REVOLUTION, To Mercy Otis Warren, December 5 11, 1773 Tea that bainfull weed To John Adams, December 30, 1773 How many snow banks

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1 Contents COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE, To Isaac Smith Jr., March 16, 1763 No small pleasure... 3 To John Adams, August 11, 1763 A tye more binding... 4 To John Adams, September 12, 1763 Cast in the same mould... 5 To Cotton Tufts, April 2, 1764 Smallpox Inoculation... 6 To John Adams, April 7, 1764 Follow his prescriptions... 8 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... 9 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 xiii

2 xiv Contents REVOLUTION, To Mercy Otis Warren, December 5 11, 1773 Tea that bainfull weed To John Adams, December 30, 1773 How many snow banks devide thee and me To Mercy Otis Warren, c. February 25, 1774 So many terrors To John Adams, August 19, 1774 Rollin s Ancient History To John Adams, September 14 16, 1774 A little clashing of parties To John Adams, October 16, 1774 If the Sword be drawn To Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay, November December 1774 The cause of America To Mercy Otis Warren, c. February 3, 1775 The die is cast To Mercy Otis Warren, May 2, 1775 We have had several allarms To John Adams, May 24, 1775 Siege of Boston To John Adams, June 18 20, 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill To John Adams, June 25, 1775 Continual Expectation of Hostilities To John Adams, July 5, 1775 Danger they say makes people valient To John Adams, July 12, 1775 The Hayden Affair To John Adams, July 16, 1775 Meeting General Washington To John Adams, August 10 11, 1775 Death of John s Brother

3 Contents xv To John Adams, September 8 10, 1775 Our House is an hospital To John Adams, September 17, 1775 In Weymouth it is very sickly To John Adams, September 25, 1775 A heavy Heart To John Adams, October 1, 1775 Death of Abigail s Mother To John Adams, October 9, 1775 The keen Edg of Sorrow To John Adams, October 21, 1775 The sickness has abated To John Adams, November 5, 1775 Benjamin Franklin To John Adams, November 27, 1775 A New Form of Government To Mercy Otis Warren, January 1776 A most painfull Seperation To John Adams, March 2 10, 1776 Fortification of Dorchester Heights To John Adams, March 16 18, 1776 End of the Siege of Boston To John Adams, March 31 April 5, 1776 Remember the Ladies To Mercy Otis Warren, April 27, 1776 A List of Female Grievances To John Adams, June 17, 1776 Visit to a Warship To John Adams, July 13 14, 1776 The Declaration of Independence To John Adams, July 21 22, 1776 The Declaration Read in Boston To John Adams, August 14, 1776 God Bless the united States of America

4 xvi Contents To John Adams, August 31 September 2, 1776 Safely Inoculated for Smallpox To John Adams, September 20, 1776 Domestick affairs require your presence To John Adams, September 23, 1776 My Pen is my only pleasure To Mercy Otis Warren, January 1777 Generals Lee and Washington To John Adams, March 8 10, 1777 Pregnancy To John Adams, April 17, 1777 Mar, I never saw any body grow so fat To John Adams, May 6 9, 1777 Counterfeit Money To John Adams, June 15, 1777 Fearing an Attack on Boston To John Adams, July 9, 1777 Fears for a Stillbirth To John Adams, July 10 11, 1777 Beginning of Labor To John Adams, July 16, 1777 Numberd with its ancestors To Mercy Otis Warren, August 14 16, 1777 Were I a man I must be in the Feild To John Adams, October 25, 1777 British Surrender at Saratoga To James Lovell, c. December 15, 1777 Commissioner to France THE YEARS ABROAD, To Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer, c. March 1, 1778 I consented to the Seperation To John Adams, March 8, 1778 I have travelled with you

5 Contents xvii To John Adams, May 18, 1778 Difficult as the Day is To John Quincy Adams, June 10, 1778 First Letter to Her Son To James Lovell, June 12, 1778 Fear That John Was Captured To John Adams, c. July 15, 1778 Renting Out the Farm To John Thaxter Jr., September 2 3, 1778 I hear the alarm Guns fired To John Quincy Adams, September 29, 1778 Write me a Letter en Francois To James Lovell, February March 1779 The Freedom I take in Scribling To Abigail Adams 2nd, c. February 11, 1779 Letters... from your papa To John Adams, June 8, 1779 Conditions at Home To James Lovell, June 18 26, 1779 I am not in a very good humour To John Adams, November 14, 1779 John Leaves for France Again To James Lovell, November 18, 1779 Why was I born with so much sensibility To James Lovell, December 13, 1779 Any important and interesting matters To John Lowell, December 27, 1779 My wants are circumscribed To John Quincy Adams, January 19, 1780 Times in which a Genious would wish to live To Charles Adams, January 19, 1780 Make yourself Master of what you undertake

