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Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 2

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John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr. -

Philadelphia June 1. 1776
Your favours of May 14. and 22d. ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

June 2. 1776
Yesterday I dined with Captain ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

June 3. 1776
I received by Mr. Church a few ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia June 3. 1776
The last Evening, Mess. Adams, ...

Zabdiel Adams to John Adams -

Harvard June 9th 1776
Having a very Convenient ...

John Adams to Peter Boylston Adams -

Philadelphia June 15. 1776
I have an Account of the Politicks ...

Mary Palmer to John Adams -

Germantown June 15th 1776 Saturday
You will wonder at recieving a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

June 16. 1776
Yesterday was to me a lucky Day, ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Plimouth June 17 1776 a remarkable Day
I this day Received by the Hands ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

Weymouth June 17. 1776
Our vast Extent of Territory ...

John Adams to Zabdiel Adams -

Philadelphia June 21. 1776
Your Favour of the Ninth of this ...

John Adams to Cotton Tufts -

Philadelphia June 23d. 1776
It is with Shame, and Confusion of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

June 26. 1776
I have written so seldom to you, ...

John Adams to Cotton Tufts -

Philadelphia June 30th. 1776
Your Favour of the 17th. I ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 3. 1776
Your Favour of June 17. dated at ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 3d. 1776
Had a Declaration of Independency ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plimouth July 3d 1776
A Lame Hand still prevents me the ...

John Adams to Mary Palmer -

Philadelphia July 5. 1776
Your Favour of June 15. 1776 was ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

Weymo. July 5. 1776
I wrote to You about the 17 or ...

Abigail Adams to John Thaxter -

Braintree july 7. 1776
As you have always expressd a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 7. 1776
I have this Moment folded up a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 7. 1776
It is worth the while of a Person, ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston July 8th. 1776
You will hear by this Conveyance, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

June i.e. July 10. 1776
You will see by the Newspapers, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 11. 1776
You seem to be situated in the ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston July 13 1776
I must begin with apoligising to ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 15. 1776
My very deserving Friend, Mr. ...

Enclosure Group: John Adams to Abigail Adams, with Enclosure

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 16. 1776
In a Letter from your Uncle Smith, ...

[enclosure] Enclosure: John Hancock to John Adams -

Philada. Tuesday Eveng. 16 July 1776
On a Visit to Mrs. Yard this ...

John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr. -

Philadelphia July 17. 1776
Your Letter of the Eighth contains ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 20. 1776
I cannot omit the Opportunity of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 20. 1776
This has been a dull day to me: I ...

John Adams to Cotton Tufts -

Philadelphia July 20. 1776. Saturday
Yours of July 5th. never reached ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 21 1776 Boston
I have no doubt but that my ...

Richard Cranch to John Adams -

Boston July 22d. 1776
Those that are dearest to you are ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

July 23. 1776
This Mornings Post brought me ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston, 24 July 1776
First part of text missing. ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

July 25. 1776
Yours of the 30th. of June came ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 27. 1776
Disappointed again.—The Post ...

Nathan Rice to Abigail Adams -

Ticonderoga. July 27th. 1776
When I reflect on that Tranquil ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston july 29 1776
I write you now, thanks be to ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 29. 1776
How are you all this Morning? ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 30 1776
I wrote you by the post, but as ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 30. 1776 Tuesday
This is one of my fortunate days. ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston August 1 1776
I wrote you by Capt. Cazneau a ...

John Adams to Richard Cranch -

Aug. 2. 1776
I received your Favour of 22 July, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Aug. 3. 1776
The Post was later than usual to ...

Mary Palmer to John Adams -

Germantown August. 4th. 1776
I had the honour of your Letter of ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston August 5 1776
I this Evening Received Your two ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 6. 1776
Yours of 29 July came by this days ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

Weymouth Augt. 6th. 1776
Last Week I received Yours of July ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Aug. 10. 76
Yours of 30. and 31 July was ...

