since found i... 12 May 1790Martha Washington to Abigail Adams Mrs. Washington presents her compliments to Mrs. Adams— She wishes to know how the Vice-President and Mrs. Adams are to day— Mrs. Washington is happy... 16 May 179025 May 1790Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I last evening receiv'd your Letter without a date but believe it was your last as you mention Mrs Smiths removal want of some Furnitu... 30 May 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister your kind Letter of various dates came safe to Hand. I was allarmed at not hearing from you, & feard that you were all sick. the disor... 30 May 1790Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsdear sir I received your kind Letter of May last week I was very sorry to hear that you and your Family had not escaped the prevailing sickness. the... 5 June 1790John Quincy Adams to William Cranch Phillips delivered me at Exeter a half sheet of paper from you, I trust I need not say it was very acceptable; I would only observe by the way, that ... 6 June 179016 June 1790Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams your letter my Dear Brother of May 1st I received three or four weeks past—just at the moment when I was removeing, and Commenceing, again Housekeepi... 10 June 1790William Cranch to John Quincy Adams Phillips has this moment handed me yours of the 5th. and I now throw by a Qui tam in which I have been drudging this ½ hour, to thank you for your le... 13 June 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your Letter of May 16. and was very happy to find that you were all upon the recovery. we have daily mercies to be thankful... 18 June 1790John Quincy Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir. I received a few days since your favour of the 10th: instt. and as there will be a difficulty in procuring a tenant for the house, I should... 4 July 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister A Memorable day in our calender a Church beloning to the dutch congregation is this day to be opened and an oration deliverd. this Chu... 4 July 1790Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister Mr Cranch has pack'd your things & sent them on Board Captain Barnard I hope they will go safe but since they were put on Board mr woo... 11 July 1790Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son I believe this is your Birth day, may you have many returns of this Period, encreasing in wisdom knowledge wealth and happiness at every ... 12 July 1790John Quincy Adams to William Cranch I have been wishing to write you, for several weeks past; I intended to have replied to your favour of the 10th: of last month, at an early period; b... 27 July 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your kind Letter of july 4th the articles sent by captain Barnard all arrived in good order, and I have to acknowledg mr Cr... 2 August 1790Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear sir Commencment being finish'd some of your cares for my Family will be lesned. I esteem it amongst my blessings that my young Family have al... 8 August 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I have the pleasure to inform you that last Night mrs Smith got to Bed with an other fine Boy. We could have all wisht it had been a G... 9 August 1790Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister It is so long since I have heard from you that I begin to be very uneasy I am the more so as I know it is about the time for mrs Smith... 14 August 1790John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam. I received on Commencement day, your obliging favour of the 11th: of last month, and should have replied to it before this time, had I... 20 August 1790Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Son I congratulate you upon your having setled yourself thus far, and am pleasd to find you so well accommodated. you have a good office, a Good... 29 August 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister I last Night received your Letter which I have long expected, dated 9th of August, and thank you for your account of commencment, as w... 29 August 1790John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I received by Mrs: Atkinson your favour of the 20th: instt: which has added not a little to the weight of anxiety which, before hung he... 5 September 1790Abigail Adams to Abigail Bromfield Rogersdear Mrs Rogers I Received by judge Cushing your very obliging Letter and am very happy to find that your Health was so far restored by your journey ... 6 September 1790Abigail Adams to Thomas Brand HollisMy Dear Sir, You ask, in one of your letters to Mr. Adams, what is become of Mrs. Adams that I do not hear from her? If my heart had not done you mor... 6 September 1790Abigail Adams to Lucy Ludwell ParadiseDear Madam By mr Knox our old accquaintance who is appointed consul to dublin I embrace the opportunity of writing to you and acknowledging the Recep... 6 September 1790Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsdear sir Mr Adams received your Letter dated August 31. he sat of that morning after for Philadlphia and desired me to let you know that he would tra... 1 September 17908 September 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear sir I received with great Pleasure your Letter of the 9 of August, inclosing a Receipt from Mr Parsons for one hundred Pounds lawful Money, whic... 9 September 1790Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son yesterday mr Howard arrived here and brought me Letters from your Brother Thomas, and one from you to Charles— I was rejoiced to find tha... 12 September 1790Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son I received by your Brother on fryday last your kind Letter; he did not get here, oweing to contrary winds untill the tenth. he appears to... 13 September 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear John Since my return from Philadelphia where I have been to get Lodgings, against the meeting of Congress, your Mamma has shewn me your Lette... 13 September 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear John I wrote you before to day: but I forgot to say Several Things.— Have you ever attended a Town Meeting? You may there learn the Ways of Men,... 13 September 1790John Adams to Thomas WelshMy dear Dr Welsh I received your Letter, before my Departure for Philadelphia, but had not time to answer it. It is not probable that any Special Age... 21 September 1790John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I have received within a few days three Letters with which you have favoured me, and shall pay to their contents all the attention which I ... 