6 xviii Contents To Mercy Otis Warren, February 28, 1780 Lord Chesterfield s Letters to His Son To Elbridge Gerry, March 13, 1780 Not without honour save in his own country To John Quincy Adams, March 20 May 8, 1780 The Subject of Self-knowledge To John Adams, April 15, 1780 Importation Business To John Adams, June 13, 1780 Death of Sister-in-Law To John Adams, October 8, 1780 Could you bring the olive Branch To John Adams, November 13 24, 1780 Minister to the Dutch Republic To John Adams, January 15, 1781 The infamous Arnold To John Quincy Adams, January 21, 1781 You must not be a superficial observer To John Quincy Adams and Charles Adams, February 8, 1781 Have you learned to skate finely? To John Adams, April 23, 1781 Our own American affairs To James Lovell, May 10, 1781 Stolen Letters To Charles Adams, May 26, 1781 You will be spoilt To John Quincy Adams, May 26, 1781 On Studying History To John Adams, May 27, 1781 Dr. Thomas Welsh To James Lovell, July 14, 1781 We will begin a New Score

7 Contents xix To Elbridge Gerry, July 20, 1781 A Friend in Congress To John Adams, August 1, 1781 Falsehood and fraud To James Lovell, c. September 26, 1781 Necessary to keep a Watchfull Eye over you To John Adams, September 29, 1781 John Quincy and Charles Leave Their Father To John Adams, December 9, 1781 My list of Grievences To James Lovell, January 8, 1782 Shall... Slander impeach and abuse To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, February March 1782 Charles Arrives Safely To John Adams, April 10, 1782 John Sick in Holland To John Adams, July 17 18, 1782 Reduced my purse pretty low To John Adams, September 5, 1782 Request to Join John in Europe To John Adams, October 8, 1782 Permit me... to renew that Companionship To John Adams, October 25, 1782 An Anniversary Letter To John Quincy Adams, November 13, 1782 You have been a great traveller To John Adams, December 23, 1782 Royall Tyler To John Adams, April 7, 1783 They submit to my prohibition To Royall Tyler, June 14, 1783 Hints... which might Serve your interest

8 xx Contents To John Adams, June 20, 1783 I do not wish you to accept an Embassy To John Adams, September 20, 1783 Death of Abigail s Father, William Smith To John Adams, October 19, 1783 No Courtship subsists To John Quincy Adams, November 20, 1783 After two years silence To John Adams, December 15, 1783 Your pressing invitation To John Quincy Adams, December 26, 1783 Observations on Governments To John Adams, January 3, 1784 Preparations to Sail To John Adams, February 11, 1784 You call me to follow you To John Adams, May 25, 1784 I... have engaged My passage To Mary Smith Cranch, July 6 30, 1784 Ship Diary To John Adams, July 23, 1784 Landed in England To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, July 28 30, 1784 London To John Adams, July 30, 1784 Reunited with John Quincy To Elizabeth Cranch, September 5, 1784 Auteuil To Lucy Cranch, September 5, 1784 Paris To Mary Smith Cranch, September 5, 1784 Housekeeping in France

9 Contents xxi To Elizabeth Cranch, December 3 13, 1784 Official Dinners and Hairdressing To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, December 14, 1784 Paris is a Horrid dirty City To Royall Tyler, January 4, 1785 French Manners To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, January 11, 1785 Visit to an Orphanage To Cotton Tufts, April 26 May 10, 1785 Commission to London To Mary Smith Cranch, c. May 5 10, 1785 Who should I have to Love me then? To Mercy Otis Warren, May 10, 1785 Lafayette To Thomas Jefferson, June 6, 1785 English Newspapers To Mary Smith Cranch, June 24 28, 1785 Presentation at Court To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, c. August 15, 1785 Polite circles are much alike To Lucy Cranch, August 27, 1785 Samuel Richardson To Elizabeth Cranch, September 2, 1785 I was one continued shudder To Lucy Quincy Tufts, September 3, 1785 Acrobatics To John Quincy Adams, September 6, 1785 There are so many Bones of contention To Thomas Jefferson, October 7, 1785 Purchasing Tablecloths To Charles Adams, c. February 16, 1786 On Studying American History

