Adams Family Correspondence Volume 13, May 1798 – September 1799 Front Matter Copyright Sponsorship Committees Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 1 May 1798Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear son I promised My dear Thomas to write to him by the May packet. on Fryday Evening at the drawing Room the British Minister infor... 2 May 1798Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Your Favour of the 22d. Ulto. I received the 1t. Inst. After a long & severe Winter, a cold & stormy March, and April much the... 4 May 1798Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy dear Madam I received two kind Letters from you since I had the pleasure of writing to you. I regreet that both you, and y... 4 May 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I have a day or two since received your favour of 10. Feby: by which I perceive that my last Letters from London, had rea... 7 May 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister mr Black got here on thursday night. I was rejoiced to see him. it seemd next to being at home. I yesterday received your ... 7 May 1798Esther Duncan Black to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I am unable to find language to express my Gratitude and thankfullness to you—for your maternal Care of the Dear little orph... 8 May 1798William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam It has not been from want of the most affectionate Respect that I have suffer’d your kind letter by Mr. White to remain so ... 10 May 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister Rumour at a distance magnifies, and seldom reports truth. I have not written you a word upon a subject which I know woul... 10 May 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I can never sufficiently thank you for your Letters & the communications you so frequently Supply me with I am considere... 11 May 1798George Cabot to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I feel too sensibly the obligations you have laid me under by the letters you had the goodness to write on the 3d & 4th.— they... 12 May 1798Hannah Adams to Abigail AdamsMadam My knowledge of your condescension and goodness emboldens me to address you at present. I have at length prepared my History of New... 12 May 1798Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams Since the last Letter I recd from you dated April 12th poor Sukey compleated the Journey of Life and is gone to the World of ... 13 May 1798Abigail Adams to Lucy Cranch GreenleafMy dear Neice If I have not written to you my dear Neice it is not because I have not frequently thought of you, through the winter. yo... 15 May 1798Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams Though the kind remembrance I have of my Sister is imprinted upon my heart, as with a point of a diamond, & can never be erased while vit... 16 May 1798Abigail Adams to William CranchDear sir I received your Letter of the 8th dated Annapolis I congratulate you my dear Sir, that altho the clouds have been darkned round ... 18 May 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I too have taken my pen with the rising Sun. I have been so disturb’d with the account of the allarming riot before your... 20 May 1798Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy dear Madam I received a few days past, Your obliging favour of May 7th, inclosing the Letters of my sons, and one from the God Mother ... 20 May 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt Saturday April 21st, I received yours of the 9th. I wrote to you the 1st of April in answer to yours of March 20th, ... 21 May 1798Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear sir I received by way of Providence last week Your kind Letter of the 11th sent by Mrs Barret, together with the sermon for which... 22 May 1798Susanna Warner Tufts to Abigail Adams The recipt of your affectionate and friendly letter my dear Madam Claims at once my gratitude and love.— how good is that hea... 25 May 1798Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear sir I received yesterday your kind Letter of May 12th and was rejoiced to learn that you had recoverd from your late indispositio... 25 May 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister Vanity of vanity! & the conseiquenc of it is vexation of Spirit— who ever is inclin’d to live beyond their income let th... 26 May 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister yours of the 18 I received on Thursday 23— and I rejoice to hear mr Black got home so soon, as I think he could dissipate ... 27 May 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son As the vessel by which I have already written to you, did not sail yesterday, I can now inform you that the Bill for the prot... 27 May 1798Francis Dana to Abigail AdamsMadam In my letter of the 27th. of last Decr: I took the liberty thrô you to recommend my friend Major John Hobby of Portla... 28 May 1798Esther Duncan Black to Abigail Adams I have the happiness to inform my invaluable friend mrs Adams of the safe arrival of her precious little ward the had a long passage of 1... 28 May 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I yesterday receiv’d your kind Letter of the 18th my Sons & mrs Johnson to you. you cannot think my Sister how... 29 May 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I just write you a line to day, to tell you we are well, and to inclose Letters from my Family. we have not any thing new ... 29 May 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir yours of May 18 received on saturday. the President says, he will be obliged to you to chuse him a good pipe of wine, and inform... 30 May 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams I have received within these few days your letters of the 17th: and 29th: of March, together with the books and pamphlets mentioned in th... 30 May 1798Jeremy Belknap to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Yesterday morning I had the honour of writing to the President & enclosing my fast Sermon. At noon, I had the ... 30 May 1798Stephen Peabody to Abigail AdamsDear Madam Your letters of the 18th. of last December, and the 4th. of March following, with the contents, came safe to my ha... 1 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I was indeed greatly afflicted by the contents of your last Letter. I received it yesterday, and having ... 2 June 1798Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy Dear sister Judge Blodget is here again, and offers to take Letters to you. he says he call’d and that you was not at home, nor My Dea... 2 June 1798Abigail Adams to William Smith Shawmy dear Nephew I have duly received all your Letters, and thank you for them. your last of May 20 came on the 30th. the answer to the add... 4 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received on saturday Yours of May 28th I wrote you on saturday previous to my receiving yours I am very sorry if the Box... 4 June 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithMy Dear sir I received your Letter yesterday of May the 28th and the Sermons you were so kind as to send me, which I have read with much ... 