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Contents
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE, 1763-1773
To Isaac Smith Jr., March 16, 1763
“No small pleasure*.........................
To John Adams, August 11, 1763
“A tye more binding*..........................
To John Adams, September 12, 1763
“Cast in the same mould*......................
To Cotton Tufts, April 2, 1764
Smallpox Inoculation .........................
To John Adams, April 7, 1764
“Follow his prescriptions*....................
To John Adams, April 16, 1764
“Shall not I make my Letters very cheep*......
To John Adams, April 19—20, 1764
“Thou hast the curiosity of a Girl*...........
To John Adams, May 9, 1764
Welcome Home..................................
To John Adams, October 4, 1764
“You may take me*.............................
To Hannah Storer Green, post July 14, 1765
“Your Diana become a Mamma*...................
To Mary Smith Cranch, January 31, 1767
Domesticity...................................
To John Adams, September 13, 1767
“Come pappa come home*........................
To Isaac Smith Jr., April 20, 1771
“Women . . . inherit an Eaquel Share of curiosity* . . . .
To Mercy Otis Warren, July 16, 1773
“Requesting a correspondence*.................
xui
XIV
CONTENTS
REVOLUTION, 1773-1777
To Mercy Otis Warren, December 5—11, 1773
“Tea that bainfull weed”..................... 25
To John Adams, December 30, 1773
“How many snow banks devide thee and me” ...... 27
To Mercy Otis Warren, c. February 25, 1774
“So many terrors”............................ 28
To John Adams, August 19, 1774
Rollin’s Ancient History........................ 30
To John Adams, September 14—16, 1774
CCA little clashing of parties”.............. 31
To John Adams, October 16, 1774
“If the Sword be drawn”...................... 35
To Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay,
November—December 1774
“The cause of America”....................... 37
To Mercy Otis Warren, c. February 3, 1775
“The die is cast”............................. 40
To Mercy Otis Warren, May 2, 1775
“We have had several allarms”................ 44
To John Adams, May 24, 1775
Siege of Boston................................ 45
To John Adams, June 18—20, 1775
The Battle of Bunker Hill...................... 47
To John Adams, June 25, 1775
“Continual Expectation of Hostilities”......... 49
To John Adams, July 5, 1775
“Hanger they say makes people valient”.......... 52
To John Adams, July 12, 1775
The Hayden Affair.............................. 54
To John Adams, July 16, 1775
Meeting General Washington..................... 57
To John Adams, August 10-11, 1775
Heath of John’s Brother......................... 63
CONTENTS
XV
To John Adams, September 8—io, 1775
“Our House is an hospital”.................... 64
To John Adams, September 17, 1775
“In Weymouth it is very sickly”............... 66
To John Adams, September 25, 1775
“A heavy Heart”................................. 68
To John Adams, October 1, 1775
Death of Abigail’s Mother....................... 69
To John Adams, October 9, 1775
“The keen Edg of Sorrow”...................... 70
To John Adams, October 21, 1775
“The sickness has abated”....................... 73
To John Adams, November 5, 1775
Benjamin Franklin............................... 76
To John Adams, November 27, 1775
A Hew Form of Government........................ 78
To Mercy Otis Warren, January 1776
“A most painfull Seperation”.................. 81
To John Adams, March 2—10, 1776
Fortification of Dorchester Heights............. 82
To John Adams, March 16—18, 1776
End of the Siege of Boston.................... 86
To John Adams, March 31—April 5, 1776
“Remember the Ijzdies”........................ 90
To Mercy Otis Warren, April 27, 1776
“A List of Female Grievances”................... 93
To John Adams, June 17, 1776
Visit to a Warship.............................. 95
To John Adams, July 13—14, 1776
The Declaration of Independence................. 99
To John Adams, July 21—22, 1776
The Declaration Read in Boston.................. 102
To John Adams, August 14, 1776
“God Bless the united States of America”
104
XVI
CONTENTS
To John Adams, August 31—September 2, 1776
Safely Inoculated for Smallpox.................. 105
To John Adams, September 20, 1776
aDomestick affairs require your presence”...... 107
To John Adams, September 23, 1776
ccMy Pen is my only pleasure”................... 109
To Mercy Otis Warren, January 1777
Generals Pee and Washington..................... 110
To John Adams, March 8—10, 1777
Pregnancy....................................... 112
To John Adams, April 17, 1777
ccMary I never saw any body grow so fat”. . ... 115
To John Adams, May 6—9, 1777
Counterfeit Money............................... 117
To John Adams, June 15, 1777
Fearing an Attack on Boston..................... 119
To John Adams, July 9 I777
Fears for a Stillbirth......................... 121
To John Adams, July 10—11, 1777
Beginning of Labor............................... 122
To John Adams, July 16, 1777
iClS[umberd with its ancestors”.................. 124
To Mercy Otis Warren, August 14—16, 1777