Nathan Rice to Abigail Adams -

Ticonderoga August. 11th. 1776
Inclosd I send you a Copy of ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston, ca. 12 August 1776
Yours 30 of July reachd me by ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Aug. 12. 76
Mr. A. setts off, to day, if the ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Aug. 12 76
Mr. A. and Coll. Whipple, are at ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Aug 13. 1776
Geography is a Branch of ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston August 14 1776
Mr. Smith call'd upon me to day ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

August 14 1776
I wrote you to day by Mr. Smith ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia 14. August 1776
This is the Anniversary of a ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston, August 17 1776
Tho I wrote you two Letters ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 18. 1776
My Letters to you are an odd ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Monday August 18 i.e. 19, 1776
I set down to write you a few ...

Abigail Adams to John Thaxter -

Boston August 20 1776
My Little Charles has been so ill ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 20. 1776
Yours without a Date, but written, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 21. 1776
Yesterday Morning I took a Walk, ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston August 22 1776
Yours of August 12 came to hand by ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston August 25 1776
I sent Johnny last Evening to the ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 25. 1776
The day before Yesterday and ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 27. 1776
Within this half Hour, I received ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 28. 1776
Mr. Benjamin Smith of S. Carolina, ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston August 29 1776
I have spent the 3 days past ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Thursday August 29 1776
I have this moment sent of a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Phil. Aug. 30. 1776
The two Armies, on Long Island ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

August 31 1776
You know not How dissapointed I ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Wednesday Septr. 4. 1776
Mr. Gerry arrived Yesterday, and ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plimouth Sept. 4th. 1776
Is my Dear Mrs. Adams too Much ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Septr. 5. 1776
Mr. Bass arrived this Day, with ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Fryday Septr. 6. 1776
This day, I think, has been the ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Braintree Sepbr. 7 1776
Last monday I left the Town of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Saturday Septr. 14. 1776
Yesterday Morning I returned with ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Sepbr. 15 1776
I have been so much engaged this ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Monday Septr. 16. 1776
The Postmaster at N. York, in a ...

Jonathan Mason to Abigail Adams -

BostonSep: 18. 1776
I was extreemly sorry I could not ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Braintree Sepbr. 20 1777 i.e. 1776
I sit down this Evening to write ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Sepbr. 21 1774 i.e. 1776
I wrote you last Night till my ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Septr. 21. 1776
Yours of Septr. 9. I have received. ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

22 Sept. 1776
We have at last agreed upon a ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Sepbr. 23 1776
There are perticuliar times when I ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Septr. 25. 1776
I have only Time to say, by Mr. ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

BraintreeSepbr. 29 1776
Not since the 5th of Sepbr. have I ...

Samuel Adams to Abigail Adams -

Boston Octob. 3. 76
Mr. Samuel Adams sends his ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Octr. 4. 76
I send you, all the News. When I ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Octr: 4th: 1776
I am seated, in a large Library ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Oct. 5. 1776
Mr. Eliot brought me yours of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Octr: 7th: 1776
I have been here, untill I am ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Oct. 8. 76
I ought to acknowledge with ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Octr. 11. 1776
I suppose your Ladyship has been ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

October 15 1776
Nothing but the Greatest affection ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plimouth Dec. 1st. 1776
It is A Long time since I had the ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Dedham January 9. 1777
The irresistable Hospitality of Dr. ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Hartford Jan. 13. 1777
The Riding has been so hard and ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Hartford Jany. 14. 1777
It is now generally believed here ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Fish Kill 17 or 18 January 1777
After a March like that of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Poughkeepsie Jan. 19. 1777
There is too much Ice in Hudsons ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Bethlehem Orange County, State of N. YorkJanuary 20. 1777
This Morning We crossed the North ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Easton at the Forks of Delaware River in the State of Pensilvania, Jan. 24. 1777
We have at last crossed the ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Janry. 26 1777
Tis a Great Grief to me that I ...

Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren -

January? 1777
Tis so long since I took a pen up ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feby. 2. 1777
Last Evening We arrived safe in ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feby. 3. 1777
This Day has been observed in this ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feby: 7. 1777
I am at last after a great deal of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feb. 7. 1777
I think, in some Letter I sent ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Febry 8 1777
Before this time I fancy you at ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feby. 10. 1777
Yesterday, I took a long Walk with ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feby. 10. 1777
Fells Point, which I mentioned in ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Febry 12. 1777
Mr. Bromfield was so obliging as ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feb. 15. 1777
Mr. Hall, by whom this Letter will ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feb. 17. 1777
It was this Day determined, to ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feb. 18. 1777
I shall inclose with this a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feb. 20th. 1777
This Morning I received yours of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Baltimore Feb. 21. 1777
Yesterday, I had the Pleasure of ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plimouth March 1st 1777
For once I have followed the ...

John Quincy Adams to John Adams -

Braintree March the 3 1777
I write to Congratulate you upon ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 7. 1777
I am returned in tolerable Health ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 7. 1777
The President who is just arrived ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 7 1777
Yours of Feb. 12. received this ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Braintree March 8 1777
We have had very severe weather ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 14. 1777
Congress has been sitting several ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 16. 1777
The Spring advances, very rapidly, ...

John Adams to John Quincy Adams -

Philadelphia March 16. 1777
There is an observation, which I ...

John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams -

Philadelphia March 16. 1777
I believe I must make a Phisician ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d -

Philadelphia March 17. 1777
I hope by this Time, you can write ...

John Adams to Charles Adams -

Philadelphia March 17. 1777
How do you do?—I hope you are in ...

John Adams to Isaac Smith Sr. -

Philadelphia March 20. 1777
In an Hand Bill printed at ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 22. 1777
The Post now comes regularly, once ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston March 22d. 1778 i.e. 1777
Yours of the 25th Ulto. I received ...

John Thaxter to John Adams -

Braintree March 22d. 1777
You mention, Sir, in the beginning ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

March 23 1777
I have a very good opportunity of ...

John Quincy Adams to John Adams -

Braintree March ye 23 1777
I received yours of the 19 of Feb ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

March 26 1777
I this morning Received yours of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 28. 1777
“A Plott! a Plott! an horrid ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d -

Philadelphia March 30 1777 Sunday
I have been this Afternoon, to a ...

John Adams to Charles Adams -

Philadelphia March 30 1777
Yesterday, I took a Walk upon the ...

John Adams to John Quincy Adams -

Philadelphia March 30 1777
Two ingenious Artificers, a Mr. ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia March 31. 1777
I know not the Time, when I have ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

April 2 1777
I sit down to write tho I feel ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

April 2 1777
Yesterdays Post brought me your ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston Aprill. 2d. 1777
Yours by Docto. Jackson I received ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia April 3. 1777
As you seem so inquisitive about ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia April 6. 1777
You have had many Rumours, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia April 6. 1777
This Evening Major Ward deliverd ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Monday April 7. 1777
I hope to receive some Letters ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Ap. 8. 1777
Yours of 26 March came by this ...

John Adams to John Quincy Adams -

Philadelphia April 8. 1777
I received your Letter of 23d. ...

John Adams to John Thaxter -

Philadelphia April 8. 1777
Your kind Favour of March 22. ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston. Aprill. 10. 1777
Yours by post I have received, and ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Sunday April 13. 1777
Enclosed with this you have a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

April 13. 1777
I have spent an Hour, this ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

April 14. 1777
We hear of your being at ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Ap. 16. 1777
We are waiting with some ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

April 17. 1777
Your obliging favours of March 14, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Ap. 19. 1777
We have now an ample ...

