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December 9. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
156
No communication with England. American youth in Europe. Has a
stronger attachment for America.
December 19. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
Death of Admiral Ternay. Festivities of the new government.
December 25. Arthur Lee to James WARREN
John Laurens and Dana. Blodget's deposition on the Alliance.
December 28. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
. 159
Anxiety for her son. Capture of Henry Laurens. Character and ambi-
tion. Again recommends her son.
January 8. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN.
Intercepted letters. Hutchinson's character.
. 157
1781
January 1. SAMUEL ADAMS TO James Warren
. 161
Sends a letter of James Sullivan to Hancock and a defence of Bowdoin
for publication.
• 158
. 164
March 5. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
. 165
Letters from Europe. Situation of Henry Laurens. Morgan's success.
June 15. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN
Blodget's error. A minister for foreign affairs. Influence of the tories.
Intrigues at the court of France. His Massachusetts lands.
July 27. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN
Settlement of accounts. Instructions for peace. What John Adams
should do. His enemies in Congress. Land and Morris.
166
169
1782
April 8. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES Warren
. 171
Interest on state votes. Results of Deane's exposure. The fishery
question. Admission of Vermont.
July. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN
. 172
Patriotism short lived. Peace commission named. Instructions bind
them to France. Behavior of Spain.
July 2. JOHN Adams to James Warren
· . 174
Practice of agriculture. English plans and peace proposals. Weakness
of the present ministry. Rise of stocks.
August 19. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
176
Holland and Spain. Split in the British ministry. Gibraltar, peace and
problems of a peace.
October 7. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
178
Opinion of the Dutch. Politics the same in Europe and America. Im-
provements in husbandry.
October 24. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
179
The Dutch negotiation. Must be treated in her history. America not
behind Europe in political system. Her son.
November 1. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
. 181
The Dutch treaty. Jay and Spain. British cabinet and loyalists.
State officers.
December 12. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN
. 184
Despatches from France given to Morris. Manners of the place de-
scribed. Preliminary articles of peace and France. Conduct of John
Adams and Jay. Franklin's envy.
December 15. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
. 186
Sends the preliminary treaty of peace with Great Britain. Sweden in-
vites an alliance. Owe it to Providence. The union of the states.
1783
January 29. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Her annals and the Dutch negotiation. General Warren for Congress.
Results of peace. Treaty of commerce with Great Britain.
. 188
February 19. ARTHUR LEE TO James Warren
His Massachusetts lands. Peace. Quotas of states and the Confedera-
tion.
190
March 20. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
. 190
Peace and a commercial treaty with Great Britain. Influence at work.
Balance of power in Europe and instructions from Congress. Mis-
takes in foreign affairs.
March 21. JOHN ADAMS TO JAmes Warren
Condition of affairs in England. A treaty of commerce. Shelburne
and Vergennes. Baron Breteuil. Policy of Vergennes analysed. Amer-
ica should be an asylum.
194
April 5. BENJAMIN LINCOLN TO JAMES WARREN.
. 200
Apportioning the debts of the United States. Provisions of the Con-
federation. Blacks in the South. Valuation of lands and buildings.
April 9. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
Instructions from Congress. Emigrants from Europe. His resignation
and health. Wishes to return. Will not be loved in London.
April 12. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES Warren.
. 207
The treaty in Congress. Approaches made by European nations. His
son.
April 13. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMes Warren .
Dr. Franklin and his character.
April 16. JOHN ADAMS TO James Warren
. 213
At peace, but not out of danger. Foreign officers and Congress. Lafay-
ette.
May 4. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS .
.. 215
Congratulations on his negotiations. Cannot retire from public service.
Wishes to hear from him.
205
June 24. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.
. 217
Reception given to the peace. Commercial treaty with Great Britain.
Tories under the treaty. Domestic politics.
August 13. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN
A consular appointment. His land. Dana at St. Petersburg.
