1764–1787
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams (1777)
York Town Pennsylvania, Septr. 30. 1777 Tuesday My best Friend It is now a long Time, since I had an Opportunity of writing to you, and I fear you have
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York Town Pennsylvania, Septr. 30. 1777 Tuesday My best Friend It is now a long Time, since I had an Opportunity of writing to you, and I fear you have
Tuesd: the 27th: We were alarm’d very Early in the Morning by a Rept: of an Action at the Post from whence we were Reliev’d the Night before, upon which
York, June 17, 1778 Dear Sir— I troubled you with a few private Lines on the 13th by Crugier. Congress have not determined their answer to the British Commissioners Address,
“From George Washington to Joseph Jones, 12 March 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/auhj. Dear Sir: I have received your letter of the 27th. Ulto., and thank you for the information
“From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 20 March 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/oqec. Dear Sir: I have to thank you, and I do it very sincerely, for your obliging favors
Dear Sir, I have wrote you 2 or 3 letters since I receivd any from you. My last was by Doctor Church. I yesterday wrote to Genll Spencer which he
Camp near Cain Creek Dear Sir, The Troops I had the Honor to command have been so fortunate as to obtain a compleat Victory over a Detachment from the British
I should forfeit even in my own Opinion, the place I have so long held in yours, if I could be indifferent to your Approbation, and silent on the Motives
My Lord, Conscious of the rectitude of my Intentions (whatever Constructions may have been put on my Conduct,) and convinced of the benevolence and goodness of your Lordship, I am
The Rebels breathe the most rancorous and malignant Spirit everywhere. Committees and Associations are formed in every Colony and Resolves passed that no Refugees shall return nor have their Estates