22 September 179030 September 1790Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I beleive cousin Thomas has wanted his Trunk. I hear that Barnard did not sail till last week I hope your son has arriv'd safe but won... 28 September 179016 October 1790Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I know your tender sympathetick Heart will join with me, & drop a Tear over a lovely Child—the once beautiful John Adams Thaxter—sick... 28 September 17906 October 1790Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams WeymouthDear Madm. Yours of the 5th. I recd. the 15t. Inst.1 By Mr. Thomas who has reached You before this Time I wrote & enclosed Mr. Adams Accts. and an An... 3 October 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister do you not pitty me my dear sister to be so soon all in a Bustle? and wary of Removing again, as much Boxing and casing, as if we were... 4 October 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have received and read with great Pleasure, your modest Sensible, judicious and discreet Letter of the 31. of Septr. The Town of Boston... 10 October 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I wrote to you last Sunday, and on Wednesday received your kind Letter. we have begun to pack up our furniture, and expect to get it o... 17 October 1790John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam. I am I believe more than one Letter in your debt; but I feel if possible less inclination than ever to write to my friends as I have n... 19 October 1790John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I have a Letter from you which has called forth the few remaining sparks of my attenion to politics— Were my own mind at ease, I should at ... 21 October 1790Charles Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Brother Upon my return from Law Society this evening I found my father in my room with a letter in his hand from you to me. He asked me to se... 23 October 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Sir The Note from Piemont, I would not have Sued by any means. Hopkins's Pretentions I have no Idea of. I Suppose an account with him may be fou... 25 October 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister After I had closed my Letter to you this day fortnight, I retired to my chamber, and was taken with a shaking fit which held me 2 Hour... 7 November 1790Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son perhaps a few lines from my own Hand may serve to put you more at your ease than an account of my Health from any other person. I have in... 7 November 1790Charles Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Brother I received your letter of the 29th Ulto by the last post. The reflections which it raises in my mind are by much too interesting to affo... 20 November 1790John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams I received with great pleasure, my dear Mamma, your favour of the 7th: instt: which relieved me in some measure from my anxiety on account of your he... 20 November 1790John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams Smith I have indeed, my dear Sister, been guilty of a neglect, in omitting so long to write to you, which I cannot upon any principle justify to my own hea... 21 November 179028 November 1790Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear, I suppose you wish to hear from me and from your little boy. He is very well, and very amusing, as usual; talks of William, and of the other... 4 December 1790John Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Charles Although I am much obliged to you for your kind Letter of the Second, and the News and Observations in it; I am dissappointed in not ... 6 December 1790Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— Major Mc Farling has just called upon us, & informed us of his intention of going to Philadephia this Week—& has intimated a wish, th... 12 December 179014 December 1790Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I have received your two kind Letters one dated in october the 30 day I think & the 14 of Novbr as the last came by a private Hand it ... 12 December 1790Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I have been waiting with impatience to hear of your arrival in Philedelphia, your health was so poor that I want to know how your Jour... 13 December 1790John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son Your Brother Charles arrived on Saturday night from New York and has dissipated some of the Gloom of the Family. Your Mother however Seem... 14 December 1790John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams I have just returned from the Post-Office, where I was in hopes of finding Letters from Philadelphia, but found myself disappointed. I wrote you almo... 17 December 1790John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child: I have not had an opportunity to write you till now, since the departure of your Colonel Smith, for England. I presume that this voyag... 20 December 1790Thomas Brand Hollis to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam A sincere desire to hear of your welfare prompted me to write that I might have the pleasure to know from yourself, that you retained t... 26 December 1790Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son I have received two Letters from you, since my arrival in this city. the sickness of your Brother Thomas must be my excuse for not sooner... 26 December 1790Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithDear Child, I would tell you that I had an ague in my face, and a violent toothache, which has prevented my writing to you all day; but I am determin... 26 December 1790Charles Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother I fear that my receiving your letters so late may be some disadvantage to you. The information I shall now give you perhaps may reach... 30 December 1790Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail Adamsmy Dear Mamma I have this moment received your Letter of the 26th and having a Leasure moment I embrace it to reply to it— it seems to renew my spiri... 6 January 1791Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. We begin to feel the good Effects of our national Government— By the Presidents Speech at the opening of the present Session of Congress, ou... 7 January 1791Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister What a Succession of troubles have you had to incounter & not one of us to help you through them— I have been very anxious for you & w... 7 January 1791Abigail Adams Smith to John AdamsMy Dear Pappa— I have received your two Kind letters of Decr 8th and 17th and am much obliged for your good wishes, and advice I have no desire to mi... 7 January 1791Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am happy to find by Mr. Adam's's Letter of Dec. 14. that You have in a great Measure recovered Your Health. I sympathize with you under ... 