10 xxii Contents To John Quincy Adams, February 16, 1786 William Stephens Smith To Mary Smith Cranch, March 21, 1786 Royall Tyler s Conduct To Elizabeth Cranch, April 2, 1786 Ladies Route To Isaac Smith Sr., April 8, 1786 Tribute for Barbary Pirates To Mary Smith Cranch, June 13, 1786 Abigail 2nd Is Married To Thomas Jefferson, July 23, 1786 He has taken my daughter from me To Mary Smith Cranch, September 12, 1786 Holland To John Quincy Adams, November 28 December 3, 1786 Shays s Rebellion To John Adams, December 23, 1786 I think very often of your being alone To John Quincy Adams, January 17, 1787 Be attentive to excercise To Mary Smith Cranch, January 20, 1787 Bath To Thomas Jefferson, January 29, 1787 The Tumults in my Native state To Thomas Boylston Adams, March 15, 1787 Join the military company To Lucy Cranch, April 26 May 6, 1787 I am a Grandmamma! To Elizabeth Smith Shaw, May 2 6, 1787 A Defence of the Constitutions To Thomas Jefferson, June 26, 1787 Polly Jefferson

11 Contents xxiii To Thomas Jefferson, June 27, 1787 Sally Hemings To Cotton Tufts, July 4, 1787 Purchasing Peacefield To Thomas Jefferson, July 6, 1787 Polly Jefferson s Travel Plans To Mary Smith Cranch, July 16, 1787 Neither be an Idle or a useless Spectator To Thomas Jefferson, September 10, 1787 Sterling metal in the political crusible To Mary Smith Cranch, September 15, 1787 South West England To Cotton Tufts, November 6, 1787 Repairs to Peacefield To Thomas Jefferson, December 5, 1787 Mrs A excepts green To Mary Smith Cranch, February 10, 1788 Death of Brother William Smith To Thomas Jefferson, February 21, 1788 Taking Leave To John Adams, March 23, 1788 The Constitution Is Ratified Diary of Her Return Voyage to America, March 30 May 1, VICE PRESIDENT S LADY, To Abigail Adams Smith, July 7, 1788 Return to Braintree To John Adams, December 3, 1788 Birth of John Adams Smith To John Adams, December 15, 1788 All our votes... for vice President To John Adams, May 1, 1789 Inauguration

12 xxiv Contents To John Adams, May 31, 1789 Joining John in New York To Mary Smith Cranch, June 28, 1789 Journey to New York To Mary Smith Cranch, July 12, 1789 Patronage To Mary Smith Cranch, August 9, 1789 President Washington To Mary Smith Cranch, January 5 10, 1790 All distinction you know is unpopular To Cotton Tufts, May 30, 1790 Great anxiety for the Pressident To John Quincy Adams, July 11, 1790 Birthday Letter To Mary Smith Cranch, August 8, 1790 Birth of Thomas Hollis Smith To John Quincy Adams, August 20, 1790 Advice on Marrying To Mary Smith Cranch, August 29, 1790 Removal to Philadelphia To Cotton Tufts, September 6, 1790 Renting Peacefield To John Quincy Adams, November 7, 1790 Common Fame reports that you are attachd To Mary Smith Cranch, December 12 14, 1790 All my troubles To Abigail Adams Smith, January 25, 1791 Colonel Smith s Absence To Cotton Tufts, March 11, 1791 Summer at Braintree To William Stephens Smith, March 16, 1791 Appointment as Supervisor of Revenue To Martha Washington, June 29, 1791 Thank you... for your Friendly Letter

