Letters in Love

The letters of John and Abigail Adams: always soothing for me, I could read on and on. They contain much wisdom and wonderful insight into our country at the time of revolution, and into a strong marriage/relationship. John and Abigial spent many months and years apart, yet their love for each other continued to grow. Abigail provided support to John's public service, and John in return provided affection.



"No Words, no Actions can express the Ardour of Affection with which I am theirs & yours."

"I have waited with great patience, restraining as much as posible every anxious Idea for 3 Months. But now every Vessel which arrives sits my expectation upon the wing, and I pray my Gaurdian Genious to waft me the happy tidings of your Safety and Welfare. Heitherto my wandering Ideas Rove like the Son of Ulissis from Sea to Sea, and from Shore to Shore, not knowing where to find you. Sometimes I fancy'd you upon the Mighty Waters, sometimes at your desired Haven; sometimes upon the ungratefull and Hostile Shore of Britain, but at all times and in all places under the protecting care and Guardianship of that Being who not only cloathes the lilies of the Feild and hears the young Ravens when they cry, but hath said of how much more worth are ye than many Sparrows, and this confidence which the world cannot deprive me of, is my food by day and my Rest by Night, and was all my consolation under the Horrid Ideas of assassination, the only Event of which I had not thought, and in some measure prepaird my mind."

Wonderful reading for a Valentine's Day.