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JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826)
U.S.
President 1797-1801 |
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JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826)
U.S.
President 1797-1801 |
 1 leaf folded to19.6 x 32.4 cm. Breese and Morse family papers, 1772-1846. |
Letter from Ebenezer
Hazard (1744-1817), New York publisher, historian,
and bookseller,
to Samuel Breese, February 13, 1800, describing encounters with President
John Adams in Charleston, South Carolina, among other matters. Hazard
writes about the popularity of the ladies in his party: "We have been gratified with the Company of our Charlestown Friends for a Fortnight; they have had very great attention paid them, I assure you, & that by great Folks too, such as Members of Congress, the President of the U. States, etc., and they are to dine with the President today. I am glad Abby happened to be here as it furnished an opportunity of introducing her into company to which she could not otherwise so easily have had access. She had the honor of drinking tea at the President's t'other day and had polite attention paid her, - as had my wife too:- this is an addition to her 'good luck' which the Shrewsbury Fortune Teller did not foresee. She looked charmingly, & I have been 'mightily pleased' since to hear that a lady in the company asked another who that handsome lady was. The President's Lady has since called & returned their visit. -Yesterday afternoon they drank tea at Mr. Boudinot's (or Mrs. Bradford's) in company with Cousin Rush's Lady, Mrs. Blair, & a great variety besides; - & you must not be surprised if you should hear before long that Abby has been at one of Mrs. Adams's Levees; for this is in contemplation. I hope you will do as I did when I builded, - lay an Iron Bar lengthwise of the sill of your Street Door, to keep it from being worn out." |
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