Adams Family Correspondence Volume 10, January 1794 – June 1795 Front Matter Copyright Sponsorship Committees Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 1 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have taken a Sheet of Paper, only to wish you an happy new Year and many happy repetitions of this Aniversary. I received yesterd... 2 January 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles This morning I recd your agreable Letter of the 30. Ult.—I wish you would explain to me what you mean, by “most of them finding their Pu... 3 January 1793John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son The Public Papers will inform you that Mr Jefferson has resigned and that Mr Randolph is appointed Secretary of State. The Attorney Gener... 4 January 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear William The Minister of the French Republic has litterally pursued the Instructions of his Masters, the Executive Council of France; but the ... 5 January 1794Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I did not receive your Letter of decbr 15 till I had closed mine of the 30th two of later date came first to Hand. the reason as I ... 5 January 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I must apologize for not having answered before this your last Letter; but your conjectures with respect to Columbus were not without found... John Adams on Natural Equalityand the Law of Nations6 January – 8 May 1794 Editorial NoteThroughout the first half of 1794, John Adams made a concerted effort to instruct his son Charles, and to a lesser extent Thomas Boylston and John Qui... 6 January 1794I. Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Father Your excellent letters have been duly received. I have been much instructed by them. The necessity of turning our attention to the two... 9 January 1794II. John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I received this Morning your valuable Letter of the 6th and am much pleased with your Observations as well as with your Researches. but... 22 January 1794III. John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles As I wish to turn your Attention to those Political Questions which involve Points of the Law of Nature and Nations, and which have late... 13 February 1794IV. John Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Charles By the first Article of the Treaty of Commerce between the United States and France it is Stipulated that There Shall be a firm, invi... 17 February 1794V. Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Father I have duly received your letters up to the first of this month and am grateful for your kindness towards me your extracts from Heinec... 24 February 1794VI. John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles As the genuine Equality of human Nature is the true Principle of all our Rights and Duties to one another: and the false Notions of Equa... 6 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Door Keeper has just brought me your kind Letter of Decr 28. Freneau’s Paper is discontinued and Fenno’s is become a daily adve... 7 January 1794John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: Colonel Smith spent the last evening with me, and presented me with your kind letter of the 29th of December. I have seen Mr. G.; h... 8 January 1794Abigail Adams to George CabotDear Sir When I had the pleasure of visiting you in the Summer you may recollect Some conversation which too place respecting a young Gentleman whom ... 8 January 1794Charles Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Father Your letter inclosing the Pamphlet, came very safe to hand. I thank you, for your kindness. The Mails between this City and Philadelph... 9 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Anxiety you express (in your kind Letter of Decr 31 which I received this morning) for your Country and the Happiness of your C... 12 January 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend My Neighbour captain Beals went to Town yesterday and was so good as to bring up, and send me my Letters last Evening, whilst I was... 12 January 1794Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear I wish you to direct the inclosed Letter—to your Father I read Barnevelt in Mondays paper. it may be necessary to defend himself, but I look ... 14 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I had Yesterday the Pleasure of yours of January 5. I will Send, to Mr Adams a Check upon the Branch Bank for two hundred Dollars a... 17 January 1794George Cabot to Abigail AdamsMadam— The ice in the Delaware having delayed the post beyond it’s usual period I had not the honor to receive your esteemed letter of the 8th until ... 18 January 179430 January 1794Abigail Adams to George Cabotmy dear sir Your obliging favour of the 17 of Jan’ry reachd me a few days sine the polite and Friendly manner in which You communicate Your inttentio... 18 January 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received two day ago yours of Jan’ry 6th with the Pamphlet, and last Evening our Son brought me yours of the 9th. When he comes, ... 18 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I Send you, at present the Negotiations with Mr Hammond as I sent you before those with Mr Genet. I wish I could send you “The Exam... 21 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We go Slowly forward: So Slowly as to produce no Results, which is a better course than to run rapidly in a Career of Mischief. I g... 22 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am weary of this Scæne of Dulness. We have done nothing and Shall do nothing this Session, which ought to be done, unless We Shou... 22 January 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother your favor of the 6th: Instt: has been received— The expressions of tendeness & Maternal affection which it contains on my behalf, des... 24 January 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend We have had four days and Nights of Rain an old fashiond rain. if there had been upon the Ground a Body of snow, the flood of Rain,... 25 January 1794Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend The weather from an unhealthy warmth has changed to an insufferable cold. I had little expectation of getting my Letters to night, ... 26 January 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have just now recd your favour of the 12th. The Mail from the Eastward has been unusually delayed by bad Roads I suppose, or Obst... 26 January 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear William I hasten within two hours after the receipt of your Letter, which came to my hands while at my Father’s lodgings, to commerce an Answ... 31 January 1794Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy deares Friend We have had a severe Snowstorm but attended with such a voilent wind that half the Ground is bare, whilst the other is almost impass... 2 February 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I last Evening received your kind Letters of Jan’ry 18, 21 & 22d accompanied with the Negotiation’s I have read the two pamphlets ... 3 February 1794Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Mrs. Smith, I have not written to you since I received yours of January 5th. I go from home but very little, yet I do not find my time hang h... 4 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Mail of Yesterday brought me, a rich Treasure in your kind Letters of the 18. 24 and 25th of January— Ice in the Rivers or Snow... 4 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Indisposition of my ever honoured and beloved Mother gives me a very tender Anxiety— I hope she may yet get the better of her D... 8 February 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I was very sorry to learn by your last Letters that you had little hopes of getting home till May. there are so many new Arrangment... 