Index: Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 13

Adams, Abigail Smith (1744–1818, wife of JA, designated as AA in The Adams Papers)

568

Opinions and Beliefs

251

Individuals

13

E. Gerry

6

WSS

5

A. Hamilton

5

C. Talleyrand

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4

William Cranch

AFC13

4

A. Gallatin

AFC13

4

James Greenleaf

AFC13

4

T. Jefferson

4

G. Logan

AFC13

4

T. Pickering

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4

B. Stoddert

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4

I. Sumner

AFC13

4

G. Washington

AFC13

3

Jeremy Belknap

AFC13

3

J. Briesler Sr.

AFC13

3

W. Cobbett

AFC13

3

Anna Cranch

AFC13

3

A. Dallas

AFC13

3

T. Dalton

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3

W. Duncanson

AFC13

3

J. Foster

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3

W. Giles

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3

B. Goodhue

AFC13

3

C. N. Johnson

AFC13

3

T. McKean

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3

John Marshall

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3

T. Mifflin

AFC13

3

J. Nicholas

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3

Elizabeth Peabody

AFC13

3

William Shaw

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3

T. Welsh

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3

T. Welsh Jr.

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3

J. Barlow

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2

M. Black

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2

G. Cabot

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2

J. Clarke

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2

M. Clay

AFC13

2

J. Clopton

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2

R. Dexter

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2

S. Dexter

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2

W. Findley

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2

Elizabeth Smith Foster

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2

A. Harmon

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2

R. Harper

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2

E. Law

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2

E. Livingston (N.Y.)

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2

Livingston family

AFC13

2

Michael (Adams servant)

AFC13

2

B. Rush

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2

T. Sedgwick

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2

Elizabeth Shaw

AFC13

2

William Smith

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2

S. Talbot

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2

J. Varnum

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2

I. Whelen

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1

P. Abdee

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1

AHA

AFC13

1

LCA

AFC13

1

Peter Adams

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1

SSA

AFC13

1

F. Ames

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1

J. Anthony

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1

W. Austin

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1

W. Bingham

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1

E. Black

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1

L. Breck

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1

Esther Briesler

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1

S. Chase

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1

E. Church

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1

T. Claiborne

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1

T. Cooper

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1

Richard Cranch

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1

H. Cushing

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1

S. Dana

AFC13

1

J. Davis

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1

J. Dayton

AFC13

1

H. Dearborn

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1

P. Dupont de Nemours

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1

J. Eckley

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1

J. Eustace

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1

A. Field

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1

U. Forrest

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1

D. Foster

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1

T. Foster

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1

D. Francis

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1

N. Freeman

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1

A. Gerry

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1

Greenleaf family

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1

A. Hall

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1

Margaret Hare

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1

Martha Hare

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1

W. Harmon

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1

T. Hartley

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1

J. Henry

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1

S. Higginson

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1

Dr. A. Hill

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1

J. Hillhouse

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1

J. Johnson

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1

G. Latimer

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1

C. Lee

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1

R. R. Livingston

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1

B. McClenachan

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1

James McHenry

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1

H. Marshall

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1

S. T. Mason

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1

F. A. C. Muhlenberg

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1

A. New

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1

S. Nicholson

AFC13

1

Thomas Norton

AFC13

1

H. G. Otis

AFC13

1

S. F. Otis

AFC13

1

Elizabeth Palmer

AFC13

1

E. Parsons

AFC13

1

Stephen Peabody

AFC13

1

Sarah Robinson Peters (wife of Richard)

AFC13

1

C. C. Pinckney

AFC13

1

E. Porter

AFC13

1

E. Powel

AFC13

1

J. Priestley

AFC13

1

E. Quincy

AFC13

1

J. Quincy III

AFC13

1

J. Reynolds

AFC13

1

S. Sewall

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1

Isaac Smith Sr.

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1

J. Taylor

AFC13

1

H. Tazewell

AFC13

1

Anna Thaxter

AFC13

1

R. Tirrell

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1

U. Tracy

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2

T. Truxtun

AFC13

1

Susanna Tufts

AFC13

1

C. Volney

AFC13

1

J. Warren

AFC13

1

E. Wescott

AFC13

1

Sarah White

AFC13

1

M. Willing

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245

United States

23

First Mission to France

15

U.S. relations with France

14

foreign influence on

15

Alien and Sedition Acts

12

Democratic-Republican Party

13

newspapers

9

Philadelphia

8

U.S. Navy

7

attitudes toward France in

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8

Massachusetts government and politics

7

Second Mission to France

6

youth in

AFC13

5

civil unrest in

AFC13

5

military appointments and service

AFC13

5

New York people and politics

AFC13

4

Federalist Party

AFC13

4

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

AFC13

4

partisanship in

AFC13

4

Pennsylvania government and politics

AFC13

4

WSS’s nominations

4

unity in

AFC13

4

Washington, D.C.

