Adams Family Correspondence Volume 12, March 1797 – April 1798 Front Matter Copyright Sponsorship Committees Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 1 March 1797Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend This is the first Day of March, and I have no Letters from you of a later date than the 11th of Feb’ry. and then only a few lines. ... 3 March 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son Two vessels are notified, one for England, the other for Hamburgh. I will write by both, but the pleasure and freedom of communication, i... 3 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend The Congress have passed the Law allowing 14,000 d to purchase furniture. The State Legislature have done nothing about their new H... 4 March 1797Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warrenmy Dear Madam I received yesterday your obliging favour of Feb’ry 27th. I have been so little a favorite of fortune, that I never once examined my Nu... 5 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend, your dearest Friend never had a more trying day than Yesterday. A Solenm Scene it was indeed and it was made more affecting to me,... 6 March 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Since writing my last Letter I have received yours of the 17th: of February. It is kind: it is amiable: it is worthy of yourself. I recognize again t... 7 March 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams The package, containing your various beautiful presents, is arrived— I have distributed them according to your desire, and am requested to return the... 8 March 1797Belinda Smith Clarkson to John AdamsDear Sir. I hope you will not deem it intrusion to address you upon a subject which is of great consequence to me, and must interest your feelings on... 9 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I have no Letter this Week and begin to fear that your Respect to our late P. has laid a foundation for a Sick Spring and Summer. S... 11 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Yesterday only I recd yours of March 1.— am surprized you should have recd none from me from 11. Feb. I have written never less tha... 12 March 1797Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend After a week of anxious expectation, I received by last Thursdays post, a packet containing three News papers a pamphlet, two excel... 13 March 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Dr Tufts has been consulted by me respecting the leaseing our places, and we have come to an agreement with the Tennants, who in pr... 13 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I am So constantly engaged in Business most of which is new to me, that it Seems as if it was impossible to find time to write even... 14 March 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson It is nearly a fortnight since I received your letter of the 17th: of last month. The two last Posts from Bremen have brought no English Letters, and... 14 March 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams I have repeatedly perused your letter of the 27 of February, which afforded me infinite pleasure, as it perfectly coincides with my sentiments— Let m... 14 March 1797Abigail Adams Smith to John Adamsmy Dear Pappa I received some time since your letter of the 21st of Febuary—and am very happy to find that you suppose my apprehensions respecting an... 15 March 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Son The vessel which was up for Hamburgh by which I promised to write has changed her Voyage, and the vessel for London is just upon the poin... 15 March 1797Abigail Adams to Joshua JohnsonSir I inclose to you a pamphlet, The correspondence between the Secretary of state, and the French Minister, for my son J Q Adams. if upon receiving ... 15 March 1797Richard Cranch to John AdamsMy Hond: and dear Brother To wish you Joy on your advancement to the high Station you now hold will perhaps, at present, be premature; I shall theref... 17 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I have yours of the 6th. by the Post of this day. I have proposed to Brisler to give him 300 dollars and pay the Expences of his Wi... 17 March 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. Your kind favors of October 28. & November 11. of the past year, have been some weeks in my possession. I am not, nor can I convenientl... 18 March 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received by the post yours of March 3d & 5th I had previously received the speach which I think well calculated to do great Good.... 20 March 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson I have successively received your Letters of the 28th: and 24th: of last month, which I mention thus in inverted order because they so came to me, an... 20 March 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams I have recieved your letter of the 6 which gave me infinite satisfaction your approbation love and esteem being my greatest ambition and delight— My ... 22 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Last night for the first time I slept in our new House.— But what a Scene! The Furniture belonging to the Publick is in the most de... 23 March 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received by this Days post your Letters of the 9th 11th and 13th, that of the 13th I hoped would have containd a post Note that m... 24 March 1797Thankful White Adams Hobart to Abigail AdamsDear madam I take my pen to make a Recuest to you in Behalf of Elisha adams as you are in high Surcomestances I was affraid to Right Butt have Ben [P... 25 March 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I have neither Seen or heard of any unpleasent remarks or strictures upon your late addresses. what may be reserved for hereafter I... 27 March 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend You will See by the Proclamation in the Public Papers that I have been obliged to convene Congress on the 15th of May, and as it is... 27 March 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams The official account is arrived and your Father and Mr. Jefferson are Elected President and Vice President In a letter from Mr J. to your father, he ... 31 March 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend With my borrowed Money I have just paid the collector my tax Bill. I have the satisfaction to know that I did not borrow it to pay ... 31 March 1797John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son Mr Murray of Maryland, your old Friend, with whom you form’d your first acquaintance at the Hague is to Succeed you. That Gentleman has b... 31 March 1797John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Son Thomas I am very much concerned, least you as well as your Brother, should think hard of me, for neglecting so long to write to you, but ... 31 March 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson I received at once, and with the utmost pleasure your two Letters of the 7th: and 14th: of this month. The tenderness and affection with which you as... 3 April 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Monday Morning, the most agreable in the Week because it brings me Letters from you, has not failed me to day. I have yours of 23 a... 5 April 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend The proclamation of the 25 of March, which is published in the Centinal of April 1st has excited many anxious thoughts in my Mind. ... 