8 January 1791Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Mrs. Smith, I received, by Mr. King, your letter of December 30th. I am uneasy if I do not hear from you once a week, though you have not any... 9 January 1791Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your kind Letter of December 12th with one from my Nephew inclosing 4 Portraits I instantly recognized my worthy Brother Cr... 25 January 1791Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child, You must not flatter yourself with the expectation of hearing from Colonel Smith until the February packet arrives. It is as soon as y... 25 January 1791Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I last week receiv'd your kind Letter of the 9th of this month & rejoice to here that you are all in so much beter health than when yo... 25 January 1791Martha Washington to Abigail Adams Mrs Washington, presents her compliments to Mrs Adams,— if it is agreable to her, to Let miss smith come to dance with nelly & Washington, the master... 6 February 1791Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear sir I received your kind Letter of Janry 7th by my son. in replie to the Buisness part, I think upon reflection and to save trouble, I would ... 7 February 1791Abigail Adams Smith to Elizabeth Cranch Norton I received your kind Letter of 16th of January by Mr Jackson and feel myself particularly obliged my Dear Cousin for your attention at this time the ... 8 February 1791Abigail Adams Smith to Mary Smith Cranch your kind attention my Dear Aunt demands an early acknowledgement, you judge very right that it would contribute greatly to my happiness could I be i... 14 February 1791Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— By my Sister I have been informed of your Sickness, & of the distressed State of your Family, which gave me great, pain, & anxiety— m... 21 February 1791Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child, I received yours of February 13th, and was happy to learn that you and your little ones were well. I wrote to you by the Chief Justice... 23 February 1791Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. Yours of the 6th. Inst. came safe to hand and just timely enough to counter order the Shipping of your Hams & Beef— Some time past you req... 26 February 1791Samuel Magaw, James Hutchinson, Jonathan Williams, and John Vaughan to Abigail AdamsMadam Having been honored with the Vice Presidents consent to attend the Eulogium in Memory of Dr Benjamin Franklin. We in the name of the Philosophi... 11 March 1791Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I received your kind Letter of the 23 Febry and was happy to learn that our Friends were all well. my son Set of on his return to Boston las... 12 March 1791Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I was just going to set down to write to you, when I received your Letter of I am sensible I was much in Arrears to you, as well as t... 14 March 1791John Adams to William Stephens SmithMy Dear Sir: I shall not entertain you with public affairs, because you will learn the state of them from the public papers more in detail. I shall o... 16 March 1791Abigail Adams to William Stephens SmithDear Sir: Although we have reason to expect, and hope for your speedy return, yet I would not let so good an opportunity as this, by the Portland pac... 17 March 1791Thomas Boylston Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy dear Aunt, A few days since I received your kind letter of Febry: 18th: and its being handed by a Townsman of yours was a circumstance that afford... 20 March 1791Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith ShawMy Dear Sister, I received, by Dr. W——, your kind letter of February 14th. He was very punctual to his commission. He has been three times to visit u... 2 April 1791John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I have just received your favour of the 22d: instt: thanks you know are “the exchequer of the poor.” upon that exchequer of mine you are entitled to ... 18 April 1791Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son owing to an accident your Letter of April 1t did not reach us till the 14th I have got the power compleated and inclose it to the dr. I h... 18 April 1791Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchDear sister This day fortnight the 2 of May we propose to set out on our journey to Braintree. it will be the middle of May I presume before we arriv... 20 April 1791John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I received by the last Post your short favour, inclosing a much longer one to Quincy which I have punctually delivered: I know not whether this will ... 12 May 1791Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son we have reachd this place this day, but whether I shall be able to travel tomorrow is uncertain, for I am so unfortunate as to be attackd... 30 May 1791Martha Washington to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I had the pleasure to hear of you several times while you was on your journey by persons who met you—particulary by Mr & Mrs Breck and Mr ... 19 June 1791John Adams to William Stephens SmithDear Sir Give me leave to congratulate you and my daughter, as well as your venerable Mother, and her and your amiable families on your arrival in Am... 24 June 1791Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— As I am exceedingly grieved when I hear of the Indisposition of any of my Friends, so am I greatly rejoiced, when I hear of their Rec... 25 June 1791Abigail Adams to Martha Washingtonmy dear Madam I was honourd with your much esteemed favour on the 15 of this month. the state of my Health, Body and mind suffering most Severely wit... 4 August 1791Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William Either write upon larger paper, or give an outside cover to your letters, for in the act of opening yours which I have just recd: I took... 5 August 1791William Stephens Smith to John AdamsDear Sir. I should have long before this answered your affectionate Letter of Congratulation on my return to my family and friends but since my arriv... 