AFC13

4

American Revolution

AFC13

3

New England

AFC13

3

Virginia politics

AFC13

2

direct tax

AFC13

2

Fries’ Rebellion

AFC13

2

religion and politics in

AFC13

2

Society of United Irishmen in

AFC13

2

G. Washington’s army commission

AFC13

1

Electoral College

AFC13

1

Fort Independence

AFC13

1

Whiskey Rebellion

AFC13

45

Miscellaneous

6

health and medical remedies

AFC13

6

public and diplomatic service

AFC13

5

aging and death

AFC13

4

adversity

AFC13

4

marriage

AFC13

3

servants

AFC13

3

women

AFC13

2

education

AFC13

2

Harvard

AFC13

2

letter and diary writing

AFC13

2

rumor and gossip

AFC13

2

yellow fever

AFC13

1

ambition

AFC13

1

“I will never consent to have our sex considered in an inferiour point of light”

AFC13

1

“The President’s March”

AFC13

1

youth

AFC13

27

Europe

7

French imperial ambitions

AFC13

6

French government and people

AFC13

5

French Revolution

AFC13

4

Britain

AFC13

2

Irish Rebellion

AFC13

2

Switzerland

AFC13

1

U.S. influence in

AFC13

304

Relationship with Children

130

TBA

14

concern and affection for TBA

14

exchanges items, news, and publications with TBA

7

shares TBA’s letters

AFC13

4

on TBA

AFC13

4

TBA and correspondence of

4

on TBA’s career

AFC13

4

advises and assists TBA

AFC13

5

publication of TBA’s letters and

AFC13

3

TBA’s concern and affection for

AFC13

3

TBA’s romantic relationships and

AFC13

4

on TBA’s writing and letter writing

AFC13

3

forwards letters to TBA

AFC13

3

on hereditary traits passed to TBA

AFC13

2

TBA’s correspondence and

AFC13

1

TBA as agent for

AFC13

118

JQA

25

exchanges news and publications with JQA

18

JQA’s finances and

14

shares JQA’s letters

12

publication of JQA’s letters and

11

seeks secretary for JQA

6

forwards letters to JQA

5

JQA’s library and

5

concern and affection for JQA

AFC13

4

JQA’s concern for

AFC13

4

purchases fabric from JQA

3

on JQA’s letter writing

AFC13

3

on JQA’s relationship with LCA

AFC13

2

on JQA

AFC13

2

JQA and correspondence of

AFC13

2

advises JQA

AFC13

1

JQA as agent for

AFC13

1

requests JQA’s writings

AFC13

26

AA2

6

on AA2

5

AA2’s correspondence and

AFC13

6

visits with AA2

AFC13

4

relationship with AA2

3

AA2 nurses

AFC13

2

AA2 on

AFC13

17

Miscellaneous

14

separation from children

3

children as legacy of

AFC13

13

CA

8

on CA

AFC13

2

CA and correspondence of

AFC13

1

“the only Child whose conduct ever gave me pain”