4 June 1798William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I should have answer’d your kind letter of 16th. ulto. before this time, but I have only this morning return’d from the Gen... 5 June 1798Abigail Adams to Jeremy BelknapSir The President received yesterday your obliging favour of May 29th: accompanied by two of your Fast Sermons. permit me sir to be the organ of his... 5 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I write you this Morning just to say that there are dispatches from our Envoys up to April by which it appears that they h... 6 June 1798John Quincy Adams to William CranchMy dear friend I received a few days ago with great pleasure your favour of 5 March. the perusal of which affected me with various sensat... 8 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear Sister I received yours of June the first. I am quite delighted at the account you give of the season, and the appearence of vege... 8 June 1798Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsMy dear sir I received Yesterday Yours of May 28th I inclose you the account of Money sent you, including what is now in this Letter. if ... 9 June 1798Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy dear Madam I received on Saturday the 7th your Letter of June 4th, inclosing those from, our Children, and I was more grat... 9 June 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I inclose you a Bill of Lading of some flower a cask trunk and an Iron dripping pan, which I have lookd for without effect in Bo... 10 June 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I have at last heard from atkinson I had just Sent a long Letter to sister when I receiv’d one from her & another from Cousin... 11 June 1798Abigail Adams to Jeremy BelknapDear sir I return you, with thank’s the Letter You was so good as to communicate, and the Specimin’s of Poetry, which do great honour to ... 11 June 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams Three more letters from you of 3. 4. and 13. April, brought to England by Mr Thornton, have just this moment come to hand, to... 12 June 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son The June packet is to sail tomorrow. as I know you must be anxious for constant intelligence, at this critical & important ... 12 June 1798Louisa Catherine Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam After having so long delayed to answer your very affectionate letter I feel perfectly ashamed of making any excuse as I am ... 12 June 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnMy dear Sir. In one of your last letters to my brother you ask for my dispositions of a certain box addressed to me, supposed to contain ... 13 June 1798Abigail Adams to Hannah Adamsmy dear Madam I should sooner have acknowledgd your obliging favour & replied to your inquiries if I could have obtaind any thing upon th... 13 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister but I was thinking so much of Quincy, that I mechanically dated from thence; when I sent Letters for Louissa Mrs Brisler &... 13 June 1798Thomas Welsh to Abigail AdamsDear Madam. I enclose a Duplicate of a Letter which I have lately received from Mr Adams. I have not heared of an House whi... 14 June 1798Jeremy Belknap to Abigail AdamsDear Madam As the extract which you marked in yr Son’s letter was too long for one paper I divided it & gave one half to Benjn & the ot... 14 June 1798William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam— I have just closed a letter to the Prest. on the subject of my Bror. Greenleaf.— I do not know whether I have not said too much, ... 14 June 1798Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. From the 6th. of May to the 23d. We had hot dry Weather with scarce any Rain, Our Pastures & mowing Lands began to suffer, Barle... 15 June 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I have been at hard work this morning & my hands tremble So, I can Scarcly hold my Pen, but if I do not write now I may be ... 17 June 1798Abigail Adams to George CabotDear sir I received yesterday your favour of June the 9 with its inclousure, as well as a former Letter, which I felt too much dissapoint... 17 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren You and I, my dear Madam have trod together, through one Gloomy scene, of war, havock and desolation; and we have Seen our Country rise s... 19 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I expected to have heard from you on Saturday, but no Letter came and on Wedensday but still no Letter. I was dissapointed... 19 June 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I received yours of the 11th I think Thomas Welch should take his degree at College before he goes. I hope to be in Boston in ... 22 June 1798Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy dear sister I received last week your very excellent Letter whatever you write is always precious to me. No one better knows how to to... 22 June 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams Since the date of my last I have received your favour of 8. April, with the pamphlets mentioned in it.— The communications of... 22 June 1798George Cabot to Abigail AdamsDear Madam.— I did not indulge the expectation that I Shoud wholly escape reproach when I had the honor to write you on the 11th of ... 22 June 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I have had the House full of company for a week & have not been able to Steal a moments to write to you or to my dear ch... 23 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister The weather has been so oppressively Hot for this week—and the streets of the City so nausious that I expect the concequen... 23 June 1798Francis Dana to Abigail AdamsMadam While on the circuit here, I have received the enclosed letter from my friend Mr: Stedman of Lancaster, brother in law to Mrs: Dana... 26 June 1798Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy dear Madam I received your Letter of June 20th with one for mrs Adams which I shall forward in a few day’s. I am Sorry... 26 June 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir Since writing to You, respecting Thomas Welch, I have received last week a Letter from mr Adams which wholy discourages me fro... 26 June 1798Rebecca Leppington Hurd to Abigail Adams If, Madam, I still retain a Place in your esteem, (and I am not conscious that I have ever forfeited it) let me Solicit your kind inter... 