17 August 1791John Quincy Adams to William Cranch I received almost a fortnight since your favour of July 23d: and should have answered it before now, if I was in the habit of doing as I ought I sued... 23 August 1791Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear William I have somewhere heard an observation of this kind, “that a person should not be too anxious to return a kindness.” Had I strictly ad... 4 September 1791Thomas Boylston Adams to William Cranch Influenced by the same principle as when I last wrote, viz. That of discharging a debt before it has accumulated much on the score of interest, I hav... 4 September 1791Martha Washington to Abigail AdamsMy Dear madam Your frindly letter of the 29th of June—I should not have suffered to remain so long unacknowledge from any other cause than that of th... 9 October 1791Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son I had not time to write to you before I left Braintree I was in so much trouble for your Aunt and Family, that I left home with a Heavy H... 16 October 1791Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I wrote you last Sunday by Doctor Welsh & your son who were here & sent it to new-york where you now are I suppose. I hope you found t... 17 October 1791Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I arrived here last Night. my first inquiry was for a Letter from you, which I was happy enough to find, and great relief did it affor... 21 October 1791William Stephens Smith to John AdamsDear Sir. The information I gave you relative to Mr. Hammonds official Character at the moment of your departure for Philadelphia, you will probably ... 28 October 1791John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother I received your favour of the 17th: instt: from New-York, and am happy to hear you had got well so far on your journey. I hope you wi... 30 October 1791Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear Sister I wrote to you upon my journey whilst I was at Brookfield the sunday after I left you and was sorry to find by your Letter, that you h... 3 December 1791John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I received last week your favour of the 17th: of last month, and found in it none of that tediousness which you seem to apprehend: i... 10 December 1791Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail Adamsmy Dear Mamma I received last Evening your Letter of the 3d inst— I began to think you had almost forgotten me. now and then I hear from you by perso... 11 December 1791Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams I again take my pen to write to my dear sister tis a long time I know you think since you have heard from me. I have the same complaints to make of y... 18 December 1791Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I wrote to you on the 27 of Novbr but company comeing in call'd me from my pen, and I have not since had leisure to reassume it. I hav... 18 December 1791Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear sir Tis more than two months since I left you yet I have neither written a word to you or heard from you. Since I left Home, I have been much... 23 January 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to William Cranchdear William The kind of silence which we have observed toward each other since I left Massachusetts, is not at all congenial with my feelings or dis... 28 January 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William This day week I put a letter into the Post Office for you under cover to my Brother . and this morning I have receiv'd your many dated l... 1 February 1792John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother,— I have been for more than three weeks indebted to you for two very agreeable Letters, which Mr. Otis brought from you. They would n... 1 February 1792Richard Cranch to John AdamsHond. and dear Brother I have lately received a Letter from my worthy Friend and Nephew Mr. William Bond of Portland, informing me that he wishes, th... 5 February 1792Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son Tis a very long time since I wrote to you, or heard from you I have been more engaged in company than is my choice but living in Town has... 5 February 1792Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your kind Letter of decbr and sincerely congratulate you and my Neice upon the Birth of a son, tho I could have wishd it ha... 13 February 1792John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles Your Letter of the 9th, gave me great Pleasure as it discovers a curiosity that is laudable and contains a very handsome Relation of pol... 15 February 1792John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son Your Letter of the 4th, has given me as much Pain by opening the Sceenes of Ambition in your neighbourhood as it has pleasure by the Eleg... 19 February 1792John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I wish you to take of Berry and Rogers as handsome a set of my Defence as you can find and packet them up handsomely and address them to... 8 March 1792Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams it has been oweing to the multiplicity of business that I have had upon my hands for a forghtnight past that I have omitted giving my Brother earlier... 10 March 1792John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child: Your kind letter of the fourth of this month is before me. I have frequently desired your mother to consent that I should send for oth... 11 March 1791Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail Adams I received your Letter of March 7th my Dear Mamma and was very happy to find you so far recovered as to be able to use again your Pen—altho I doubt n... 18 March 1792Louisa Catharine Smith to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Aunt Excuse my intrudeing upon you a moment with a recital of a line from your Niece, Who is authorised from the feelings of her own heart An... 20 March 179221 March 1792Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I have obliged Louissa, much against her judgment, to give me a pen Ink and paper, that I might mak an effort however feeble to write ... 25 March 179229 March 1792Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your kind Letter of march eleventh yesterday. I wrote to you last week which was the first time I had been permitted to use... 27 March 1792Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail Adamsmy Dear Mamma I this day received your Letter of the 23d inst and was rejoiced once more to see your own hand writing— I have for some time feared th... 8 April 1792Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I last Week receiv'd your Letter of the 20th & 21d of March with cousin Louisias giving me an account of your sickness If I had receiv... 20 April 1792Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I have just received your kind Letter as I was about to write to you to inform you that we proposed Sitting out on our journey on mond... 22 April 1792Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mamma The pamphlet you have been so kind as to send me has met with much approbation here. The boldness of the diction receives accumulated v... 29 April 1792Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I left Philadelphia on twesday Noon the 24 of April. my first stage was only twenty miles. I bore it better than I expected. the next ... 