AFC13

1

sends publications to CA

AFC13

1

visits CA

AFC13

273

Domestic Life

39

exchanges news and publications with William Shaw

22

charity and gift giving of

21

concern and affection for Peabody-Shaw family

16

William Cranch and

13

family visits to and by

13

Johnson family and

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13

relationship with Mary Cranch

12

assists family and neighbors

12

relationship with LCA

12

shares letters with Mary Cranch

10

Louisa Smith as secretary for

8

exchanges news and publications with William Smith

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8

advises William Shaw

7

concern for Welsh family

7

sends publications to Mary Cranch

AFC13

6

forwards letters

AFC13

7

hosts weddings at Peacefield

6

relationship with Elizabeth Peabody

6

William Shaw and correspondence of

AFC13

6

welfare of A. Hall and

AFC13

5

Dalton family and

AFC13

5

sends publications to Jeremy Belknap

AFC13

4

church attendance

AFC13

3

Briesler family and

AFC13

3

consults B. Rush

AFC13

2

Elizabeth Smith Foster and

AFC13

2

search for Quincy minister and

AFC13

2

sends publications to Cotton Tufts

AFC13

1

baking of

AFC13

1

relationship with SSA

AFC13

1

residence at Bush Hill

AFC13

207

Relationship with JA

19

JA’s concern and affection for

19

on JA’s presidency

16

concern and affection for JA

13

on memorials to and responses from JA

12

JA and correspondence of

10

on public perceptions of JA’s presidency

7

JA’s correspondence and

6

sends newspapers and publications to JA

AFC13

5

on JA

AFC13

5

on JA’s addresses to Congress

AFC13

6

on JA’s public service

AFC13

3

on JA’s patronage

AFC13

3

advises JA

AFC13

2

on JA’s portrait

AFC13

1

on JA’s letter writing

AFC13

1

quotes JA’s inaugural address

AFC13

191

Books and Reading

8

sermons

AFC13

7

subscriptions for

AFC13

5

Alexander Pope

AFC13

5

publications sent to

AFC13

5

Shakespeare

AFC13

6

Baron de Pommereul

AFC13

3

Joel Barlow

AFC13

3

John Robison

AFC13

3

Isaac Watts

AFC13

2

Aesop

AFC13

2

Jeremy Belknap

AFC13

2

Edward Gibbon

AFC13

2

gifts of

AFC13

2

Joseph Hopkinson

AFC13

2

lending of

AFC13

2

John Lowell

AFC13

3

Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton

AFC13

2

Thomas Paine (author)

AFC13

2

Thomas Paine (printer)

AFC13

2

Voltaire

AFC13

3

works dedicated to

AFC13

2

Edward Young

AFC13

1

Hannah Adams

AFC13

1

Joseph Addison

AFC13

1

Anthony Aufrere

AFC13

1

Hugh Blair

AFC13

1

Edmund Burke

AFC13

1

William Cobbett

AFC13

1

John Dennis

AFC13

1

Joseph Eckley

AFC13

1

Henry Fielding

AFC13

1

Oliver Goldsmith

AFC13

1

William Heath

AFC13

1

Homer

AFC13

1

Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

AFC13

1

Humphrey Marshall

AFC13

1

John Milton

AFC13

1

Jedidiah Morse

AFC13

2

Patriotic Addresses

AFC13

1

Hester Lynch Salusbury Thrale Piozzi

AFC13

1

poetry

AFC13

1

Political Green-House

AFC13

1

Eliphalet Porter

AFC13

1

Josiah Quincy III

AFC13

1

Laurence Sterne

AFC13

184

Character, Appearance, Habits

16

religious beliefs of

16

interest of in politics

8

loneliness of

9

prefers private life

7

grief of

AFC13

3

aging of

AFC13

2

candor of

AFC13

2

exercise of

AFC13

2

vanity of

AFC13

1

clothing of

AFC13

1

frugality of

AFC13

1

pride in New England heritage

AFC13

1

Susanna Tufts on

AFC13

181

First Lady

28

duties and social responsibilities of

25

public concern for

18

public responses to JA’s administration and

14

attempts to influence press and public opinion

10

influence on JA

8

public honors for

7

newspapers and

AFC13

5

aversion to pomp

AFC13

4

AA’s attitude toward

AFC13

3

Fourth of July and

AFC13

4

toasts made to and by

AFC13

1

Mary Cranch on

AFC13

1

possible residence in Washington, D.C.

AFC13

1

G. Washington birthday celebrations and

AFC13

160

Household Management

22

construction and renovation at Peacefield and

19

Cotton Tufts and

17

presidential household and

17

servants of

13

requests and receives reports on Peacefield

10

accounts and finances of

10

manages tenants and farmhands

8

manages Adamses’ properties

7

Adamses’ land purchases and

7

Mary Cranch assists with

AFC13

7

William Smith as agent for

AFC13

5

JA advises on farm management

AFC13

5

investments of

AFC13

4

manages livestock

AFC13

4

valuation and taxes on Adamses’ properties and

AFC13

2

Medford, Mass., property of

AFC13

2

oversees clearing and preparing of land

AFC13

1

purchases lottery ticket

AFC13

116

Letters From

1

Hannah Adams (1798)

AFC13

1

Benjamin Rush (1798)

AFC13

1

Benjamin Rush (1799)

AFC13

2

Cotton Tufts (1798)

AFC13

1

Elizabeth Ellery Dana (1799)

AFC13

3

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1798)

AFC13

3

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1799)

AFC13

2

Esther Duncan Black (1798)

AFC13

2

Francis Dana (1798)

AFC13

2

George Cabot (1798)

AFC13

1

Hannah Phillips Cushing (1798)

AFC13

11

JA (1798)

13

JA (1799)

7

JQA (1798)

AFC13

4

JQA (1799)

AFC13

2

Jeremy Belknap (1798)

AFC13

1

John Russell (1798)

AFC13

1

LCA (1798)

AFC13

1

Margaret Allison Caldwell McHenry (1798)

AFC13

9

Mary Smith Cranch (1798)

AFC13

1

Mary Smith Gray Otis (1798)