27 June 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister The reflections which this morning have occupied my mind previous to taking my pen, have been of a solemn & melancholy Nat... 29 June 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I have this moment received your Letter of June 25th. I wrote to you by the post of twesday, and told you that from a Letter rec... 29 June 1798Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir I received your two Letters of June 18 & 22 yesterday. The expences upon the out House I wish to have in a seperate account, the... 29 June 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister Nothing but dire necessaty has prevented my writing as often as you could wish I do not always think it necessary to give y... 29 June 1798William Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Madam. Your barrels & Trunk, for which you inclos’d me a Bill of Loading some days since arriv’d safe Yesterday.— I hope the busin... 3 July 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister The extreem heat of yesterday & the no less prospet of it this day, is beyond any thing I ever experienced in my Life the ... 7 July 1798Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy Dear sister I received your Letter of June 21. on the 29th the extreem heat of the last week so totally unfitted me for every exertion... 7 July 1798Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear sir I have received your two kind favours this week of June 29 & July 2d as Hot a day as I ever experienced. I was therefore upon... 7 July 1798Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister How did you live thro’ the heat of Monday & Teusday we could but just breathe the glasses Stood at a 100 at Boston I thoug... 8 July 1798Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth JohnsonMy Dear Madam I received your Letter of July 4th. I was indeed so allarmd at the beginning of it, as scarcly to have power or fortitude... 9 July 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnDear Sir. Your favor of the 6th: currt. is at hand. It is true, that I mistook the statement in your preceding, respecting the exchange, ... 12 July 1798Abigail Adams to William CranchDear sir It was with much anxiety and concern that I learnt from mrs Johnson the outrageous attack which was made upon you by mr duncanso... 13 July 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I begin my Letter by saying that mr Cranch was so much better on the 7th, the date of mrs Johnsons last Letter, as to conc... 13 July 1798John Quincy Adams and Thomas Boylston Adams to Catherine Nuth JohnsonDear Madam. I hope the enclosed letter from my dear Louisa, will be more fortunate in its passage than those which she wrote you from H... 15 July 1798Thomas Welsh to Abigail AdamsDear Madam I acknowledge with Pleasure your Letter of the 7th Inst: thinking it uncertain whether you may not have left Philadelphia befo... 17 July 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I had a Letter yesterday from mrs Johnson of the 12 July, in which she says mr Cranch had just returnd from the Court to w... 19 July 1798Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smithmy dear Mrs Smith I received pr. post yours of the 17th this day. I shall forward your Letter to the Children. I received a Letter from mrs Johnson o... 20 July 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear son I wrote you in a Letter not long since: that as mr Malcom had declined going abroad, I had thought of Thomas Welch. Thomas ... 20 July 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear aunt O how happy should I be, were I to sit down to write you of my dear sisters better health, but alas I cannot. She fails ev... 21 July 1798Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear Thomas As there is some Probability that Thomas Welch will Embark before I shall return to Quincy, I write from hence; I shall es... 23 July 1798Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear sir I have coverd to you the dispatches which are for Thomas Welch to take with him. I hope in the course of the present week to ... 25 July 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams Since my last, I have received your favours of 3d. 26th. 27th. 29th: May, and 12th: June— By your very kind and constant at... 25 July 1798Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams In Consequence of its being a rainy Day and confind at Home I have an opportunity of acknowledging the Receipt of Yours of the 29th. Ulto... 26 July 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I have already acknowledged your favors of March 18. April 4. since when, at different intervals I have received your kin... 28 July 1798Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail Adamsmy dear Madam Your welcome letter of the 20th instant I did not receive till last evening, on our return from Mount Vernon, where we had ... 29 July 1798Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister we left Philadelphia on Wedensday last. the day preceeding was very Hot a partial Rain had waterd the Roads for 15 or 20 m... 1 August 1798John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear brother. I wrote you on the 14 of February a letter, which I am informed you have received, but to which no answer from you has y... 10 August 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnDear Sir. Upon my return from a short excursion to Pottsdam, where we passed three very pleasant days, I received your obliging letter of... 17 August 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Louisa Catherine AdamsMy dear Sister After 44 hours constant journeying we arrived here about 7 o’Clock on Wednesday morning. My companion Mr: C— hearing that ... 22 August 1798Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— Whenever I have set myself down to write to my dear Sisters, I have found myself so drowned in Grief, as to prevent my pr... 24 August 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother I have this morning received your letter of the 18th: with the enclosure from Mr: Pitcairn. My letter to Mrs: Adams of th... 11 September 1798Louisa Catherine Adams to Ann Johnson Long since should I have answered my beloved Nancys affectionate letter had I not daily expected to hear that you had changed your name... 14 September 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams I received a few days ago your kind favour of 14 July, forwarded by the Secretary of State, and at the same time a letter for my wife, fr... 14 September 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear mother. Your kind favor of July 19th. was transmitted from Hamburg by our cousin Welsh & came to hand last evening. He had a plea... 17 September 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnDear Sir. Your favour of the 14th: inst. came to hand last night a little time after my letter to you had gone to the post; its contents ... 