8 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have recd yours of the 30th. Ult. and given the inclosed to son Thomas, who will do with it what he can. Congress have been toget... 9 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Vive la Baggatelle! Dulce est desipere. I have no other Resource in my solitude, amidst all my gloomy forebodings of the future Mis... 10 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have recd yours of Jan. 31.— And it has relieved me from a Melancholly which has hung upon me and been taken notice of by every b... 12 February 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Yours of the 26th of Jan’ry I received last evening. You talk of not rising till june. why I know not what I shall possibly do, eve... 13 February 1794John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother I received by the last post your favour enclosing a draft upon the branch Bank, for 100 dollars. The political speculations of which ... 14 February 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received last Evening by my obliging Neighbour captain Beals your kind Letters of Febry 4th, and before I reply to them, I would ... 17 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We have done nothing hitherto, but prevent our Countrymen from plunging blindfold into a War, with they know not whom, and for they... 17 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I this day recd your favours of the 8. and 12th. but how this last could have leaped to this distance in five days I know not. It i... 20 February 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend The post of the last saturday was the first for a long period, which faild of bringing me a Letter from you. I should have been mor... 23 February 1794Abigail Adams to William CranchDear cousin I received your kind Letter last evening. I should be glad of two shares if you would part with them. I inclose 30 dollors for the first ... 23 February 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Birthday was celebrated Yesterday with as much Joy affection and Festivity as ever, and as it happened the New French Minister ... 23 February 1794Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail Adams I am quite ashamed my dear Mrs Adams that I have so long neglected writeing to you, indeed I can make but a very poor excuse for so doing, & must dep... 26 February 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Not receiveing any Letters on saturday evening I was so impatient that I sent James to Town on sunday afternoon, and he brought me ... 28 February 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I yesterday received your favours of the 17th of this Month. I was attending at the sick Bed of our dear Parent, from whence for si... 2 March 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Senate were obliged to Spend the whole of the last Week, in a Solemn Tryal of the Election of Mr Gallatin: and I find that a gr... 2 March 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles What! are my venerable Old Friend Gates, and my respectable old Acquaintance Osgood, and my intimate Connection W. S. Smith, about becom... 2 March 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. You will doubtless hear before this reaches you, the event of a Town-meeting which was called here lately for the purpose of helping forwar... 5 March 1794Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Father I have this moment received your letters to the third instant. In answer to the queries respecting The meeting of the Citizens on ... 8 March 1794Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Half an hour ago your kind Letters of Febry 23 & 25 were brought to me. I was at my station the Bed of our Parent when they were de... 8 March 1794Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child, I received your kind letter of February 12th, as well as one, by Mr. Storer, of February 2d. I have been every day since thinking that... 8 March 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Favours of Feb. 26 and Feb. (blank) arrived not till last night. They deserve my best Thanks on all accounts. They are full of... 9 March 1794Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Father I had the following conversation with a gentleman on thursday last How comes it that you vary so much in your political opinions from... 10 March 1794Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Mrs. Smith, Although the scenes in which I have been engaged for six weeks past, have been very different from those which you describe, I ha... 10 March 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear son Your Letter of Yesterdays Date has given me much Pleasure. I recognize in it, my own son. Your Language to the Gentleman was manly and yo... 11 March 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I received Yesterday your kind Letter of Feb. 28. and March 1.— I can never be sufficiently thankful to you for your constant unwea... 12 March 1794Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Father The Samaneens were a sect of Philosophers of India They embraced the doctrine of Butta or Budda whom the Indians have placed among the... 12 March 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have all along flattered myself with hopes that I might with Propriety have taken Leave of the Senate and returned home, as soon ... 13 March 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear John This morning I had the Pleasure of your Letter of the 2d of this month. The Town meeting did itself honour by its judicious Result. But the... 14 March 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend This Letter will not bear you so melancholy tidings, as from the close of my last, I apprehended. our Parent still lives; the ulcer... 15 March 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I know not how to throw off, the Lassitude that hangs upon me.—weary of a daily round, which to me is more confined and more insipi... 17 March 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received your two kind favours last Evening of march 2d & 8th. the seasons I belive have been very near alike both here and with ... 17 March 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your favour of 8. March is just put into my hand.— My beloved Mother is very near my heart and has Spread a gloom over my Days from... 19 March 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear William My last Letter to you was of such a nature, that I can easily persuade myself no matter arose out of it sufficient to furnish an answ... 22 March 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Yours of March 11th reachd me yesterday I have the satisfaction to anounce you our Parents Life, her complaints graduly decrese. he... 23 March 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I have neglected writing to you longer than usual, that I might have it in my power to give you some more favorable prospect of public... 24 March 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I received on Saturday your favour of the 13th: Instt: Our Supreme Court closed their session in this town last monday, and I am thereby lef... 26 March 1794Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend our two Tenants are come, and I have occupation enough. I have set them to clear the manure out of the Barn and to digg the Garden ... 