arWere I a man I must be in the Feild”........„ 125
To John Adams, October 25, 1777
British Surrender at Saratoga.................... 127
To James Lovell, c. December 15, 1777
Commissioner to France.......................... 128
THE YEARS ABROAD, 1778-1788
To Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer, c. March I, 1778
“I consented to the Seperation”................. 133
To John Adams, March 8, 1778
“I have travelled with you”...................... 134
CONTENTS xvii
To John Adams, May 18, 1778
“Difficult as the Day is”...................... 136
To John Quincy Adams, June 10, 1778
First Letter to Her Son........................ 138
To James Lovell, June 12, 1778
Fear That John Was Captured..................... 141
To John Adams, c. July 15, 1778
Renting Out the Farm............................ 142
To John Thaxter Jr., September 2—3, 1778
“I hear the alarm Guns fired”................... 145
To John Quincy Adams, September 29, 1778
“Write me a Letter en Francois”................ 147
To James Lovell, February—March 1779
“The Freedom I take in Scribling”...,.......... 148
To Abigail Adams 2nd, c. February 11, 1779
“Letters . . . from your papa”................. 151
To John Adams, June 8, 1779
Conditions at Home............................. 152
To James Lovell, June 18—26, 1779
“I am not in a very good humour”............... 155
To John Adams, November 14, 1779
John Leaves for France Again................... 158
To James Lovell, November 18, 1779
“Why was I horn with so much sensibility”...... 159
To James Lovell, December 13, 1779
“Any important and interesting matters”........ 160
To John Lowell, December 27, 1779
“My wants are circumscribed”................... 161
To John Quincy Adams, January 19, 1780
“Times in which a Genious would wish to live”.. 162
To Charles Adams, January 19, 1780
“Make yourself Master of what you undertake”... 164
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CONTENTS
To Mercy Otis Warren, February 28, 1780
Lord Chesterfield’s Letters to His Son ........ 165
To Elbridge Gerry, March 13, 1780
“Hot without honour save in his own country”... 168
To John Quincy Adams, March 20—May 8, 1780
“The Subject of Self knowledge”................. 171
To John Adams, April 15, 1780
Importation Business............................ 175
To John Adams, June 13, 1780
Heath of Sister-in-Law.......................... 177
To John Adams, October 8, 1780
“Could you bring the olive Branch”............. 178
To John Adams, November 13—24-, 1780
Minister to the Dutch Republic................. 181
To John Adams, January 15, 1781
“The infamous Arnold”.......................... 187
To John Quincy Adams, January 21, 1781
“You must not be a superficial observer”....... 189
To John Quincy Adams and Charles Adams,
February 8, 1781
“Have you learned to skate finely ?”............ 190
To John Adams, April 23, 1781
“Our own American affairs”...................... 191
To James Lovell, May 10, 1781
Stolen Letters.................................. 195
To Charles Adams, May 26, 1781
“You will be spoilt”............................ 196
To John Quincy Adams, May 26, 1781
On Studying History............................. 197
To John Adams, May 27, 1781
Dr. Thomas Welsh................................ 199
To James Lovell, July 14-, 1781 “We will begin a Hew Score”
199
CONTENTS
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To Elbridge Gerry, July 20, 1781
A Friend in Congress . ........................ 202
To John Adams, August 1, 1781
a.Falsehood and fraud”.......................... 205
To James Lovell, c. September 26, 1781
“Necessary to keep a Watchfull Eye over you”...207
To John Adams, September 29, 1781
John Quincy and Charles Leave Their Father.....209
To John Adams, December 9, 1781
“My list of Grievences”......................... 211
To James Lovell, January 8, 1782
“Shall . . . Slander impeach and abuse”........ 215
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, February—March 1782
Charles Arrives Safely......................... 217
To John Adams, April 10, 1782
John Sick in Holland............................ 219
To John Adams, July 17—18, 1782
“Reduced my purse pretty low”................... 222
To John Adams, September 5, 1782
Request to Join John in Europe................. 228
To John Adams, October 8, 1782
“Permit me ... to renew that Companionship” . . . 230
To John Adams, October 25, 1782
An Anniversary Letter............................ 233
To John Quincy Adams, November 13, 1782
“You have been a great traveller”................ 236
To John Adams, December 23, 1782
Royall Tyler..................................... 238
To John Adams, April 7, 1783
“They submit to my prohibition”.................. 243
To Royall Tyler, June 14., 1783
“Hints . . . which might Serve your interest”... 245
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CONTENTS
To John Adams, June 20, 1783
“I do not wish yon to accept an Embassy”...... 24.7
To John Adams, September 20, 1783
Death of Abigails Father^ William Smith......... 252
To John Adams, October 19, 1783
“No Courtship subsists”....................... 254.
