Index: Papers of John Adams, Volume 18
Adams, John (1735–1826, designated as JA in The Adams Papers)
582
Public Life
272
Diplomacy, 1785–1788, Minister to Great Britain
19
Carmarthen’s reply to memorial on frontier posts
16
representations on evacuation of frontier posts
12
conduct of business as
12
Massachusetts–Nova Scotia (New Brunswick) boundary dispute and
10
prewar debts as obstacle to settlement of other issues
6
John Jay sends letters to Congress
5
A. Gross’ imprisonment and
6
Chevalier de Mézières’ claim to J. Oglethorpe estate and
4
Anglo-French commercial treaty and
4
appointment of Brit. minister to U.S. and
4
John Jay sends nomenclator code to
4
newspaper reports on activities of
3
appointed consul general to Britain
3
attends diplomatic functions
4
Danish-Amer. dispute over Alliance’s prizes and
4
Episcopal ordination and
3
Franco-Amer. commercial treaty and
3
G. Gordon alleges French ambassador pays salary as
4
meets with archbishop of Canterbury
4
representations on Stanhope Affair and impressed Amer. sailors
3
representations on J. Temple’s complaint regarding loyalists
2
J. Alsop seeks legal advice from
2
Amer. prisoners in Algiers and
2
congressional reaction to letters from
2
informs Carmarthen of Jefferson’s arrival
3
on memorials presented to peace commissioners from Brit. merchants
2
R. Morris’ tobacco contract and
2
representations on prewar debts
4
representations on property seized at 1776 Boston evacuation
3
representations on seizure of Jane and Elizabeth
2
sends Bowdoin documents on whale fishery and J. Jeffries’ claim
1
appointment of replacement for
1
audiences with George III and Charlotte
1
audience with Duke of Cumberland
1
on Brit. duties on French and Portuguese wines
1
Brit. limits on diplomatic immunity and
1
on claims to property seized at 1776 Boston evacuation
1
S. Dashwood’s visit to London and
1
death of Princess Amelia and
1
C. W. F. Dumas recommends Marquis of Casa Irujo to
1
establishment of Anglo-Amer. boundary commission and
1
expenditures for legation
1
expiration of commission as
1
J. Jeffries seeks assistance of
1
meets with Shelburne and Earl of Abingdon
1
S. Osgood seeks assistance of
1
presents Binghams at court
1
proposes recall if Britain fails to respond to representations
1
provides information on Anglo-Amer. trade to Brit. merchants
1
publication of Vision of Columbus and
1
possible reappointment as
1
recommends WSS as chargé d’affaires
1
on report of U.S. attack on Brit. frontier posts
1
representations on Anglo-Amer. trade
2
representations on clarification of Anglo-Amer. armistice
3
representations on compensation for slaves taken
1
representations on convention on compensation for slaves and prizes
1
representations on implementation of peace treaty
1
representations on stranded Chinese seamen
1
seeks Congress’ instructions on frontier posts
1
sends John Jay king’s speech opening Parliament
1
R. Sherman seeks legal advice from
1
on WSS’s mission to Portugal
1
takes leave of court prior to visiting Netherlands
1
J. Temple’s powers as consul general
1
use of false papers by Amer. ships and
1
J. Wingrove seeks assistance of
1
representations on Amer. whale oil
1
WSS’s appointment as secretary to
199
Diplomacy, 1784–1786, Joint Commission to Negotiate Commercial Treaties
23
expenditures for Algerian and Moroccan missions and
15
cost of negotiations with Barbary States and
14
receives Moroccan-Amer. treaty and related documents
11
drafts commissioners’ letters
12
favors negotiations over war with Barbary States
12
negotiations with Abdrahaman
8
Jefferson sends letters and documents on Algerian and Moroccan missions
to
6
proposed meeting with P. R. Randall on Algerian mission
7
negotiations with Barbary States
7
requests Jefferson’s aid with London negotiations
5
Amer. prisoners in Algiers and
4
Barclay’s proposed missions to Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis and
4
Lamb and P. R. Randall’s return to U.S. and
3
Barclay’s commission and
3
receives extract of letter from Melo e Castro to L. Pinto de Balsamão
5
seeks to be excused from Barbary negotiations
3
sends John Jay letters and documents on Algerian mission
3
proposed treaty with Austria and
2
draft treaty for Barbary negotiations
3
Jefferson favors war over negotiations with Barbary States
2
joint commissions to negotiate with Barbary States
2
Lamb’s appointment to negotiate with Algiers and
3
Lamb’s mission to Algiers and