27 September 1798Louisa Catherine Adams to Ann JohnsonMy Dear Nancy Although I wrote you a long letter last Week I cannot resist the present opportunity though I confess I have nothing to say... 28 September 1798Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Brother the Enclosed letter our Dear Mamma has requested me to enclose to you and to write to you she brought it with her from Ph... 29 September 1798John Quincy Adams to Charles AdamsMy dear Brother. I have given to our brother Thomas a general power of Attorney to transact all business on my behalf within the United S... 2 October 1798John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. The enclosed paper will give you an exact idea of that property belonging to me, [in the] hands of Doctor Welsh, and our... 6 October 1798Louisa Catherine Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams You cannot concieve Mr. Adams’s disappointment on opening your letter and finding it directed to me I was so agreeably surprized that I a... 8 October 1798John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams My brother is no longer with me. Eight days ago he left me to take somewhat of a circuitous route to Hamburg, from whence he embarks for ... 8 October 1798Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam By letters received from Boston I was grieved to learn that you had been very ill. It would give me great pleasure to hear,... 8 October 1798Margaret Allison Caldwell McHenry to Abigail AdamsDear Madam It was with the greatest concern I heard of your late illness, since which time I have felt very sollicitous to hear of your r... 12 October 1798John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. We have received and been entertained with your letters from Dessau, Magdeburg and Brunswic.— We hope to hea... 16 October 1798John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy Dear sir The inclosed Letter from the sec. of state will go by the Way of England. In the paragraph quoted from me I wish you not to... 27 October 1798Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I wrote you soon after my arrival here that I expected to take passage with Captain Jenkins of the Ship America, bound to Newbu... 28 October 1798Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir Your very kind letter of the 13 instant was very grateful to me. We have indeed suffered a double anxiety both ... 28 October 1798John Adams to Charles AdamsDear Charles I received last night your favor of the 19th The letters from Mr Desdoity & Mr R B Forbes I shall inclose to the Secretary o... 30 October 1798John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I have received your’s of the 26th: enclosing one for Mr: Welsh— I now forward those Letters for America, with ... 12 November 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend We Stopped at the Governors to take Leave and he told Us the News of last night, which has regaled Us on the Road. We... 13 November 1798Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend Mrs Smith appeard so anxious and unhappy tho She Said nothing, that seeing it, I advised her to follow you, & sent Mich... 13 November 1798John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I write a line in answer to your’s of the 9th: and to send you the enclosed for J. Hall, though the wind here is easterly ... 15 November 1798Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I have rejoiced in the fine weather which we have had Since your absence, and tho to day it threatens a Change, and deb... 15 November 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son Once more my dear son it is permitted me to address you by Letter. thanks to the Great Giver of every blessing I wrote to you... 15 November 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend You never recd a Letter from Berlin but with Pleasure: and this I dare say will not be the first.— From Austins in a lo... 16 November 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend From Rileys in Berlin, We went to Newhaven 26 miles to dinner at your Friends Mrs Smiths who were very respectfully ... 18 November 1798Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend By the post of yesterday I received your two Letters, one from Brookfeild and one from Suffeild I rejoi... 18 November 1798Abigail Adams to William Smith Shawmy dear Nephew when this reaches you I presume you will have arivd to the end of your journey, and have taken possession of your office, ... 18 November 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend From Lovejoys at stratford We fixed off Mr shaw with a part of the Baggage by the stage for East Chester. Mrs Smith and ... 22 November 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend We Spent Sunday at Stanford at Webbs went to Meeting forenoon and afternon, and on Monday went to Dinner at East Cheste... 25 November 1798Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend you have been so good writing at every stage where you put up for the night, that I have been able to follow you with p... 25 November 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt I have a thousand things to tell you and but a few minutes to write. We arrived in this city fryday Evening about seven Oclo... 26 November 1798Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— I have this moment been conversing with Richard Dexter upon the subject of becoming one in your Family— His Object is to ... 29 November 1798Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend This is our Thanksgiving day. when I look Back upon the year past, I perceive many, very many causes for thanksgiving, ... 1 December 1798Joshua Johnson to John Quincy AdamsDear Sir The only Letter I have receved from you since my arrival in this Country is dated the 11 October 1797 nor have I wrote you befor... 2 December 1798Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I last Evening received your Letters, one of the 24th from Prince Town, and of the 25th from Philadelphia. I rejoiced... 2 December 1798Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son— Last Evening I received your Letter of sepbr. 4th No 42— accept my thanks. it grieved me to think how anxious you must feel ... 2 December 1798Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail AdamsDear Mrs Adams Next to the pleasure of seeing you, would have been that of hearing, of your perfect restoration to health; but ’tho that ... 4 December 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your Letter of the 25 Nov. has revived my heart. I rejoice at your real Recovery and hope it will be confirmed so that ... 6 December 1798John Russell to Abigail AdamsMadam, The Letter which you so obligingly communicated, is this day published in the Commercial Gazette; and I have endeavoured to make i... 9 December 1798Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William Last Evening was marrid at the Seat of the President of the united states, by the Revd mr Weld mr Ebeneazer Harmon to miss A... 10 December 1798Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received yours of 28th of Nov’br I have not faild of writing to you once a week ever since you left me, and I belie... 