6 April 1797Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I received an hour ago your Letters of the 22d and 27th. I have been anxious enough for you since I saw the proclamation. I advised... 7 April 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I recd. to day your favour of March 29th. I write you every Post day and send my Letter to the office. If they do not come regularl... 7 April 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Just after writing my last Letter I received your kind one of March 20; by which I find your departure is postponed until July. As it continues to us... 7 April 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I have already acknowledged the receipt of your kind favors of Septr: 25th: & Novr: 8th: which were the last I have from you, and tha... 9 April 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I sent last Evening to the post office in hopes that I might get a Letter of a late Date. I received my News papers to the 30th Mar... 11 April 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Letter of the 31. of March made me unhappy because it convinced me that you were so. I Attribute the Cause of it all however, ... 11 April 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams Do not imagine my friend, that I am so weak as to indulge the hope of meeting you in this Country, ardently as I desire it, I am too well convinced o... 13 April 1797John Adams to Charles AdamsSir I have this day been obliged to take a serious and painful measure in the removal of the Collector of Newyork, and I wish you to give me your opi... 13 April 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson The day after I sent off my last Letter, I received that of my good friend, dated the 27th: of last month; and at the same time, a Packet from Americ... 14 April 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I have this day recd, in your favours of the 5. 6. and 7th. of the month the first Acknowledgment of the Receipt of my Invitations ... 14 April 1797Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister If words could express the gratitude I feel for your kindness to me, & my Children, it would be worth while to delineate it upon paper... 17 April 1797Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Tho I have not heard from you since I wrote you last, and have nothing new to say, unless it be a resital of my own perplexities, o... 19 April 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend as soon as your Letter informed Us that Mrs Brisler could not come without her husband I sent him off, in two hours, the day before... 19 April 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother. I arrived here last night after a pleasant journey from Antwerp, where I lodged on Monday. Upon enquiry here I found no Diligence go... 21 April 1797Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir The Death of my Mother which took place this afternoon very suddenly, will prevent my Sitting out on my journey as I had intended on twesda... 21 April 1797John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. For I suppose you must have an explanation to keep you current with the vieux stile, now-a-days.— I have received your pleasant acco... 22 April 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I had no Letter from you Yesterday. As You intended to commence your Journey on the 24th. it is not probable this Letter will meet ... 23 April 1797Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend: I think through all the most trying conflicts of my life, I have been called to pass through them separated from the personal cond... 24 April 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend This day you promis’d me to begin your Journey: but if the Weather is as disagreable with you as it is here, I could not exact the ... 24 April 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams I have recieved your letter of the 13th, my beloved friend, it is impossible to express the delight I experienced, when I read the welcome tidings it... 24 April 1797Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer to Abigail Adams I feel as if I were My worthy friend, Compel’d to write a few lines to you in this uncommon hour of distressing events that await you. Tho’ what you ... 25 April 1797Joshua Johnson to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir I thank you for your obliging Letter of the 31st Ultimo I do not know that I should have replied to it before the 5th. of next Month had ... 26 April 1797Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend, This, I hope, is the last letter which you will receive from me at Quincy. The funeral rites performed, I prepare to set out on th... 26 April 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother. I wrote you from Brussels on the 19th: instt: and acquainted you with the progress of my journey to that place. I left it on the 20t... 26 April 1797Eunice Paine to Abigail Adamsmy Dear mrs Adams From an old friend the companion of your youthfull days you will allow the familliarity I use— I was so Struck with the intelligenc... 29 April 1797Obituary of Susanna Boylston Adams Hall On Friday the 21st. instt. departed this life, in the 89th. year of her age, Mrs. Susannah Hall, the venerable Mother of John Adams, President of the... 30 April 1797Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend Thus far am I on my journey. I hope to reach East Chester on thursday Evening, and one day I must pass there, and one in N york. on... 30 April 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister I know you will rejoice to hear that we are so far on our journey without meeting any accident my Quincy Friends and Neighbours who ac... 2 May 1797John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I am very much gratified to find by your favour of the 26th: that your Journey from Brussels was so pleasant, and that you are so we... 3 May 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams Your letter of the 21st of April, appears to intimate a doubt of the possibility of our meeting, my last disappointment my beloved friend, has taught... 4 May 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Letters of the 21. 22. 23. and 26 of April are all before me— They have inspired me with all the Melancholly in which they wer... 4 May 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I this day receiv’d your kind Letter from Springfield. I Set you down in Brookfield in my mind that day however I think you did right to ... 5 May 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister we reachd here yesterday being thursday the 7th day from leaving home. we had very bad Roads, the Rains having washd all the stones ba... 6 May 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Upon receiving this morning your Letter of the 21st: of last month, I recurred to mine of the 7th: in answer to which it was written. I was not consc... 