Adams Family Correspondence Volume 14, October 1799 – February 1801 Front Matter Copyright Committees Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Documents 1 October 1799William Walter to Abigail AdamsMadam I am sorry that I did not know the President’s wishes, before the Receit of your Letter, to be a Purchaser of Thompson’s Island. O... 5 October 1799Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I rejoice in the fine weather you have had. accounts from N york & Philadelphia are rather unfavourable, but I hope Frosts wi... 5 October 1799Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw PeabodyMy dear sister I sent by the stage to Haverhill some cloaths for the Children, a suit of their Grandfathers which may serve to cut up for them.... 5 October 1799Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warrenmy Dear Madam The pleasing Emotions excited by the sight of a Letter, in Your Hand writing, were similar to those we experience at Meeting long... 6 October 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt We arrived at this place last evening about seven Oclock, where we have found most excellent accommodations. We have been highly ... 12 October 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend We arrived on the 10th. I, much oppressed by one of my great Colds, which is now going Off.— I could obtain only one little R... 12 October 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt After quite an agreeable journey we arrived at this place on the 10th inst. where we have found much better accommodations t... 13 October 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend Here I am at this favorite spot, I sat out on Wednesday, but was detaind at west Town on Thursday by Rain. We reachd... 13 October 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy dear sister I got to Westown on Wednesday by four oclock and was met two miles from Town by Mrs otis, accompanied by Mrs Marshall who insist... 13 October 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I must beg you to congratulate the President & yourself from me, on your safe arrival in our neighborhood. Your journey was,... 14 October 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I Sent you a Letter this morning before I recd yours of the 13. from Brookfield. I rejoice that you had arrived so far and bo... 15 October 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. Your favors of the 5th: & 7th: currt came in course, and I am much indebted to you for the disposition you made of the ... 15 October 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. Your favor of the 12th: instant came to hand this morning, and I am greatly obliged by the kind invitation it contains to jo... 17 October 1799John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsSir I received last night your favour of the 15th, the Sentiments and expressions of which are Such as cannot fail to render your Character Pro... 18 October 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have written you but once Since I bid you farewell. I was Seized in Connecticutt with one of those direful Colds, which hav... 19 October 1799John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Son Since you are desirous of a Confidence, in the Breast of your Father, and he is not less anxious to possess one in yours, I will op... 19 October 1799Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy dear Sister I was very glad to hear by the Letter you sent me from Brookfield, that you had got Safely so far. the week prov’d so Stormy & ... 20 October 1799Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dearest Friend I reachd this place yesterday about 11 oclock and found the Family all well the col with his Regiment gone to the Jersies— Mr... 21 October 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have no line from you, Since the 13th at Brookfield. There has been So much rainy Weather as to have made travelling imprac... 22 October 1799John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams My last letter to you, was from Dresden, and dated the 17th: of last month, since which I have not had the pleasure to receive any thin... 22 October 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir: I have received your favors of the 17th: & 19th: instants and take the first moment of leisure, that has occurred, since the... 23 October 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnMy dear Sir. Between the 8th: & 16th: instants I have been fortunate enough to receive your several agreeable favors of July 6th: Augu... 23 October 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William. I have yet to reply to your favors of the 15th: & 21st: instts: the latter of which with the letters of Mr: Pitcairn, came... 24 October 1799Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Friend I received Yours last Evening of the 21st, when on the road; I could not write; I was generally so fatigued by Evening as to wis... 25 October 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I am favoured this morning with yours of the 22d.— This is Accession day you know. I shall always consider it as a red... 27 October 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have recd yours of 24th and thank you for your relation of our little domestic affairs at Quincy. Brisler did not arrive la... 28 October 1799Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William what can you expect me to write you from this village; where I hear & know no more what is passing in the world, than if I... 28 October 1799William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Wife: I have received your letter of the 24th, this day, the after part of which has been taken up in the reception of the 13th regimen... 29 October 1799Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I received last Evening yours of the 25—with a Heart filled with gratitude, for the many Blessings I have enjoyed through the... 30 October 1799John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I have yours of 26 by Brisler and that of the 28th. this Morning. Thomas is in Phyladelphia and Brisler with his Family are g... 31 October 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received your Letter on saturday the 26th by Brisler who with his family arrived here in safety John was taken with the Mumps... 31 October 1799William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt Your favor of the 28th inst I this morning had the pleasure to receive and for which my best thanks are due you. With this y... 4 November 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister Tomorow morning I expect to leave this place, and proceed on my way to Philadelphia—where I hope soon to hear from you. Frank an... 8 November 1799Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams I have the Pleasure of hearing of your Arrival at East Chester and in Health. Since you left Quincy, We have scarcely had a Storm, except... 