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December 25. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN

John Laurens and Dana. Blodget's deposition on the Alliance.

December 28. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Anxiety for her son. Capture of Henry Laurens. Character and ambi-
tion. Again recommends her son.

1781

January 1. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Sends a letter of James Sullivan to Hancock and a defence of Bowdoin
for publication.

January 8. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Intercepted letters. Hutchinson's character.

March 5. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

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Letters from Europe. Situation of Henry Laurens. Morgan's success.

June 15. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN

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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.

Interest on state votes. Results of Deane's exposure. The fishery

question. Admission of Vermont.

July -. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN

Patriotism short lived. Peace commission named. Instructions bind

them to France. Behavior of Spain.

Practice of agriculture. English plans and peace proposals. Weakness

of the present ministry. Rise of stocks.

August 19. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Holland and Spain. Split in the British ministry. Gibraltar, peace and

problems of a peace.

Opinion of the Dutch. Politics the same in Europe and America. Im-

provements in husbandry.

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October 24. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

The Dutch negotiation. Must be treated in her history. America not

behind Europe in political system. Her son.

November I. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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The Dutch treaty. Jay and Spain. British cabinet and loyalists.

State officers.

December 12. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN

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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

Sends the preliminary treaty of peace with Great Britain. Sweden in-

vites an alliance. Owe it to Providence. The union of the states.

Her annals and the Dutch negotiation. General Warren for Congress.

Results of peace. Treaty of commerce with Great Britain.

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His Massachusetts lands. Peace. Quotas of states and the Confedera-

tion.

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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

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Condition of affairs in England. A treaty of commerce. Shelburne

and Vergennes. Baron Breteuil. Policy of Vergennes analysed. Amer-

ica should be an asylum.

April 5. BENJAMIN LINCOLN TO JAMES WARREN

Apportioning the debts of the United States. Provisions of the Con-

federation. Blacks in the South. Valuation of lands and buildings.

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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 .

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The treaty in Congress. Approaches made by European nations. His

At peace, but not out of danger. Foreign officers and Congress. Lafay-

ette.

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May 4. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Congratulations on his negotiations. Cannot retire from public service.

Wishes to hear from him.

June 24. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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217

Reception given to the peace. Commercial treaty with Great Britain.
Tories under the treaty. Domestic politics.

August 13. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN

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A consular appointment. His land. Dana at St. Petersburg.

September 10. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

His new appointment. Trade with the West Indies. Dana's return.

Further treaties. Death of James Otis.

September 10. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Wishes to retire. Pomp and parade without effect on him. Death of

October 16. ARTHUR LEE TO JAMES WARREN

Consular offices. Strictures on the Philadelphia Address.

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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.

1784

February 26. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Hancock's conduct. Delegation in the Congress. Deaths. Penobscot

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and the Cincinnati.

June 1. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Mrs. Adams goes to Europe. Dependence not pleasing to American

ears.

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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.

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.

1785

January 28. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

R. Morris and reduced salaries. Congress well disposed. Imbecility and

subserviency. Usury. Hancock resigns.

April 26. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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The Massachusetts elections. John Temple comes to America. Return
of John Quincy Adams. Resignation of Dr. Franklin.

April 27. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Restrictions on commerce and avidity for pleasure. His wish for
retirement. Hancock's resignation. Mrs. Macaulay. Mr. Warren a
friend.

May 6. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Minister to Great Britain. Requirements. His own qualities. Warren,
Dana and Gerry.

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.

September -. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Adams, as minister, foretold. Envy. Warren in retirement. Dana and

Gerry. Ambitions of her son.

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September 4. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Adams' new employment. Local elections. Temple's position. Frank-
lin's resignation. Young Adams. Scarcity of money.

October 4. JAMES WARREN TO ELBRIDGE GERRY

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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.

March 6. NATHANIEL GORHAM TO JAMES WARREN

Settling the public accounts. Representation in Congress. The impost.

Congress and commerce.

April 30. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Winslow's return. The Barbary pirates. The trade in fish. Oil in the

French market. Situation at home. Books wanted.

May 24. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Consolation for the death of her son. Mr. Adams' position.

May 24. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

His situation. A profession better than politics. Warren and public life.

July 4. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

The Algerine losses. Oil. Pictured ruin of the country. Sends books.

Marriage of his daughter. Confidence wanted.

October 22. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Anarchy and confusion bordering on a civil war. Situation in the

Change of manners and principles. Some disquisitions on govern-

ment. His own task.

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