Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

TILDEN LIBRARY

1895

CAMBRIDGE:

FOLSOM, WELLS, AND THURSTON,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

To Mrs. H. Lincoln. 5 October. Accepts the offer to
correspond with her. Views of life

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1764.

To John Adams. 16 April.

Pleasure in writing. Ques-

tions about his health.
To the same. 19-20 April. Wishes to know her faults.

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To the same. 19 August. Time tedious in his absence.
Anxiety for the future. Reading Rollin
To the same. 2 September. Popular excitement. Seiz-
ure of the warrants for summoning juries. Drought. 15
To the same. 14-16 September. Warlike preparations
of Governor Gage. The gunpowder in Braintree se-
cured by the people. They force the Sheriff to surren-
der warrants and burn them. Dismay of the Tories.
At Colonel Quincy's. Students at law in her house.

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Mr. Thaxter teaches her son.

Morals of children.

Popular feeling in Taunton

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the town. Negro conspiracy

To the same.

23

To the same. 22 September. Visit to Boston. State of

16 October. Desires his return. Fears
for the future. Necessity of economy. General Gage.
Departure of Josiah Quincy, Jr., for England

1775.

To the same. 4 May. Affairs at home. Hutchinson's
letters. Mr. Quincy's death
To the same. 7 May. Cheering news from North Car-

olina. Distress of Boston

To the same. 24 May. Alarm in Braintree. British
foraging party. Arrival of Dr. Franklin from Europe.
Fire in Boston. State of her house

To the same. 15 June. Arrival of British recruits. Ap-
prehensions. Mr. Bowdoin. Importance of soldiers.
Scarcity of pins

To the same.

18-20 June. Action on Bunker's Hill.

Death of Dr. Warren

To the same. 22 June. Answers inquiries. Dr. Tufts.
Preparations for removal

To the same.
25 June. Particulars of the action on
Bunker's Hill. Divine service. Preacher not ardent
enough. Condition of Boston. Effect of reports . . 43
To the same. 5 July. Pleasure of telling news.

of Boston. Not afraid.

State

Scarcity of grain.
To the same. 16 July. Appointment of Washington
and Lee satisfactory. First impressions upon seeing
them. State of Boston. British attacked upon Long
Island. Braintree elects a representative. Scarcity
of foreign goods

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To the same. 25 July. Boston lighthouse burnt by a party
of Americans. Restrictions on the inhabitants of Bos-
ton. Generals Burgoyne and Clinton. Visit to Dedham 57

To the same. 31 July-2 August.

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Inveighs against

Britain. Treatment of Dr. Warren's remains. British
carpenters attacked at the lighthouse. Four prison-
ers with whom she converses

To the same.

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67

1 October. Death of her mother. In
great distress. Prevalence of disease
To the same. 21 October. Sickness abated. State of
Boston. Dr. Church. Her father's grief. Complains
of her long separation from her husband. Want of
needles and cloth

To the same. 22 October. Describes her mother's
death. Effect upon herself. British demand upon Fal-
mouth. Tory satires in Boston
To the same. 5 November. Dines in company with
Dr. Franklin. Reflections upon Dr. Church. Hopes
for her husband's return.

To the same.

12 November. Renounces attachment to
Britain. Skirmish at Lechmere's Point. Her own mel-
ancholy

To the same. 27 November. Regrets his prolonged
stay. Reflections upon government

To the same. 10 December. Visits the American
camp. Generals Lee and Sullivan. Suggests meas-
ures. Scarcity of foreign goods. Congress too timid

1776.

To the same.
2-9 March. Ridiculous rumor. Desires
independence to be declared. Roar of cannon from
Dorchester Heights. Disappointment at the result.
Movements in Congress .

To the same. 7-11 April. British troops removed.
Funeral of Dr. Warren. Engaged in farming. Cap-
ture of a British vessel. News

To the same. 7-9 May. Neglect of preparations for de-
fence. Necessity for government. More captures
To the same. 17 June. At Plymouth. Goes on board

the brig Defence.

Account of the capture of two

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transports. Confidence in the future
To the same. 29 September. Anxious for news. High
prices paid for drafted men. Great number in the
public service, and in privateers. Willing to reap the
harvests

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1777.

Bad news from the north.
Female mob in Boston

107

To the same. 30-31 July.
Distrust of foreign officers.
To the same. 5 August. Alarm in Boston. Proves un-
founded. Mourns her separation from him
To the same. 17 September. Letter from Mr. Lovell.
Horrible apprehensions

To the same. 25 October. General Burgoyne's surren-
der. Generous terms offered to him. Reflections upon
her wedding anniversary .

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114

1778.

To the same. 8 March. Rumor of Dr. Franklin's assas-
sination. Apprehensions at her husband's departure for
Europe. Directions to her son

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To the same. 18 May. Anxious for intelligence of him.
Attachment to her native country. Opposite conduct
of France and of Great Britain. Depreciated currency 119
To John Quincy Adams. June. Advice

To John Adams. 30 June. Receipt of his first letter
from abroad. Begs for more. Defective female edu-
cation in America. Shebbeare's Letters
To the same. October, Officers of the French fleet.
Visits the ship of Count d'Estaing. Is displeased with
the brevity of her husband's letters. Paper money
To the same. 27 December. Her lonely situation this
winter. Effect of a Scotch song.

1779.

To the same. 20 March - 23 April. Letters intercepted.

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