15 November 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I wrote to you twice from East Chester. I left there the day I proposed; and had a fine passage across the North River—it was qu... 19 November 1799Abigail Adams to William SmithDear Sir I have been from Quincy more than five weeks, and have received only one Letter from any Friend Since I left them; I find however ... 22 November 1799Abigail Adams to William Smithdear sir Least you should not see many of the curiosities produced in the Aurora; I shall now and then inclose You a choice morsal; in this, ... 22 November 1799Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I received Yesterday Your favour of Novbr 8th and thank You for the information containd in it. The weather has been uncommonly fine t... 24 November 1799Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I receiv’d your kind Letter of the 15th yesterday & am glad to find you able to receive so much company tho I fear it will not ... 24 November 1799William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams Smith I had the pleasure, my dear, of receiving your favour of the 20th yesterday. * * * * * * * * You say you often think of me, enduring, as ... 25 November 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William I received with much pleasure a few days ago, your favor of the 15th: instant and shall not be inattentive to those parts of... 26 November 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith CranchMy Dear Sister Your kind Letter reachd me on the 20th. I began to feel very impatient to hear from you; Your Letter afforded me much pleasure; ... 2 December 1799William Smith to Abigail AdamsDear Madam— Your favors of the 19th & 22d I have recd. no Vessell at present is up for Philaa. If any one offers, I will endeavour... 4 December 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister Mrs smith Louissa Mrs Otis Rush Peters & a number of young Ladies are just gone to Congress to hear the Speech which is ... 8 December 1799Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I feel an inclination to write you every week athough I have nothing new to inform you of I know you are as interested as I am in ... 10 December 1799Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. Majr. Penniman sometime since mention’d to me, that upon further Consideration, He would take £30. for his Salt Marsh & Island... 11 December 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear Sister I received this week Your Letters of Novbr. 24th and 28th, and this morning Yours of decbr 3d, the contents of which gave me much ... 18 December 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch Death, thou art no Respecter of Persons; Washington is no More! a Great Man has fallen, and his End is peace. I shall dye said he, but Death h... 22 December 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear Sister I wrote to You the Day after we received the account of the Death of Gen’ll Washington. this Event, so important to our ... 22 December 1799William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear: I have the pleasure to inform you that I struck my marquée on the 19th, and took shelter in my hut, which is yet without doors t... 23 December 1799William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear: I received yours of the 19th this afternoon, and yesterday received orders from General Hamilton to prepare for the funeral rite... 25 December 1799Abigail Adams to Martha WashingtonMadam Whilst in Unison with the Sympathetic Sorrow of a Nation; I unite in Deploring the Loss; it has sustained of a Father, Friend and B... 27 December 1799Abigail Adams to William CranchDear sir Mr shaw will be the Bearer of this to you it is so long Since You saw him, that I presume he will want an introduction to your r... 27 December 1799Elizabeth Palmer Cranch to Abigail AdamsMadm: Mr: Cranch has taken the liberty to address a short letter to the President containing a desire to be tho’t of in the various appoi... 28 December 1799Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Cranch NortonMy dear Mrs Norton, I hear from you by way of your mother, & rejoice to learn that you & your little ones enjoy heath this winter. it would giv... 29 December 1799Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Sir. Since the date of my last letter, I have received none from you, of course I do not feel very culpable in having suffered so... 30 December 1799Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear son Your Last Letter was dated in july No 45, near Six Months since. the secretary of state has one, in sep’br Since that period:... 30 December 1799Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received Your Letter of the 23d this morning I should be glad You would inform me from time to time the state Mrs Mears is in... 1 January 1800John Adams to Cotton TuftsDr sir I congratulate you on the new Year and the new Century. Aspice venturo lætentur ut Omnia Sæclo. You may take Pennimans Island and Acre o... 1 January 1800Martha Washington to Abigail AdamsMy Dear madam— Accept the thanks of a heart opprest with sorrow but greatfull for your friendly sympathising letter. To that almighty power who... 5 January 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I am very much mortified that I have Sent so Many Letters to you burthen’d with Postage I thought mr cranch had frank’d them all by... 7 January 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I know not what could have become of a Letter written to You upon the 18 of December, that upon the 30th You should not ha... 9 January 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear sir I am indebted to you for two Letters, one which acknowledges the Recipt of the three Bills, and one Yesterday received which ... 12 January 1800Lucy Cranch Greenleaf to Abigail Adams I recieved my dear and ever honoured Aunt your kind Letter of Decr 18th. and the Cap accompanying it, for both which I feel myself greatl... 14 January 1800William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams Smith I am, my dear, here at General White’s in company with Mrs. and Judge Cushing, Mrs., Miss, and Judge Paterson, &c. I thank you for your letter,... 16 January 1800Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear sir I received Your Letter by mr sheafe together with the small trunk safe, and render many thanks to you and Mrs smith for your kind ... 17 January 1800Abigail Adams to Hannah Carter Smithmy Dear Mrs Smith I thank You my Dear Mrs Smith for your obliging Letter, and for Your care of mine & mrs smiths Cloaths, which came safe to ... 17 January 1800Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister. How often do we find that having much to say, the full heart cannot impart the half— This evil I find extends to episto... 19 January 1800Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy Dear Madam I have the Satisfaction of inclosing to You a Letter from our dear Daughter at Berlin, received Yesterday by my son Thomas, and t... 19 January 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I have receiv’d two Letters from you since I wrote last. one contain’d the Border & Lace for my cap, & a cap for Mrs Norto... 