7 May 1792Abigail Adams Smith to John AdamsMy Dear Pappa— the Letter which I had the pleasure to receive from you before I left New York I had not time to answer, I have now the pleasure to in... 13 May 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir Those Letters which I was directed to Copy and deliver to Mr. Cary for insertion in his “Museum”, were prepared in season for last month; wh... 14 May 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Mama I received your kind letter of the 6th: this Evening, and feel happy that you advanced so far on your Journey, without receiving any injury... 27 May 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear M—— By one of the Newspapers I had the satisfaction to hear of your arrival at Boston, & have been anxiously enquiring for Letters at the post O... 24 June 1792Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mamma I have put off writing to you from post to post in hopes of hearing from some of the family that my father and yourself were well arriv... 3 July 1792Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Brother I had the pleasure to receive your kind Letter of the 18th of May by Barnard and was much releived by being informed that our Mother ... 17 July 179218 July 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother, I have just taken your letter from the Office and, as Briesler has not according to expectation sailed to day, I will add a few lines... 15 August 1792Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mamma After a very fatiguing and a very anxious jaunt, I have returned from Albany with my Certificate of admittance to pratice the law I suf... 16 August 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir In my last Letter I promised to transmit the Result of the Town meetings which have been lately held in this City; the inclosed abstract wil... 20 August 1792Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear father I have this day opened an office in Hanover square. The situation is as eligible as any in the City. There is but one objection, which... 26 August 1792Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I hope you will not think me criminally negligent in not particularly addressing myself to you before now— You may be assured I alway... 2 September 1792John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I believe I am in arrears with you, for two or three Letters, which is owing in some measure to my indolence, but in a greater degre... 13 September 179229 September 1792Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Mamma: It has been a subject of no small disappointment to me, not having received but one letter from you since you have been at Braintree, ... 14 September 1792Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear child As we have some skitish persons in the Family who are apprehensive of the small pox, and of every Body from your infected city, we shall n... 19 September 1792John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Madam. I wrote to my brother Thomas more than a fortnight ago, respecting the warrant, & requesting him to see it forwarded— But whether from an... 5 October 1792William Stephens Smith to John AdamsDear Sir— Mr. Bond delivered your Letter of the 20th. of april I should have answered it sooner, but I really have been so much occupied in my privat... 8 October 1792Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mamma It is a long time since I have heard from you although I have not omitted writing. I hope it is not illness which hinders you from some... 12 October 1792John Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Charles I congratulate you on your Admission to the Bar and your taking Possession of an Office in So good a Part of the Town, and I would no... 17 October 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother, I have not received any letters from you, for a considerable time, and I experience the same kind of apprehensions for the cause whic... 29 October 1792John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: I received with great pleasure your kind letter from Dover, and rejoiced in your safe arrival in England; but I have not been able ... 30 October 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear sir, Your kind favor of the 11th: reached me some time since. The reasons you assign for delaying your journey to Philada: would be sufficien... 2 November 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother, I have received your favor of the 21st: and as I want a little private conversation with you, must oblige you to pay the Postage of m... 3 November 1792Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Mrs Smith Mrs Jeffry sails in Captain Scott and is so good as to say that she will take Letters to you. I have written to you by Captain Barn... 3 November 1792Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail AdamsDear Mrs Adams It was my intention to have written to you earlier after my return than this, but have found my time very much taken up, with puting m... 15 November 1792Abigail Adams to Thomas WelshDear sir I inclose to you a memorandum which I received from Mrs Smith, the Receit given you for the Money I have received and will forward in a Lett... 15 November 179230 November 1792Abigail Adams to Susanna Clarke Copleymy dear Madam I was not a little Surprizd at receiving intelligence through mrs smith soon after her arrival that you had never received the Money fo... 24 November 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Weather has been so disagreable and the Roads so bad, that I have not been able to advance farther on my Journey than to Bulls ... 26 November 1792Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Such has been the weather Since you left me, that I cannot form any accurate judgment where you now are. I sometimes conjecture tha... 2 December 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend At Hartford, finding the Roads obstructed with Such Banks of Snow, as were impassable with Wheels I left my Chaise with Mr Frederic... 4 December 1792Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I was very happy to receive on thanksgiving day the 29 of Novbr. your Letter dated Hartford. I feard that you had not reachd so far... 5 December 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend last night I arrived at Philadelphia in tolerable Health and found our Friends all well. I have concluded to accept of the kind off... 5 December 1792John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son at 9 last night I arriv'd and this Morning have taken my Seat from whence I write this. I have just recd yours of 22. Nov. with its Inclo... 