27 March 1794John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Brother I received yesterday your very laconic favour enclosing a draft upon the bank for 500 dollars which I shall pay over according to you... 28 March 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I last Evening received Yours of March the 15 and 17th together with the Money you remitted. it was very fortunate in its arrival, ... 31 March 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest friend I have scarcely a moment to acknowledge the Rect of your favour of 22 this instant put into my hand. I rejoice in the Recovery of m... 1 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Cheesman has at length arrived and I have recd my Trunk in much better order than I expected. The People here are much cooler than ... 3 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Post of the day brought me, your kind Letter of 26. Ult. The more I am charmed with your Bravery and Activity in farming the mo... 3 April 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son I have recd your favour of the 22d I believe it is, and am glad to hear that the People of Boston are disposed to Stand firm on neutral G... 5 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Weather is cooler And the Minds of Men are calmed by the inclosed Communication. But A Sourd Party will plunge Us if possible. ... 5 April 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son The Old Debtors to British subjects, united with the over Zealous Friends of France and the Democratical societies of our principal Citie... 7 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your favour of the 28th. Ult. arrived this morning. before this time I hope you have received your furniture. We are Still endeavou... 10 April 1794Charles Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother I received your favor of the 18 ulto inclosing the money you was so kind as to procure for me. I laughed for half an hour at the witt... 11 April 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend You I presume are so much occupied and fatigued with the duties of your station that you can get but little leisure to write, for o... 12 April 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I received this morning your favour of the 3d: instt: We still hold tolerably firm to the text of neutrality; though we have our partialitie... 15 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Upon the receipt of your excellent Letter of the fifth of this month I Yesterday sent for our son Thomas and desired him to remit t... 18 April 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend Your Letter of April 5th an 7th reachd me last Evening, and they fill me with more apprehensions of a War than any thing I have bef... 18 April 1794John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. Mr: Newcomb has executed a power of Attorney, authorising you to receive his interest due. I herewith enclose it.— You mention in yo... 19 April 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend A memorable day in our Annals, which is all I shall say of politicks here. the season is very variable from hot to cold & cold to H... 19 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Senate has been three days in debate upon the Appointment of Mr Jay, to go to London. It has this day been determined in his favour... 22 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I recd. Yesterday your kind favour of the 11th. I have not been able lately to write you so much as I wished. The President has app... 23 April 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Sir If the combined Powers are exhausted by their Exertions The French must be no less distressed by theirs, and each Party thinks it is contend... 25 April 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I last Evening received your of the 15th and our son the Remittance, which he went directly to pay but mr smith Says the Sum is thi... 25 April 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear William This day I had the pleasure to receive by our Friend Mr White your obliging favor of the 12th: inst; your other favors by private han... 29 April 1794Abigail Adams Smith to John AdamsMy Dear Father: Your letter of the 21st of March, has lain by me some time. * * * * The prospect of a war alarms me much; many persons express... 30 April 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your favours of 18th. and 19th instant are so full of your Plans and Labours in Agriculture, that I begin to be jealous you will ac... 1 May 1794John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: Whether we shall preserve peace, or be involved in war, is a problem, not easily solved; but I think we shall preserve our neutrali... 2 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Sir I have recd your favour of April 22 and am pleased with your Observations on the Doctrine of Reprisals on Choses in Action. As it is a Subje... 3 May 1794Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I received your two kind Letters of April 19th & 22d I was much gratified by the appointment of mr Jay as Envoy extrodanary. I know... 3 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I Yesterday dined in Company with M. Talleyrand de Perigord and Mr Beaumez, the former late Bishop of Autun and both Members of the... 3 May 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear sir The return of some Gentlemen of the Philadelphia Bar gives me an opportunity of droping you a few lines; The Court has been engaged in many ... 5 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have this moment recd your favour of 25. April.— If you want more Money before June borrow it of the General whom I will repay wh... 5 May 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear sir In our Journey from West Chester to this place we lodged at Strasburg, a German Village 9 miles the other side of Lancaster; I had little... 7 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son In reading the Advertisement prefixed to De Lolme p. 6. I met a Passage which recalled to my Mind a Letter of yours concerning the Papers... 9 May 1794Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear father Suppose that for a few moments we should indulge in the regions of fancy and imagine a nation about to form into civil society Suppose... 10 May 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received your’s of April 27th & 30th together with the Pamphlets last Evening. two of them from the spirit they breathe denote th... 10 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We go on as Usual—Congress resolving one Thing and the Democratical societies resolving the Contrary.— The President doing what is ... 11 May 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend This day has been our May meeting and without clubs or even Drunkeness, tho we have little purity to boast of in that respect, our ... 11 May 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDr. Charles Your Favour of April 19. I believe has not yet been acknowledged. The Extracts from the King of Prussia were very acceptable. Yesterday I... 12 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Weather is here very hot and dry, which renders our daily Service in Congress more irksome and occasions Some Anxiety for the h... 12 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son Your Letter of April 27 was put into the Post office at New York and I have neither seen nor heard of Mr Dorr nor Mr Jones. It is probabl... 14 May 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsSir Your letter of the 10 has come to hand; I arrived at Lancaster a few hours before it; of course you favor of a prior date is yet to be received. ... 15 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Alteration of Post Days or some other Cause has disappointed me of a Letter from you this Week, which is the first time I have ... 