28 January 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister I yesterday received Your Letter of the 19th. I think You have testified Your proportion of Respect in a handsome manner to the ... 28 January 1800William Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Madam, I should have answer’d your valued Letter of 27th. ult°., by Mr. Shaw, if his stay would have admited of it—but the whole day he wa... 30 January 1800Abigail Adams to Hannah Carter Smithmy Dear Mrs smith I have sent by Gen’ll Lincoln the Little trunk You was so kind as to send my Gown in. I have put Several small articles... 30 January 1800William Cranch to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear friend— I suppose this session of the supreme Court will decide the point whether Mr. Bayard will resign his office of Clerk, and... 1 February 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother Your very acceptable favors of the 17th: September & 22d: October came to hand within two days of each other about the middle o... 4 February 1800Abigail Adams to William CranchDear Sir I received by the post of Yesterday, Your kind favour of Jan’ry 28th and I am the more solicitious to reply immediatly to it, i... 4 February 1800Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy dear sister I cannot but lament that the cares and avocations of Your Family should so fully occupy your Time, as to deprive Your Friends of... 5 February 1800Abigail Adams to William Smithmy dear Sir Several of Your favours have come safe to hand for which I thank You. in Your last You Mention it probable that mr Strong will be ... 8 February 1800Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear son Mr Sitgreaves has just call’d to let me know that he expects to embark for England in a day or two. I will not Suffer so direct a ... 9 February 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I have to thank you for two Letters which lay by me unanswer’d, I have had My hands full of business & my Head of care—& o... 15 February 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchDear William. Since the date of my last to you, I have received your favors of the 29th: ult°: and 4th: currt:—the latter enclosing letters for... 18 February 1800John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams A few days ago, I received your favour of 30. December of the last year; after a long interval during which I had not heard from you; and... 21 February 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I take this opportunity by dr Morse to inclose to you two Hundred dollors towards the building; as soon in March as it can be framed ... 23 February 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I have not written you so often as I wish’d to do for these Several weeks— I have not been free from company since ordination: o... 25 February 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Brother I received on the 18th: instant your favor of the 7th. & 17th. November, Original & Dup: with sundry enclosures relative to ... 25 February 1800Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. Your last of Jany 9th. I receiv’d with the enclosure, since that very little has been heard off but Processionls, Funeral Elogies, O... 26 February 1800William Stephens Smith to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam I have been honoured by your Letter of the 18th— I have noticed its Contents, I consent to your wishes, and I will smother my own... 26 February 1800William Stephens Smith to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear: I have received your letter, by the Paymaster, of the 12th. I see your embarrassments, and if I were not prominent to relieve y... 27 February 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I have not written to you since I received your Letter giving me an account of the ordination, the fatigues of which I should ha... 28 February 1800John Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Son It grieves me to think how long it is Since I have written you a Line. But public Affairs are forbidden and private are indif... 3 March 1800Abigail Adams to William SmithDear sir I received on saturday Your kind favour of Feb’ry accept My thanks for the orations. I send you in return Major Jacksons, which was ve... 5 March 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister I received Your Letter of Febry 23. and was glad to learn that you were well, for from not hearing from you from the time of ord... 6 March 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I wrote to you intending to Send the Letter by mr Dexter, but found he was gone. I therefore committed it to the post under cover to ... 9 March 1800Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Mrs Smith— James got home safe though covered over with mud and dirt, horses and carriage up to their very ears. He got home about 4 oc... 13 March 1800Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth JohnsonDear Madam I received Your Letter with those inclosed from Berlin. I thank You for the entertainment which they have afforded me. those for ... 14 March 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear sister There is a great deal of pain: taken to make mischief between you & Mr & Mrs Porter many wish for his birth but I am confiden... 15 March 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister I find the best time for writing, is to rise about an hour earlier than the rest of the family; go into the Presidents Room, ... 15 March 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir Last Sunday the tenth, we had a deep snow here and as I know we usually have our proportion at the Eastward I fear it has obst... 22 March 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received Your Letter yesterday. I know from what I Saw and heard whilst I was at home that there was pains taken to make Mr & ... 22 March 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I received Yours yesterday. it should have been two Days earlier, but the Roads are at the worst, and we have now had two Days heavey ... 