Section 1 - The Future President Takes up His Pen

1. JQA to Elizabeth Cranch, [1773].

2. JQA to John Adams, 13 October 1774.

3. JQA to John Adams, 2 June 1777. Two pages.

Section 2 - Father John Adams Advises His Ten-Year-Old Son

1. John Adams to JQA, 27 July 1777. Four pages.

2. John Adams to JQA, 11 August 1777. Two pages.

Section 3 - Father and Son Undertake Difficult Voyages Together

1. JQA to Abigail Adams, 12 April 1778.

2. John Adams. Diary entries, 21-23 February 1778.

3. John Adams. Diary entries, 24-26 February 1778. Three pages.

4. JQA. Diary entry, 29 November 1779.

5. JQA. Diary entry, 14 January 1780.

6. John Adams. Diary entry, 11 January 1780. Five pages.

Section 4 - JQA Settles into Life in a Foreign Land

1. JQA to Abigail Adams, 20 April 1778.

2. JQA to Abigail Adams, 5 June 1778.

3. JQA to Abigail Adams, 11 August 1778.

4. JQA to Abigail Adams, 20 February 1779.

Section 5 - Mother Abigail Adams Advises her Son from across the Atlantic

1. Abigail Adams to JQA, [10?] June 1778. Two pages.

2. Abigail Adams to JQA, 19 January 1780. Three pages.

3. Abigail Adams to JQA, 2 March 1780.

Section 6 - JQA Begins a Diary That Goes on for the Next Sixty-Eight Years

1. JQA to Abigail Adams, 27 September 1778. Three pages.

2. JQA. Diary entry, 12 November 1779.

3. JQA. Diary entry, 7 December 1779. Two pages.

4. JQA. Diary entry, 12 August 1780.

Section 7 - JQA's Parents Plan for their Thirteen-Year-Old Son's Progress

1. JQA to John Adams, [16 March 1780].

2. John Adams to JQA, 17 March 1780. Three pages.

3. Abigail Adams to JQA, 20 March 1780. Six pages.

Section 8 - One Diplomat Advises Another

1. John Adams to JQA, 28 December 1780. Three pages.

2. John Adams to JQA, 15 December 1781. Two pages.

3. John Adams to JQA, [28 April 1782].

4. John Adams to JQA, 18 August 1782. Two pages.

Section 9 - The Adams Family Corresponds across Great Distances

1. JQA to Thomas Boylston Adams, 11 April 1778.

2. JQA to Charles Adams, 6 June 1778.

3. JQA to Abigail Adams 2d, 27 September 1778. Two pages.

4. Abigail Adams to JQA, 15 December 1778. Two pages.

5. Abigail Adams 2d to JQA, 24 May 1781. Three pages.

6. Abigail Adams 2d to JQA, 3 May 1782. Four pages.

Section 10 - JQA Offers Unseasoned Views of Some of the "Lesser" Peoples of Europe

1. JQA. Diary entry, 3 January 1780. Two pages.

2. JQA. Diary entry, 12 July 1781. Three pages.

3. JQA to John Adams, [1 September 1781]. Three pages.

4. JQA to John Thaxter, 8/19 September 1781. Three pages.

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