 I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter of Mr. Jefferson's, who arrived here with a young negro girl, her servant, from Virginia. Mr. Jefferson wrote me some months ago that he expected them, and desired me to receive them I did so, and was...  Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John Adams - Page 175by Abigail Adams - 1840Full view - About this book
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...touehingly and vividly described by Mrs. Adams in a letter to her sister. She writes : From Mrs. Adams. I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...finer child of her age I never saw.* So mature an undero standing, so womanly a behavior, and so much sensibility united, are rarely to be met with.... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 698 pages
...guest, immediately after her departure, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Cranch, of Massachusetts : " I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...never saw. So mature an understanding, so womanly a behavior, and so much sensibilitt, united, are rarely to be met with. I grew so fond of her, and she... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 726 pages
...guest, immediately after her departure, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Cranch, of Massachusetts : " I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...young negro girl, her servant, from Virginia. Mr. Jeffersou wrote me some months ago that he expected them, and desired me to receive them I did so,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 710 pages
...after her departure, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Cranch, of Massachusetts : " I have had with mo for a fortnight a little daughter of Mr. Jefferson's,...young negro girl, her servant, from Virginia. Mr. Jcffersou wrote mo some months ago that he expected them, and desired me to receive them I did so,... | |
 | Hamilton Wilcox Pierson - 1862 - 208 pages
...read a beautiful letter that Mrs. Adams wrote to her sister, Mrs. Cranch, about her. Here it is : " ' I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...never saw. So mature an understanding, so womanly a behavior, and so much sensibility, united, are rarely to be met with. I grew so fond of her, and she... | |
 | Laura Carter Holloway - 1870 - 704 pages
...guest, immediately after her departure, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Cranch, of Massachusetts: " I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...desired me to receive them. I did so, and was amply rewarded for my trouble. A finer child of her age I never saw. So mature an understanding, so womanly... | |
 | Sarah Nicholas Randolph - 1871 - 436 pages
...touchingly and vividly described by Mrs. Adams in a letter to her sister. She writes : From Mrs. Adams. I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...never saw.* So mature an understanding, so womanly a behavior, and so much sensibility united, are rarely to be met with. I grew so fond of her, and she... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 704 pages
...guest, immediately after her departure, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Cranch, of Massachusetts : " I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...young negro girl, her servant, from Virginia. Mr. Jeflerson wrote nn- some months ago thnt he expected them, and desired me to receive them I did so,... | |
 | Laura Carter Holloway - 1881 - 800 pages
...guest, immediately after her departure, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Cranch, of Massachusetts : "I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...desired me to receive them. I did so, and was amply rewarded for my trouble. A finer child of her age I never saw. So mature an understanding, so womanly... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1887 - 560 pages
...following extract from a letter of Mrs. Abigail Adams, then in London, to her sister, Mrs. Cranch: — " I have had with me for a fortnight a little daughter...never saw. So mature an understanding, so womanly a behavior, and so much sensibility, united, are rarely to be met with. I grew so fond of her, and she... | |
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