26 March 1800Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. I wrote to you the 14th. Inst. acknowledging the Receipt of Yours of Feby. 21. & the 6th. of this Month. I have conferred w... 27 March 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Richard CranchMy respected Uncle. I have to acknowledge the receipt of, and to thank you for your kind favor of the 7th: instt: which came to hand ten days a... 28 March 1800Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Adams Your sisterly kindness to me my dear Madam induces me to believe that to hear of our welfare will not be uninteresting to you. We were bl... 30 March 1800Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams A Letter which I had a long time wished for, I at length received from my Affectionate Sister. Every day I had been thinking I would writ... 1 April 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams Since the date of my last, I have received none from you, though we are in expectation of arrivals from Hamburg, which we think must brin... 3 April 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister you have not told me that the Lady in the undress who was presented at your Drawing Room had been connected with a Frenchman—but... 4 April 1800Abigail Adams to Hannah Phillips Cushingmy Dear Madam I received Your obliging favour dated march 28th upon the 2 of this Month. it gave me great pleasure to learn that you had such f... 4 April 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I have this moment received yours of the 26th of March with respect to mr Porter I should be loth to part with him for the Sake of a f... 7 April 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister Yesterday mr Johnson and his Mamma arrived here, in good Health. by her I heard from mr & Mrs Cranch. she poor thing has had a ... 9 April 1800Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. Your several Letters of the 15, 18 & 22d: have reliev’d my Mind and led me more fully to comprehend the Business before me. I mentio... 10 April 1800William Stephens Smith to Abigail AdamsMadam— I have the Honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 30th. I am much gratified that the proceedings of this Brigade m... 11 April 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear sister My fears are all alive. cousin Thomas wrote mr Cranch that his Mother was not so well as she had been. I have observ’d many t... 15 April 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear Sister I received a few lines from You Yesterday. in replie to mr Bates queries, I would have the Room above finishd off the same ... 16 April 1800Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabodymy Dear sister I have received two Charming Letters from my much loved sister since my last to her. they demand from me a More minute rep... 17 April 1800Abigail Adams to Anna Greenleaf Cranchmy dear Mrs Cranch We have experienced very great anxiety for several days past upon mr Cranch account. mr Johnson in a Letter to mrs Johnson ... 19 April 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I received Yesterday Yours of April 11th. I wrote to you upon the 17th and inclosed You an order upon the Bank for 5000 Dols You will ... 22 April 1800Cotton Tufts to Abigail AdamsDear Madm. In my last I informd You of having contracted with the Two Shipleys. I had kept them sometime in Suspense, they grew uneasy an... 24 April 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister It is with great pleasure my dear sister that I can say to you, Your Son has recoverd from a Dangerous complaint which threw ... 24 April 1800William Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Madam, Mr. Carroll has requested me to communicate the Contents of the inclosed letter, and I hasten to do it lest you should have ... 25 April 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I know your impatience to hear frequently of your affairs here & I am as solicitous that you should— last week & untill this ... 27 April 1800Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy dear Son By a vessel going to Liverpool I write You a few line’s with the hope that the communication may be now open, for no Letters have ... 27 April 1800Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Mrs Smith I have been so much engaged that I have not been able to get time to write you a line this week. I have paid four visits to t... 30 April 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir I received Yours of the 22d Yesterday. I have already written You that the President and I are both well Satisfied with what you... 3 May 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I think You have been exercised in Deeds of Charity to that poor forlorn Man who would once have said, is thy Servant a Dog, ... 4 May 1800Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Mrs Smith I have not written you for several days, you will easily suppose my time much occupied by having Mrs Johnson, & now o... 5 May 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear Sister after I had closed my Letter Yesterday, I received Yours of the 28th. the Garden seeds are in a small Wooden Box in the ga... 11 May 1800Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child: This will be delivered to you, by our friend, Mrs. Smith, who will pass you, on her way to New-York; she is determined to call, ... 11 May 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams A long interval has gone by since the date of my last to you, but I have received nothing from you in the course of it. Not a vessel has arrive... 12 May 1800Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear Mrs Smith Mr Smith called upon me a few moments this forenoon & brought me your letter of May 9th:. I received the former in due ... 15 May 1800Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams We are still without Letters from You. the Secretary of State received one dated in December; but no private Letter has reached any of ... 16 May 1800Samuel Bayard Malcom to Abigail AdamsMadam— It was my intention immediately after our late Election to have acquainted you with the expectations that might be relied upon from ... 17 May 1800Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Mamma: I received yesterday your letter and package by Capt. White, and have received the account of the last resolution of the house t... 18 May 1800Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy dear Madam you judged right My Dear Madam, I do most sincerely rejoice in your prosperity and returning happiness, which to my frequent ... 18 May 1800Abigail Adams to Samuel Bayard MalcomDear Sir I received Yesterday your kind and Friendly Letter for which accept my thanks. the interest you have taken from the best of moti... 19 May 1800Sarah Manning Vaughan to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam, It was highly gratifying to Mr. Vaughan and myself to find by General Dearborn that we still retained a place in the memory of y... 20 May 1800Gilbert Stuart to Abigail Adams Receiv’d of Mrs Adams one hundred dollars in Payment for a Portrait painted by me ... 20 May 1800Cotton Tufts to John AdamsDear Sr. The several Matters mention’d in your last, have been attended to, so far as Circumstances would permit. The Rocks in the mowing Land,... 22 May 1800Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend The rain comeing on the morning I left Bristol, I reachd Vantilburys about noon & remaind there untill Yesterday Mor’g when ... 23 May 1800Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I reachd this city in good Health last Evening I have not felt dissagreable at any place upon my Journey through absence of a... 25 May 1800John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams The latest letters I have had the pleasure of receiving from you are of January 5. and Feby: 8. But Mr: Paleske has arrived at London on his ... 