2
Portuguese-Amer. trade and
2
sale of masts to French Navy and
2
proposed treaty with Tripoli and
1
Barclay’s settlement of Lamb’s accounts and
1
cost of negotiations with Ottoman Empire and
1
effect of Congress not directly appointing negotiators with Barbary
States
1
exchange of ministers with Ottoman Empire
1
R. H. Harrison carries letters to
1
Humphreys as secretary to joint commission
1
informed of Portuguese naval protection of Amer. ships
1
instructions on negotiations with Barbary States
1
joint commission to negotiate with Ottoman Empire
1
Lamb’s letter of credit and
1
proposed meeting with Lamb on negotiations
1
newspapers report negotiations of
1
payment of tribute to Barbary States
1
proposed Portuguese-Neapolitan-U.S. alliance against Algiers and
1
provides Gazette de Leyde with copy of Prussian-Amer. treaty
1
on recall of Abdrahaman
1
proposed treaties with Barbary States and
1
proposed treaty with Denmark and
1
proposed treaty with Russia and
69
Diplomacy, 1780–1788, Mission to the Netherlands
10
payment of interest on Dutch loans
7
need to take official leave
4
authorizes credit to Jefferson and Humphreys
4
Dutch constitutional reform and
4
payment of premiums on 1784 loan
2
appointment of replacement for
3
commissions as minister and to raise loan
2
payment of French officers’ salaries and
1
affection for Netherlands
1
C. W. F. Dumas as chargé d’affaires
1
on Dutch-Amer. relations
1
equates Amer. Revolution with Dutch Revolt
1
Heukelom & Zoon seeks assistance from
1
payment of R. Morris’ bills and
1
publications as minister
1
requested not to draw on loan consortium
1
signs and returns bond for 1782 loan
1
suggests publication of Constitutions of the Several Independent States
of America
1
Dutch recognition of U.S.
15
Diplomacy, 1781–1783, Joint Commission to Negotiate Anglo-American Peace
2
Jay-Littlepage dispute and
2
proposed joint Anglo-Amer. citizenship and
2
payment of prewar debts and
1
memorials from Brit. merchants and
1
recognition of Amer. independence and
1
resigns after signing preliminary peace treaty
1
travels to Paris for negotiations
8
Law Practice
2
willingness to return to
1
Native American land cases
8
Continental Congress
2
intercepted letters (1775) and
6
Massachusetts
1
as possible gubernatorial candidate
1
Mass. house of representatives’ reply to T. Hutchinson (1773)
2
Diplomacy, 1779–1781, Mission to Negotiate Anglo-American Treaties
1
peace commission revoked
2
Diplomacy, 1777–1779, 1st Joint Commission at Paris
1
Congress fails to recall from
510
Opinions
115
United States
13
compliance with Anglo-Amer. peace treaty
11
need to strengthen government
10
payment of national debt
11
payment of prewar debts and
9
Amer. Revolution and independence
9
repeal of restrictions on loyalists
5
government and politics of
4
Articles of Confederation
3
preservation of justice in
2
importance of public faith
2
need for Amer. self-reliance
1
attitude toward maritime commerce and naval power
1
Danish-Amer. dispute over Alliance’s prizes
1
foreign speculators and
1
“the fair Plant of Liberty in America must be watered in Blood”
1
J. Mitchell’s map and peace negotiations
1
need to maintain defenses
1
preference for liberty over commerce in
85
Commerce
18
sale of Amer. whale oil
8
need for U.S. navigation acts
6
duties on nations not having treaties with U.S.
5
Barbary depredations and Amer.
5
regulation of by Congress
3
encouragement of manufactures
2
Massachusetts and New Hampshire navigation acts
2
regulation of by states
1
Amer. trade with Africa and Asia
1
danger of using foreign ships
1
ending U.S. export of specie
1
prices of Amer. agricultural commodities
1
pursuit of wealth and economic expansion
1
return on Amer. loan obligations
1
trade restrictions to obtain negotiations with Britain
1
trade with Mediterranean nations
1
U.S. ports and entry of foreign vessels
80
Individuals
1
J. Dickinson as “piddling Genius”
1
Baron Lynden van Blitterswyck
1
Duke of Richmond-Lennox
76
Great Britain
19
attitude toward relations with U.S.
11
payment of prewar debts and
6
evacuation of frontier posts and
3
Anglo-Amer. peace treaty
4
Anglo-French commercial treaty
2
acts contrary to national interest
2
encouragement of whale fishery by
2
publication of Amer. literature in
2
renewal of American Manifest Act and Newfoundland Trade Bill
1
Amer. claims to Brit. citizenship
1
Anglo-Amer. reconciliation
1
Brit. and French policies toward U.S.