8 May 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Brother. I have written you three letters since my arrival here; this is the fourth, which I mention only for the sake of knowing whether you re... 9 May 1797Charles Adams to Joseph Dennie Jr.Dear Sir Your kind letter of the month of March last deserved an earlier answer. but my absence from this City must be my excuse. The Lay Preacher ha... 9 May 1797John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. Messrs: Moliere, will this day extend your credit with their correspondent at Paris, to the amount of 4000 livres more. This I presu... 12 May 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson And is it possible that my charming friend should feel an uneasy sentiment a sentiment of fear in sitting down to write to me: to me, the friend of h... 16 May 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear sister most cordially welcome to me was your kind Letter of May the 4th, yet I have not found time since my arrival to thank you for it, or e... 17 May 1797John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I have just got your agreeable favours of 8–9— & 11— May, and as this is the last day upon which I can write to reach you at Paris, ... 19 May 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams Although it is probable you will have quitted the Hague, e’re this can reach you, I cannot help answering your very kind letters, and flattering myse... 21 May 1797John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. The last Letter I have received from you is dated the 11th: of last November. I know not whether since that time the multiplicity of ... 24 May 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I keep up My old Habit of rising at an early hour. if I did not I should have little command of my Time at 5 I rise from that time til... 25 May 1797Cotton Tufts to John AdamsMy Dear Sr. I hope before this Time Mrs. Adams has arriv’d at Philadelphia and recovered from the Fatigues of her Journey; of her Health & yours I am... 26 May 1797Joshua Johnson to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir Yesterdays Mail brought me your very Affectionate Letter of the 12 Instant which I have repeatedly read with great attention and delibera... 26 May 1797Louisa Catherine Johnson to John Quincy Adams Your letter of the 12th is arrived, and I flatter myself that our difficulties are ended— Why my beloved friend did you tell me to choose, what I hav... 29 May 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I hear by mr Smith & Cousin Louissa’s Letter to her Sister that your journey made you sick for several days I do not wonder at it. you wa... 31 May 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson I have received my kind friend’s letters of 3d, 16th: and 19th: of May, and am impatiently waiting to hear from you and your father again. I am going... 2 June 1797John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Sir Your Brother is appointed to Berlin, but you I presume will soon return to America; perhaps you may be upon your passage, and this Letter... 2 June 1797John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I arrived here last Evening and this morning received your cover, enclosing the Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury.— There ar... 2 June 1797Thomas Welsh to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I had the Pleasure of receiving your Letter of 23 Ulto: with the Pamphlet last Saturday 27th: for which please to accept my Thanks. Accord... 3 June 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister The weather was so cold yesterday that we had fires in our Rooms. I suppose you have weather of a similar kind. we have had frequent s... 6 June 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your Letter by this days post I began to be anxious to hear from my Friends at Quincy. I cannot but say that I was astonish... 6 June 1797Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Ellery Dana Blessed are the Peace makers, says [a Good] Book, for which you and I, entertain the highest respect and reverence. I quote this benidiction to recon... 6 June 1797Abigail Adams to Thomas Welshmy dear sir We yesterday received the Centinal. I thank you for the vindication which I found in it. I well knew how watchfull the Faction would be t... 6 June 1797John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson “Our difficulties ended”!— Be it so.— But Faith is not one of the articles of which I possess a remarkable store.— I wish you may never have reason t... 8 June 1797Charles Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother The present period is more interesting to this Country than any since the adoption of The Federal Constitution The House of Represent... 8 June 1797Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm As you are now in a Sphere of Life that requires the Enjoyment of Health, the Exercise of Wisdom, Patience and every other Virtue, I wish y... 10 June 1797Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir Will you be kind as to see mr Frothingham and tell him that I wish him to have the Coachee cased, and put on Board the first vessel which sa... 10 June 1797William Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Madam. I was not more fortunate in the weather on my return, than I was in going to Philaa. 3 days out 5 on the road it constantly rain’d.— befo... 13 June 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I had a mantua makaker & a Tailor last week which keept me so fully imploy’d that I had not time to write I receiv’d your kind Letter ... 14 June 1797Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I have felt every day as if I was conscience smit for neglecting to write to you. I have been some encumberd with cares and ceremonies which... 15 June 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Son, I have not written a line to you for a long time; yet scarcly an hour of the day passes in which you are not present to my mind; I fear ... 16 June 1797Thomas Welsh to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Your’s of the 6th Instant I received yesterday together with the Extracts from Bache’s Paper they have not yet found their way in to the ... 20 June 1797Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy Dear Thomas Your Friend Quincy is married, truly married and to a Nyork Lady, by the Name of Morten, without Beauty and without Money, but amply c... 23 June 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear The packet being detaind I write you a few Lines further to inform you that mr Marshal accepts his appointment, but Judge Dana declines on a... 23 June 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your Letter of June 13th. and thank you for it. the account you give me respecting my House and the Farm are very pleasing.... 26 June 1797John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I have not written to you, since receiving your very kind Letter of 3d: March. though I received it almost a month ago. I have determi... 