25 May 1800William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt By Major Toussard, we had the pleasure to hear of your being at Scotch plains in health, and of your being escorted a few ... 26 May 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister detained here by a cold North East rain, I write to inform You I am thus far on My journey to Quincy 100 44 miles from Phi... 28 May 1800John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I humble myself in dust and ashes to confess that I must at one and the same time acknowledge the receipt of seven letters from you—viz—o... 31 May 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnDear Sir On my return last evening from a short journey into the interior of this State, I received your favor of April 7th: accompanied with ... 1 May 180031 May 1800Abigail Adams Smith to Elizabeth Cranch NortonMy Dear Cousin I this day received a letter from my Mother enclosing one from you to her dated in April in which you express so much interest i... 1 June 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother I returned to the City the night before last on the 18th: day after my departure. My Father sat off on Tuesday and I found the h... 1 June 1800William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt. Before I left Philadelphia, I wrote you, expecting the letter would overtake you at Brookfield. The rain on monday prevented our ... 2 June 1800Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend Mr Gore came out this afternoon to see me; and informd me that Mr Dexter proposed to sit out tomorrow for Washington. by him ... 8 June 1800William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt The last letter I wrote you was from Frederick Town. I should have written to you more frequently, while on the road and sooner af... 12 June 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear Thomas I have not taken my pen to write you a line before since my return, tho I have daily intended it. You know I Must necessarily ha... 12 June 1800John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams Mr: Paleske arrived here a few days after I wrote you last, and delivered me your letter and the pamphlets together with the dispatches f... 13 June 1800John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest friend I recd your favour of the 2d by Mr Dexter and this morning from Mr Gerry an account of your health on the 4th, w... 18 June 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother This morning I had the pleasure to receive your favor of the 12th: instt: and am happy to learn your safe arrival at the hospit... 19 June 1800John Quincy Adams to John Adams Your letter by Mr: Paleske of 28 Feby: though short gave me great pleasure as it was so long since I had enjoyed that of seeing your hand... 28 June 1800Richard Adams and John Adams to John AdamsDear Cousin Perhaps you will be surprized when you find a Letter directed to you in this Character from England, be it as it will I believe ... 3 July 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I enclose you a receipt from Watson for your last pr of Pentaloons, and Mr: Lynch’s receipt for the last quarter’s rent o... 10 July 1800John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I received two days ago your N: 16. dated the 11th: of May. which you gave to Mr: Treat, with injunctions to take special care of it— Now, mark... 12 July 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas On the 23d of June I wrote You a Letter, and one to your Father, addressing it to him in Philadelphia, and in his absence to ... 14 July 1800John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I have not received a letter from you since I left you. As I hear nothing of the epidemic in Philadelphia, I begin to hope that suc... 16 July 1800John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I cannot send you a duplicate without adding a line to it; for there is a pleasure in knowing that our distant friends are well, though b... 18 July 1800Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw PeabodyMy Dear Sister I received Your kind Letter by mr Peabody and thank You most Sincerely for it; I did not know that You had been so very sick un... 19 July 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Mother. I had the pleasure to receive your favor of the 12th:, this morning, enclosing a letter from my brother, for the perusal of which ... A Tour of Silesia Editorial Note[view document]... 20 July 1800I. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams As I have bespoke your company, upon our journey into Silesia, I begin this letter at our first resting station from Berlin— Hitherto... 26 July 1800II. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams Yesterday morning early we took our departure from Freystadt, & came to this place; a distance of eight german miles; five of which a... 3 August 1800III. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams At the close of my last letter I left you, in a cool refreshing shade, in the view of the Kockelfall, from which we proceeded the sam... 7 August 1800IV. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams The reason, which induces travellers, who purpose a visit to the Riesenkoppe, to pass the night before at the Hempel’s baude is, that t... 9 August 1800V. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams Since our return to this place we have indulged ourselves with a few days of rest. The morning after we came back, I went over the lu... 16 August 1800VI. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams From the cloister at Grussau (the day before yesterday) we returned to dine with Mr Ruck at Landeshut— It was a formal dinner... 20 August 1800VII. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams The shortness of my paper, & of my time yesterday abridged my discription of the natural ruins at Adersback, one of the most curious ... 5 September 1800VIII. Louisa Catherine Adams to Joshua Johnson As I have been rather unwell lately from the fatigue of my journey I have neglected my journal so much I scarcely know how to continue ... 24 September 1800IX. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I continue to number my letters, although the series containing our Silesian tour is closed, so that untill our return to Berlin, you m... 20 December 1800X. John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I suppose you flatter yourself, that having more than three months ago got safely out of Silesia, you are to hear nothing further about... 26 July 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. Your kind favor of the 14th: has been some days in hand— I thank you for your tender solicitude for my health & success— As to ... 