To John Quincy Adams, November 20, 1783
“After two years silence”...................... 257
To John Adams, December 15, 1783
“Four pressing invitation”......................260
To John Quincy Adams, December 26, 1783
Observations on Governments..................... 263
To John Adams, January 3, 1784.
Preparations to Sail........................... 265
To John Adams, February 11, 1784-
“Fou call me to follow you”.................... 269
To John Adams, May 25, 1784.
“I . . . have engaged My passage”.............. 271
To Mary Smith Cranch, July 6—30, 1784
Ship Diary..................................... 273
To John Adams, July 23, 1784
Landed in England............................ 300
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, July 28—30, 1784
London......................................... 302
To John Adams, July 30, 1784.
Peunited with John Quincy...................... 309
To Elizabeth Cranch, September 5, 1784
Auteuil........................................ 3x0
To Lucy Cranch, September 5, 1784.
Paris.......................................... 313
To Mary Smith Cranch, September 5, 1784
Hotisekeeping in France........................ 3x5
CONTENTS xxi
To Elizabeth Cranch, December 3—13, 1784.
Official Dinners and Hairdressing................ 32,1
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, December 14, 1784.
a.Paris is a Horrid dirty City”................... 327
To Royall Tyler, January 4-, 1785
French Manners.................................... 331
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, January 11, 1785
Visit to an Orphanage............................. 335
To Cotton Tufts, April 26—May 10, 1785
Commission to London..............................34-0
To Alary Smith Cranch, c. May 5—10, 1785
“Who should I have to Love me then ?”............ 34-6
To Mercy Otis Warren, May 10, 1785
Lafayette........................................ 34-9
To Thomas Jefferson, June 6, 1785
Fnglish Hewspapers................................ 351
To Mary Smith Cranch, June 24—28, 1785
Presentation at Court............................. 355
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, c. August 15, 1785
*Polite circles are much alike”................... 362
To Lucy Cranch, August 27, 1785
Samuel Richardson................................ 364-
To Elizabeth Cranch, September 2, 1785
“I was one continued shudder”..................... 367
To Lucy Quincy Tufts, September 3, 1785
Acrobatics........................................ 370
To John Quincy Adams, September 6, 1785
“There are so many Bones of contention”........... 372
To Thomas Jefferson, October 7, 1785
Purchasing Tablecloths............................ 376
To Charles Adams, c. February 16, 1786 On Studying American History
378
XXII
CONTENTS
To John Quincy Adams, February 16, 1786
William Stephens Smith........................... 380
To Mary Smith Cranch, March 21, 1786
Royall Tyler^s Conduct........................... 388
To Elizabeth Cranch, April 2, 1786
“Ladies Route”................................... 390
To Isaac Smith Sr., April 8, 1786
Tribute for Barbary Pirates...................... 393
To Mary Smith Cranch, June 13, 1786
Abigail 2nd Is Married........................... 395
To Thomas Jefferson, July 23, 1786
“He has taken my daughter from me”............... 398
To Mary Smith Cranch, September 12, 1786
Holland...........................................400
To John Quincy Adams, November 28—
December 3, 1786
Shays’s Rebellion................................ 4-O5
To John Adams, December 23, 1786
a.I think very often of your being alone”.........407
To John Quincy Adams, January 17, 1787
“Be attentive to excercise”......................4.08
To Mary Smith Cranch, January 20, 1787
Bath............................................. 4.10
To Thomas Jefferson, January 29^ 1787
“The Tumults in my Native state”................ 4-16
To Thomas Boylston Adams, March 15, 1787
“Join the military company”..................... 4.18
To Lucy Cranch, April 26—May 6, 1787
“I am a Grandmamma!”............................ 4_I9
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, May 2—6, 1787
A T efence of the Constitutions..................4.22
To Thomas Jefferson, June 26, 1787
Polly Jefferson................................. 4-24-
CONTENTS
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To Thomas Jefferson, June 27, 1787
Sally Hemings.................................... 4-25
To Cotton Tufts, July 4-, 1787
Purchasing Peacejield...............................426
To Thomas Jefferson, July 6, 1787
Polly Jefferson’s Travel Plans...................... 4-27
To Mary Smith Cranch, July 16, 1787
“Neither be an Idle or a useless Spectator”........4-29
To Thomas Jefferson, September 10, 1787
“Sterling metal in the political crusible”........4-34-
To Mary Smith Cranch, September 15, 1787
South West England.................................. 4-36
To Cotton Tufts, November 6, 1787
Repairs to Peacejield.............................4-4-2
To Thomas Jefferson, December 5, 1787
“Mrs A excepts green”............................ 4-4-5
To Mary Smith Cranch, February 10, 1788
Death of Brother William Smith................... 4-4-5
To Thomas Jefferson, February 21, 1788
Taking Leave......................................4-4-8
To John Adams, March 23, 1788
The Constitution Is Ratified......................4-4-9
Diary of Her Return Voyage to America,
March 30-May 1, 1788 ............................... 4.50
VICE PRESIDENT’S LADY, 1788-1796 To Abigail Adams Smith, July 7, 1788
Return to Braintree........................... 4-57
To John Adams, December 3, 1788
Birth of John Adams Smith..................... 4-58
To John Adams, December 15, 1788
“All our votes . . . for vice President”......4-60
To John Adams, May I, 1789 Inauguration..............