13 Contents xxv To Mary Smith Cranch, October 30, 1791 The Bustle of Removal To John Quincy Adams, February 5, 1792 The Smiths Move to England To Mary Smith Cranch, April 20, 1792 A devision of the... states To John Adams, December 4, 1792 Second Presidential Election To Abigail Adams Smith, February 28, 1793 Request to Move Nearer To John Adams, November 28, 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic To John Adams, December 28, 1793 Citizen Genet To John Adams, December 31, 1793 I never can be an uninterested Spectator To John Adams, January 18, 1794 Critiquing John Quincy s Barneveld To Abigail Adams Smith, March 10, 1794 Be cautious of foreigners To John Adams, March 26, 1794 My Buisness is much impeeded To John Adams, April 18, 1794 War with Britain To John Adams, May 27, 1794 I will not say that all my Geese are swan To John Adams, December 6, 1794 What I think of France To John Adams, January 4, 1795 The Education of Females To Thomas Boylston Adams, January 10, 1795 Weddings and Romances To John Adams, January 16, 1795 Naturalization Act

14 xxvi Contents To Thomas Boylston Adams, February 11, 1795 Thomas and John Quincy in Holland To Abigail Adams Smith, August 14, 1795 Separated from my children To John Quincy Adams, September 15, 1795 The Jay Treaty To John Quincy Adams, May 20, 1796 John Quincy in Love To John Quincy Adams, August 10, 1796 On Delaying Marriage To Thomas Boylston Adams, August 16, 1796 Hold Yourself free, for an American wife To Thomas Boylston Adams, September 25, 1796 Washington s Farewell To John Adams, December 7, 1796 Third Presidential Election To Elbridge Gerry, December 28, 1796 Mix commissiration with your congratulations FIRST LADY, To John Adams, January 1, 1797 A Dream To John Adams, January 15, 1797 Mr Jeffersons Heart To John Adams, January 28, 1797 Colonel Smith s Financial Speculation To Charles Adams, February 5, 1797 The New Vice President To John Adams, February 8, 1797 The Announcement of Election Results To John Adams, February 13, 1797 Because his Face is Black To Mercy Otis Warren, March 4, 1797 Offences will come

15 Contents xxvii To John Adams, March 12, 1797 On the Inaugural Address To John Adams, April 17, 1797 Joining John in Philadelphia To John Adams, April 23, 1797 Deaths of Mother-in-Law and Niece To Mary Smith Cranch, May 16, 1797 Joining the President To Mary Smith Cranch, May 24, 1797 The unbecomeing... conduct of France To Mary Smith Cranch, June 6 8, 1797 I expected to be vilified and abused To John Quincy Adams, June 15, 1797 John Quincy Appointed Minister to Berlin To John Quincy Adams, June 23 24, 1797 Commission to France To Cotton Tufts, July 12, 1797 Expectation of War with France To Mercy Otis Warren, October 1, 1797 Your kind invitation To Mary Smith Cranch, October 31, 1797 John Quincy s Marriage To John Quincy Adams, November 3, 1797 I sincerely congratulate you To Mary Smith Cranch, November 15, 1797 Colonel Smith s Absence To Louisa Catherine Adams, November 24, 1797 A New Daughter-in-Law To Mary Smith Cranch, November 28, 1797 Letters from Colonel Smith To Mary Smith Cranch, February 6, 1798 Colonel Smith Returns

16 xxviii Contents To William Smith, February 6, 1798 Presidential Appointments To Cotton Tufts, February 6, 1798 Investments To Mary Smith Cranch, February 15, 1798 Celebration of Washington s Birthday To Mary Smith Cranch, March 5, 1798 Dispatches have arrived To Mary Smith Cranch, March 14, 1798 Fashion Trends To Mary Smith Cranch, March 20, 1798 Publishing Dispatches from France To Mary Smith Cranch, March 27, 1798 Renewed insults To John Quincy Adams, March 29, 1798 We hear nothing of our Envoys To Thomas Boylston Adams, April 4, 1798 Single Women To Mary Smith Cranch, April 13, 1798 Sold to the French To Esther Black, April 15, 1798 Caring for an Orphan To Cotton Tufts, April 16, 1798 Building a Library at Peacefield To John Quincy Adams, April 21, 1798 The Hydra Monster of Jacobinism To Mary Smith Cranch, April 26, 1798 Hail, Columbia To Mary Smith Cranch, May 10, 1798 An incendary Letter To Mary Smith Cranch, May 13, 1798 The President is most worn down To Cotton Tufts, May 25, 1798 Congress s Summer Recess