4 August 1800John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Thomas I thank you for your favour of July 26. I always rejoice to hear of your Arguing Causes. This Arguing is the Way to business. Ar... 8 August 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I received in due course your favor of the 25th: ulto: together with the volume of Debates, Catalogue &ca: for all which I r... 15 August 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I have not written to You since I received Yours of the 19th, and that of the 20th by Your Friends. I was from Home when they came ... 15 August 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William CranchMy dear Sir. Your favor of the 11th: instt: which has this moment come to hand, found me with pen in hand; on the very threshold o... 18 August 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I received in course your favor of the 4th: instt: a pretty assiduous attendance at Court, during the whole of the last week prevented... 20 August 1800Abigail Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnsonmy dear Madam I have been determined for Several weeks to write to You, but one avocation after an other, has calld of my attention and prevent... 20 August 1800Susanna Clarke Copley to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Madam I take the liberty of addressing a few lines to you, knowing from the Friendship with which you have honord myself, and Family; ... 22 August 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I have paid you all I owed in the article of letters, but I receive few communications from home. Please to tell my mother that I ... 23 August 1800John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I received last night your favor of the 18th. I thank you for your account of the proceedings of the Supreme court.— I really belie... 28 August 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William Yesterday I received the newspapers which you enclosed with my Mother’s letter of the instt:—& which by accident was sent ... 30 August 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir I have received your favor of the 23d: instt: I hesitated for some days, whether I should enclose the paper containing the Numbe... 1 September 1800Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams I have not written You a line my dear son Since I returnd to this place, now three Months; I felt almost discouraged from writing, by not... 5 September 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnDear Sir On the 12th: of last month I received your favor of the 30th: May which is the most recent of my European advices— I have not a ... 6 September 1800Abigail Adams to William Stephens SmithDear sir Your Letter by Mr Rogers did not reach Me untill the last week. The Crisis which I have long apprehended is arrived and brought... 6 September 1800John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Sir I am greatly pleased with your Letter of the 30 of August. Every Part of it shows a Sound Understanding and a manly honest heart... 20 September 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I have received your favors of the 6th. & 10th: instts:— The little schism which took place among the federal people at their ... 23 September 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I inclose you the Aurora of this morning which is pretty rich in contents. For some time past it has been too flat & insipid to ... 23 September 1800Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail AdamsDear Sister. Miss Palmer has given me hopes of your coming, & Mrs Smith to our Exhibition, & says, you say, you will be so good as to c... 26 September 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I received Yours of Sep’br 18th. I have Melancholy intelligence to communicate to you respecting poor B Adams. last week of ... 30 September 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph PitcairnDear Sir. Since my last to you, I have none of your favors, although I have within a week past received three letters from my Brother wit... 3 October 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I have your favor of the 26th: ulto: with an enclosure; with what I paid for the servant’s trunk & the cask of wine, the accoun... 5 October 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dear Mother. I now enclose you my Brother’s letter of July the 10th: which I promised to transmit by this day’s Mail; but being anxious to s... 10 October 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas First I would inform You that B Adams is we hope out of Danger; his reason is returnd pretty clearly. he is not Yet permitted to ... 12 October 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear Thomas I received Your Letter inclosing the one from Your Brother— I do not find the extract you mention in Wayne Paper. I would... 12 October 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams Since the date of my last letter, I have received your several favors of the 10th: June Dup: 15th: July Dup: 10th: & 16th: July, with enc... 13 October 1800Benjamin Rush to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam. By the post on the 9th instant I intruded a hasty line upon you, upon a reference Tench Coxe had made to me upon the subje... 18 October 1800Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I have not written to you since you left Me, but as I know you must feel anxious to hear, I write tho it will but add to your... 18 October 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister It is a great Grief to me my dear sister that I can do so little for you in your trouble when I owe So Much to you. beside being... 18 October 1800Abigail Adams to Benjamin RushDear Sir I acknowledge the receipt of Your two favors one of the 9th and one of the 13th. I am sorry You have felt yourself So much hurt ... 19 October 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Mother. I have received your favors of the 10th: & 12th: instts: and am highly gratified by their contents; excepting the bill of h... 27 October 1800Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend after a sleepless night I begin my journey, with an anxious mind, tho not a desponding one. My dear sister is I hope out of ... 31 October 1800Richard Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister. I have the happiness of informing you that your Sister Cranch, is much better than when you went away. Your Mantle has fal... 1 November 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. The morning after you left this place, the Aurora was filled with five columns & an half, from T. Coxe; wherein he undertakes t... 2 November 1800John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest friend We arrived here last night, or rather yesterday at one O Clock and here We dined and Slept. The Building is in a State to be ... 7 November 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams welcome thou best of women thou best of Sisters thou kindest of Friends the Soother of ever human woe to the city of Washington. welome ... 