4-62
XXIV
CONTENTS
To John Adams, May 31, 1789
Joining John in New York........................464
To Mary Smith Cranch, June 28, 1789
Journey to New York.............................466
To Mary Smith Cranch, July 12, 1789
Patronage.......................................469
To Mary Smith Cranch, August 9, 1789
President Washington............................ 473
To Mary Smith Cranch, January 5—10, 1790
“All distinction you know is unpopular”........ 477
To Cotton Tufts, May 30, 1790
“Great anxiety for the Pressident”............. 479
To John Quincy Adams, July 11, 1790
Birthday Letter................................. 481
To Mary Smith Cranch, August 8, 1790
Birth of Thomas Hollis Smith....................482
To John Quincy Adams, August 20, 1790
Advice on Marrying..............................484
To Mary Smith Cranch, August 29, 1790
“Removal to Philadelphia”...................... 485
To Cotton Tufts, September 6, 1790
Renting Peacefield............................. 487
To John Quincy Adams, November 7, 1790
“Common Tame reports that you are attachd”....489
To Mary Smith Cranch, December 12—14, 1790
“All my troubles”...............................490
To Abigail Adams Smith, January 25, 1791
Colonel Smithes Absence........................ 493
To Cotton Tufts, March 11, 1791
Summer at Braintree.............................494
To William Stephens Smith, March 16, 1791
Appointment as Supervisor of Revenue............497
To Martha Washington, June 29, 1791
“Thank you . . . for your Friendly Letter”......498
CONTENTS
XXV
To Mary Smith Cranch, October 30, 1791
“The Bustle of Removal”........................ 500
To John Quincy Adams, February 5, 1792
The Smiths Move to England..................... 501
To Mary Smith Cranch, April 20, 1792
“A devision of the . . . states”.............. 503
To John Adams, December 4-, 1792
Second Presidential Election................... 505
To Abigail Adams Smith, February 28, 1793
Request to Move Nearer......................... 507
To John Adams, November 28, 1793
Tellow Fever Epidemic.......................... 508
To John Adams, December 28, 1793
Citizen Genet................................... 509
To John Adams, December 31, 1793
“I never can be an uninterested Spectator”.... 511
To John Adams, January 18, 1794.
Critiquing John Quincy’s Barneveld............. 513
To Abigail Adams Smith, March 10, 1794-
“Be cautious of foreigners”.................... 516
To John Adams, March 26, 1794
“My Buisness is much impeeded”................. 517
To John Adams, April 18, 1794-
War with Britain............................... 519
To John Adams, May 27, 1794-
“I will not say that all my Geese are swan”... 521
To John Adams, December 6, 1794-
“What I think of France”....................... 522
To John Adams, January 4-, 1795
“The Education of Females”.................... 524-
To Thomas Boylston Adams, January 10, 1795
Weddings and Romances........................... 526
To John Adams, January 16, 1795 Naturalization Act
527
XXVI
CONTENTS
To Thomas Boylston Adams, February II, 1795
Thomas and John Quincy in Holland.............. 529
To Abigail Adams Smith, August 14., 1795
“Separated from my children”................... 532
To John Quincy Adams, September 15, 1795
The Jay Treaty................................. 534
To John Quincy Adams, May 20, 1796
John Quincy in Love ............................ 537
To John Quincy Adams, August 10, 1796
On Delaying Marriage............................. 540
To Thomas Boylston Adams, August 16, 1796
“Hold Tourselffree for an American wife”........ 542
To Thomas Boylston Adams, September 25, 1796
Washingtonys Farewell............................544
To John Adams, December 7, 1796
Third Presidential Flection...................... 546
To Elbridge Gerry, December 28, 1796
“Mix commissiration with your congratulations” . , . 547
FIRST LADY, 1797-1801
To John Adams, January I, 1797
A Dream......................................... 553
To John Adams, January 15, 1797
“Mr Jeffersons Heart”............................ 554
To John Adams, January 28, 1797
Colonel Smith’s Financial Speculation........... 556
To Charles Adams, February 5, 1797
The Hew Vice President.......................... 559
To John Adams, February 8, 1797
The Announcement of Election Results............ 561
To John Adams, February 13, 1797
“Because his Face is Black”..................... 561
To Mercy Otis Warren, March 4, 1797
“Offences will come”............................. 564
CONTENTS
XXV11
To John Adams, March 12, 1797
On the Inaugural Address....................... 565
To John Adams, April 17, 1797
Joining John in Philadelphia.................... 567
To John Adams, April 23, 1797
