July 26. JOHN Adams to James Warren

Alteration in the state. Congressional representatives. Should take

Canada. Offer of peace from Great Britain.

August 4. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Congress and the conciliatory bills. British control of the sea.

ligious prejudice. A forecast of the future.

August 9. SAMUEL Adams to James Warren

Dana's return and Warren's business.

The re-

August 29. HANNAH WINTHROP TO MERCY Warren

Movement of troops. Phillips festivity.

September 2. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

Appearance of a fleet. Rancor against the French.

September 22. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Introducing Ebenezer Hazard and his scheme.

September 30. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

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.

August 18. JAMES Warren TO SAMUEL ADAMS

Ceremonials. Naval matters and rumors. Hancock and the Rhode

Island expedition.

August 25. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

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Captains Manley, and Landais. The Rhode Island expedition. Aid to

the French fleet. Return of 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.

October 20. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Toasts at the dinner to the French. Superior respect for general and

army. Count Pulaski.

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October 25. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS.

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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October 28. James Warren tO THE PRESIDENT of Congress

Letter of resignation.

November 5. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

Advice has weight. Introduces Mr. Temple.

November 8. ELBRIDGE GERRY TO JAMES WARREN

Marine Committee and Manley. Increase of salary of Navy Board.

Speculators and folly.

November 9. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

His letter of resignation. Navy Board's future. Letter to be suspended.

Picture of Boston.

November 23. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

News from John Adams. Dissatisfaction of A. Lee. Public corruption.

Deane's statement.

December 2. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Merit of modesty.

December 8. JAMES WARREN to Samuel Adams

Matters of money. The repairs to the French fleet.

December 1O. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Death of James Otis.

December 15. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADams

Possible loss of letters. Expects a narration of customs, manners and

genius of nations. Mr. Warren still in Navy Board. Death of Otis.

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January 1. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Deane's letter. Tends to less public confidence in Congress.

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December 5. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Ambition and avarice. Lee, Franklin and Deane. Commercial specu-

lations.

January 19. MERCY WARREN TO ABIGAIL Adams

On death of father. Her visitor.

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December 16. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

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Folly and wickedness stalk abroad. Anniversary celebration. Dele-

gates in Congress.

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February 12. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL Adams

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Is promoting the cause of truth. Deane's Address. Court in session.

Matters of the Navy Board. Situation of the ships. Money.

February 25. JOHN ADAMS TO James Warren

Deane's Address and its effects on policy. Currency the only enemy.

Remedy simple. Raging delirium and corruption.

February 28. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

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Great opinion of Dana. Is an old-fashioned fellow. Opposition to Wash-

ington. The Navy Board.

March 6. RICHARD HENRY LEE TO JAMES Warren

Is thankful for the Jesuits' bark. Deane and his adherents.

March 19. MERCY WARREN TO ABIGAIL ADAMS.

Muses have deserted her. John Adams honest. Young Abigail.

March 30. JAMES Warren to Samuel Adams

Ingenuity of politicians exhausted on peace proposals. Danger of peace

on bad terms. Military operations. General Gates.

March 31. GEORGE Washington to James Warren

Business has prevented his writing. Bad effect of depreciation of cur-

rency, stock-jobbing and party discussions. The remedy. Designs of

the enemy.

May II. SAMUEL ADAMS TO James Warren

His health. A vote on the recall of Franklin.

June 6. JAMES Warren to Mercy Warren

Writes to a saint. On going to Congress. Ships coming in.

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June 13. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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

Depends upon the virtuous few. Fisheries in the treaty of peace. The

money problems. Disposition made for John Adams.

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July 13. JAMES LOVELL TO JAmes Warren

Question of the fisheries and peace. A communication from Gerard.

Backwardness to serve in Congress. Charleston.

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July 29. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.

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Letters. British in Carolina. Sullivan's western expedition and British

ravaging. Naval matters and the currency. A constitution to be

framed. Elkanah Watson.

July 29. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Multitude of correspondents. Spirit of party. Death of John Win-

throp.

August 6. MERCY Warren tO ABIGAIL ADAMS

Congratulations on a reunited family. Counts upon a visit.

August 13. JAMES LOVELL TO JAMES WARREN

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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

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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

to James

Malevolence of an attack upon him. Dearth of foreign news. Massa-

chusetts members of Congress.

April 2. MERCY WARREN TO James Warren.

Franklin's character. Lee's pamphlet.

June 23. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Loss of Charleston. The Gordon riots.

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January 25. ELBRIDGE GERRY TO JAMES WARREN

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Policy of America rests on a navy. Removal of Congress. Economy

and resources. Letter on "Appreciation." A new Quartermaster Gen-

eral.

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February 23. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Names of French vessels for America. Arrival of Gerard, Jay and Car-

michael at Cadiz. British debt.

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February 28. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Lafayette going to Boston. Spain and Holland.

February 28. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY Warren

The Alexanders and Jonathan Williams. Americans in Paris. Gellée's

letter. Envy and treachery surround them. Lord Chesterfield's Letters.

March 16. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Incidents and dangers of his voyage. Talk about him in England.

March 18. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Introduces Petry. French plans. Rodney's fortune. Hessians and the

tree of Cracovie.

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July 11. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Effect of the capture of Charleston. A success for our arms. Bowdoin

and Hancock rival candidates for governor. Raynal's History.

July 19. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Arrival of British goods and politics involved. Matter of trade permits.

August 3. Samuel Adams to James Warren

Account not settled. The fleets and privateers.

September 17. James Warren to Samuel Adams

Result of the elections. The secretaryship.

November 15. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Son has been captured by British. Recommends him. His objects in

going to Europe. Politics in Massachusetts. Worship of Hancock.

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October 12. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.

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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.

December 5. JAMES LOVELL TO JAMES WARREN

Naval affairs starved. News from Spain.

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October 30. Arthur Lee to James Warren

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Good disposition of Congress. Detention of clothing from France. Is
charged with the fault. Franklin's recall. Retreat of Cornwallis.

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November 2. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

. 144

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

Hancock.

December 4. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS

Inattention to public principles. Convention at Hartford. Washington

as dictator. Supplies for the army.

November 20. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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The tongue of malice. Charge against him is untrue. Avery and the
secretaryship. Cooper's conduct.

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November 22. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.

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Governing powers in Massachusetts. Persons marked for sacrifice.

Vermont and Canada. The French fleet.

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December 9. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Great Britain must be renounced forever. Policy of the Dutch. Ray-

nal's History.