10 November 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I arrived in this city last Evening & came to the old House, now occupied by Francis as an Hotel. tho the furniture and ... 10 November 1800Richard Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister. I have the great Happiness of informing you that Mrs. Cranch remains better. Her Boyls, with which she was much troubled, are bro... 11 November 1800Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I reachd this city, on Sunday Evening, and have Waited one day to rest Myself and Horses. My health is but feeble and a littl... 15 November 1800John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend I recd last night your Letter of the 11th. Your Girls and Mr shipley arrived in good health and Spirits. I shall Send t... 21 November 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I arrived in this city on Sunday the 16th ult— having lost my way in the woods on saturday in going from Baltimore we took the r... 21 November 1800Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy Dear Child, I arrived here on Sunday last, and without meeting with any accident worth noticing, except losing ourselves when we left Baltim... 25 November 1800John Quincy Adams to John AdamsMy dear Sir. Many months have pass’d since I received a line from you, or from my dear mother. From my brother Thomas I have no letter of a lat... 28 November 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton TuftsDear sir I feel as tho I was much further removed from all my Friends and connections at the State of Massachusetts, than one hundred an... 1 December 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear Sister I have written to You my Dear Sister twice since my arrival here. I know not but one of the Letters was in the lost mail I miss ... 3 December 1800John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I had been almost three months without receiving a line from you, or from any other of my correspondents in America; and altho... 6 December 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsDear Brother Since the date of my last I have received several numbers in continuation of the series, which you have been kind enough to addres... 7 December 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I thank you for your favor of the 3d: instt: and the newspapers enclosed. I will endeavor to comply with your request, tha... 7 December 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsMy Dear Sister I last week receiv’d your first Letter from the city of washington. I began to grow impatient not to receive one Line neither fr... 8 December 1800Abigail Adams to Sarah Smith AdamsMy Dear Daughter Whilst I feel as a Parent, I Sympathize with You as a wife, hopeing that all the frailties, and offences of My Dear departed ... 8 December 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear Sister I know My Much loved Sister that you will mingle in my Sorrow, and weep With me over the Grave of a poor unhappy child who canno... 10 December 1800John Quincy Adams to Joshua JohnsonMy dear Sir. It is so long since I did myself the pleasure of writing to you, that I scarcely know how to apologize for the omission; and ... 13 December 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams Well My dear son S Carolin has behaved as Your Father always Said She would. the concequence to us personally, is that We retire from pub... 14 December 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir— The letter from Genl: Pinckney to Genl: Marshall apprising him of the probable result of the South Carolina election, seems to ... 15 December 1800Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear sir I wrote to you not long since, and inclosed a Bill of a hundred dollors which I hope you received. I inclose in this a Bill of ten ... 15 December 1800Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams Not one word have I heard from my Dear Sister, since I left Boston, nor have I had any intelligence from Washington excepting what we hav... 16 December 1800Susanna Palfrey Lee to Abigail Adams With the most timid respect do I address Mrs: Adams on a subject so interesting to me that I tremble while I write from a doubt of the propriet... 17 December 1800John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Son I have recd this Evening yours of the 14th.— My little bark has been oversett in a Squal of Thunder and Lightening and... 20 December 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Mother Our Supreme Court being in session, has occupied my time so much as to prevent answering your favors of the 10th: & 13th: instts: I... 21 December 1800Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear Sister— on fryday the 19th I returnd from mount Vernon, where at the pressing invitation of Mrs Washington I had been to pass a couple ... 21 December 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I have given an introductory letter for yourself and one for my father, to a young man by the name of Charles D Coxe; he will ... 25 December 1800Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear Thomas We have public worship every Sunday in the Representitive’s Chamber in the Capitol; I have just returnd from hearing Bisho... 26 December 1800John Adams to Cotton TuftsDear Sir I have yours of the 2d.— before this, you have Seen the Treaty with France. The full assurance of your Newspapers, has been whol... 28 December 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I have received your affectionate & confidential favors of the 17th: & 23d: instts: and have conferred with Mr: Ingersoll on th... 28 December 1800Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail AdamsDear Sister I have just clos’d a long Letter to sister Peabody from whom I reciev’d one last week— Tis the first I have written to her ... 30 December 1800Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Mother Your kind letter of the 25th: instt: came by this day’s Mail. I have found a Coachee ready made, at Fielding’s for sale, whi... 3 January 1801Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I last Evening received Yours of 30 December and would have You close the bargain with Feilding for the carriage provided the car... 8 January 1801William Smith Shaw to Thomas Boylston Adams Your several favors are before me. The letter for ——— I sent by the first mail, after receiving it. I delayed sending your brothers lette... 9 January 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail AdamsDear Mother I have received your letters of the 2d:& 3d: instts: and thank you for them— I shall agree with Fielding for the Coachee a... 9 January 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I have searched, in conformity to the request expressed in your favor of the 2d: instt: all the writers upon the law of Nature and ... 9 January 1801William Tudor to Abigail AdamsMy dear Madam It was with great Pleasure that I recognized the well known Hand writing, which it is so many years since I have seen. It was ... 