26 June 1797William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I have no doubt that you retain such an Interest in my happiness as to rejoice with me in the birth of another son. The boy appears str... 27 June 1797Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Ellery DanaMy Dear Madam Your favour of June 19th I duly received indisposition has prevented my replying to you before. the President regreets the feeble and i... 27 June 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I never visit or pass your house but I think of that beautiful & simple Song in the Spectator The Rose Bush under your window is as fu... 28 June 1797Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam It gives me great pleasure to know you are so near me and I should have told you so and condoled with you and our good Friend the Presi... 3 July 1797Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams Health to my Sister, under a more fervid Sun, than that to which she has hitherto been accustomed. Yes! I most ardently wish you this most needfull b... 5 July 1797Abigail Adams to William Cranchmy Dear sir I received your favour of June 26th, and rejoice with you in the Birth of an other son, and in the safety and Health of Mrs Cranch, to wh... 6 July 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister I got through the 4 July with much more ease than I expected. it was a fine cool day, and my fatigue arose chiefly from being drest at... 6 July 1797John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I am once more in the same pleasant situation as that which I described to you twenty months ago from Helvoetsluys. Nine days since, ... 11 July 1797Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear sir Mr otis will tell you all the News in this quarter of the Earth, where Wickedness abounds of all kinds. I hope however there may be found... 12 July 1797Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsMy dear sir Your kind Letter of June 8th gave great pleasure to the President, as well as to your Friend. We were happy to learn so good an arrangeme... 12 July 1797William Cranch to Abigail Adams I thank you, my dear Madam, for your obliging favr. of 5th. instant, and for the interest you take in my happiness. Upon further deliberation, I had,... 13 July 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams I write my dear Sister with a hope that this letter will not find you in Philadelphia but as we have not heard that congress have risen I would not ... 13 July 1797William Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Madam. Your several favors of the 1st & 9th Ins. I have recd. & am much oblig’d to you for the inclosures. the situation of the United States is... 14 July 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son Gen’ll Marshal expects to sail tomorrow Several Days sooner than I expected, and the weather has been so very Hot, that I have not had re... 14 July 1797Elbridge Gerry to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I am honored by your letter of the 8th, & am much obliged to you for the kind interest you have manifested in my concerns; & for the co... 15 July 1797Charles Storer to Abigail Adamsdr Madam, Pardon my thus abruptly addressing you. I plead the occasion as my apology— I am just informed that Mr: Leonard Jarvis expects soon to quit... 16 July 1797Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear son Thomas, Tis expectation that make a Blessing sweet, says the poet. how sincerely sweet would it be to me to fold my dear Thomas to my Mat... 19 July 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sisters If the Compass by which my course is directed does not vary again through unavoidable necessity I shall sit out for Quincy next week... 19 July 1797Joshua Johnson to John Quincy AdamsDear Sir In consequence of what Mrs. Johnson tells me, had passed between you & her on Sunday, I am induced to believe that a matter of Delicacy on y... 20 July 1797Abigail Adams to William Cranchmy dear sir I received your Letter of July 12. I am inclined to think your last determination will prove a judicious one. I most sincerely hope it wi... 21 July 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister The weather is Hot as we can bear the whole city is like a Bake House. we have a House with large and airy Rooms, or I could not susta... 22 July 1797John Quincy Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Sir. Three or four days after the date of my last Letter, which was from Maassluys, and while I was yet wind bound there, Mr: Murray, informe... 24 July 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. The journey which I made to Paris, towards the last of April was performed so hastily, that it was out of my power to give you any sa... 26 July 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister we have made every thing as ready for your reception as we can. but alass I fear we Shall not see you. I think it will not be possible un... 28 July 1797John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams to Abigail Adams and John AdamsMy dear and Honoured Parents. I have now the happiness of presenting to you another daughter, worthy as I fully believe of adding one to the number o... 29 July 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear sister We leave this place this morning & hope to reach Home on fryday of the next week. I have written to mr smith to procure sundry article... 29 July 1797Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear sir We are thus far on our Way to N England if no accident happens to prevent us. I hope on thursday of next week to sleep at williams at Mal... 29 July 1797John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I wrote you a few lines yesterday, jointly with my new partner informing you of our marriage, upon which I would once more invoke you... 29 July 1797Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Your kind Letter which assured me of your welfare was a cordial to my heart. It came safe to hand, with its contents by Judge Livermor... 31 July 1797John Quincy Adams to Thomas Baker JohnsonMy Dear Sir. Though I have not hitherto enjoyed the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with you, I have long since learnt to participate in the warm... 1 August 1797John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Brother. Upon my arrival at this place, about three weeks since, I received your kind letter of June 8th: which was the first line, I have ha... 5 August 1797William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam Mrs. Cranch informs me that a kind letter arrived from you at Washington since my arrival here, requesting me to reside at your house w... 12 August 1797Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw PeabodyDear sister I arrived here this day week, but have been so constantly occupied in seeing company that I have not had time to write a single Line. I r... 12 August 1797Stephen Peabody to John AdamsHond. Sir With pleasure we are informed in the public prints of your safe return from the seat of government. The present critical state of the affai... 