17 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The long continuance of the session, and the uncommon heat and drought of the Weather have made this, to me an unpleasant Spring. A... 17 May 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I am delighted with your delicious little Letter of 14th.—but was puzzled to guess where you got your Description of Lubberland or what ... 19 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is a fortnight to day Since I had a Letter from you but it Seems to me a month— I cannot blame you for one of yours is worth fou... 19 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have this morning recd your kind Letters of 10 & 11th. of May.— You mention Land bought by Dr Phipps which you had mentioned to m... 20 May 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear sir I was a little disappointed in not finding a letter for me in the Post Office of this place upon my arrival here yesterday— The arrangeme... 23 May 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I last evening received yours of the 12th and 15. the weather for several Days past has been extreem Hot, and as to the drougth it ... 24 May 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend Yours of the 17th came this day to me I do not know to what to ascribe the failure of my letters unless our son forgot to put them ... 26 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I shall inclose with this, some Letters between Randolph and Hammond which will shew you how quarelsome they are. Poor Fellows! The... 26 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son. The Secretary of State called upon me this morning to inform me by order of the President, that it was determined to nominate you to go ... 26 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son Since, I wrote you this morning, at the request of Mr Randolph a thousand things occur to me to say to you, but as I have not time at pre... 26 May 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir Mr: Dorr obtained a passage in the vessel with Mr: Jay, and Mr: Jones, had an opportunity to go from Newport, so that they had no occasion t... 27 May 1794Abigail Adams to John Adams Thanks to the Father of the Rain, and the Bountifull dispencer of the dews of Heaven, who has plentifully waterd the dry and thirsty Earth. the Field... 27 May 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is proper that I should apprize you, that the President has it in contemplation to Send your son to Holland, that you may recoll... 29 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear son Yesterday the Senate advised the Appointment of Mr short to Madrid, but there has as yet been no nomination to the Vacancy at the Hague. ... 30 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear son Yesterday the Senate received a Message from The President of the United States, containing a Nomination of John Quincy Adams of Massachu... 30 May 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear son The Senate have this Day unanimously advised and consented to the Appointment of John Quincy Adams to the Hague. If this Event should aff... 2 June 1794Daniel Denison Rogers to Abigail AdamsDear Madam After a Number of mortifying Disapointments I am happy at last in having it in my powers to present you a Miniature Copy from an Original ... 3 June 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear sir I arrived in Philada: on Sunday Morng & was not a little disappointed at finding you had taken your departure only the Day before; I hastene... 9 June 1794Elizabeth Smith Shaw to John Quincy Adams My Dear Nephew could not suppose a Friend to merit, could read a Paragraph in last Saturdays Paper, without feeling themselves gratified, by finding ... 14 June 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother It is a fortnight to day since my return to the City, & I have been waiting the arrival of every Post in hopes of hearing from my frie... 20 June 1794Abigail Adams to Martha Washingtonmy dear Madam I cannot omit so good an opportunity as the present by my son of paying my respects to you, and of acknowledging the honor done him by ... 8 July 1794John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam The stage in which I had engaged a passage for Philadelphia this morning, has gone away by mistake, and left me behind, which gives me ... 10 July 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I arrived here last Evening, and this morning paid my Respects to the Secretary of State, who introduced me to the President.— I find that ... 12 July 1794John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am yet uncertain as to the next point of my departure. But as I do not hear of any opportunity to go from hence, it is probable I may be... 14 July 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams Your kind Letter by my Brother was delivered a few days since; as the proposal it contains is of very considerable importance, I have taken time to c... 18 July 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir Since my arrival here, I have employed all the Time, that I have been able to spare, from the more important business of visits and dinners,... 19 July 1794Martha Washington to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam— Mr Adams (your son) presented me with your obliging favor of June the 20th. and I pray you to accept my thanks for your kind remembran... 20 July 1794Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear Son I received your Letter this morning of the 12th and one from N york by your Brother Charles, who got here the day before commencment; in ... 27 July 1794John Quincy Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I expected to have been on my way to Boston before this; but Mr: Hamilton is gone into the Country, and I cannot be supplied with my instru... 29 July 1794John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I am still waiting for the arrival of Coll: Hamilton whom it is necessary for me to see before my departure, and who has been detained ... 13 August 1794John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother Coll: Hamilton arrived in Philadelphia, the night before you left it, but from the pressure of business more immediately urgent, was ... 15 August 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William Your last favor was handed me by Mr C Hall on the road between Philadelphia and New York— It gave me pleasure to receive it, particularl... 24 August 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son In its due time, I received your Letter from Philadelphia of the 27. of July. Although, in the Opinion of The Secretary of State, the Mis... 10 September 1794Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— My Cousins most agreeably supprized me by a Visit— I had been informed that your Sons were to sail the week before— I thought they we... 11 September 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Charles Last night I received your kind Letter of Septr. 3d and am sorry to find that your Books were not then arrived. Before this day I hop... 14 September 1794John Adams to John Quincy Adams and Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Sons I once more wish you a prosperous Voyage an honourable Conduct and a happy Life. Remember your Characters as Men of Business as well as ... 22 September 1794Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother My books arrived in good order and well conditioned the day after I last wrote to my father. By some mistake the 28th volume of The Di... 16 October 1794Samuel A. Otis to John AdamsDear Sir Agreeable to intimation I have been enquiring for accommodations for you but to no purpose unless you should like rooms in Francis’s house. ... 