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John Adams to Abigail Smith -

Boston May 7th. 1764
I promised you, Sometime agone, a ...

Abigail Smith to John Adams -

Weymouth May. th 9 1764
Welcome, Welcome thrice welcome is ...


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John Adams to Abigail Smith

Docno: AFC01d038

Author: JA
Recipient: AA
Date: 1764-05-08

[salute] Dr. Diana

This Morning received yours by Mr. Ayers.1 I can say nothing to the Contents at present, being obliged to employ all my Time in preparing for Braintree. I write only to thank you, and let you know I come home Tomorrow.—But when I shall see Diana, is uncertain. In the Warfare between Inclination and Prudence, I believe Prudence must prevail, especially as that Virtue will in this Case be seconded by the sincerest of all Affections, that of Lysander for Diana.
[signed] Lysander
RC Adams Papers ; addressed: “For Miss Abigail Smith Weymouth.”
 
1. This letter is missing—unless (as is probable) JA is referring to AA's of 4–6 May, above, which was actually marked for delivery by a Mr. Allen and not by Ayers.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
http://www.masshist.org/ff/