15 August 1797Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail Adamsmy Dear Madam After your having been three months in the City of Philadelphia at this season of the year I think our good Friend the President and yo... 17 August 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I have at length made up my mind to accompany my brother and his lady to Berlin. In justification of this resolution I shall only obs... 17 August 1797John Briesler Sr. to Abigail AdamsMadam I this Day Received your kind Letter and we are all Happy to hear of your Safe arivall at Quincy we are all in the Dumps the yellow fever has a... 10 September 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. Mr: Fitch Hall being about to embark for New York I have entrusted to his care a trifling present, which I beg you to accept from me... 12 September 1797Joshua Johnson to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir We reached Graves end about 11 OClock on Monday & proceeded immediatly on Shipboard. the Wind being fair we Saild in about Two Hours afte... 18 September 1797Catherine Nuth Johnson to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Son altho an unsolicited Corespondent my heart assure’s, me these few Lines, will find A Generous Asylum, in your Breast, you will doubtless ... 25 September 1797Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy Dear sister I last Evening received your Letter of the 19 & 20th Instant. I am most sincerely grieved for the melancholy situation of our Nephew, ... 1 October 1797Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warrenmy dear Madam I acknowledg myself indebted to you for two kind Letters, both of which found me in circumstances of distress; the first which came to ... 3 October 1797Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. Since I came to this Country, two of your kind letters have reached me; one dated in June & the other in July; the latter came by Genl: ... 6 October 1797Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— Since my last my time has been cheifly occupied, in attending to those services, which were due to our late worthy Nephew— Though we ... 7 October 1797John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Mother. It is but a few days since I received your kind letter of 14. July, brought to Holland by Genl: Marshall, and forwarded to me here. T... 11 October 1797John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Sir I arrived here this Evening with your Mother and Cozen all in good health, and was Sorry to hear that you went from hence on Monday unwell. ... 11 October 1797John Quincy Adams to Joshua JohnsonDear Sir. I received your obliging letter dated in Margate Roads just before your departure. I had indeed long observed your distress and that of you... 13 October 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister we arrived here on twesday Evening on the 11th, after a pleasent journey in which we met with but few obstructions the Weather on one ... 15 October 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I thank you for your Letter from worcester since that I have heard by the papers you have arriv’d in new-york. I hope Safe. you must have... 17 October 1797Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I was in hopes to have seen you, and had some more conversation with you upon the subject of finishing the Room in the out House. I experien... 23 October 1797Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir As you was absent when I left home I was unable to pay you for some articles which you had purchased for me, as well as some which mrs smith... 25 October 1797John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I send you the Letters— I could not keep my hands off of Nabby’s. I beg her Pardon. They write me flattering Accounts from Phila. M... 25 October 1797John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear son The Newspapers had informed Us of your Marriage, but the first Evidence of it from yourself, was in your Letter to your Mother of the 29.... 25 October 1797John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Thomas I have recd your charming narration of your Tour to Paris, both to me and your mother, and am happy to find you were so civilly treate... 31 October 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I have received but one Letter from you Since I left Quincy now near a Month; I have been here three weeks, except 3 days which I past... 2 November 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I last monday receiv’d your Letter of the 22d of october it was a long time coming. I wrote to you as soon as I thought you had arriv’d a... 3 November 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear son Since my residence at this place, now a Month, occasiond by the prevalence of the yellow fever in Philadelphia, I have had the pleasure t... 3 November 1797John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear son It was only Yesterday that I received your No. 44 of 22. July though I had recd No. 45 a few days before. When I nominated you to Berlin,... 3 November 1797Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. I received Yours of Octobr. 14h. and have attended to the several Matters mentiond therein. The Wall at the Foot of Pens Hill is nearly comp... 4 November 1797Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Brother I received a few days since with much pleasure your letter jointly with my new Sisters for which be pleased to accept my thanks. the ... 7 November 1797Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy Dear Thomas Your Letters have become Such a model of elegant composition, that I cannot but think you must discover So many dificencies in my unto... 15 November 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I yesterday about 11 oclock went into the Presidents Room to see if John had returnd from the post office. my good Gentleman was sober... 15 November 1797Abigail Adams to William Cranchmy Dear sir After an absence of near four Months I returned, to this City the last week. I am disposed to renew my correspondence with you, if you ca... 16 November 1797Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear sir I wrote you from East Chester and inclosed you 90 dollors to pay a Note in mr Frothinghams hands. I have not received a line in acknowled... 18 November 1797Abigail Adams to John FennoMr. Fenno, Mr. Bache, and his correspondents appear to be in great distress, least the respect shewn to the President of the United States, by the pe... 18 November 1797John Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I have received your favour of the 3d and am much obliged to you for it and equally pleased with its Contents. I agree with you in opinion t... 19 November 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister That you have reciev’d but one Letter from me my dear Sister is not because I have not written I cannot think where they are detain’d— th... 21 November 1797Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I received your obliging favour of Novbr 8th the day after I last wrote you. I inclose the amount of your account with many thanks for your ... 21 November 1797William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam.