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Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams -

London August 11th. 1785 Grosvenor Square
I went from my own little writing ...

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Grosvenor Square London August 12 1785
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Abigail Adams 2d to Royall Tyler

Docno: AFC06d087

Author: AA2
Recipient: Tyler, Royall
Date: 1785-08-11

[dateline] [ ca. 11 August 1785 ] 1

[salute] Sir

Herewith you receive your letters and miniature with my desire that you would return mine to my Uncle Cranch, and my hopes that you are well satisfied with the affair as is
[signed] A. A.
MS not found. Printed from Grandmother Tyler's Book , p. 76. No other versions of the letter survive, nor is there any evidence to show whether the text is complete.
 
1. The date is suggested by AA to JQA, 11 Aug., above. See also AA to Mary Cranch, 15 Aug., and notes 3–7, and AA to Cotton Tufts, 18 Aug., both below.
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.
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