Today in Johnson City History, Monday, July 7, 2025
John's letter to Abigail, weddings and more
Friday, July 7, 1775: Two hundred and fifty years ago today, John Adams wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail. The letter, with the original spellings, is as follows:
“Philadelphia July 7, 1775
“My Dear
“I have received your very agreable Favours of June 22d and 25th. They contain more particulars than any Letters I had before received from any Body.
“It is not at all surprizing to me that the wanton, cruel, and infamous Conflagration of Charlestown, the Place of your Fathers Nativity, should afflict him. Let him know that I sincerely condole with him, on that melancholly Event. It is a Method of conducting War long since become disreputable among civilized Nations: But every Year brings us fresh Evidence, that We have nothing to hope for from our loving Mother Country, but Cruelties more abominable than those which are practiced by the Savage Indians.