5 December 179231 December 1792Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mama Some years since you was so kind as to purchase for your children a certain tract of Land in Vermont. What number of acres the Lots cont... 7 December 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am lodged at Mr Otis's and am personally well accommodated: but I am So little pleased with living alone at any Lodgings, that th... 8 December 1792Charles Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I had yesterday the honor of receiving your kind letter of the fifth. Our electors have returned from Poughkeepsie but are determined by the... 8 December 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Dr Blair has resigned and Dr Green is our Chaplain, but Miss Blair is married to Mr Roberdeau the Bearer of this Letter, son of my ... 8 December 1792John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. Our Electors met in this town on Wednesday last, and their Votes for President and Vice-President were unanimous this was generally expecte... 9 December 1792John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son This Letter will be delivered you, by Mr Roberdeau a Son of General Roberdeau my ancient Friend, lately married to Miss Blair a Daughter ... 10 December 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Account of our little domestic affairs and the Arrangements of the Farm, was very entertaining to me, and I hope you will cont... 11 December 179212 December 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother, It is just a week since I had the pleasure of receiving a visit from my Father at 8 oClock in the Evening of a very stormy day, after... 15 December 179231 December 1792Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear William I have for some time past had it in contemplation to take my pen & devote its impressions to your service, but that noted thief, Proc... 16 December 1792John Quincy Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. I received last evening your favour of the 5th: instant— The votes of the Electors in Connecticut and Rhode-Island, were unanimous it se... 19 December 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your favour of the 4th. arrived by Yesterdays post. The Votes on the important day you mention, are now known to have been unanimou... 19 December 1792John Adams to Charles Adams I have recd from you one Letter and no more Since I left N. York. Your Electors appear like a large black Spot in a bright Circle of Unanimity which ... 23 December 1792Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I congratulate my Country upon the uninimnity exhibited in the Nine states whose votes are made known, and I congratulate my Friend... 25 December 1792Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear Prince will bring this to you; the inclosed Letters I wish you to direct, the thin Paper, to your Father The other to Thomas; Prince is to re... 26 December 1792Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir I am very sorry that Mr Bull has been so very dilatory that I received the horses but a day or two since He I find can make good promises... 26 December 1792John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I recd by the last post your favour of the 16. The Votes from New Hampshire to Maryland inclusively have been unanimous excepting the fac... 28 December 1792John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Friends who are numerous enquire continually after your health and my answer is that you have not informed me that it is worse... 29 December 1792Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received your two kind favours of 7th & 12 of this Month. I have written to you regularly every week since you left me. we have n... 31 December 1792Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I wish I could be satisfied, & know what is my duty towards my William, & Abigail, I could then feel easy, & cheerful— To day is the ... 1 January 1793John Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Charles on the Commencement of the new Year I wish you health, honour, Profit and Pleasure through the Course of it, and as many repetitions ... 2 January 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend our son brought me your favour of the 19 december on sunday last, by which I find that the same Ideas have past through both our mi... 2 January 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Our Antifœderal Scribblers are so fond of Rotations that they Seem disposed to remove their Abuses from me to the President. Baches... 2 January 1793John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I am again entertained by your kind Letter of the 22. Ult. The Intrigues of Mr Clinton Mr Burke Mr Dallas Mr Pierpoint Edwards, &c with S... 5 January 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir I yesterday received your affectionate letter of the first instant. In return for your kind wishes, I present my respects, with an ardent... 7 January 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received your Letter by mr Roberdeau who with our son and young mr Quincy came out and dinned with me to day. I was pleased to se... 8 January 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I am somewhat surprized by the information given in your letter of the 23d: Decr: viz. that you have not received a single line from m... 9 January 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend In your Letter of Decr 23d you Say “Faxon wants Money to buy, three Cows and four young Cattle.”— I know not the Price of Stock: bu... 14 January 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This day I recd yours of the 2d.— I have recd all the Votes from all the States. it is known that Georgia voted with N.C. V. and N.... 22 January 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received your kind favours of Ja’nry 8 & 9th and on saturday a Letter from our daughter I have been in Town for a few days—for th... 24 January 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Our good Friend General Lincoln gave me this morning your favour of the 7th which compensated in Part of my Disappointment by Monda... 27 January 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I was not a little Surprized, a few days ago at receiving a Letter from Dr Hutchinson as Secretary to the Philosophical society in ... 27 January 1793John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear John Although your modesty would not inform Us, of your commencement as a Faneuil Hall Orator, it is impossible to conceal from the Public so... 31 January 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir I received your favor of the 29th yesterday I had sold the horses the day before for £70:. The Baron returned on teusday his visit has be... 31 January 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have, this minute recd your favour of the 22d. The Report of the Presidents Resignation is probably designed to prevent the Rise ... 