Deaths of Mother-in-Law and Niece.............. 568
To Mary Smith Cranch, May 16, 1797
Joining the President........................... 569
To Mary Smith Cranch, May 24, 1797
“The unbecomeing . . . conduct of France”...... 571
To Mary Smith Cranch, June 6—8, 1797
“I expected to be vilified and abused”.......... 573
To John Quincy Adams, June 15, 1797
John Qtiincy Appointed Minister to Berlin....... 575
To John Quincy Adams, June 23—24-, 1797
Commission to France............................ 578
To Cotton Tufts, July 12, 1797
Expectation of War with France.................. 580
To Mercy Otis Warren, October 1, 1797
“Tour kind invitation”.......................... 581
To Mary Smith Cranch, October 31, 1797
John Quincy’s Marriage.......................... 583
To John Quincy Adams, November 3, 1797
aI sincerely congratulate you”................. 584-
To Mary Smith Cranch, November 15, 1797
Colonel Smith’s Absence......................... 587
To Louisa Catherine Adams, November 24-, 1797
A New Daughter-in-Law........................... 589
To Mary Smith Cranch, November 28, 1797
Letters from Colonel Smith...................... 591
To Mary Smith Cranch, February 6, 1798
Colonel Smith Feturns........................... 593
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CONTENTS
To William Smith, February 6, 1798
Presidential Appointments....................... 595
To Cotton Tufts, February 6, 1798
Investments...................................... 597
To Mary Smith Cranch, February 15, 1798
Celebration of Washington’s Birthday............. 599
To Mary Smith Cranch, March 5, 1798
a.Dispatches have arrived”....................... 601
To Mary Smith Cranch, March 14-, 1798
Fashion Trends................................... 603
To Mary Smith Cranch, March 20, 1798
Publishing Dispatches from France.................604
To Mary Smith Cranch, March 27, 1798
Renewed insults”.................................606
To John Quincy Adams, March 29, 1798
ccWe hear nothing of our Envoys39.................608
To Thomas Boylston Adams, April 4, 1798
Single Women......................................609
To Mary Smith Cranch, April 13, 1798
“Sold to the French”............................. 611
To Esther Black, April 15, 1798
Caring for an Orphan............................. 613
To Cotton Tufts, April 16, 1798
Building a library at Peacefield................. 615
To John Quincy Adams, April 21, 1798
“The Hydra Monster of Jacobinism”.............. 6x6
To Mary Smith Cranch, April 26, 1798
Haily Columbia................................... 619
To Mary Smith Cranch, May 10, 1798
“An incendary Letter”............................ 621
To Mary Smith Cranch, May 13, 1798
“The President is most worn down”. . .............624
To Cotton Tufts, May 25, 1798
Congress’s Summer Recess.......................... 625
CONTENTS xxix
To John Quincy Adams, May 26, 1798
“A System of demoralizing the World*........... 625
To Mary Smith Cranch, May 26, 1798
“Proofs of a conspiracy*........................ 627
To Thomas Welsh Jr., c. June 4, 1798
A Secretary for John Quincy..................... 630
To Mary Smith Cranch, June 5, 1798
Meetings with Talleyrand........................ 631
To John Quincy Adams, June 12, 1798
John Quincy’s Investments Fail.................. 631
To Mary Smith Cranch, June 19, 1798
“A Tetter from Talleyra nd*.................... 634
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, June 22, 1798
“Mr. Gerrys remaining in France*................ 636
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 7, 1798
Medical Advice.................................. 638
To Cotton Tufts, July 10, 1798
General Washington Galled Upon.................. 641
To Thomas Boylston Adams, July 20, 1798
Preparing for War.............................. 643
To John Quincy Adams, November 15, 1798
Recovered from Illness.......................... 645
To John Adams, November 29, 1798
Thanksgiving Tetter..............................648
To John Quincy Adams, December 2, 1798
John Quincy’s Investments........................649
To John Adams, December 15, 1798
“LIving without Femals*......................... 652
To Thomas Boylston Adams, January 20, 1799
Welcome Home.................................... 653
To John Adams, January 25, 1799
“The integrity of Mr. Gerrys Heart*............. 654
To John Quincy Adams, February I, 1799
“A Statement of this buisness*.................. 656
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CONTENTS
To John Quincy Adams, February io, 1799
“I Blush for my Country}3*....................... 659
To John Adams, February 2,7— 28, 1799
“They wisht the old woman had been there*.......660