12 December 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt The president received two letters the latest dated 3d of Dec from you last Evening with a letter inclosed for your son at... 13 December 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Your Letters of Nov. 29 Dec. 2. and 3 affect me very tenderly. The low Spirits, Effects of long and exhausting sickness... 14 December 1798Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I received this week as many packets by the Mail as a minister of state. they however containd nothing except the News paper... 14 December 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend. Rejoice with me, that I have this Day finished my Ceremonies with the two Houses. Their Answers to the Speech have bee... 16 December 1798Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I received the Centinal last Evening and found by it that the two Houses were formed and that a committe had waited u... 16 December 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Aunt I received your letter of Dec 9th, with all that pleasure and satisfaction, which, the news of your better health, could ... 17 December 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend With a great deal of snow upon the Ground it is now plentifully snowing. There must be an unusual Quantity upon the Ear... 18 December 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams I have long been wishing to find time to give my aunt a history of the visit of Dr. Logan to the president, the monday after we arrived i... 19 December 1798John Adams to William Stephens SmithDear Sir Before you receive this you will probably receive a letter from the Secy at war informing you that the general officers have pro... 19 December 1798Benjamin Rush to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam, I have just returned from spending an agreeable hour with your best Friend. In the Course of our Conversation, he informed... 20 December 1798Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw you are very good dear William in your attentions towards me, and I receive the papers regularly which will now become more interesting a... 20 December 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt. Notwithstanding my arms are so stiff, that I can scarcely move them, occasioned by cutting venson for twenty eight very hun... 23 December 1798Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I believe our Legislatures when they made the House tax were not aware of the trouble attendant upon the execution of i... 23 December 1798Abigail Adams to William Smith Shawdear William I was much obliged to you for sending me the answer to Barlows Letter. our Printers in Boston are very inattentive to many p... 25 December 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have recd your Letters of 10. 15. and 16. Your solicitude for my Health may subside. I am pretty well— ... 28 December 1798Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy dearest Friend on twesday Evening I received the Mercury, and read in it, the arrival of Capt Jenkins in the America, on sunday. you... 28 December 1798Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I inclose you the Letter which gave me every reason to expect that Thomas was on Board Capt Jenkins. as he is not me... 28 December 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt Not a single letter have we received from you since Monday. Uncle sighs and says, I wish Aunt would write oftener and I si... 30 December 1798Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear son If you have once more set your foot upon American ground, and are in safety, God be praised I have sufferd great anxiety for ... 30 December 1798Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy Dear sister I have not written to you for a long time it was my intention to have written by miss Palmer, but she went away a week e... 30 December 1798William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt. ’Though I have been writing a very long letter, to my wild, random, laughter loving Walter and have made it very late, st... 31 December 1798Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I cannot give you any account of Thomas I have sought for him by capt Jenkins. the Barbara which saild at the same time... 31 December 1798John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I hope you have health enough to bear to share with me some of my Griefs. I have determined to do a Thing this day, whi... 1 January 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I recd to day your favr of 24 and it made the day more tolerable. Your health and Spirits always promote mine. We have had more Com... 3 January 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William Rejoice o young Man in thy youth, and let thy Heart Cheer thee. this is the language of Soloman. Youth is theref... 5 January 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Three Vessells have arrived from Hambourg Since Thomas was there. The inclosed will shew you that he chose the Alexande... 6 January 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I believe it was in some such cold weather as the present, that Solomon made the wise observation, if two ... 6 January 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I received yesterday mor’g by Plimouth stage, your Letter of 28th december, together with the Bundle mrs Brisler sent, and... 6 January 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt I have seldom known it to be colder at the Eastward than it is here at present. Although I have a very large fire & my des... 10 January 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend We have the Pleasure of your Letters to the 3d. I think it is not worth while to bid for Mrs Veseys four Acres. The Pri... 10 January 1799Stephen Peabody to Abigail AdamsDear Madam As you are frequently receiving letters from your good Sister, you have in that channel all the news we have in this quarter. ... 12 January 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I received your Letters of Decbr 31 & Jan’ry the 1st I am sorry that it should fall to your Lot to nominate... 