— I am not only highly gratified, but extremely grateful for your kind communication of 15th. instt, with it’s important inclosures.— T... 23 November 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Son I am under obligations to you my dear son, for keeping up so regularly, and so constantly your correspondence with me; notwithstanding yo... 24 November 1797Abigail Adams to Louisa Catherine Adamsmy Dear Daughter Thus has my son given me a legal right to address you. I feel also, that I have an affectionate right devolved to me from him, to st... 24 November 1797Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. I received Your Favour of Octobr. 17. last, and have agreably to your Request consulted Deacn Pierce, respecting an Addition to your Dwell... 27 November 1797Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Since my last to you, Porter has finishd ploughing the Meadow on the back of your House, the lucky Moment was embraced for the purpose, no T... 28 November 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your kind Letter of Nov’br. 19th by this days post. I had previously received two others both of which I had replied to, bu... 29 November 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I thank you for your Letter of the 15th of Novbr. before this I hope you have receiv’d another Letter from me but I shall be very caut... 2 December 1797Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear I have the pleasure of informing you and Mrs Adams of the safe arrival of mr Johnson and Family in George Town on the 25 of November, after ... 3 December 1797Abigail Adams to William Cranchmy Dear sir. I had the pleasure of receiving from you a very excellent Letter last week, which fully proves that neither your Patriotism, or abilitie... 4 December 1797John Adams to Joshua JohnsonDear Sir A Letter from my Nephew, Mr: William Cranch of the City of Washington, informing me of your arrival, gives me an opportunity of congratulati... 6 December 1797Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I received your Letter of Novbr 24 by the post of yesterday. with respect to the Notes you wrote me about I wish you to do by them as you wo... 12 December 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I receied yesterday your kind favour of 29 Nov’br and 8th December. I had a few lines from you on monday I got my Letter to day to mys... 17 December 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I design’d to have written you last week but was prevented by company I have receiv’d your Letter of November 28th & thank you for it I a... 18 December 1797Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy Dear sister I wrote to you from East Chester, but I believe I have not written to you from hence. I was dissapointed in not receiving a Letter by ... 19 December 1797Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— Least I should forget it, I acknowledge the receipt of ten Dollars you sent while I was at Haverhill, but in the multiplicity of my t... 21 December 1797Ann Thompson Gerry to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I acknowledge the receipt of your very obliging favour of th’ 23d of Novbr and should have done myself that pleasure before but was pre... 24 December 1797Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I have not been So shock’d for a long time as by the account of mr & mrs Halls death. Cousen Louisia mention’d it in her Letter to her si... 26 December 1797Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received Your Letter by this days mail of 17th I am mortified at the loss of mr Whitman, tho from what you wrote me I apprehended it... 26 December 1797Abigail Adams to William Smith Shawmy Dear Nephew I received by the last post your kind Letter and the Poem of Mrs Mortens which the President had received a few days before from the A... 28 December 1797John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I believe it is almost three months since I wrote you last. The interval has been a disastrous and distressing period to me, and as w... 3 January 1798Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear son I Embrace the opportunity by the British packet of writing you a few lines, tho I have not any thing very material to communicate to you.... 5 January 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your kind Letter of December and was surprized to find that my Letter should convey the first intelligence of the Death of ... 7 January 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I design’d to have written you by the friday mail but on Wednsday mr Norton came over to attend Abdys funeral (he dy’d on monday) & broug... 17 January 1798Abigail Adams to Esther Duncan BlackDear Madam I received Your Letters of December the 30 & Janry 1st accept my thanks for them. the Letter inclosed for Mr Black, mr Brisler deliverd wi... 19 January 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams I am still to acknowledge my dear and ever honoured mother as the most attentive and punctual of all my American correspondents, by announcing the re... 20 January 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I do not know whether there is any getting over the Rivers. the Eastern Mail due yesterday is not arrived. the Ice has been broken up ... 20 January 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I wonder Sister Peabody Should trouble you about our Nephews concerns. the first Letter She wrote you She sent open for me to read. I ... 22 January 1798Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Yours of the 8th. I received the 17th. Inst. and broke the Affair to Mr. Cranch, who has it under Consideration and expect he will give me a... 23 January 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear aunt Your kind attention to my last emboldens me again to interrupt your more important pursuits, & offer my warmest acknowledgement for your... 24 January 1798John Quincy Adams to Thomas WelshMy dear Sir. I received some time ago, though not until after my arrival at this place your favour of 15. July last enclosing a statement of my affai... 28 January 1798Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I have thought day after day, that another should not pass without writing to my much loved Sister; that tomorrow I should have time, ... 1 February 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister your kind Letter of Jan’ry 14th I received last week. I Shall not be dissatisfied with mr Whitney if the people are disposed to give h... 5 February 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams I had scarcely closed my last Letter to you my dear mother, acknowledging the receipt of your favours of Decr: 2. and Novr: 23. before I received tha... 6 February 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I was very anxious to receive a Letter from you this morning, and Betsy was wishing yet dreading to hear from her sister. that she yet... 6 February 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I received your Letter of Jan’ry and observed Your communication, somewhat alterd to better suit the Times. I though the alteration not amis... 6 February 1798Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy Dear sir I have not had the pleasure of receiving a Line from you for some time. I laughd at my Friend not long since when he sent a Letter to you... 7 February 1798John Quincy Adams to Catherine Nuth JohnsonMy dear Madam Your very obliging favour, written at Stromness, found its way to London, only a few days before our departure from it, and reached us ... 