To John Quincy Adams, June 12, 1799
“Our National affairs prosper”................... 662
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 19, 1799
Clothing Her Grandsons............................664
To Mary Smith Cranch, October 31, 1799
Fears for Louisa Catherine........................666
To Mary Smith Cranch, December II, 1799
Pickering Opposes Peace with France.............. 668
To Mary Smith Cranch, December 22—23, 1799
Death of George Washington....................... 670
To Mary Smith Cranch, December 30—31, 1799
“The propriety of sending the Envoys33........... 672
To Catherine Nuth Johnson, January 19, 1800
Presidential Appointments........................ 675
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 4, 1800
Fears for Her Grandchildren...................... 676
To John Quincy Adams, April 27, 1800
Sedition Indictments............................. 679
To Cotton Tufts, April 30, 1800
Home Improvements................................ 682
To Mary Smith Cranch, May 3, 1800
Leaving Philadelphia............................. 683
To Abigail Adams Smith, May 4—5, 1800
Hamilton’s scheems*.............................. 685
To Abigail Adams Smith, May 12, 1800
Changes to the Cabinet........................... 686
To John Quincy Adams, May 15, 1800 CS4 Change in the Chief Majestracy”
687
CONTENTS XXXi
To John Adams, May 19, 1800
“I must recommend the Warm Bath”................690
To Mary Smith Cranch, May 26, 1800
“Col. Smiths situation”........................ 691
To Catherine Nuth Johnson, August 20, 1800
Furnishing the President’s House.............. 692
To John Quincy Adams, September 1, 1800
“I now advise you to return”....................696
To William Stephens Smith, September 6, 1800
Charles’s Alcoholism............................700
To Mary Smith Cranch, November 10, 1800
Fast Visit to Charles........................... 701
To Mary Smith Cranch, November 21, 1800
Journey to Washington, D.C...................... 702
To Abigail Adams Smith, November 21, 1800
The Hew Capital.................................706
To Sarah Smith Adams, December 8, 1800
Death of Charles Adams.......................... 708
To Mary Smith Cranch, December 8, 1800
“Afflictions of this kind”.......................709
To Thomas Boylston Adams, December 13, 1800
ccWe retire from public Life”.................. 710
To Mary Smith Cranch, December 21—27, 1800
Mount Vernon................................... 712
To Thomas Boylston Adams, December 25, 1800
Appointments Under the Hew Presidency.......... 715
To Mary Smith Cranch, January 15, 1801
“Of public Life he takes a final farewell”.... 718
To John Quincy Adams, January 29, 1801
Marshall Appointed Chief Justice................ 720
To Mary Smith Cranch, February 7, 1801
“He is not a believer in the Christian system”
724-
XXX11
CONTENTS
To John Adams, February 21, 1801
Convention of 1800............................... 726
RETIREMENT, 1801-1818
To Thomas Boylston Adams, March 22, 1801
“He knew not the Character, he thus abused”.... 731
To John Quincy Adams, May 30, 1801
“A Spirit of party”.............................. 732
To John Quincy Adams, September 13, 1801
John Quincy in America........................... 737
To Hannah Phillips Cushing, February 3, 1802
Judiciary Act of 1802............................ 738
To Thomas Boylston Adams, February 28, 1802
“My pin money”................................... 739
To Thomas Boylston Adams, December 13, 1802
Rumors of Thomas Marrying....................... 74.1
To Mercy Otis Warren, January 16, 1803
“Private confidence has been betrayed”.......... 74-3
To Thomas Boylston Adams, April 26, 1803
Financial Ruin.................................. 74.5
To Thomas Boylston Adams, May 8, 1803
“Tour Brother is to Be the purchaser”.......... 747
To Thomas Jefferson, May 20, 1804
L eath of Polly Jefferson....................... 74.8
To Thomas Jefferson, July 1, 1804
James Callender ................................ 74-9
To Thomas Jefferson, August 18, 1804
Rescinding John Quincy’s Appointment............. 752
To Thomas Jefferson, October 25, 1804
Closing a Correspondence......................... 755
To Louisa Catherine Adams, December 8, 1804
John Qtiincy’s Health and Appearance............. 757
To John Quincy Adams, December 18, 1804
“Tou had an apparent Stiffness of temper”........ 759
CONTENTS XXXiii
To John Quincy Adams, December 30, 1804.
George Washington Adams......................... 761
To John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams,
November 29, 1805
Grandsons George and John....................... 763
To Louisa Catherine Adams, January 19, 1806
“Seperations of all kinds from Children ”.......764.
