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July 26. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
Alteration in the state. Congressional representatives. Should take
Canada. Offer of peace from Great Britain.

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August 4. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
Congress and the conciliatory bills. British control of the sea. The re-
ligious prejudice. A forecast of the future.

August 9. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Dana's return and Warren's business.


Contempt an excellent antidote. Proposed admission of loyalists.
Hancock and the French. Toasts and explanation.




October 7. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
News and events. D'Estaing at Rhode Island. French sailors and to-
ries' estates. The General court. Hancock.

October 15. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS


Warren's retirement. Great change of manners. The French fleet en-
tertains. D'Estaing and Lafayette. Mrs. Holker. Franklin and the
ladies.

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Envious spirit abroad. British and French fleets. Luxury and extrava-

gance. Resignation from Navy Board and reasons. Captain Brown's

wishes. Money wanted. Repairs to the French fleet.

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Little news from Europe. Military movements. Increasing the army.
Prices and extravagance. A tax voted. Naval affairs. The French fleet
in the West Indies. Hancock. Party ready to oust him.

June 15. JAMES LOVELL TO JAMES WARREN

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Congratulations on a reunited family. Counts upon a visit.

August 13. JAMES LOVELL TO JAMES WARREN

A paper in circulation. A French letter on John Adams. Ought not to
come as a delegate. The prospect of peace.


September [?]. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Very little intelligence from America. A demagogue and band of specu-
lators. Professor Winthrop.


September 11. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
Judges proposed. Recommends Richard Cranch.
December -. JAMES WARREN TO JAMES LOVELL
Malevolence of an attack upon him. Dearth of foreign news. Massa-
chusetts members of Congress.

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January 25. ELBRIDGE GERRY TO JAMES WARREN


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Loss of letters. Arnold's treason. Situation of the armies and fleets.
Taxes and specie. The new government. Bowdoin. The Continental
navy and Landais. Delegates to Congress.




October 30. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN
Good disposition of Congress. Detention of clothing from France. Is
charged with the fault. Franklin's recall. Retreat of Cornwallis.

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Elections completed. Boston's neglect of Adams. The elected and
Hancock.

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The tongue of malice. Charge against him is untrue. Avery and the

secretaryship. Cooper's conduct.

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