AFC13

2

Mary Smith Gray Otis (1799)

AFC13

1

Rebecca Leppington Hurd (1798)

AFC13

1

Ruth Hooper Dalton (1798)

AFC13

1

Ruth Hooper Dalton (1799)

AFC13

1

Ruth Hooper Dalton Deblois (1799)

AFC13

1

Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton (1799)

AFC13

1

Stephen Peabody (1798)

AFC13

1

Stephen Peabody (1799)

AFC13

1

Susanna Warner Tufts (1798)

AFC13

2

TBA (1798)

AFC13

11

TBA (1799)

2

Thomas Welsh (1798)

AFC13

3

William Cranch (1798)

AFC13

1

William Cranch (1799)

AFC13

1

William Smith (1798)

AFC13

9

William Smith Shaw (1798)

8

William Smith Shaw (1799)

108

Letters To

1

AA2 (1798)

AFC13

5

Catherine Nuth Johnson (1798)

AFC13

3

Cotton Tufts (1798)

AFC13

4

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1798)

AFC13

3

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1799)

AFC13

1

George Cabot (1798)

AFC13

1

Hannah Adams (1798)

AFC13

11

JA (1798)

12

JA (1799)

5

JQA (1798)

AFC13

4

JQA (1799)

AFC13

2

Jeremy Belknap (1798)

AFC13

1

Lucy Cranch Greenleaf (1798)

AFC13

16

Mary Smith Cranch (1798)

1

Mary Smith Gray Otis (1799)

AFC13

1

Mercy Otis Warren (1798)

AFC13

3

TBA (1798)

AFC13

8

TBA (1799)

2

William Cranch (1798)

AFC13

1

William Cranch (1799)

AFC13

10

William Smith (1798)

6

William Smith Shaw (1798)

AFC13

7

William Smith Shaw (1799)

AFC13

73

Social Life

17

visits made to and by

16

in Philadelphia

5

invitations to and from

3

in New York

AFC13

2

Harvard commencement and

AFC13

1

attends lecture

AFC13

1

attends theater

AFC13

64

Letters to, from, omitted

2

From Cotton Tufts listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Francis Dana listed (1798)

AFC13

2

From George Cabot listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From George Cabot listed (1799)

AFC13

2

From JA listed (1798)

AFC13

2

From JA listed (1799)

AFC13

1

From JQA listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Joseph Wharton Jr. listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Margaret Allison Caldwell McHenry listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Margaret Shippen listed (1799)

AFC13

1

From Mary Esther Kinloch Huger listed (1799)

AFC13

1

From Mary Smith Cranch listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Mercy Otis Warren listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Mercy Otis Warren listed (1799)

AFC13

1

From Moses Gill listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Mr. Meade listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From Rebecca Leppington Hurd (1798)

AFC13

1

From Ruth Hooper Dalton listed (1798)

AFC13

2

From TBA listed (1799)

AFC13

1

From Thomas Welsh listed (1798)

AFC13

3

From William Smith Shaw listed (1798)

AFC13

1

From William Smith Shaw listed (1799)

AFC13

2

From William Smith listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To Catherine Nuth Johnson listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To Cotton Tufts listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To Daniel Greenleaf and Elizabeth Greenleaf Greenleaf listed (1799)

AFC13

1

To Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody listed (1799)

AFC13

1

To Hannah Carter Smith and William Smith listed (1798)

AFC13

2

To JA listed (1798)

AFC13

2

To JA listed (1799)

AFC13

3

To JQA listed (1798)

AFC13

2

To Jeremy Belknap listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To John Belknap listed (1798)

AFC13

3

To Mary Smith Cranch listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To Samuel Bayard Malcom listed (1797)

AFC13

1

To Susanna Warner Tufts listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To TBA listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To TBA listed (1799)

AFC13

1

To William Cranch listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To William Smith Shaw listed (1798)

AFC13

1

To William Smith Shaw listed (1799)

AFC13

5

To William Smith listed (1798)

AFC13

3

To William Smith listed (1799)

AFC13

44

Travels

21

planned to Quincy

9

to Quincy (1798)

6

planned to Philadelphia

AFC13

4

possible to Washington, D.C.

AFC13

2

to Philadelphia (1799)

AFC13

1

to Eastchester, N.Y. (1795)

AFC13

1

to Philadelphia (1797)

AFC13

33

Relationship with Grandchildren

13

assistance for grandsons

6

visits with grandchildren

AFC13

5

concern and affection for grandchildren

AFC13

5

on grandchildren

4

receives news of grandsons

AFC13

9

Writings

6

edits correspondence before sending

AFC13

3

CFA notates correspondence of

AFC13