12 January 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. I arrived at this place yesterday afternoon, in the Ship Alexander Hamilton, after a passage of 46 days— The Season of the y... 13 January 1799Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend Yesterday in high stile with his Carriage and four, His Honor the Lieut Govenour made me a visit. this is the first not... 13 January 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I thank God, it is now in my power to give you the pleasure you desired of receiving from me a chearful Letter. This Mo... 14 January 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William your Aunt Cranch received a Letter from your Mother of Janry 1st in which she makes mention of having received a Letter fr... 15 January 1799John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. We received your short Letter of 19. November written just as the pilot from the mouth of the Elbe was about to leave yo... 15 January 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt I have received your letters of Jan. 3d & 6th with all that pleasure & gratitude which so much good counsel deserved. I do... 16 January 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I received yesterday your Letter of Jan’ry 6th, with the News papers to the 7th Clapole excepted; which usually has the fi... 16 January 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend Yesterday, Tuesday when the Levee Room began to be thin Brisler came running in, with the delightful sounds “Sir, Mr Ad... 16 January 1799William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I inclose a letter to my Mother under Cover to you, because it contains some things which perhaps might give pain to my fat... 20 January 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I give you joy of the safe arrival of our dear Thomas; whom you will have cordially received before this reaches you; I... 20 January 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear Thomas I Congratulate you my dear son, upon your safe arrival in your Native Country; and myself that I have the prospect of seei... 20 January 1799Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail Adams Accept dear Mrs Adams, my congratulations upon the New year, together with the many pleasing circumstances with which it ... 21 January 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt I am almost dead with a horrid cold and fear that before I shall half finish this letter I shall drown it with water, from m... 22 January 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I have had the pleasure of seeing and perusing two or three letters from you to my Father and Mr Shaw since my arrival her... 23 January 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy Dear Thomas I received with Sincere pleasure the confirmation of your Safe arrival in your Native Land, from under your own Hand yes... 25 January 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I Received yours of the 16th on wedensday, and participated in the Joy and pleasure you must have experienced in meet... 25 January 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear william I thank you my dear Nephew for your last agreable Letter. you have too sensible and feeling a heart not to participate in th... 28 January 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend In my solitude in Markett street, I find nothing so sociable as your Letters— those of 18 & 20th. are this moment ... 28 January 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsM. I received your favor of Novr: 13th: with an enclosure for J Hall, yesterday, by the New York mail. It came by a vessel, which left Ha... 29 January 1799Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister After many expecting, anxious hours for my dear Nephew, I am made happy by seeing his safe arrival announced in the News... 31 January 1799Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir Mr Francis Baretto has as he informs me applied for the Consulate at Madeira and has requested me to mention you to him as an... 31 January 1799Ruth Hooper Dalton to Abigail Adams Indeed my dear Madam, I was very happy to receive a letter from you, after hearing you had been so very ill, at the time I wrote, I did n... 1 February 1799Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son It is with pleasure insepressible, I inform you of the safe arrival of your Brother Thomas at N york after a passage of 46 da... 1 February 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend On Tuesday Mr T. B. Adams left Us, at Eleven in the stage for New York & Boston and consequently Quincy.— I should have... 1 February 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. The morning I left Philadelphia I had not an opportunity of making the necessary arrangement with the Secretary of State for... 2 February 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William Is there no method my child you can persue to escape the constant colds to which you are subject it seems to me you have had... 4 February 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend your observations in your last Letter, upon your Solitude; and your reflections upon your Age and feelings, led me to a... 4 February 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsThe Solitairian of Markett Street to his dearest Friend Yours of 25 Ult. is recd.— Thomas is to Sett off from N. York to da... 5 February 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear aunt There is a class of men in this country, possessing some public confidence, but entirely destitute of any moral principle, w... 9 February 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have just recd yours of Feb. 1. and thank you for the Book.— We had one before, from the Bookseller here who has them... 9 February 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt Yours of the 2d of Feb. I received this morning— The president says he cannot blame you for not writing oftner because you w... 10 February 1799Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear son I will not let a vessel sail for Hamburgh that I know of, without taking a few Lines from me, if it be only to inform you o... 11 February 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt With this I send you two more copies of the dispatches— A defence of the Alien & sedition bills Divernois letter, Giffords a... 14 February 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend upon the 12th, our dear Thomas reachd Quincy to my no small Joy! I am as happy in his company and Society, as you have ... 14 February 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. I arrived at Boston on Monday evening after a prosperous journey, and came out to this place the following afternoon in the ... 14 February 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear Friend. Your kind favor of the 26th: ulto: was delivered to me by my Mother on my arrival, the 12th: instt: at this place. I thank you very m... 16 February 1799Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister— My little Abby—has been sick with a slow intermitting fever, occasioned by a cold—which has thrown many round us into fev... 16 February 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt I have just received your letter of the 8th of Feb. and feel grieved to find you in so low spirits and so unwell, but flat... 19 February 1799Charles Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir In your last favour you requested me to point out the appointments that have been thought improper I undertake the task with ... 