7 February 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Sister. I received a few days ago your kind letter written at East Chester Novr: 4. and am very thankful for it. The circumstance of my not h... 9 February 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister what a feast you have sent us my good sister. for alhough it may be call’d a feast of bitter herbs yet I would not be ignorant from wh... 10 February 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear son I hope long before this time you have arrived Safe at Berlin. The first intelligence which I received of your having left England, was un... 12 February 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. Your kind favor of November 7th: written at East Chester came to hand on the 24th: ulto: and I have now to acknowledge the receipt, o... 13 February 1798Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy dear sister, I wrote you on the 23 Jan’ry. you have not received a Letter of that date, for a very good reason, that it still lies unfinishd in my... 14 February 1798John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Brother. I wrote you on the 25 of October & 29 of Decr: 1796. & on the 14th: of May & 1st: of August of the last year. All these letters exce... 15 February 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I have not received a Line from Since the last of Jan’ry Betsy is much distresst to hear from her sister and I am not a little anxious... 16 February 1798John Adams to William Stephens SmithSir I have received the Letter you wrote me on the 7th of this month, and I shall give all the attention to the Subject of it which may be necessary.... 18 February 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams I write again my dear Sister because I know you love to hear from me, & not that I have any thing important to communicate I was disappointed by not ... 21 February 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear Sister I received your kind Letter of Feb’ry 9th and was quite rejoic’d to hear that mrs Baxter was like to do well, when I feard to open the... 22 February 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. By your letter to my brother dated 3. January which he has just received I find that at the time when it was written you had received... 23 February 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I cannot enough thank you my dear Sister for your kind Letter its Sisterly contents Sink deep in my heart & draw tears from my eyes. happ... 23 February 1798William Stephens Smith to John AdamsSir. I have received the letter you did me the honor to write under date of the 16th. inst.—and am content that the communication I thought it my dut... 25 February 1798Charles Adams to James WhitelawSir Seeing an advertisement in the farmers Weekly Museum that you would attend to the payment of monies due on Lands in the State of Vermont I now ta... 28 February 1798Abigail Adams to William Smithmy Dear Sir We now have the appearence of some fine weather our Rivers are open, but our Roads are all like what we experienced when we came through ... 2 March 1798Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy Dear Madam Yesterday the secretary of state received Letters from mr Adams at Berlin dated Nov’br 10th & 17th in which he says that he left Hambur... 2 March 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir The President received your Letter this morning dated 5 Feb’ry. the Rule of the former President not to answer Letters of this nature, he h... 2 March 1798Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. I have enclosed a Letter to Mr. Webster in Answer to his which you forwarded to me, I have left it open, when you have read it, please to se... 3 March 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister To communicate pleasure, is reflecting happiness. The secretary of state came smiling in my Room yesterday. I said to him, I know you ... 4 March 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. Since my residence at this place I have received your kind letter of October 25th: written at East Chester, a few weeks previous to your... 4 March 1798Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer to Abigail Adams I presume Dear Madam that I Shall receive Your pardon by Complying with the request of Mr. Charles Bulfinch, to be the bearer of a Letter of Mine to ... 5 March 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received on saturday Evening the 3d March Your kind Letter of 25 Feb’ry. You estimate much too highly the little services I am able ... 5 March 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I received your kind favour of Febry 25 this morning. the badness of the roads I suppose was the reason it did not reach me sooner. The Mad... 5 March 1798William Cranch to John Quincy Adams I do not know what was the date of my last to you, nor of yours to me, nor is it material to decide on whose part the last omission happend. You may ... 9 March 1798Abigail Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushingmy dear Madam I yesterday received your kind Letter of March 5th and congratulate you and the Judge upon your safe arrival at N york. I assure you I ... 12 March 1798William Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Madam After a most fatigueing journey I arrived on friday Evening. I travel’d all the first night, & arrived in Baltimore the next night at 9 oC... 14 March 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister yesterday dispatches were received from mr King up to the 9th Jan’ry in a postscrip he says, I have just learnt that mr Adams has been... 17 March 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son A private opportunity offering by way of Hamburgh to write to you, I eagerly embrace it, and hope it may reach you safely notwithstanding... 17 March 1798Abigail Adams to Benjamin Franklin BacheSir Taking up your paper yesterday morning, I was shockd at the Misrepresentation a Writer in your paper has given to the nomination and appointment ... 18 March 1798Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas. When I have written to your Brother I feel as if I had exhausted all the subjects which it is proper for me to write upon, but as your H... 20 March 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I write you a few Lines this mor’g just to inclose to you the News paper of yesterday which contains an important Message from the Pre... 20 March 1798Abigail Adams to William Smith Shawmy Dear Nephew I received your Letter of Jan’ry 23d and was gratified to find your Hand writing improving. I know you are attentive to what is passin... 