February 26. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY Warren

Opinion on her history. Governor Hutchinson.

March 12. BENJAMIN LINCOLN TO MR. AND MRS. WARREN

Commends Henry Warren.

March 6. CATHERINE MACAULAY GRAHAM TO MERCY Warren

Governments of America. Adams' work on the constitutions. A treaty

with France. Personal matters.

May 2. MERCY WARREN TO HENRY KNOX

Relief for her son.

. 282

December 25. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

The Sack of Rome. American books in London.

283

. 285

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May 14. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

. 287

Montague on Shakespeare. London manners unfriendly to easy
social intercourse. Mrs. Fitzherbert. Henry Warren's service. Has a
grandson. Occupation of Mr. Adams.

August 26. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN.

The constitution in North Carolina.

May 18. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN Adams

. 291

Views on politics and government. Proposal to annihilate the Senate.
The rebellion. Choice of Hancock. Will stand for the town of Milton.

May 30. HENRY Knox to Mercy Warren

Reflections on politics. Monstrous system of the state governments.

Remedy offered by the convention. Formation of a constitution.

August 21. HENRY KNOX TO MERCY WARREN

Good promise of the convention. Personal loss.

November CATHERINE MACAULAY GRAHAM

WARREN

. 298

Awaits deliberations of the convention. Grounded on simple demo-

cracy. Mrs. Russell. Marriage of her daughter.

285

TO MERCY

. 297

1788

March

CATHERINE MACAULAY GRAHAM TO MERCY WARREN

Death of Mrs. Russell. The convention's results. Trial of Warren

Hastings.

294

· 300

301

· 303

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October 29. CATHERINE MACAULAY GRAHAM TO MERCY WARREN. 303

The national government. Mr. Adams' return to America. Brave

stand of the Turks.

1789

March 2. JOHN ADAMS to Mercy Warren

Rest in retreat. Obedience of the people.

March 9. MERCY Warren TO HENRY KNOX

Would like to see the Federal City. Wishes for Washington.

March 29. HENRY Knox to MERCY WARREN

The new administration. Not yet fully organized.

April 2. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Widow of Colonel Walker. Calumnies against General Warren. Wishes

for his happiness.

June 18. MERCY WARREN TO HENRY KNOX

Offices for Henry and Winslow Warren. Washington.

· 305

· 306

May 29. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Unpopularity of General Warren. Has no patronage. Incendiaries in

Massachusetts. President is source of honor.

1790

March 25. BENJAMIN LINCOLN to Mercy Warren

Her proposed History. Proffers assistance.

May 7. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

. . 310

Persecution of General Warren. Attacks upon the son. Influence at

work in the insurgents.

June 4. GEORGE WASHINGTON TO MERCY Warren

Accepts the dedication of her Poems.

July 9. HENRY KNOX TO MERCY WARREN

Henry Warren's wish for an appointment. The president and candi-

dates. No appointments in the military establishment.

September 21. BENJAMIN LINCOLN TO MERCY WARREN

Return of her son Henry. Siege of Charleston.

September 24. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Sends her Poems.

307

308

· 315

313

July 13. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

Subscriptions to her book. Death of Madam Winthrop. Hancock's

disorder.

316

· · 317

· 318

June 12. MARtha WashingtON TO MERCY WARREN

· 319

Severe illness of the President. Her grandchildren. Hopes to get to

Mt. Vernon.

320

· 321

· 323

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September 24. MERCY WARREN TO HENRY KNOX

Presents her volume of Poems.

November 4. GEORGE WASHINGTON to Mercy Warren

Acknowledges the gift of her Poems.

December 26. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

On her Poems.

1791

January 14. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

An unsealed letter. Her volumes.

July 1. ALEXANDER Hamilton to MERCY Warren

Acknowledges her volume.

August 3. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

Gibbons History. Mrs. Macaulay's reply to Burke.

1792

January 12. HENRY KNOX TO MERCY WARREN

Condolence for death of her son George.

March 4. MRS. J. SARGENT MURRAY TO MERCY WARREN

Sends proposals.

April 20. JABEZ BOWEN to Mercy Warren

Family matters.

1797

February 20. JOHN ADAMS TO ELBRIDGE GERRY

Information from the South. Mr. Jefferson. News from abroad.

March 4. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Congratulations and reflections.

1798

March 15. HARRISON GRAY OTIS TO MERCY Warren

His health. European relations.

October 1. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

· 333

Death of her mother. A carriage accident. About to leave Quincy.

Pestilence.

· 334

April 25. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

· 336

Contest with France. Demand for a contribution. The nation being

aroused. Good sense of the people. Message from the president.

June 17. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

· 339

French oppression. Address and reply. The envoys in France. Sup-

port of the president.

1799

October 5. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN.

Abbé Barruel's book.

August 30. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN.

Mrs. Adams' health.

1803

January 16. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

· 342

Pleasure in seeing her writing. A visit from her son. Times have

changed. Health.

August 28. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.

Mrs. Adams' health.

1805

February 8. THOMAS JEFFERSON TO MERCY WARREN.

Subscriptions to her History.

June 1. MRS. J. SARGENT MURRAY TO MERCY WARREN

Her subscription paper.

November 25. JOHN DICKINSON TO MERCY WARREN

Relations with James Otis.

1806

April 26. THOMAS JEFFERSON TO MERCY WARREN

Has received her History.

December 22. JOHN DICKINSON TO MERCY WARREN

His health. Great changes in prospect. Her History.

1807

February 4. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

Comments on her History. On war and retaliation.

· 34I

· 344

· 344

· 345

346

· 347

· 347

· · 348

350

March 9. ABIGAIL ADAMS to Mercy WarrEN

· 352

Her health. Counting years by revolutions. John Adams on Napoleon.

Aaron Burr. Young Smith's Quixotism. Mrs. Lincoln's death.

March II. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

Bernard's titles. Death of Mrs. Ware.

1808

May 3. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

Promise of a visit. The embargo and politics.

December II. JAMES WINTHROP to Mercy Warren

Death of General Warren. His character.

October 1. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

· 357

His book and her criticisms. The new order of things. Sir William

Jones' poems. The passion flower.

1809

February 4. HARRISON GRAY OTIS TO MERCY Warren

Refuses to discuss politics.

November 28. SAMUEL LATHAM MITCHELL TO MERCY WARREN 359

Her History for the Library of Congress.

· · 355

November 12. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN.

Dickinson's works. Generous living. His tracts on prophecies.

· · 356

November 11. JAMES WINTHROP TO JAMES WARREN

Great Britain, France and the neutrals.

· 359

September 4. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

• 363

Consecration to religious uses. The passion flower. His brother's

catalogue.

361

• 364

1810

July 25. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

·· 365

His view of prophecy. Its consummation. Need of a universal govern-

ment.

· 367

December 14. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN.

• 368

Mr. Baldwin's books. The newspapers of Boston. Is studying the

Russian language.