19 October 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir I embrace the earliest opportunity to acquaint you of our safe & happy arrival at this place after a Passage of 28 days. I scarcely conce... 20 October 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother A Passage of 28 days, landed me & my fellow Passengers safe on the shore of England— Our desire was to be put on shore at Dover, but t... 25 October 1794John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam We have been already ten days in this place, but there has been no opportunity to Boston since our arrival. And altho’ I have done but ... 28 October 1794Samuel A. Otis to John AdamsDear Sir I wrote you soon after my arrival that I had engaged you lodgings at Franciss Hotel, Two rooms first floor, for 20 dollars, but not having y... 2 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend We arrived here last night in good Season. The Roads were not very bad, and the Weather, tho Showery, was not inconvenient. Mr Free... 2 November 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir, By the Ship John, Captn. Duer I gave you information of our safe arrival at London, and I now embrace the earliest opportunity of acquai... 4 November 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend This is the first fair morning we have had since you left me. you must have had an unpleasent journey Sunday the afternoon was plea... 8 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We took the Packet at New Haven, and arrived at N. York as Soon as the Stage— Although We Saved no time, We avoided some bruizes, a... 9 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am now Settled.— The first night I went to a Mr Alders, opposite to Mr Binghams, but not liking the circumstance of living in an ... 10 November 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I hope you are agreably lodgd and that your Company will be to your mind. I rejoice in the ReElection of mr Ames, and mr Smith of C... 11 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Since the Certainty has arrived of the very honourable Reelection of our Friend Mr Smith of S. Carolina, the wiser Part of the Comm... 11 November 1794John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam The day after the date of my last Letter, we dined at Mr: Hallowell’s, and were entertained with much hospitality. We saw his Daughter... 14 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend By the Post of Yesterday I received your kind Letter of the 4th. of this month, and, by it, was relieved from a great Anxiety on Ac... 15 November 1794Susanna Clarke Copley to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I am happy in this opportuntity of thanking you for your kind favor by your sons: whom it gave me great pleasure to meet, and to be par... 17 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Yesterday I attended the Dedication of a Temple. The Presbyterian Congregation in Market Street, have taken down their old Meeting ... 18 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I had just Sent off to the Poet office, my Letter in which I requested a Diary of Husbandry when I went to The Senate Chamber where... 18 November 1794John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: After a journey without any accident, I arrived here, in good health, the Friday night after I left you, and went into lodgings, wh... 19 November 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received by Saturdays post Yours of Novbr 8th, and was happy to find that you had got well to Philadelphia, and that there was a ... 19 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend The Presidents Speech is so important to the Public that I know you will be anxious to See it as early as possible. When the Answer... 20 November 1794John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Brother. Upon my leaving America, your Father gave me an order upon Messrs W. & J Willink for five obligations on a Loan of the United States... 20 November 1794John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Sister. About a month after I last took my leave of you in New York, I sailed from Boston, and after a passage of twenty eight days landed at... 23 November 1794Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I received yours of Novbr. 9th 11th 12 & 14th. you are made easy respecting the Election of mr Ames tho I believe that many of the ... 23 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is a common Observation of Old People, that as they advance in Life time appears to run off faster, and the Years grow shorter. ... 23 November 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Sir Although you have not informed me, of the Result of your Examination at Albany, I shall venture to address this Letter to a Councillor at La... 24 November 1794John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Brother I have already written you respecting the private business upon which I was commissioned by your father, and I enclose a duplicate of... 26 November 1794Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son, This day compleats Ten weeks, since you sailed and I have had no opportunity before this, by Captain Scott, of writing to you, unless by... 26 November 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend The Pamphlet inclosed may be called “The most astonishing Concentration of Jacobitical Malevolence that ever Scottish Spite exhibit... 27 November 1794Joseph Cranch to John AdamsSir I will not add to my offence by troubling you with a long apology for this intrusion on your Valuable time— Suffice it to Say,—that encoraged by ... 30 November 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I have to acknowledg the receipt of Several Letters from you, together with Demourier Memoirs; for which accept my thanks; I wish t... 30 November 1794Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear Thomas. Well my Dear Son, how did the watery world agree with you? I hope it was propitious to your passage, and that thirty or 40 days, at ... 1 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Your Letter of the 19th of Nov. gave me, in addition to the ordinary Satisfaction I receive from your Letters, the Pleasure of know... 2 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I have recd your favour of Nov. 23.— Mr Cooper The Friend of our Diplomatic at the Hague, I hear was very active in the Election of... 2 December 1794John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son Holland, according to our latest Accounts from Europe, may so very possibly have been overrun by the French that it is uncertain where th... 3 December 1794John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Thomas You have lost the Opportunity of sharing in the Glory of some of your Friends in this City, who have been out and returned, from the C... 5 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I returned, this Day the Visit of the ci-devant Duke De Liancourt. He is a Sensible Man. He is a Cousin German of the late Duke de ... 6 December 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Your kind favours of the 19th 23 & 26 of Nov’br came safe to Hand, together with the pamphlet. the writer appears to have ransakd P... 6 December 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I condole with you, under the mournful News of the Barons Palsy. I have long wondered that a Military Character so habituated to exercis... 