We cannot go back.

We must stand our ground as long as we can.
Dispose of our places with the help of our friend Dr.Tufts, as well as you can.

We are impatient for news, but that is always so at this season.
I am tenderly your J.A." THE SAME TO THE SAME.
"Philadelphia, 9th Feb., 1797.
"My Dearest Friend, "The die is cast,[Footnote: Mr.Adams had, the day previous, been announced President elect of the United States.] and you must prepare yourself for honorable trials.

I must wait to know whether Congress will do anything or not to furnish my house.

If they do not, I will have no house before next fall, and then a very moderate one, with very moderate furniture.