Zabdiel Adams to John Adams -

Lunenburg April 19th. 1777
The great Distance that separates ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

April 20 1777
The post is very Regular and ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Ap. 22. 1777
The Post brought me two Letters ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Ap. 23. 77
My Barber has just left the ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

April 24. 1777
I wrote to you last Week by Mr. ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston, Aprill the 25th. 1777
The bearer is Thomas Russell Esq., ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Saturday Evening 26 April 1777
I have been lately more remiss, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Ap. 27. 1777
Your Favours of Ap. 2 and Ap. 7. I ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Ap. 28. 1777
There is a Clock Calm, at this ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Ap. 29. 1777
This days Post brought me yours of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

April 30. 1777
We have a fine Piece of News this ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

April 1777
The young folks desire Mamma to ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 1. 1777
This is King Tammany's Day. ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 2. 1777
We have promoted Arnold, one Step ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 4. 1777
Inclosed with this you have an ...

Enclosure Group: Abigail Adams to John Adams, with a List of American Losses at Danbury

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

May 6 1777
Tis ten days I believe since I ...

[enclosure] Enclosure: List of American Losses at Danbury -

[1777-05-06]
1700 Barrells Pork ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 6. 1777
We have no News here but what ...

John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams -

Philadelphia May 6. 1777
The only Reason why I omitted to ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia May 7. 1777
We have no News here, except what ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia May 10. 1777
The Day before Yesterday, I took a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia May 10 1777
We have at last accomplished a ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston May. 12th. 1777
I duly received your several ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 14. 77
Prices with you are much more ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 15. 1777
Gen. Warren writes me, that my ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia May 17. 1777
I never fail to inclose to you the ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Sunday. May 18 1777
I think myself very happy that not ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 21. 1777
Dont be two much alarmed at the ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plimouth May 21 1777
I this day Received a few lines ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 22 1777. 4 O Clock in the Morning
After a Series of the souerest, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia May 24. 1777
We have an Army in the Jersies, so ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

May 25. 1777
At half past four this Morning, I ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

May 28 1777
This is Election Day, but the news ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia May 28. 1777
An horrid cold Day for ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

June 1. 1777
I designd to have wrote you by the ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

June 2 1777
Yesterday, I took a ride to a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Monday June 2. 1777
Artillery Election!—I wish I was ...

John Quincy Adams to John Adams -

Braintree June the 2d 1777
I Love to recieve Letters very ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

June 4. 1777
I wish I could know, whether your ...

John Thaxter to John Adams -

Boston June 4th. 1777
Last Monday Dr. Mather Byles was ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

June 8. 1777
I generally endeavour to write you ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

June 8. 1777
Upon an Invitation from the Board ...

John Quincy Adams to John Adams -

Braintree June the 8 1777
I promised to write In a week ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Phyladelphia June 14. 1777
This Week has produced an happy ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston June the 14th. 1777
I wrote you some time Ago ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

June 14 1777
Could I write you any agreable ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Braintree, 15 June 1777
This is the 15 of June. Tomorrow ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia June 16 1777
I had a most charming Packett from ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia June 18. 1777
We shall have all the Sages and ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia June 21. 1777
It would give Pleasure to every ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

June 23 1777
I have just retird to my Chamber, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia June 29 1777
The enclosed Newspapers will ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 1. 1777
We have no News: a long, cold, ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 2 1777
I sit down to write you a few ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams 2d -

Philadelphia, July 5th, 1777
Yesterday, being the anniversary ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plimouth July 7th 1777
Being Necessiated to use a Certain ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 8. 1777 Tuesday
Yours of June 23d. have received. ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 9 1777
I sit down to write you this post, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 10. 1777. Thursday
My Mind is again Anxious, and my ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 10 1777 9 o clock Evening
About an Hour ago I received a ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 11. 1777
This Letter will go by the Hand of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 13. 1777
We have a confused Account, from ...

John Thaxter to John Adams -

Braintree July 13th. 1777
The day before Yesterday Mrs. ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 16 1777
Join with me my dearest Friend in ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Wednesday July 16. 1777
Your Favour of the 2d. instant ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Fryday July 18, 1777
The Papers inclosed will inform ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Phila. July 20th. 1777
The little masterly Expedition to ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 21. 1777
I have long sought for a compleat ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 23 1777
Notwithstanding my confinement I ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 26. 1777 Saturday
At this Moment, I hope you are ...