7 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Brisler has shipped, on board The Abby Captain Eames, two Barrells of Flour, one hundred Weight of Clover Seed and half a Bushell o... 8 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Your favour of Nov. 30, I received this morning. As every Thing conspires to keep me poor, I may as well give Way as not: so I will... 10 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Entre nous Mr sheerjashub Bourne called upon me the other Morning to ask me some Questions about Mr Blacks farm and Captn. Beale’s ... 11 December 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I was most sadly dissapointed last Evening when my Newpapers came from the post office without a Letter. the latest date I have rec... 11 December 1794Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother Since I left the Baron which was about three weeks ago I have had the melancholy account of his being attacked with the numb palsy. I ... 12 December 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend If I had waited patiently for the post of Thursday Noon, I need not have had so much anxiety, but I had Sent on Wednesday to the of... 12 December 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Madam, The Commission with which you charged me for the Messrs Willink has been executed so far as depends upon me. The Gentlemen have promised ... 13 December 1794Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir I yesterday received your favor of the 11th inst enclosing the Post note for 100 Dols: for which receive my thanks. Our election for memb... 13 December 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles The Nature, Designs, rise, Progress, present State future Operations and successes of “Selfcreated Societies,[”] are likely to become Ob... 13 December 1794John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam. I hear of an opportunity from Rotterdam to Boston, but so lately that I have scarce time to write any Letters except my necessary disp... 14 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest friend I wrote you last Week and inclosed an order for 600. Let me know when you receive it. Although the Weather is the most beautiful I ... 15 December 1794Thomas Welsh to John AdamsDear Sir Your Favor of Novr 19th I recd I have since mine of Novr 7th. found that Mr Dexter is not chosen, altho’ Mr Varnum who was put up by the ant... 16 December 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Tomorrow will compleat three Months Since our dear sons saild, and this moment I have received a Letter from Town with this agreabl... 16 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I had flattered myself all the last Week with the Hope of a Letter on Monday: but when Yesterday came I found in the Door Keepers l... 16 December 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsMy Dear Sir This morning I received your favour of the 13th. and wonder not that your honest heart is disgusted at the Iniquities always practiced at... 19 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I promised you in my last an Account of the Commencement in the Methodists Meetinghouse north fourth st. near Vine street. But as a... 20 December 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Sir The inclosed Tryals of Muir, Margorot and Gerald, will afford you Entertainment and Information. as Nothing lays open the Spirit and Temper ... 20 December 1794Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. The rumor’s of peace have almost totally subsided; those still in circulation deserve as little credit, as they generally receive. The h... 23 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Monday, which is the pleasantest day of the Week, because it always brings me a Letter, produced me your favour of the 12th. I am r... 24 December 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received your kind favour of the 5th 7th 8th & 10th. what you mention with respect to the sale of the Farms in the Neighbourhood,... 24 December 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charley Our Patriots are so anxious lest Aristocracy should take root, that I wonder they do not eradicate all the seeds of it. instead of Addre... 25 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend This being one of the pleasant Days of the Week, Thursday the Post brought me your kind Letter of the 16th.— The News of The Alfred... 25 December 1794John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Sir Your Letter of the 22d, alledging Business as an Apology for not writing gave me more Pleasure than a long Letter would have done. Business ... 26 December 1794Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I fear you will think me tardy in not acknowledging sooner the Receipt of your Letter of the 11th with the order upon the Bank for ... 28 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I went on Fryday night with Mr Storer to the Drawing Room, where the Warmth of the Weather increased by a great fire and a Croud of... 30 December 1794Charles Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letters accompanying the trials of Gerrald Muir and Margarot. I am perfectly of your opinion th... 30 December 1794John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Your favr of 24th marked by the Post office 22d of Decr. I recd. Yesterday. Mr Osgoods sermon was plenty here— I recd one from Bost... 1 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I wish you a happy New Year, and a Repetition of happy New Years as long as Time shall endure: not here below, because I shall want... 2 January 1795John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Sir I have received your Letter of December 30th.— I approve of your caution and applaud your discretion. You ought nevertheless to reconoitre t... 2 January 1795John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: I received this day your kind letter of the 30th ult. With cordial affection and sincerity do I reciprocate your compliments of the... 4 January 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received by our Thursday Post, yours of Decbr 18 & 23 together with the Bennets Strictures. you may be sure Bennet is a favorite ... 5 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend By this Days Post I have your Letter of the 26. Ult. I believe that some incomprehensible sympathy or other, made me low Spirited a... 8 January 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend yours of 25 December reachd me with the Book for Louissa. through the Month of December the weather was uncommonly fine, but the Ne... 8 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I dined yesterday with Mr Hammond the British Minister who told me that Mr Dunlap had just received a Dublin Paper of the 25th of O... 9 January 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend By our Quincy post I received yours 28th and 30th of December. I am sorry to find you had taken a cold let Brisler make you a Bowl ... 9 January 1795William Stephens Smith to John AdamsDear Sir Mrs: Smith has shewn me the Letter you wrote on the 2d. inst. with the Copies of those you presented to The Count DeVergennes The extract fr... 10 January 1795Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Son I wrote to you by Captain Scott Some time in December. on the 14 of the Month Captain Joy arrived in Boston, after a passage of 63 days. ... 10 January 1795Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams Should a vessel cross the Atlantick, and my dear Thomas not find a few lines from his Mother, I know he would feel sadly dissapointed, yet not a Soli... 12 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Last Week I received through Mr Izard a kind Invitation to dine with Mrs Powell, whom I had not before seen Since her Loss of Mr Po... 16 January 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I yesterday received yours of Janry 1st 4th and 5th. I See by the papers the judicious Motion of Giles as it is an other Bone to pi... 16 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend The Travelling I Suppose has retarded the Post of this Week, till to Day, when I received your two Letters of the 4th. and 8th. I a... 17 January 1795John Adams to William Stephens SmithMy Dear Sir: I received yesterday your kind letter of the 9th of the month. The letters to Vergennes were sent to him, not presented. He acknowledged... 