17 Contents xxix To John Quincy Adams, May 26, 1798 A System of demoralizing the World To Mary Smith Cranch, May 26, 1798 Proofs of a conspiracy To Thomas Welsh Jr., c. June 4, 1798 A Secretary for John Quincy To Mary Smith Cranch, June 5, 1798 Meetings with Talleyrand To John Quincy Adams, June 12, 1798 John Quincy s Investments Fail To Mary Smith Cranch, June 19, 1798 A Letter from Talleyrand To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, June 22, 1798 Mr. Gerrys remaining in France To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 7, 1798 Medical Advice To Cotton Tufts, July 10, 1798 General Washington Called Upon To Thomas Boylston Adams, July 20, 1798 Preparing for War To John Quincy Adams, November 15, 1798 Recovered from Illness To John Adams, November 29, 1798 Thanksgiving Letter To John Quincy Adams, December 2, 1798 John Quincy s Investments To John Adams, December 15, 1798 Living without Femals To Thomas Boylston Adams, January 20, 1799 Welcome Home To John Adams, January 25, 1799 The integrity of Mr. Gerrys Heart To John Quincy Adams, February 1, 1799 A Statement of this buisness

18 xxx Contents To John Quincy Adams, February 10, 1799 I Blush for my Country! To John Adams, February 27 28, 1799 They wisht the old woman had been there To John Quincy Adams, June 12, 1799 Our National affairs prosper To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 19, 1799 Clothing Her Grandsons To Mary Smith Cranch, October 31, 1799 Fears for Louisa Catherine To Mary Smith Cranch, December 11, 1799 Pickering Opposes Peace with France To Mary Smith Cranch, December 22 23, 1799 Death of George Washington To Mary Smith Cranch, December 30 31, 1799 The propriety of sending the Envoys To Catherine Nuth Johnson, January 19, 1800 Presidential Appointments To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 4, 1800 Fears for Her Grandchildren To John Quincy Adams, April 27, 1800 Sedition Indictments To Cotton Tufts, April 30, 1800 Home Improvements To Mary Smith Cranch, May 3, 1800 Leaving Philadelphia To Abigail Adams Smith, May 4 5, 1800 Hamilton s scheems To Abigail Adams Smith, May 12, 1800 Changes to the Cabinet To John Quincy Adams, May 15, 1800 A Change in the Chief Majestracy

19 Contents xxxi To John Adams, May 19, 1800 I must recommend the Warm Bath To Mary Smith Cranch, May 26, 1800 Col. Smiths situation To Catherine Nuth Johnson, August 20, 1800 Furnishing the President s House To John Quincy Adams, September 1, 1800 I now advise you to return To William Stephens Smith, September 6, 1800 Charles s Alcoholism To Mary Smith Cranch, November 10, 1800 Last Visit to Charles To Mary Smith Cranch, November 21, 1800 Journey to Washington, D.C To Abigail Adams Smith, November 21, 1800 The New Capital To Sarah Smith Adams, December 8, 1800 Death of Charles Adams To Mary Smith Cranch, December 8, 1800 Afflictions of this kind To Thomas Boylston Adams, December 13, 1800 We retire from public Life To Mary Smith Cranch, December 21 27, 1800 Mount Vernon To Thomas Boylston Adams, December 25, 1800 Appointments Under the New Presidency To Mary Smith Cranch, January 15, 1801 Of public Life he takes a final farewell To John Quincy Adams, January 29, 1801 Marshall Appointed Chief Justice To Mary Smith Cranch, February 7, 1801 He is not a believer in the Christian system

20 xxxii Contents To John Adams, February 21, 1801 Convention of RETIREMENT, To Thomas Boylston Adams, March 22, 1801 He knew not the Character, he thus abused To John Quincy Adams, May 30, 1801 A Spirit of party To John Quincy Adams, September 13, 1801 John Quincy in America To Hannah Phillips Cushing, February 3, 1802 Judiciary Act of To Thomas Boylston Adams, February 28, 1802 My pin money To Thomas Boylston Adams, December 13, 1802 Rumors of Thomas Marrying To Mercy Otis Warren, January 16, 1803 Private confidence has been betrayed To Thomas Boylston Adams, April 26, 1803 Financial Ruin To Thomas Boylston Adams, May 8, 1803 Your Brother is to Be the purchaser To Thomas Jefferson, May 20, 1804 Death of Polly Jefferson To Thomas Jefferson, July 1, 1804 James Callender To Thomas Jefferson, August 18, 1804 Rescinding John Quincy s Appointment To Thomas Jefferson, October 25, 1804 Closing a Correspondence To Louisa Catherine Adams, December 8, 1804 John Quincy s Health and Appearance To John Quincy Adams, December 18, 1804 You had an apparent Stiffness of temper