1
compares England and Gibraltar
1
emigration to U.S. from
1
George III’s speech opening Parliament
1
“Impossibility of our, doing any Thing Satisfactory, with this
Nation”
1
loyalists’ influence in
1
protective tariffs on Amer. commodities and ships of
1
seeking compensation from
1
vulnerability of empire
47
Miscellaneous
5
war with Barbary States
4
writing history of Amer. Revolution
3
Americans held by Barbary States
3
possible revolution in South America
1
B. Austin Jr.’s Honestus articles
1
proposed Barbary war distracts “from what is practicable & politick, to
what is impracticable & unwise”
1
compensation owed French officers
1
correspondence with J. Woddrop on emigration
1
B. Hichborn and 1775 intercepted letters
1
“no Man has a right to think of Elegance, till he has secured
Substance”
1
Raynal on Native Americans
1
Sarsfield’s dinner company
1
suspension of legal processes
33
Europe
7
diplomatic and political situation in
3
emigration to U.S. from
3
Franco-Dutch defensive alliance
4
installation of Utrecht magistrates
1
Barbary depredations and
1
Louis XVI’s visit to Cherbourg
1
as market for Amer. grain
1
speculation in continental currency and
34
Massachusetts
8
postwar economic and political conditions in
4
J. Warren’s economic and political views on
2
legacy of Boston Massacre
1
boundary dispute with New York
1
Constitution of 1780 and appointment of militia officers
2
county conventions and public unrest in
1
as gubernatorial candidate
24
Diplomacy
8
negotiations with Barbary States
3
U.S. diplomatic establishment
2
diplomatic practice and protocol
2
Jews in Barbary States and
2
Ottoman Empire and Barbary States
1
Barclay’s proposed mission to Algiers
1
Franklin’s negotiation of Danish-Amer. treaty
16
Continental Congress
3
needs source of revenue
2
failure to formally announce independence to European nations
2
negotiations with Barbary States and
1
need to strengthen powers of
164
Personal
128
Miscellaneous
7
correspondence between Massachusetts Medical Society and French medical
societies and
7
Mazzei’s historical research and
4
advises F. Van der Kemp
3
relationship with M. O. Warren
3
American Episcopal Church thanks
2
compared with J. Warren
2
exchanges New Year’s greetings with Lafayette
2
Jefferson’s visit to England and
2
meets with Marquis de Bellegarde
2
relationship with John Jay
2
sends Lafayette antislavery materials
2
attends J. Jebb’s funeral
1
N. Barrett seeks aid of
1
congratulates Bowdoin on reelection
1
congratulates Gerry on marriage
1
defines “Hobby Horse” for Sarsfield
1
desire to return to Massachusetts
1
dines with Marquis de Verac
1
dines with J. and W. Willink
1
Gardners recommended to
1
introduces J. H. Gibbon
1
introduces John Trumbull (artist)
1
S. Provoost introduced to
1
recommends P. R. Randall
1
relationship with Binghams
1
relationship with E. Church
1
relationship with Copleys
1
relationship with J. B. Cutting
1
relationship with T. Pownall
1
Robinson-Morris invites to visit
1
seeks correspondence with Rufus King
1
T. L. Shippen recommended to
1
F. Soulés’ imprisonment and
1
C. Storer seeks patronage from
22
Finances
2
cost of sending Amer. newspapers to
2
provides funds to J. B. Cutting
1
promissory note to S. Clark listed (1762)
1
receipts by JA listed (1760)
1
receipts by JA listed (1763)
14
Family
7
marriage of AA2 and WSS
4
sons’ education at Harvard
1
birth of William Steuben Smith
145
Letters From
1
Antoine Marie Cerisier (1786)
1
Benjamin Goodhue (1785)
1
Benjamin Hichborn (1786)
1
Benjamin Hichborn (1787)
1
Benjamin Vaughan (1786)
3
Board of Treasury (U.S.) (1786)
1
Christian Lotter (1785)
4
Comte de Sarsfield (1786)
1
Edward Augustus Holyoke (1786)
1
François Adriaan Van der Kemp (1786)
1
François d’Ivernois (1787)
1
Jan van Heukelom & Zoon (1786)
1
John Brown Cutting (1786)
1
John Singleton Copley (1786)
1
John Trumbull (poet) (1785)
1
Jonathan Jackson (1786)
3
Marquis de Lafayette (1786)
1
Marquis de Lafayette (1787)
3
Marquis of Carmarthen (1786)
3
Matthew Robinson-Morris (1786)
1
Mercy Otis Warren (1786)
1
Mercy Otis Warren (1787)
1
Nathaniel Barrett (1786)
1
Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst (1786)
1
Patience Lovell Wright (1786)
1
Richard Henry Lee (1785)
1
Stephen Higginson (1785)
1
