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Index: Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 13

Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848, son of AA and JA, designated as JQA in The Adams Papers)

211

Relationship with Parents

78

correspondence with AA

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26

exchanges news and publications with parents

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25

correspondence with JA

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14

AA shares letters of

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12

AA and publication of letters of

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11

AA seeks secretary for

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7

AA’s concern and affection for

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6

AA forwards letters to

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7

JA’s patronage and

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6

separation from parents

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4

AA purchases fabric from

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4

concern for AA

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3

parents advise

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1

on AA’s letter writing

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1

JA on

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4

JA’s presidency and

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1

as agent for AA

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1

purchases property from JA

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146

Finances and Property

32

TBA as agent for

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28

CA as agent for

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25

T. Welsh as agent for

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16

investments of

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11

Cotton Tufts as agent for

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10

debts to

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10

rental properties of

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6

accounts of

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3

salary of

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3

William Smith as agent for

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2

participates in lotteries

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149

Public Life

136

Diplomacy, 1797–1801, Minister Plenipotentiary to Prussia

27

dispatches to and from

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22

TBA as secretary for

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18

T. Welsh Jr. as secretary for

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14

salary and provisions for

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11

court customs and duties

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7

Prussian-American Treaty (1799) and

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5

corresponds with U.S. diplomats

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5

reaction to appointment and mission of

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5

renewal of Swedish-American Treaty (1783) and

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3

JQA’s attitude toward

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3

assists Europeans with U.S. claims

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3

S. B. Malcom as possible secretary for

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3

recall from

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3

commission and instructions for

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2

proposal on neutral navigation

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2

presentation at Saxon court

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2

U.S. newspapers on

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1

meets with Prussian ministers

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3

Law Career

2

Boston law office of

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1

training for

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3

Diplomacy, 1794–1797, Minister Resident to the Netherlands

1

assists with petition to States General

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1

cost of living during

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1

departure from

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4

Miscellaneous

1

delivers Boston Fourth of July oration

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2

as possible envoy to France

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1

U.S. firearms purchase and

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2

Diplomacy, 1796, Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal

1

mission changed from Portugal to Prussia

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1

privileges of

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1

Diplomacy, 1795–1796, Mission to England

1

lack of secretary during

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116

Opinions and Beliefs

47

Europe

9

Berlin and Prussia

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7

French government and politics

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7

French imperial ambitions

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6

European war

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5

Irish Rebellion

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2

Cisalpine Republic

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2

French influence in

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1

Batavian Republic

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1

Belgium

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3

Dresden and Saxony

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1

feudalism in

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2

Switzerland

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1

U.S. neutrality and

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37

United States

21

U.S. relations with France

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4

U.S. government and politics

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3

patriotism in

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2

European attitudes toward

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2

foreign influence on

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1

Fries’ Rebellion

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1

knowledge of Europe in

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1

U.S. Navy

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1

Washington, D.C.

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1

yellow fever in

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26

Individuals

6

E. Gerry

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1

R. Arbuthnot

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1

S. Bourne

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1

J. Chapman

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1

Frederick William III

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1

Ann Hellen

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1

Princess Henry

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1

Carolina Johnson

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1

E. Livingston (chaperone)

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1

J. Luzac

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1

T. McKean

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1

A. Masséna

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1

Comte de Mirabeau

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1

H. Perponcher-Sedlnitzky

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1

J. Pitcairn

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1

J. Priestley

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1

N. Romayne

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1

T. Truxtun

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1

C. Villers

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1

T. Welsh

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T. Welsh Jr.

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6

Miscellaneous

2

history and philosophy

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2

integrity

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2

women

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94

Books and Reading

20

library of

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19

newspapers

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5

library at MQA

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4

Baron von Bülow

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3

William Cobbett

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3

Frederick II

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3

Comte de Mirabeau

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4

Charles Talleyrand

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2

bookplate of

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2

books purchased

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2

Edmund Burke

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2

Lazare Carnot

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2

Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

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2

Laws of the United States

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2

John Milton

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2

John Hurford Stone

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2

translations by

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2

Helen Maria Williams

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1

Hannah Adams

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1

Jacques Bailleul

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1

Samuel Butler

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1

Cicero

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1

Collection universelle

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1

Marquis de Condorcet

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1

devotion to

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1

Horace

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1

Immanuel Kant

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1

James Macpherson

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1

Alexander Pope

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1

Richard Price

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1

sends books to Harvard

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82

Relationship with Siblings

73

TBA

35

correspondence with TBA

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9

exchanges items, news, and publications with TBA

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7

TBA carries letters from

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6

as agent for TBA

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4

concern and affection for TBA

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4

on TBA

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3

TBA on future prospects of

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2

TBA and publication of letters of

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2

on TBA’s law career

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1

TBA on writings of

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7

CA

4

correspondence with CA

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3

on CA

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1

Miscellaneous

1

separation from siblings

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1

AA2

1

correspondence with AA2

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60

Character, Appearance, Habits, Domestic Life

18

letter writing of

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8

foreign language skills of

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5

J. Johnson and

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4

Mary Cranch on

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4

health of

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3

character of

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3

clothing of

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5

domestic life in Berlin

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3

economy of

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3

Elizabeth Peabody on

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1

CFA and

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1

birth of

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1

William Cranch and

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1

education of

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35

Relationship with LCA

9

courtship and marriage

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6

LCA’s correspondence and

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6

concern and affection for LCA

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4

AA and JA on

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3

LCA’s role as wife of

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2

on LCA

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3

LCA’s concern and affection for

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2

correspondence with LCA

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24

Letters To

7

AA (1798)

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4

AA (1799)

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2

CA (1798)

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1

Catherine Nuth Johnson (1798)

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1

Catherine Nuth Johnson (1799)

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4

TBA (1798)

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4

TBA (1799)

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1

William Cranch (1798)

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22

Social Life

17

in Berlin

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3

aversion to

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1

in London

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1

in Netherlands

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26

Writings

11

Published

10

correspondence in newspapers

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1

contributor to Port Folio

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6

Diary

1

on health

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1

on letter writing

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1

on Prussian court

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1

on TBA

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2

digital publication of

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3

1793

3

An Oration Pronounced July 4th, 1793

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3

Unpublished

1

ECA notates correspondence of

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2

Letterbooks

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1

1791

1

Publicola

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1

1793

1

Columbus

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1

1793–1794

1

Barneveldt

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18

Letters to, from, omitted

3

From AA listed (1798)

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1

From August Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, listed (1799)

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1

From TBA listed (1799)

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1

From William Smith listed (1798)

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1

To AA listed (1798)

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2

To JA listed (1798)

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1

To JA listed (1799)

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1

To Joshua Johnson listed (1799)

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1

To TBA and Timothy Pickering listed (1799)

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1

To TBA listed (1798)

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3

To TBA listed (1799)

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1

To Thomas Welsh listed (1798)

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1

To William Smith listed (1798)

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17

Travels

11

to Dresden and Töplitz

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3

to Potsdam, Germany

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1

Hamburg to Berlin (1797)

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1

planned to Portugal

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1

possible return to U.S.

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14

Letters From

4

AA (1798)

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4

AA (1799)

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1

AA2 (1798)

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1

JA (1798)

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1

Joshua Johnson (1798)

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1

TBA (1798)

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2

TBA (1799)

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