21 Contents xxxiii To John Quincy Adams, December 30, 1804 George Washington Adams To John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams, November 29, 1805 Grandsons George and John To Louisa Catherine Adams, January 19, 1806 Seperations of all kinds from Children To Louisa Catherine Adams, February 15, 1806 Death of a Friend s Child To John Quincy Adams, March 5, 1806 Francisco de Miranda To John Quincy Adams, March 24, 1806 Depends much upon his personal appearence To Mercy Otis Warren, March 9, 1807 What does mr Adams think of Napolean? To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, June 10, 1807 Family News To John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams, October 25, 1807 Grandsons Sent to School To Abigail Adams Smith, January 14, 1808 Your departure was so sudden To Louisa Catherine Adams, April 4, 1808 Grandson William Smith s Prospects To Caroline Amelia Smith, May 28, 1808 A novel called the Wild Irish Girl To Abigail Adams Smith, June 19, 1808 John Quincy Loses His Senate Seat To Abigail Adams Smith, December 8, 1808 For having chosen an infidel president To Abigail Adams Smith, April 10, 1809 John Abused in the Press To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, June 5, 1809 Education for Women

22 xxxiv Contents To Abigail Adams Smith, June 19, 1809 Against Preserving Her Letters To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 18, 1809 John Quincy Appointed Minister to Russia To John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams, August 5, 1809 John Quincy Sails for Russia To Mercy Otis Warren, December 31, 1809 Mercy Otis Warren s History To Louisa Catherine Adams, January 12, 1810 Some of the flying reports of the day To Louisa Catherine Adams, March 6, 1810 Difficulties you will no doubt encounter To James Madison, August 1, 1810 Request to Recall John Quincy To Catherine Nuth Johnson, September 19, 1810 Reception at the Russian Court To Susanna Boylston Adams, October 25, 1810 Your Grandfather misses your singing To John Quincy Adams, January 26, 1811 Death of Louisa Catherine s Sister To John Quincy Adams, February 22, 1811 Frequent Elections To Caroline Amelia Smith, February 26, 1811 Juno yet lives To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 28, 1811 On Her Own Education To John Quincy Adams, March 4, 1811 Appointment to the Supreme Court To Louisa Catherine Adams, March 4, 1811 Honorably back to his Native Country To Abigail Adams Smith, March 10, 1811 A great Blessing to this Nation

23 Contents xxxv To Catherine Nuth Johnson, March 30, 1811 Secretary of State Robert Smith To Caroline Amelia Smith, April 18, 1811 Family History To Louisa Catherine Adams, April 28, 1811 A cancer in her Breast To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 10 11, 1811 Abigail 2nd Consults Doctors To Abigail Louisa Adams, July 23, 1811 Necessary... to procure you a living To William Stephens Smith, July 23, 1811 Opinion of the Doctor To Catherine Nuth Johnson, July 31, 1811 Louisa Catherine s Pregnancy To William Stephens Smith, August 28, 1811 Consulting with More Doctors To Catherine Nuth Johnson, September 22, 1811 John Quincy to Remain in Russia To John Quincy Adams, September 24, 1811 Sicknesses and Deaths To Benjamin Rush, October 15, 1811 Submit to an operation To William Cranch, October 17, 1811 Death of Richard Cranch To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, October 22, 1811 Death of Mary Smith Cranch To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, November 8, 1811 Abigail 2nd s Recovery To John Quincy Adams, November 17, 1811 Death of Catherine Nuth Johnson To John Adams 2nd, December 8, 1811 Your Sister was Baptized To Mercy Otis Warren, December 14, 1811 After Such an Operation