To Louisa Catherine Adams, February 15, 1806
Death of a Friend’s Child........................ 766
To John Quincy Adams, March 5, 1806
Francisco de Miranda............................. 767
To John Quincy Adams, March 24, 1806
ccDepends much upon his personal appearence”.... 769
To Mercy Otis Warren, March 9, 1807
“What does mr Adams think of Napolean?”......... 770
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, June 10, 1807
Family News...................................... 773
To John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams,
October 25, 1807
Grandsons Sent to School......................... 775
To Abigail Adams Smith, January 14-, 1808
“ICour departure was so sudden39................ 777
To Louisa Catherine Adams, April 4., 1808
Grandson William Smith’s Prospects............... 778
To Caroline Amelia Smith, May 28, 1808
“A novel called the Wild Irish Girl”............ 780
To Abigail Adams Smith, June 19, 1808
John Quincy Loses Mis Senate Seat................ 781
To Abigail Adams Smith, December 8, 1808
aFor having chosen an infidel president”........ 784
To Abigail Adams Smith, April 10, 1809
John Abused in the Press......................... 786
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, June 5, 1809
Education for Women.............................. 788
XXXIV
CONTENTS
To Abigail Adams Smith, June 19, 1809
Against Preserving Her Letters.................. . 791
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 18, 1809
John Quincy Appointed Minister to Russia........ 793
To John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams,
August 5, 1809
John Quincy Sails for Russia.................... 795
To Mercy Otis Warren, December 31, 1809
Mercy Otis Warren^s History..................... 796
To Louisa Catherine Adams, January 12, 1810
“Some of the flying reports of the day”......... 797
To Louisa Catherine Adams, March 6, 1810
“Difficulties you will no doubt encounter”...... 799
To James Madison, August 1, 1810
Request to Recall John Quincy...................800
To Catherine Nuth Johnson, September 19, 1810
Reception at the Russian Court.................. 802
To Susanna Boylston Adams, October 25, 1810
“Your Grandfather misses your singing”.......... 803
To John Quincy Adams, January 26, 1811
Death of Louisa CatherineJs Sister..............804
To John Quincy Adams, February 22, 1811
Frequent Elections............................... 806
To Caroline Amelia Smith, February 26, 1811
“Juno yet lives”..................................809
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody,
February 28, 1811
On Her Own Education............................. 810
To John Quincy Adams, March 4, 1811
Appointment to the Supreme Court................. 813
To Louisa Catherine Adams, March 4, 1811
“Honorably back to his Native Country”........... 815
To Abigail Adams Smith, March 10, 1811
“A great Blessing to this Nation”............... 817
CONTENTS
XXXV
To Catherine Nuth Johnson, March 30, 1811
Secretary of State Robert Smith................. 818
To Caroline Amelia Smith, April 18, 1811
Family History.................................... 821
To Louisa Catherine Adams, April 28, 1811
aAl cancer in her Breast*....................... 822
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 10-11, 1811
Abigail 2nd Consults Doctors...................... 825
To Abigail Louisa Adams, July 23, 1811
“Necessary ... to procure you a living*......... 827
To William Stephens Smith, July 23, 1811
Opinion of the Doctor............................. 828
To Catherine Nuth Johnson, July 31, 1811
Louisa Cathei ine’s Pregnancy..................... 830
To William Stephens Smith, August 28, 1811
Consulting with More Doctors...................... 832
To Catherine Nuth Johnson, September 22, 1811
John Quincy to Remain in Russia................... 834.
To John Quincy Adams, September 24-, 1811
Sicknesses and Deaths............................ 836
To Benjamin Rush, October 15, 1811
“Submit to an operation*.......................... 839
To William Cranch, October 17, 1811
Death of Richard Cranch............................840
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, October 22, 1811
Death of Mary Smith Cranch.........................840
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, November 8, 1811
Abigail znd^s Recovery............................ 843
To John Quincy Adams, November 17, 1811
Death of Catherine Hath Johnson...................84.6
To John Adams 2nd, December 8, 1811
“Your Sister was Baptized”........................ 850
To Mercy Otis Warren, December 14, 1811
“After Such an Operation*......................... 852
XXXVI
CONTENTS
To John Quincy Adams, January 5, 1812
Battle of Tippecanoe............................ 853
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 17—
August 4, 1812
aPheby is too infirm”.......................... 856
To John Quincy Adams, July 29, 1812
The War of 1812................................. 857
To John Quincy Adams, December 30, 1812
“We glory in our Infant Navy”.................. 859
To Louisa Catherine Adams, January 30, 1813
Heath of Baby Granddaughter..................... 862
To John Quincy Adams, February 25, 1813
War News........................................ 863
To John Quincy Adams, April 23, 1813
John Quincy to Negotiate Peace.................. 865
To Mercy Otis Warren, June 20, 1813
“I fear She will never again enjoy health”..... 868
To John Quincy Adams, July 1, 1813
Opinions of the War............................. 869
To Louisa Catherine Adams, July 24, 1813
“Great calls upon your fortitude”............... 873
To Lucy Cranch Greenleaf, c. July 1813
“She is indeed a very sick woman”.............. 875
To Mercy Otis Warren, August 8, 1813
“A Schirrous Cancer Seated in the Breast”...... 875
To George Washington Adams and John Adams 2nd,
August 15, 1813
Heath of Abigail 2nd............................ 877
To John Quincy Adams, August 30, 1813
Obituary for Abigail 2nd....................... 877
To John Quincy Adams, September 13, 1813
“A melancholy letter”........................... 881
To Thomas Jefferson, September 20, 1813
“Tou called upon me to talk of myself”......... 883
CONTENTS XXXvii
To François Adriaan van der Kemp, February 3, 1814
“Tour portrait of female excellence*........... 884.