19 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend On Saturday I Saw our sons Letter to the Secretary of State. Mr Randolph expressed his intire Satisfaction in it. Said “it was a ju... 19 January 1795John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: I have a letter from your brother Thomas, dated London, 19th October; and the Secretary of State has one from John of the 22d. They... 20 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I recd your favour of the 9th. Yesterday. The Weather is now extream Cold. The River is frozen and a snow covers the Ground. If the... 21 January 1795Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend We have had very Severe weather through the whole of this week, but very little snow. yet the Ground being hard froze, our people h... 23 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I thank you for presenting a Barrell of Flour to my Mother, and wish you to do every Thing for her Comfort, that lies in your Power... 24 January 1795Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I have had a very bad cold, attended with some other complaints which have enfeebled me, & made me look quite sick, for a fortnight I... 27 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Yesterday I had your favour of 16. Mr Osgoods sermon has been printed here. I have heard Mr Gardiner, hinted at as the Writer of th... 29 January 179531 January 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I yesterday received your Several Letters inclosing those from Thomas—I do most sincerely rejoice in the safety and welfare, of our... 29 January 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend The public Prints, announce the Death of my old esteemed Friend General Roberdeau, whose Virtues in heart Searching Times endeared ... 31 January 1795John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles If C. as you Say in yours of the 29th. must provide for his Family, I Suppose it will be easy for him to do it: because being not only a... 1 February 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend You have sometime since, I presume, received my Letters inclosing those of our son Thomas of the 19th. of October: You have also I ... 2 February 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This Morning I received your favour of the 21st. of January. I am Sure your People do a great deal of Work, So dont be concern’d— I... 2 February 1795John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles A Letter from Mr Jay of the 24. of November informs me, that he had recd two Letters from your Brother in Holland, one of the 14th. and ... 7 February 1795Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend on thursday I received a Letter from Col Smith informing me of the Birth of a Grandaughter. this You may be sure was much more agre... 7 February 1795John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I was So happy in the News of the agreable Circumstances of your Sister and her Infant, and of the Safe Arrival of your Brothers at the ... 9 February 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Judges are now here— Judge Cushing is under the Hands of Dr Tate who is Said to have wrought many Cures of Cancers and particul... 10 February 1795Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear son It was with great pleasure that I received by Captain Perkings from Rotterdam your Letter of the 15th of December, which reachd me on the... 10 February 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I was not disappointed Yesterday, for the Post brought me your Letter of January. and I was relieved from an heavy Burthen of anx... 11 February 1795Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy Dear Son Thomas When you address me again, let it be by the endearing Epithet of Mother, instead of the formal one Madam; I Should have thought yo... 11 February 1795John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles Your Letter of the 7th relieved my Mind, from a great Anxiety and Depression on Account of my dear Daughter. My Apprehensions foreboded ... 11 February 1795John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son Mr Wilcocks a Son of Mr Wilcocks a respectable Lawyer of this City is bound to Hamborough and from thence intends to go to Holland where ... 11 February 1795John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Thomas Your Letter of the 19 of October from London gave me great Joy and all your other Friends of whom you have many much Pleasure— And I w... 12 February 1795Abigail Adams to Giuseppe Ceracchi Accept Sir my acknowledgment to you for the very valuable present of the Medallion, and the polite Letter which accompanied it. The workmanship is to... 12 February 1795John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam. The arrival of the french Army in this Country, as the friends and allies of the Batavian People, and the Revolution, which has abolis... 13 February 1795Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend It is peculiarly unfortunate that the Treaty has not yet reachd Ameria. on the 19 November it was sign’d, and the vessel which brin... 13 February 1795Charles Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Sir I received your favor of the eleventh yesterday. Mrs Smith has quite recovered from her illness and is doing very well Our electioneering... 13 February 1795John Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Daughter: I heartily congratulate you on your fortunate escape from a dangerous accident. I was so very solicitous for your safety for two or... 14 February 1795John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles As you Seem to wish to know my sentiments of Mr Kents Lecture I will give you a few Hints to assist your own Reflections and Inquiries b... 14 February 1795John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles Our amiable Professor, in the 5th Page, informs us that “The free Commonwealth of the United States, which in all its ties, relations an... 15 February 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend This is the coldest day We have felt this Winter, and if it were not for the hope I have of a Letter from you Tomorrow, I should fr... 17 February 1795Charles Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I did not receive your last letter until after it had been written some considerable time The request that I should write to my Aunt S... 17 February 1795Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear father Delighted and instructed as I have been by your two letters containing the strictures upon Mr Kent’s Lectures I was sorry at the injun... 21 February 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I did not get my thursday Letters till fryday Eve when as you may well suppose I was greatly allarmd at the account You gave me of ... 26 March 1795John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have but lately received your kind Letter from Amsterdam of the 17th of November and another from the Hague much longer and of an earli... 4 April 1795Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams and Mary Smith CranchMy dear Sisters— I believe in one of my Letters I told you I had troubles of various kinds— I need to be possessed of more wisdom than the Serpent, j... 8 April 1795Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William A favorable occasion presents itself of dropping you a few lines by a vessel for Georgtown. It is the first direct opportunity that has ... 