24 xxxvi Contents To John Quincy Adams, January 5, 1812 Battle of Tippecanoe To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, July 17 August 4, 1812 Pheby is too infirm To John Quincy Adams, July 29, 1812 The War of To John Quincy Adams, December 30, 1812 We glory in our Infant Navy To Louisa Catherine Adams, January 30, 1813 Death of Baby Granddaughter To John Quincy Adams, February 25, 1813 War News To John Quincy Adams, April 23, 1813 John Quincy to Negotiate Peace To Mercy Otis Warren, June 20, 1813 I fear She will never again enjoy health To John Quincy Adams, July 1, 1813 Opinions of the War To Louisa Catherine Adams, July 24, 1813 Great calls upon your fortitude To Lucy Cranch Greenleaf, c. July 1813 She is indeed a very sick woman To Mercy Otis Warren, August 8, 1813 A Schirrous Cancer Seated in the Breast To George Washington Adams and John Adams 2nd, August 15, 1813 Death of Abigail 2nd To John Quincy Adams, August 30, 1813 Obituary for Abigail 2nd To John Quincy Adams, September 13, 1813 A melancholy Letter To Thomas Jefferson, September 20, 1813 You called upon me to talk of myself

25 Contents xxxvii To François Adriaan van der Kemp, February 3, 1814 Your portrait of female excellence To John Quincy Adams, September 7, 1814 The Burning of Washington To John Quincy Adams, October 18, 1814 I See not any chance for peace To Caroline Smith De Windt, October 23, 1814 Death of Mercy Otis Warren To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, February 26, 1815 Battle of New Orleans To Thomas Baker Johnson, March 3, 1815 Peace with Britain To John Quincy Adams, March 8, 1815 Minister to Great Britain To Stephen Peabody, April 11, 1815 Death of Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody To Louisa Catherine Adams, April 14, 1815 I am left alone To Louisa Catherine Adams, May 9, 1815 George and John Join Their Parents To Dolley Madison, May 14, 1815 Requested Appointment for Grandson To John Quincy Adams, May 20, 1815 This little history of their Characters To François Adriaan van der Kemp, May 26, 1815 By way of amusement To Abigail Adams Shaw, June 6, 1815 Gilbert Stuart To Louisa Catherine Adams, September 2, 1815 English Society To John Quincy Adams, December 2, 1815 Mr Munroe will be our next president To John Quincy Adams, December 24, 1815 Death of Cotton Tufts

26 xxxviii Contents Will of Abigail Adams, January 18, To John Quincy Adams, February 10, 1816 Portraits by Stuart and Morse To Richard Rush, February 26, 1816 How inadequate the Sallery was To Louisa Catherine Adams, March 20, 1816 We jointly advised her To Charles Francis Adams, March 28, 1816 Learning Languages To John Quincy Adams, May 5 9, 1816 Theology To John Adams 2nd, May 21, 1816 Marriage of Susanna Boylston Adams To John Quincy Adams, June 29, 1816 Death of William Stephens Smith To John Quincy Adams, December 5, 1816 John Quincy Appointed Secretary of State To Thomas Jefferson, December 15, 1816 Antoine Destutt de Tracy To Richard Rush, March 24, 1817 An increase of the Sallery To William Cranch, March 26, 1817 Seeking an Appointment for a Grandson To Thomas Jefferson, April 29, 1817 One of your tormentors? To John Quincy Adams, August 10, 1817 John Quincy in America To Harriet Welsh, August 18, 1817 John Quincy Arrives Home To Harriet Welsh, October 1, 1817 Death of Thomas Greenleaf Jr To Julia Stockton Rush, October 15, 1817 No Small personal gratification

27 Contents xxxix To Harriet Welsh, December 1, 1817 I am Aged wrinkled & decayed To Louisa Catherine Adams, December 12, 1817 Family News To John Quincy Adams, December 14, 1817 Stuart s Portrait of Abigail 2nd To Harriet Welsh, December 31, 1817 A record of presidential ceremony To François Adriaan van der Kemp, January 24, 1818 Letters of mine to publish? To Harriet Welsh, January 24, 1818 I have not any ambition to appear in print To Louisa Catherine Adams, February 27, 1818 The point of Ettiquette To Caroline Smith De Windt, March 22, 1818 A sweeter incense To John Quincy Adams, June 23, 1818 Speak to the Secretary of the Navy To Louisa Catherine Adams, August 21, 1818 I wish you to come Chronology List of Correspondents Note on the Texts Notes Index