John Adams to John Quincy Adams -

Philadelphia July 27. 1777
If it should be the Design of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 28. 1777
Never in my whole Life, was my ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston July 28th. 1777
Not haveing anything worth ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

July 30 1777
I dare say before this Time you ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia July 30. 1777
I am sorry to find by your late ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 1. 1777
The Fleet is in Delaware Bay. 228 ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 2. 1777 Saturday
By an express last night from Cape ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 4. 1777
Your kind Favour of July 23, came ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

August 5. 1777
If allarming half a dozen places ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Aug. 6. 1777 Wednesday
Price current.—Oak Wood £4:15s:od. ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Aug. 7. 1777 Thursday
We have not yet the least ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 8. 1777
I have concluded to run the Risque ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

PhiladelphiaAug. 11. 1777
I have paid Turner, his Wages up ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Aug. 11. 1777
Your kind Favour of July 30. and ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Phila. Aug. 11. 1777
I think I have sometimes observed ...

John Adams to John Quincy Adams -

Philadelphia August 11. 1777
As the War in which your Country ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

August 12. 1777
A few lines by way of remembrance ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Phila. Aug. 13. 1777
We have been sweltering here, for ...

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams -

Boston August the 13th. 77
I wrote you the post before last ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plymouth, ante 14 August 1777
Most sincerly do I Congratulate My ...

Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren -

August 14. 1777. Braintree
This is the memorable fourteenth ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 14. 1777 Thursday
We are still parching under the ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Aug. 15. 1777
The Weather continues, as hot as ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 17. 1777 Sunday
Yesterday We had a cool Day, the ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Aug. 19. 1777 Tuesday
Your obliging Favour of the 5th. ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 19. 1777 Tuesday
The Weather still continues cloudy ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 20th. 1777 Wednesday
This Day compleats three Years ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 21. 1777. Thursday
This Morning, We have heard again ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston August 22 1777
I came yesterday to this Town for ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 23 1777
It is now no longer a Secret, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 23d. 1777Saturday 4 O Clock
We have an Express, today from ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 24. 1777
We had last Evening a Thunder ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Phila. Aug. 25. 1777
Yours of Aug. 12 and 13, came by ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 26th. 1777Tuesday
Howes Army, at least about 5000 of ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

August 27 1777
Your Man and Horse arrived the 22 ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 29. 1777Fryday
The Newspapers enclosed, will give ...

James Lovell to Abigail Adams -

Philada: Augst. 29th. 1777
It is probable that Genl. Howe ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia August 30th: 1777Saturday
A Letter from General Washington, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia September 1. 1777. Monday
We have now run through the ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Tuesday September 2. 1777
I had Yesterday the Pleasure of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Monday Septr. 8. 1777
There has been a very general ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Septr. 10 1777
The accounts you give of the Heat ...

Peter Cunningham to John Adams -

Boston September the 10. 1777
I have been So missfortinate as to ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Philadelphia Septr. 14. 1777
You will learn from the Newspapers ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Sep 17. 1777
I have to acknowlidge a feast of ...

Abigail Adams to James Lovell -

Braintree, 17? September 1777
Your very polite favour was handed ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

Sept. 18. 1777
Our Spring was cold and Wet, Our ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Sepbr. 21 1777
I immagine before this reaches you ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town Pensylvania,Septr. 30. 1777 Tuesday
It is now a long Time, since I had ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

October 6 i.e. 5. 1777. Sunday
I know not where to direct to you, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town Octr. 7. 1777
I have no Time, nor Accommodations ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town Octr. 9. 1777
I told you, in a former Letter, ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town Octr. 15. 1777
I have not been able of late to ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

October 20. 1777
Tis true my dearest Friend that I ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town Octr. 24. 1777
It is with shame that I recollect ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

Boston October 25 1777 Saturday Evening
The joyfull News of the Surrender ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town Octr. 25. 1777
This Town is a small one, not ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town Octr. 26. 1777
Mr. Colman goes off for Boston ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town, Octr. 28. 1777
We have been three days, soaking ...

Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Jr. -

October 30, 1777
A favourable opportunity offering ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

York Town November 3. 1777
This Moment I received your favour ...

James Lovell to Abigail Adams -

York Town Novr. 10th. 1777
As the delivery of this Billet ...

Enclosure Group: John Adams to Abigail Adams, with an Extract of a Letter from St. Eustatius

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Easton, at the Forks of Delaware in Pensylvania Novr. 14. 1777
Here I am.–I am bound home.–I ...

[enclosure] Enclosure: Extract of a Letter -

17. Sept.
Business still continues dull but ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

November 16 1777
In a Letter which came to me to ...

Cotton Tufts to John Adams -

Nov. 21. 1777
Sometime in September last I wrote ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Newbury Port Decr. 13. 1777
Yesterday was as fine for Travell ...

Abigail Adams to James Lovell -

Braintree, ca. 15 December 1777
Your Letters arrived in the ...

Abigail Adams to Daniel Roberdeau -

Braintree, ca. 15 December 1777
Your obliging favour came to hand ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Portsmouth Decr. 15. 1777
I arrived here, last Evening, in ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Plimouth Jan 2d. 1778
Great Advantages are often ...

Enclosure Group: Samuel Tufts to John Adams, with Enclosure

Samuel Tufts to John Adams -

Newburyport the 6 Jany. 1778
Inclosed you have a letter from ...

[enclosure] Enclosure: Samuel Moody to Samuel Tufts -

Newbury 5 Jan. 1778
With a very particular ...

Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams -

Jan. 8th. 1778
Did I think it in my power to ...

Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith Cranch -

Haverhill January 10. 1778
I am very sorry I lost the ...

John Thaxter to John Adams -

York Town Jany. 10th. 1777 i.e. 1778
The morning after my arrival to ...

Daniel Roberdeau to Abigail Adams -

York Town in Pennsilvania Jany. 19th. 1778
So much good sense, prudence, ...

John Thaxter to Abigail Adams -

York Town Jany. 20th. 1778
I am happy in having it in my ...

John Thaxter to John Adams -

York Town Jany: 20th. 1778
Mr. Lovell informed me last ...

John Thaxter to John Adams -

York Town Jany: 28th. 1778
One day last week a number of ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

Uncle Quincys half after 11. O Clock Feby. 13. 1778
I had not been 20 Minutes in this ...

John Adams to Abigail Adams -

On Board the Frigate Boston 5 O Clock in the Afternoon Feb. 13. 1778
I am favoured with an unexpected ...

Abigail Adams to John Thaxter -

Braintree Febry 15 1778
I little thought when you left me, ...

John Lowell to Abigail Adams -

Boston Feby. 22d. 1778
I am not displeased that the Call ...

—— —— to Abigail Adams -

Boston Feby. 23d. 1778
Mr. Adams for a long time has been ...

Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer to Abigail Adams -

Feby. 24 1778
I have often thought of You My ...

Abigail Adams to James Lovell -

Braintree March 1 1778
I am greatly allarmed and ...

Abigail Adams to Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer -

Braintree, ca. 1 March 1778
My dear Mrs. Storers obliging ...

Samuel Cooper to Abigail Adams -

Boston 2d. March 1778
Many besides my self partake with ...

John Thaxter to Abigail Adams -

York Town March 6th. 1778
Your much esteemed favor came to ...

Abigail Adams to John Adams -

March 8 1778
Tis a little more than 3 weeks ...

James Lovell to Abigail Adams -

York Town 21st. of March 1777 i.e. 1778
I am to thank you, in my own name, ...

John Thaxter to Abigail Adams -

York Town March 31st. 1778
Since I wrote you last, the ...

Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw -

Braintree, March 1778
I was meditating a Letter to my ...