14 January 1801John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Son I thank you for yours of the 9th and its contents, and for the pains to have taken to search Authorities upon the Collision of Trea... 15 January 1801Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston Adamsmy dear Thomas— I received Your Letter of 9th. with respect to the Carriage I believe I did not stipulate for a false linning, but I would ... 15 January 1801Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy dear sister I received from you two kind Letters which I have not yet acknowledged; I am surprized to find that the frost & cold have... 15 January 1801Abigail Adams to Cotton Tuftsmy dear Sir I received Your kind and friendly Letter of December 15 and thank You for your sympathetic condolence upon an event severely ... 15 January 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy AdamsMy dear Brother Since the date of my last, I have received your whole series to Number 17 inclusive, with the single exception of No 15, which ... 16 January 1801John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Sir In your Letter of the 9th you Say, that you will not Say you disagree with Manlius, in his opinion “that the downfall of the f... 17 January 1801Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams SmithMy dear daughter I received yours of the 9th and thank you for the excellent matter which it contained. Mr Shaw has not sent you any pape... 20 January 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. I have your favor of the 15th: instt: and am pleased to find in it an interpretation of the 6th: Article of the Convention with... 22 January 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. When I said, that I did not disagree with Manlius, in attributing the downfall of the federal cause, to the Mission to France, my ... 24 January 1801John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Son Yours of the 20th. is before me.— The Senate I hear is perfectly Satisfied at length, by a Message and some papers I sent them t... 25 January 1801Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas. I received Yours of the 20th Instant. You will see how matters have gone in senate respecting the Convention. Dean Swift in verses... 25 January 1801William Smith Shaw to Thomas Boylston Adams Yourss of the 20th & 21st are received. I also received this morning a compleat sett of the Port folio without any letter or direction r... 27 January 1801John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Sir You have it right in yours of 22d.— A Rivalry between George Cabbot and Elbridge Gerry, for the Tittle of Excellency in Massachusetts,... 29 January 1801Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adamsmy Dear Son Your Brother Thomas has performed the painfull office of announcing to You the Death of Your Brother Charles, with what a weight of... 29 January 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I received the letter you enclosed me from my father on the 25th: instt: with a few names of members & others, for Dennie— I... 30 January 1801John Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMon cher Fils— On a lu, Tabius, avec beaucoup de plaisir. Il est tres Sage tres Scavant et tres elegant.— The Article he vindicates is now ... 2 February 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to John AdamsDear Sir. Your favors of the 24th: & 27th: ulto: are duly received. It seems not to be understood here, whether the proceedings, in... 3 February 1801Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas The Roads and Weather prevent my leaving this place this day as I had designd; mrs cushing and otis advise me to take lodgings at m... 3 February 1801William Smith Shaw to Thomas Boylston Adams Agreeable to my promise in my last, I now inclose to you Mr Jeffersons letter, which I consider to be the counterpart of the letter to ... 7 February 1801Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranchmy Dear sister I Suppose the reason why I have not had a Letter from You for a long time, arrises from Your expectation that I am upon my ... 7 February 1801John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsMy dear Brother. I received only three days ago your N: 22. dated the 6th: of December, and containing the melancholy tidings of the death of o... 8 February 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William I have your letters of 30th: ulto & 3d currt: for which I thank you— The letter, which has so copiously extracted yo... 13 February 1801Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy Dearest Friend I arrived here about half after Six, without any accident, but beat and bang’d enough I do not wish for the present, a ... 14 February 1801Abigail Adams to Thomas Boylston AdamsDear Thomas I wrote to you last Evening requesting You to meet me at the susquahanah; but I did not reflect that it was two days Journey. this ... 14 February 1801Abigail Adams to William Smith ShawDear William Altho I was much fatigued last Evening, I wrote a few lines to the President to let him know we were safely housed. the Roads were... 14 February 1801John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams I last week informed you that I had withdrawn from Amsterdam all the stocks I held there, and had remitted to Mr: King, in London fourteen hund... 15 February 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear William Your favors of the 10th: & 11th: instt: are received. We have heard of the proceedings in the Representative chamber a... 16 February 1801John Adams to Abigail AdamsMy dearest Friend Saturday night 9 O Clock and not before I recd yours of 13th. and the Letter to Thomas with it, brought here no doubt by mist... 19 February 1801Abigail Adams to John Adamsmy dearest Friend I reachd this city on twesday Evening. at Baltimore Leiut Parker came in to see Me, and offerd his service to me; I had engag... 19 February 1801Thomas Boylston Adams to William Smith ShawDear Shaw— We have been rejoycing with exceeding joy at the news of the result at Washington— Now we hope the Gentlemen will do something... 19 February 1801William Smith Shaw to Thomas Boylston Adams I gave you the earliest information of Mr. Jeffersons election. Last night a mob of about fifty collected about the houses near to the ca... 20 February 1801William Cranch to Abigail AdamsMadam I have a thousand times wish’d to express to you my gratitude for the attentions I received from you during your residence here; an... 21 February 1801Abigail Adams to John AdamsMy Dear Sir I write You once More from this city. the Trenton River is impassable, and has prevented my Sitting out. we hope however that the ... 25 February 1801William Smith Shaw to Abigail AdamsMy dear Aunt I have had the pleasure to receive your very kind letter of the 14th of Feb. at Baltimore, for which I pray you to receive... Back Matter Appendix: List of Omitted Documents Chronology