1 February 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend your last date, as yet received, was the 14 of Jan’ry, I may have Letters in Town; but as the week has been stormy I have not got t... 3 February 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend General Lincoln setts out Tomorrow, and I should not dare to let him go without a Love Letter to you. After a November December and... 9 February 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received your kind favour of the 24th of Jan’ry together with the News papers. the writings of the American Mirabeau, if he is an... 9 February 1793Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail Adams It is with very great pleasure that I address you, my dear mamma, from this place again. You will be as agreeably surprised as our friends here were,... 10 February 1793Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Child I received yesterday by way of Nyork your kind Letter of two dates october 28 & Novbr 8th a fortnight before I received a Letter sent b... 10 February 1793John Quincy Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. As I was going to meeting this afternoon a Gentleman met me in the street, and desired me to fill him a writ immediately which he intend... 16 February 179318 February 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received your kind Letters of Janry 28 & 30th I well recollect receiving a Letter from mr Gerry soon after you went first to Fran... 17 February 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have had Such falls of Snow and rain that I Suppose the Mail has been retarded and I have no Letters; and you may be in the same... 17 February 1793John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I have not answered your favour of 31. of Jan. nor that which announced the Arrival of your Brother and Sister. was repeated by Corneliu... 19 February 179320 February 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir I have this moment received your kind favor of the 17th. I am not ignorant that dayly abuse is poured upon not only the officers of Gover... 19 February 1793John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy son I have great Satisfaction in your Letter of the 10th. The Breaking of the Bubble of Banks would be a Blessing if it could teach our People to ... 22 February 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend my Last Letter was written to you in Bed I write this from my chair, my fever is leaving me and I am mending So that I can set up t... 27 February 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am so anxious for your health, Since you inform'd me of the return of your Intermittent, that I shall take the Stage on Monday fo... 28 February 1793Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Mrs Smith. I wrote to you by your brother making a proposal to you which you might not consider me in earnest about— Since then I have two ad... 2 March 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Your Letter from your Sick Chamber if not from your Sick bed, has made me so uneasy that I must get away as soon as possible.— Monday Morning... 2 March 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I am grieved to hear of the fresh return of your old persecuter the Ague; I had flattered myself that the Air & Climate of New England... 18 March 1793John Adams to Charles AdamsMy son I had the Pleasure of receiving your favour of the 1st. on Saturday night: by your Brother, who has been admitted this Term at the Supreme Cou... 7 April 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear sir. I am requested by Mr: Dobson to enquire of you what disposition you desire to be made of your Book's of which he has a considerable supp... 21 April 1793Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister— I have been exceedingly grieved at hearing of our dear Sister Adams's Illness— She was so well in the winter, that I hoped she would ... 5 May 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother, Your last letter to me is dated the 18th: of March, since which time I have not heared a single word of the family, either verbally, ... 10 May 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir It is sometime since I have written to you but still longer since I have had a line from my dear father. I do not repine for while you ar... 21 May 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother Your kind letter of the 12 has reached me, in complyance with Mr Brieslers request I enclose the Receipt of Mrs Lynch. She was in much... 29 May 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir It is with great pleasure I hear that my brother is appointed to speak the town Oration, on the fourth of July next. It would give me inf... 5 June 1793John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I thank you for your, agreable Letter of the 29. Ult. Your Brother is destined to be celebrated and consequently envyed and abused. He h... 9 June 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear sir, I have procured the Warrant from the Treasury for the payment of D 1250. and taken two Orders on the Branch Bank at Boston in the name of m... 11 June 1793Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I am extremely sorry to hear, that you have had another attack of your ague, since Cousin Betsy left you— I hope you are in the use o... 23 June 1793John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I have received your Letter containing the orders upon the branch bank, and also that with the bill of lading of 3 barrels; I ought ... 20 July 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear William I have only two or three minutes at present to devote to the purpose of answering a long & agreeable letter I received from you befor... 29 July 1793Charles Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother I received the copies of your Oration by Mr Atkinson for which I give you my own and the thanks of my friends Unwilling to trust my o... 10 August 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I ought to have written you from New-York, of my safe arrival there in little more than three days, after a pleasant Journey, with onl... 25 August 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Sir By Colonel Smith who setts out for Boston tomorrow I have the pleasure of addressing a few lines to you. If you procure the Newspapers fr... 9 October 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir After repeated, tho’ unsuccessful attempts to procure the letters, which I was informed by my Mothers letter, must be in the Post Office ... 