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  • Your Letter damp't my Spirits; when I had no expectation of your return till December, I endeavourd to bring my mind to acquiess in the too painfull Situation, but I have now been in a state of

    Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 20 September 1776 1963

  • I could do it agin, but you see I'm tryin 'to harmonize, to acquiess, to becum calm and sereen.

    Bill Arp from the uncivil war to date, 1861-1903, 1903

  • Well I always acquiess, sp? to you DM, and I for one, love how JCO works on the fly!

    Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

  • I received youre note of yesterday offering me a portion of the worke to be done on the Western ra [n] ge now to be let, which was gratafying to me as it is an evidance of my having given satisfaction in my presant worke as far as I have progressed, but cannot but regret althoug disposed to acquiess in the reduction of the prices on the buildings on which we are now to be ingaged not only as it affects us as undertakers but is calculated to delay the completion of the buildings, as we must necessarily be obliged to reduce the wages of oure Workmen which are already so low that they are hardly sufficient to induce good workmen to leave Sities and come here for employment --

    Letters to and from Jefferson, 1821 [a machine-readable transcription] 1821

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