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John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams
Docno: AFC06d076
Recipient: AA
Date: 1785-07-17
[dateline] July 17th. 1785 1. o'clock in the morning
[salute] Dear Madam
We are now sailing up North River; and have met the french packet about 6 leagues from New York: she will sail to morrow morning; and has sent her boat on board, while we are at sail. I profit of the only <minute> instant I have to inform you, that after a tedious passage of 8 weeks, we expect [by] noon to be at New York. I have not even time to seal the Letter I have prepared for my Sister,1 and must request
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she, and my Father, will excuse me if the peculiarity of the circumstance prevents me from writing to them.
[salute] Your ever affectionate Son.
[signed] J. Q. Adams
RC
Adams Papers
; addressed: “Mrs. A. Adams. <to the care of Mr. J. Elworthy, Merchant N. 1 Broad Street.> London”; in another hand after the canceled material: “Corner of Brooke St. Grovesnor Sqr.”; docketed by AA2 “JQA. July 17th 1785”; marked: “B” and “PP R T”; and stamped: “SE[ . . . ]” and “[ . . . ]
[o]'clock.” Slight damage to the text near the torn seal.
1. That of 25 May, above.
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/
http://www.masshist.org/ff/