September 10. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN.
. 221
His new appointment. Trade with the West Indies. Dana's return.
Further treaties. Death of James Otis.
September 17. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN
Motion on soldiers' clothing.
208
October 16. Arthur Lee to James Warren .
Consular offices. Strictures on the Philadelphia Address.
September 10. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
. 223
Wishes to retire. Pomp and parade without effect on him. Death of
Otis.
October 27. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.
Politics of European courts. What Congress is doing. Franklin. Trade
and immigration.
November 15. James Warren to John AdamS
Residence of Congress. Abuse of John Temple.
November 26. Jabez Bowen to James Warren
The proposed impost measure. Favors the Confederation.
.. 220
224
226
229
233
· 234
1784
February 26. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
• 235
Hancock's conduct. Delegation in the Congress. Deaths. Penobscot
and the Cincinnati.
June 1. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS .
Mrs. Adams goes to Europe. Dependence not pleasing to American
ears.
June 30. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES Warren
Young Warren. Jay minister of foreign affairs.
August 8. ARTHUR LEE TO James Warren
Introductions. An Indian treaty.
. 240
September 5. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Manners of the Parisians. Pleasure the business of life. Prostitution.
The theatre compared with the English. Etiquette of visits. Auteuil.
Family gossip. War impends.
. 241
238
1785
January 28. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
• 248
R. Morris and reduced salaries. Congress well disposed. Imbecility and
subserviency. Usury. Hancock resigns.
May 6. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Minister to Great Britain. Requirements. His own qualities. Warren,
Dana and Gerry.
242
April 26. JOHN Adams to James Warren
• 250
The Massachusetts elections. John Temple comes to America. Return
of John Quincy Adams. Resignation of Dr. Franklin.
April 27. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
. 252
Restrictions on commerce and avidity for pleasure. His wish for
retirement. Hancock's resignation. Mrs. Macaulay. Mr. Warren a
friend.
255
June 9. MARTHA WASHINGTON TO MERCY Warren
Mrs. Macaulay Graham. Friendship between Washington and Warren.
July 15. CATHERINE MACAULAY GRAHAM TO MERCY WARREN 257
Remembrances of Milton. Young Warren's return from Spain. Would
live in Boston. Mrs. Washington's letter.
257
September. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
259
Adams, as minister, foretold. Envy. Warren in retirement. Dana and
Gerry. Ambitions of her son.
September 4. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
Adams' new employment. Local elections. Temple's position. Frank-
lin's resignation. Young Adams. Scarcity of money.
October 4. JAMES WARREN TO ELBRIDGE GERRY
His time to leave Congress. Consuls and Winslow Warren. Hancock's
gout. A disagreeable accountant.
October 6. JAMES Warren tO JOHN ADAMS
A favor for his son.
October 9. JAMES WARREN TO ELBRIDGE GERRY
His son's wish to be consul.
December 12. JOHN ADAMS To Mercy Warren .
A story of Gibraltar. Existence at Braintree. Afflictions of America.
Stanhope's letters.
1786
March 6. NATHANIEL GORHAM TO JAMES WARREN
Settling the public accounts. Representation in Congress. The impost.
Congress and commerce.
262
. 266
May 24. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARRen
Consolation for the death of her son. Mr. Adams' position.
264
. 267
268
269
April 30. JAMES Warren to JOHN ADAMS
271
Winslow's return. The Barbary pirates. The trade in fish. Oil in the
French market. Situation at home. Books wanted.
. 273
May 24. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
275
His situation. A profession better than politics. Warren and public life.
July 4. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES Warren
276
The Algerine losses. Oil. Pictured ruin of the country. Sends books.
Marriage of his daughter. Confidence wanted.
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October 22. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
278
Anarchy and confusion bordering on a civil war. Situation in the
counties.
1787
January 9. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
. 280
Change of manners and principles. Some disquisitions on govern-
ment. His own task.