Stephen Higginson (1786)
1
Thomas Brand Hollis (1787)
2
Thomas Jefferson (1785)
15
Thomas Jefferson (1786)
1
Thomas Jefferson (1787)
1
loan consortium (Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van
Staphorst) (1785)
4
loan consortium (Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van
Staphorst) (1786)
1
loan consortium (Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van
Staphorst) (1787)
132
Letters To
1
Benjamin Franklin (1787)
1
Benjamin Goodhue (1786)
1
Benjamin Hichborn (1787)
1
Board of Treasury (U.S.) (1786)
1
Board of Treasury (U.S.) (1787)
2
Comte de Sarsfield (1786)
2
Edward Augustus Holyoke (1786)
1
Elizabeth Otis Brown (1785)
1
François Adriaan Van der Kemp (1786)
1
Marquis de Lafayette (1785)
3
Marquis de Lafayette (1786)
1
Marquis de Lafayette (1787)
1
Marquis of Carmarthen (1785)
3
Marquis of Carmarthen (1786)
2
Marquis of Carmarthen (1787)
4
Matthew Robinson-Morris (1786)
1
Mercy Otis Warren (1785)
1
Mercy Otis Warren (1786)
2
Nathaniel Barrett (1785)
1
Richard Henry Lee (1785)
1
Stephen Higginson (1786)
2
Thomas Jefferson (1785)
13
Thomas Jefferson (1786)
1
Thomas Jefferson (1787)
1
loan consortium (Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van
Staphorst) (1785)
4
loan consortium (Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van
Staphorst) (1786)
118
Books and Reading
18
publication of Amer. works in London
6
Barlow’s Vision of Columbus
6
T. Dwight’s Conquest of Canaan
6
Robinson-Morris’ Address
4
John Jay’s pamphlet on L. Littlepage dispute
3
Mably’s De la manière d’écrire l’histoire
3
C. Storer sends newspapers to
3
J. H. Swildens’ Grondwettige Herstelling
2
F. Baring’s Principle of the Commutation-Act
2
Comte de Buffon’s collected works
2
G. Chapman’s Treatise on Education
2
Dalton sends newspapers to
2
Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia
2
Rufus King sends newspapers to
2
C. de Pauw’s Recherches
2
R. Price’s Observations
2
Raynal’s Revolution de l’Amérique
3
Robinson-Morris’ Considerations
2
sends books to J. Warren
2
sends J. Necker’s Œuvres to Tufts
2
J. Sinclair’s La crise de l’Europe
2
John Trumbull’s M’Fingal
2
M. O. Warren’s Sack of Rome
1
JQA on annotations in books of
1
American Academy’s Memoirs
1
American Philosophical Society’s Transactions
1
R. Cranch sends newspapers to
1
B. Hichborn sends newspapers to
1
T. Hutchinson’s History
1
Rufus King sends report of Annapolis Convention to
1
W. Pryce’s Mineralogia Cornubiensis
1
S. Romilly’s Observations
1
I. Stephens seeks for Algerian prisoners
1
T. Whately’s Observations on Modern Gardening
116
Writings, Published
86
1787: Defence of the Constitutions, vol. 1
5
J. B. Cutting reads copy of
4
as “Confession of political Faith”
2
replies to H. Calkoen and
4
JA’s correspondence and
1
Constitutional Convention and
1
J. Harrington’s Oceana and
1
oligarchical government and
6
1787: Defence of the Constitutions, vol. 2
2
J. B. Cutting reads copy of
4
1775
4
Novanglus letters in Boston Gazette
4
1786
4
Twenty-six Letters … Respecting the Revolution in America
2
1781
2
Translation of the Memorial
1
1767
1
Humphrey Ploughjogger letters in Boston Gazette
1
1780
1
Pensées sur la révolution de l’Amérique-Unie
1
1786
1
newspaper rebuttal regarding his salary
2
1788: Defence of the Constitutions, vol. 3
1
1792
1
Défense des constitutions americaines
1
1850–1856
1
Works, decoded JA letter printed in
1
Adams Family Correspondence
1
supplements Papers of John Adams
1
Diary and Autobiography
1
supplements Papers of John Adams
55
Travels
10
returns to U.S. (1788)
8
tours English countryside
1
between France and Netherlands
1
from The Hague to Paris (1782)
20
Residences
14
No. 8 Grosvenor Square
4
U.S. legation at The Hague
2
inventory and transfer of household goods from The Hague to London
14
Writings, Unpublished
6
Diary
3
describes tours of English countryside in
1
comments on J. Sharp and J. Tillotson in
3
Autobiography
1
comments on Boston Massacre Trials in
1
comments on Massachusetts–New York boundary dispute in
1
reacts to M. O. Warren’s History in
4
Letterbooks
1
draft Anglo-Amer. treaty (1785) in
1
commissioners’ letter to Fennish in
1
Proposed book on social class
2
Health and Illnesses
1
J. Jeffries as physician of
1
Letters: List of omitted documents