20 February 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I cannot say that I write you from my Solitude, for who can call themselves Solitary, when in the society and company o... 21 February 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I have to acknowledge the receipt of three Letters from you since my last. your punctuality and attention deserve commendati... 22 February 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Your last Letter, which I have recd was dated the 10th.— I have one from Mr Thomas at Brookfield of the 8th.— I hope yo... 25 February 1799Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I have not any Letter from you of a later date than the 9th; you was then unwell. I have one from william of the 12th. ... 25 February 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have just recd yours of 14th.— it has laid in the Post office I suppose Since saturday. The subjects of Mr J. Q. A.s ... 26 February 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt I received your letter of the 14th of Feb. yesterday— I enclosed to you this morning Browns paper containing the report of... 27 February 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend yesterday afternoon mr Greenleaf returnd from Boston, and as he, as well as my others Neighbours, are particuliarly a... 1 March 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. My time has been so occupied between going to Boston to get my dinner and coming back to Quincy again, that I have written to y... 1 March 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I am now and then regaled with a few words from your store house, spread over as many lines, which brings to my mind very ... 2 March 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnMy dear Sir. That I have hitherto given you no account of my voyage since my arrival, is imputable to the unsettled state in which I ha... 4 March 1799Abigail Adams to John Adams I have been informd to day, that a paper from N york the daily advertizer was received in Town on saturday night, which states that the S... 7 March 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have been so overwhelmed with Business at the Close of the session of Congress and Since, that I have not been able t... 9 March 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Such extreem cold Weather I do not recollect to have felt in March, as it has been this week, and it has laid Thomas up... 11 March 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy Dearest Friend I cannot Say when I shall be able to sett out. But I shall loose no time here. When the Public Business is in such a st... 16 March 1799John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother, After a long period of deep concern, and anxiety, on account of your health, I feel myself in some measure relieved by th... 16 March 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph Dennie Jr.Dear Sir. Since I invited you to a correspondence, and you have not declined it, I should think repentance in the very threshold of the u... 20 March 1799Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith ShawMy Dear Son. I have received two letters from you, & suppose you wonder that you have not heard from me much oftener.— we have ... 27 March 1799Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister, It is a long time since I have written to you— My mind has been so agitated that I was not fit to write—or in other wor... 1 April 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Gray OtisMy dear Mrs otis I am indebted to you for a very kind and friendly Letter by my son, to which I ought sooner to have replied, but I have ... 7 April 1799Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy dear sister This Letter will be deliverd to you by your son whom you will find improved in his Health, greatly I think— the weather ha... 11 April 1799Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail AdamsDear Mrs Adams It was with much pleasure I yesterday received yours of 1st instant, as it was an assurence of your better health, I hop... 17 April 1799John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams Somewhat more than a month ago I received the very welcome intelligence that the vessel on board of which you were a passenger had arri... 18 April 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. I arrived here safely yesterday forenoon, after an agreeable, though rather tardy passage from New-Port, which place we left... 1 April 179930 April 1799Abigail Adams to William Cranchmy Dear sir If you was not a firm believer in that Holy Religion which comforts in affliction & Solaces us under every adverse occurrence... 7 May 1799John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I have to acknowledge the receipt since I wrote you last of your two kind favours of 15. November and 1. February last— ... 14 May 1799Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy dear sister I am much mortified and dissapointed that I cannot have the pleasure which I anticipated of visiting you with the Chilrd... 17 May 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I left Philadelphia the 9th: instt: and after passing a few days very pleasantly at Baltimore in the society of Mr: Johns... 21 May 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawMy dear William Your friendly & excellent letters of the 1st: & 10 instt: have reached me at this place, where I arrived the night before... 22 May 1799John Adams to William Stephens SmithSir I have received your letter of the 16th & the bundle of papers inclosed with a great deal of pain. The thing has not a good ... 28 May 1799John Quincy Adams to Catherine Nuth JohnsonDear Madam. I received some time ago your favour of 29 January which I did not immediately answer, from an apprehension that a letter fro... 2 June 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear son I presume this will find you at Philadelphia, fix’d in your Lodgings; and in possession of your office, where I wish you mu... 3 June 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother On my journey through this place, about a fortnight since, I wrote you a few lines by a vessel bound to Bremen; on retu... 8 June 1799John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy Dear Thomas The daily Duties of my office require so much Writing that my hand and head are fatigued & exhausted before I have half do... 9 June 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. Your kind favor of the 2d: instt: found me as you conjectured at Philadelphia, fixed in my lodgings & in possession of my... 11 June 1799Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton to Abigail AdamsMadam— The following production is one of my favorite children; it speaks to the heart, and without ornament, or personal beauty, is reco... 12 June 1799Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son It was with inexpresible pleasure that I yesterday read a Letter to your Father from you dated the 1[8]th of Feb’ry. this i... 21 June 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Mother I have your favor of the 15th: instt: and thank you for your kind solicitude respecting my health, which is just passable and... 29 June 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I am favored with your’s of the 23d: instt: and the enclosures—one of which is herewith returned. The Lieute... 