15 April 1795John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Sister. By the arrival of Mr: Van Rensselaar, I am favoured with your letter of Novr: 29. I have not yet seen that Gentleman, who is still at... 16 April 1795John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Brother I have to thank you for your favour of Decr: 1st: sent me a few days since by Mr Van Rensselaar. It is the first direct communication... 21 April 1795John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear son I have but lately received your kind Letters of the 3d and 21. of Decr.— They were like cold Water to a thirsty soul.— While I acknowledg... 22 April 1795Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son I received your very excellent Letter No 4 written from the Hague, dated 11 of November. accept my thanks. Your Letters are a source of c... 23 April 1795Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas— I did not receive any Letters from You when your Brother wrote last to me the 11 of Novbr. I suppose you felt quite out of Sorts at not ... 25 April 1795John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam. Your favour of Novr: 26. Was not quite five months in reaching me. I received it about a week since, and as the first direct communic... 26 April 1795John Adams and Abigail Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son I have received your Letters Numbers 1. 2. 3. 4. and 5. but not in the order, in which they were written— Number one, was the last recd a... 26 April 1795John Adams and Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Thomas Your kind Letters of Nov. 2. and Decr 20 are before me. You will Soon learn the meaning of the Word Ennui, among others in the French ... 2 May 1795Thomas Boylston Adams to John ReadMy dear Sir. It has long been my intention to commence the Correspondence, which I had the pleasure to propose to you by letter a few days previous t... 8 May 1795Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. Your favor of the 11th: Feby reached me on the 29th: ulto:; being the first direct communication from you since my residence in Europe, ... 16 May 1795John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Madam. We seem to be once more restored to some connection with our own Country; for six months after we left it, we might have been almost igno... 17 May 1795John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Brother. I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favours dated Feby 16. which Mr: Wilcox sent me from Hamburg, and of March 10th: which cam... 25 May 1795Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Son Your Letter of Febry 12th reachd me on the last of April, and gave me Sincere pleasure and satisfaction to learn that both you and your B... 8 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Through the finest Fields of Wheat Rye, Barley Oats and Clover, but very indifferent Roads We arrived on Saturday all well The Sena... 9 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend The Senate are now in Possession of the Budget.— It is a Bone to gnaw for The Aristocrats as well as the Democrats: And while I am ... 10 June 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I yesterday received yours of June 8th, and am happy to learn that there was like to be no delay from the absence of Senators. I wi... 11 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend If I could take a Walk or a Ride to N. Y. in the Evening and come here again in the Morning how clever it would be!— I am Somewhat ... 11 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I have recd yours of the 10th and a Cordial it was, for I began to be fearful for your health. Louisa is a good Girl for writing Su... 13 June 1795Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I should be unpardonable if I neglected this Opportunity of writing to you by a private hand, & returning my grateful acknowledgement... 14 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend It is painfull to feel an Impulse to write when there is nothing to Say. I write merely to let you know that I am alive and not Sic... 15 June 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I have regularly received Your Letters and thank you for them. I have read the pamphlets. the Bone has much good natured Witt, cont... 15 June 1795John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam. We have very seldom an opportunity of hearing from you; and still more seldom that of writing you by a direct opportunity. An indirect... 18 June 1795Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I received yours of the 12th. I wish congress may rise by the time you mention. a Gentleman reported here yesterday that he had hea... 18 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Mr Adet was presented to The President on Tuesday and accompanied by The Secretary of State made me a Visit immediately after his A... 19 June 1795Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I received yesterday yours of th 14 & 17 I am happy to learn that you are well, and hope the Senate will not be obliged to sit long... 19 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Last Night the Consul General De la Tombe made me a Visit with your kind Letter of the 18th. He looks older than When I last saw hi... 20 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I received yesterday two Letters from each of our Sons at the Hague, who were very well and in good Spirits on the 25th of April: b... 21 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend The Sun is so bright and augurs Such heat that I am doubtful whether I shall go out to Landsdowne to dinner. I dined Yesterday at M... 22 June 1795Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend I was fearfull before I left Home of Such a Seige as has taken place. whatever else may be objected to the Treaty, that of a hasty ... 23 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Some Senators are confident We shall rise tomorrow or next day. if so, I shall be with you on Sunday— But these Conjectures are alw... 25 June 1795Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received yours of 23d. it is reported here that 19 Senators are for a ratification of all but the 12th article of the Treaty. Gre... 25 June 1795Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister: I yesterday received your Letter giving me an account of the distressd Situation of Sister Smith. I fear her disorder will terminate ... 26 June 1795John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend The Senate is to meet at Ten, this morning and I hope will finish: but it is still uncertain. I shall Sett out this Afternoon, prov... 29 June 1795John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son I arrived here Yesterday from Philadelphia in my Way to Quincy. My little Flock are now all collected, except the two in Holland and all ... 29 June 1795John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear son Thomas I last Week at Philadelphia recd your kind Letter of April by Captn Boadge, and it has been a delicious Morcell to me and to sever... 29 June 1795John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Mamma. Your favour of April 22. marked N. 4. reached me a few days since; I have already acknowledged the receipt of your three preceding let... 30 June 1795Charles Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Brother The last letter I received from you was dated the 16th of April and contained not only the latest but by far the most satisfactory in... Back Matter List of Omitted Documents Chronology