To John Quincy Adams, September 7, 1814
The Burning of Washington....................... 885
To John Quincy Adams, October 18, 1814
“I See not any chance for peace*................ 887
To Caroline Smith De Windt, October 23, 1814
Death of Mercy Otis Warren...................... 890
To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 26, 1815
Battle of Isiew Orleans......................... 891
To Thomas Baker Johnson, March 3, 1815
Peace with Britain.............................. 893
To John Quincy Adams, March 8, 1815
Minister to Great Britain........................894
To Stephen Peabody, April 11, 1815
Death of Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody.......... 896
To Louisa Catherine Adams, April 14, 1815
“I am left alone*............................... 897
To Louisa Catherine Adams, May 9, 1815
George and John Join Their Parents............. 899
To Doiley Madison, May 14, 1815
Requested Appointment for Grandson...............902
To John Quincy Adams, May 20, 1815
“This little history of their Characters*...... 903
To François Adriaan van der Kemp, May 26, 18x5
“By way of amusement*............................906
To Abigail Adams Shaw, June 6, 1815
Gilbert Stuart.................................. 908
To Louisa Catherine Adams, September 2, 1815
English Society................................. 910
To John Quincy Adams, December 2, 1815
“Mr Munroe will be our next president*.......... 911
To John Quincy Adams, December 24, 1815
Death of Cotton Tufts............................ 913
xxxviii CONTENTS
Will of Abigail Adams, January 18, 1816............. 914
To John Quincy Adams, February 10, 1816
Portraits by Stuart and Morse................... 917
To Richard Rush, February 26, 1816
“How inadequate the Sallery was”................ 919
To Louisa Catherine Adams, March 20, 1816
“We jointly advised her”......................... 921
To Charles Francis Adams, March 28, 18x6
Learning Languages................................924
To John Quincy Adams, May 5—9, 1816
Theology..........................................924
To John Adams 2nd, May 21, 1816
Marriage of Susanna Boylston Adams.............. 927
To John Quincy Adams, June 29, 1816
Death of William Stephens Smith................. 929
To John Quincy Adams, December 5, 1816
John Quincy Appointed Secretary of State......... 932
To Thomas Jefferson, December 15, 1816
Antoine Destutt de Tracy.............. ......... 933
To Richard Rush, March 24, 1817
“An increase of the Sallery” ................... 934
To William Cranch, March 26, 1817
Seeking an Appointment for a Grandson........... 935
To Thomas Jefferson, April 29, 1817
“One of your tormentors?”........................ 935
To John Quincy Adams, August 10, 1817
John Quincy in America........................... 936
To Harriet Welsh, August 18, 1817
John Quincy Arrives Home......................... 937
To Harriet Welsh, October 1, 1817
Death of Thomas Greenleaf Jr..................... 938
To Julia Stockton Rush, October 15, 1817
“Ho Small personal gratification”.................940
CONTENTS XXXIX
To Harriet Welsh, December i, 1817
“I am Aged wrinkled decayed”.................. 94-1
To Louisa Catherine Adams, December 12, 1817
Family News...................................... 942
To John Quincy Adams, December 14, 1817
Stuart’s Portrait of Abigail 2nd................. 945
To Harriet Welsh, December 31, 1817
“A record of presidential ceremony”...............946
To François Adriaan van der Kemp, January 24, 1818
ccLetters of mine to ptiblish ?”..................948
To Harriet Welsh, January 24, 1818
“I have not any ambition to appear in print”......949
To Louisa Catherine Adams, February 27, 1818
“The point of Ettiquette”........................ 950
To Caroline Smith De Windt, March 22, 1818
“A sweeter incense”.............................. 952
To John Quincy Adams, June 23, 1818
“Speak to the Secretary of the Navy ”............ 954
To Louisa Catherine Adams, August 21, 1818
“I wish you to come”............................ 954.
Chronology........................................... 959
List of Correspondents............................... 985
Note on the Texts....................................1001
Notes.............................................. 1016
Index................................................1150
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