30 June 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I received your Letter of June 21— I cannot but feel very anxious for your Health. the Hot season is fast approaching, and th... 1 July 1799John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams My last letter to you upon private affairs was of April 29. since which I have received none from you, untill last evening, when your’s o... 1 July 1799Benjamin Rush to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam In addressing a small publication to the President, I am naturally led to congratulate You upon your recovery from your lat... 2 July 1799Ruth Hooper Dalton Deblois to Abigail AdamsMy much Respected Madam I am commissioned by my truly distress’d Mother to say for her, that she cannot acquire resolution sufficient to ... 3 July 1799John Quincy Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I received not untill last Evening your kind favour of Feby: 10. which however is the latest date that I have from you, a... 6 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I have your favor of the 30th: ulto before me, and thank you for your tender solicitude on account of my health, for which... 8 July 1799Louisa Catherine Adams to Ann Johnson Hellen I write you again my dear Nancy though I am very angry at your not having answered either of the letters which I wrote you by Mr: T.B.A. ... 8 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawMy dear William Your’s of the 2d: is in hand, with the enclosures, which receive thanks. I am sorry you dislike short letters... 13 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnMy dear Sir. I address you again after a short interval from the date of my last, having little more to say than that hitherto we are all... 14 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William If it be only to thank you for your favor of the 7th: I will devote an minute previous to the meeting of Court; I thank you ... 15 July 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsdear son Thomas— I know not how it is, but I always feel more spirits when I take my pen to write to you, than to any one else; I receive... 15 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William I have scarcely heard of you since my return excepting once through Mr: Johnson, and as I had nothing interesting to comm... 19 July 1799Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy dear sister I had the pleasure of seeing mr Peabody here, yesterday mor’g he got here the night before, but it was late, and I was g... 21 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I thank you for your favor of the 15th: instt: which reached me yesterday at this place, where I have been ... 23 July 1799Elijah Adams to John AdamsSir, I embrace this opportunity to send, by Miss Hannah Adams, a copy of the genealogy of the family of Adamss according to your request.... 29 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I am in possession of your favor of the 21st: instt: with the letter of my brother enclosed; they were both very acceptab... 29 July 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William The 26th: instt: brought me yours of the 18th: & the 28th: that of the 21st: with accompanyments—Accipe gratias et incepto... 30 July 1799Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear son Mr Houghten, an acquaintance of your Brother Thomas, call’d upon me last Evening, with the kind offer of taking Letters to yo... 4 August 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I received yours of the 21 July upon my return from a Ride. your Father said he had a Letter for me worth a thousand pounds I... 8 August 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. As I am in the City for a few days, you may wish me to write rather oftener than usual, to convince you that I am not ill... 12 August 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I thank you for your kind letter of the 4th: instt: which came to hand last evening, accompanied by one from Dr: Tufts, e... 16 August 1799John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I received your N. 6. dated 3. June, about three weeks ago, at this place, and should have replied to it sooner, but for a violent fever ... 17 August 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy Dear son I received with much pleasure your Letters of August 1st and 12th, for which accept my thanks. I read the papers as usual, and find the ... 23 August 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I received your agreeable birth day tribute the day following the date of my last; since then the deadly pestilence has burs... 26 August 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I have no letter from you later than the 4th: which I mention only because the interval is a little longer than usual bet... 30 August 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William. I enclose, as directed, under cover to you, the Summary statement of services rendered at an important & critical period ... 4 September 1799Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I received your two Letters together of August 26th. I have every day since designd to write to you, but have not been very w... 8 September 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William. I have your favor of the 31st: ulto: with an enclosure for R. Peters Junr: which shall be delivered as soon as an opportunity of sendin... 16 September 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. On the 11th: instt: I received your favor of the 4th: and last evening, on my return from Mr: Breck’s Country seat, where... 17 September 1799Elizabeth Ellery Dana to Abigail AdamsDear Madam It was fully my intention to have called upon you before I went with Mr Dana on the Western Circuit, either the last week or b... 21 September 1799John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams I received at Töplitz, on the 3d: of last month, your kind favour of 12. June, which I did not immediately answer, because I ... 22 September 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I received your obliging & copious communication of the 13th: and render thanks for the trouble you have taken to explain a ... 24 September 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William, Your favor of the 19th: instt: is before me, with the enclosure for Judge Cushing, which I shall forward with my next lette... 26 September 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. Your very kind favor of the 14th: instt: has a claim upon my gratitude, not only for the obliging wish it conv... Back Matter Valuation of the Real Estate of John Adams List of Omitted Documents Chronology