20 March 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I yesterday received your Letter of March 11th it would give the President great satisfaction to communicate to the publick the dispatches o... 20 March 1798Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail Adams To hear of your health and happiness my dear Madam is always pleasing to me when ever you can spare time from the many ingagements I know you have I ... 21 March 1798William Stephens Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Madam— It would be singular indeed, were I to permit your friendly note of March 9th. to pass unanswered, and not to thank you for forwarding th... 22 March 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I write now because I know how it feels to be disappointed not because I have any thing to communicate of importance. I receiv’d your ... 27 March 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received yesterday your kind Letter of March 19th. I expect a Letter every week if you have nothing else to say, but as Sterns obser... 30 March 1798Abigail Adams to William Smithmy Dear sir I fully unite with you in sentiment, that much ill Blood and warmth of Passion is excited by Town meeting Government. the Merchants who a... 31 March 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I write you a few lines this morning merely to inclose a Letter which I will thank you to cover and forward to Atkinson. I have not ti... 31 March 1798Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. In my last I enclosed a rough Plan of the proposed Addition to the Wood House, that Plan will exhibit to You an Idea of the lower Room; si... 1 April 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I thank you for your Letter of the 20th of march which I receiv’d yesterday & for the papers you sent mr otis & Harpers Speeches are m... 2 April 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt. Some lover of your nephews happiness, last thursday added something to the fragment of life, by placing in my hands your agreeable favo... 4 April 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Son I embrace this opportunity by mr Thornton Secretary to mr Liston the British Minister to write too you, and to Send you two Speeches upon... 4 April 1798Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear son To know that one Cannot freely say that Black, is Black; even tho it be “darkness visible,” or that white is white, tho the new fallen sn... 4 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchdear sister The eastern post will go out this morning and I take my pen to thank you for your Letters of the 20 & 26th of March. we had received inte... 5 April 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I last week had to inform you of the Sudden death of my much value’d Freind Mrs Quincy I Now have to acquaint you that last Sunday aft... 7 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister The senate on thursday voted to have the dispatches from our Envoys made publick, and orderd them Printed, but not the instructions. I... 9 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear sister I wrote you on saturday that I would forward to you the Dispatches as soon as they were out. I accordingly inclose them. they exhibit ... 9 April 1798Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams Have I my dear madam appeared negligent in not answering your last friendly letter jest before you left this state.— low health through the winter ma... 11 April 1798Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child: I received your two letters of April 5th and 7th, yesterday, and I enclosed you two from the children, in a letter to your brother thi... 13 April 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son mr Thorntons stay has been protracted much beyond the time I expected, and it gives me an other opportunity of adding to what I have alre... 13 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I inclose a Letter to cousin Betsy who has been very frank with me upon the subject of her approaching connection. I hope they will li... 13 April 1798Abigail Adams to Robert Goodloe HarperSir in Porcupines paper of last Evening I read a Letter Said to be Written by Mr Findley to his Friends in the Western Country. Is it to be wonderd a... 14 April 1798Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I sent you a pamphlet containing the instructions to our Envoys, and I now inclose the dispatches from them. no Event Since our unhappy cont... 14 April 1798William Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am much oblig’d by your favors of the 30 Ult. & 6th Inst. with the inclosures the communications from our Commiss. will, when publish’d,... 15 April 1798Abigail Adams to Esther Duncan Blackmy dear Madam The sooner mr Black comes to Philadelphia, the better it will be for the Child; as I was yesterday dressing for dinner the Nurse desire... 15 April 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I inclose a Letter to you for Mrs Black. as there is but one post a week for Quincy, it may probably lay in the office Some days, and it is ... 17 April 1798Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. It is now past Ten oClock Am. and a violent Snow Storm which began about 7 oClock this Morning still continues, the Thermometer stands at.... 20 April 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I have read the dispatches from the Envoys with as much astonishment as the Jacobins in congress heard them but not with those twinges of... 21 April 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son It was with a mixture of pleasure and pain that I read your Letter of December 25th from Berlin No 32— it gave me pleasure to see your Ha... 22 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister By the post of yesterday I received yours of April 15 as the post will now go more frequently I hope you will get Letters more regular... 23 April 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I write now merely to inform you that I have reciev’d your two Lettes of the 9th & 13th of this month & Shall answer them by the next mai... 25 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warrenmy dear Madam I received your obliging favour of April 7th on the 18 of this Month, for which accept my sincere thank— To hear of the Health, and Wel... 26 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I inclose to you a National song composed by this same mr Hopkinson. French Tunes have for a long time usurped an uncontrould sway. si... 26 April 1798Catherine Nuth Johnson to Louisa Catherine AdamsMy Dear & Beloved Child it was with the most heart felt anguish I heard from Mrs Adams of your late severe & dangerous illness. Oh my Louisa What doe... 28 April 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I have just received yours of the 23 April and I sit down to answer your inquiries respecting the building I wrote to dr Tufts my Idea... 29 April 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams I am doom’d my dear Sister to be the messenger of death to you. I believe for five weeks past my Letters have convey’d you an account of the death of... Back Matter Appendix: List of Omitted Documents Chronology NOTE ON THE INDEX