12 October 1793Abigail Adams Smith to Hannah Carter Smithmy Dear Madam I have executed your commission but not exactly conformable to your request— the muslin like the pattern was all gone there was a peice... 20 October 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I am happy in having it in my power to give you more favorable accounts respecting the Fever in Philada: than I have yet been able— No... 3 November 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother Since my Brother informed me of the miscarriage of some of my letters, I am determined to suffer no Post to pass without writing to so... 17 November 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother Your favor of the 28th: Octr: has been received, & as I omited writing by the last Post, I will defer it no longer, lest, your fears s... 20 November 1793John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother Your father will be the bearer of this Letter, and probably will find you at Philadelphia, which our late accounts represent as being... 24 November 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have had an agreable Journey to this Town, have been to Meeting all Day and heard two excellent Discourses from Mr Strong: We ar... 24 November 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I have now been in the City since the 19th: and am happily able to give you the fullest assurance of our freedom from danger, on accou... 27 November 1793Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer to Abigail Adams Had you My respected friend join'd the Small, tho’ social Circle the last Thursday, it would have been an addition to our pleasure, but by your first... 28 November 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend My early rising still continues, and I am writing by candle light. it is a week this day since you left me. I have rejoiced in the ... 28 November 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I arrived here Yesterday, and had the Pleasure to dine with our Children and The Baron: All are very well and send their Duty. Char... 1 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We may ever remember The Thirtieth of November because it was the Day on which We were absolved from Infamy; in 1782 and because it... 5 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I wrote you from Hartford, New York and once from Philadelphia: but have not yet had the Pleasure of a Letter from you Since I left... 6 December 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Father The very interesting situation of our Country at present cannot fail to call forth the serious reflections of those who are anxious fo... 9 December 1793Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I believe you are indebted to me for a letter or two, but as your late loss has been my gain, it is more incumbent on me to attempt to... 12 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This Day having been devoted to Thanksgiving by the Governor of Pensilvania, Congress have adjourned to Fryday. We have had a great... 14 December 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I hope this days post will bring me a Letter from you at Philadelphia, and that I shall hear you are well and at mr otis's tho obli... 14 December 1793John Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Sir Congress have recd from the President all the Negotiations with France and England as well as those with the Indians. On Monday We expect th... 14 December 1793John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: I thank you for your kind letter of the tenth of this month. Mr. G. may well be shocked at the Message. It is a thunderbolt. I cann... 15 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Having taken a cold which makes it inconvenient to go out this morning I cannot employ myself more agreably than by writing to you.... 16 December 1793John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles The Revolution in France is commonly Said to be without Example in the History of Mankind: But although there may be circumstances atten... 19 December 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear father I received your favour of the 16th yesterday. I am sorry that from what I said in my last to you it should be inferred that I wished t... 19 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Mrs Otis arrived with her little Rosignal, in good health and Spirits the night before last, and brought me your favour of Decr 7.—... 20 December 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I have to acknowledge your two kind Letters one of the first the other of the 5th of december from philadelphia my anxiety has in s... 20 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This Morning I returned Mr Genets’ Visit. The Conversation was confined to Some Inquiries I made concerning his Mother, and Sisters... 22 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I went this morning to Dr Greens and this afternoon to St. Pauls where I heard Dr Magaw: but I am not Sure it is prudent to go to C... 23 December 1793John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles The Papers, furnish Us this Evening with more flowers of Jacobinical Rhetorick from New York. Crushing Monarchy Confusion to Aristocracy... 26 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have enough to do to write Apologies in Answer to Invitations to dinner and to Tea Parties: but I have long Since taken the Resol... 28 December 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend The weather is so extreemly cold that my Ink almost freezes whilst I write, yet I would not let a week pass without writing to you ... 29 December 1793Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— It is a long time since I have written to you, or received a Line from either of my much loved Sisters— I have done like many others,... 30 December 1793Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear I inclose to you your Brothers Letter I should have Sent for you last saturday but I expected a snow storm. I suppose your Father has written... 30 December 1793Charles Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Father The effusions of our Jacobin spirit had been smothered if some evil minded person in Philadelphia had not published an extract of a le... 30 December 1793John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This morning I received your favour of the 20th. The House I am in was aired and Smoked with Tar & Powder and the Vaults Slaked wit... 31 December 1793Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend Your two kind Letters of the 19 & 20th reachd me on the 28th they are my saturday evenings repast. you know my mind is much occupie... Back Matter List of Omitted Documents Chronology
