Index: Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 15

Adams, John (1735–1826, designated as JA in The Adams Papers)

207

Public Life

115

Presidency, 1797–1801

32

public attitudes toward

24

T. Jefferson and

12

newspapers and

6

Judiciary Act (1801) and

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5

U.S. foreign relations and

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5

JQA’s diplomatic recall and

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4

cabinet of

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4

Federalist Party and

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4

franking privileges of

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4

nominations by

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3

A. Hamilton and

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3

William Smith Shaw as secretary for

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2

JA’s attitude toward

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2

Alien and Sedition Acts and

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2

social responsibilities of

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1

addresses Congress

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1

household arrangements for

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1

Washington administration and

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65

Retirement, 1801–1826

17

public attitudes toward

12

public honors for

10

newspapers and

5

American Philosophical Society and

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7

JA’s attitude toward

4

attends funerals

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2

American Academy of Arts and Sciences and

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2

attends Forefathers’ Day celebration

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2

attends Masonic ceremony

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2

Massachusetts gubernatorial election and

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2

Elizabeth Peabody on

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11

Continental Congress

5

service in

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3

G. Washington’s command and

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2

B. Rush’s writings on

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1

Declaration of Rights and Grievances and

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6

Law Career

2

books for

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2

business of

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2

training for

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6

Diplomatic Career

4

minister to Britain

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1

joint commissioner

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1

minister to the Netherlands

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4

Vice Presidency, 1789–1797

2

presides over Senate

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2

public attitudes toward

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138

Relationship with Children

66

JQA

13

JQA sends publications to

12

JQA’s concern and affection for

11

JQA on public service of

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9

JQA visits

7

JQA’s return to U.S. and

5

advises and assists JQA

4

JQA purchases property from

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3

on JQA’s career and prospects

1

JQA as amanuensis for

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1

publication of JQA’s writings and

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53

TBA

16

advises and assists TBA

5

on TBA

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5

TBA on public service of

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5

TBA visits

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4

TBA and publication of writings of

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5

TBA sends publications to

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4

TBA’s marriage prospects and

4

TBA’s return to Massachusetts and

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3

TBA as secretary for

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2

TBA’s writings and

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13

Miscellaneous

7

effect of public service on children

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5

separation from children

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1

sons’ law careers and

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5

AA2

4

AA2 visits

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1

AA2 sends publications to

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1

CA

1

CA’s death and

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88

Books and Reading

9

newspapers

7

library at MB

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6

Jean François de La Harpe

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7

devotion to

5

publications sent to

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5

purchases books

3

Bible

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2

John Fortescue Aland

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2

Elias Boudinot

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2

Cicero

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2

Edward Coke

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2

Geoffrey Gilbert

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2

Harleian Miscellany

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2

Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Hauterive

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2

John Reeves

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2

subscriptions for

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1

Aesop

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1

Barnabas Bidwell

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1

William Blackstone

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1

Alexander James Dallas

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1

Thomas Dobson

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1

John Dryden

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1

Giles Duncombe

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1

Michael Foster

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1

Hugo Grotius

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1

Matthew Hale

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1

Francis Hargrave

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1

library at Peacefield

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1

Johann Lorenz Mosheim

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1

Jean André de Luc

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1

Charles Paine

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1

Thomas Paine

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1

Port Folio

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1

James Henry Bernardin de Saint Pierre

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1

Shakespeare

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1

William Smith (Penn. provost)

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1

WSS

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1

Socrates

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1

Tacitus

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1

François Adriaan Van der Kemp

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1

Virgil

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1

Voltaire

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1

John Wood

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1

Xenophon

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91

Character, Appearance, Habits, Domestic Life

11

health of

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13

love of rural life

9

letter writing of

7

family visits to and by

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6

foreign language skills of

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6

friendships of

4

aging of

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3

assists family

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4

humor of

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3

portrait of

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6

relationship with T. Jefferson

3

religious beliefs of

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3

William Smith Shaw and

3

relationship with LCA

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2

servants of

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1

aversion to pomp

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1

dog of

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1

education of

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4

interest of in politics

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1

Johnson family and

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79

Opinions and Beliefs

23

Miscellaneous

9

government

3

law and legal profession

2

agriculture

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2

education

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2

gender

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2

law of nature

2

philosophy

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1

history

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26

United States

8

U.S. government and politics

5

partisanship in

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3

Constitution

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3

U.S. relations with Britain

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3

Congress

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1

Louisiana Purchase

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2

U.S. Navy

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1

Whiskey Rebellion

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20

Individuals

3

T. Paine

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2

W. Duane

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3

T. Jefferson

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2

G. Washington

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1

W. Cushing

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1

J. Dickinson

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1

T. Dobson

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1

J. Fenno

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1

P. Freneau

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1

A. Gallatin

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2

T. McKean

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1

Napoleon

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1

R. T. Paine

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10

Europe

5

French government and politics

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2

British government and culture

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2

British impressment

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1

hereditary rule in

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46

Finances and Property

9

farmland arrangements of

8

TBA as agent for

9

Norton Quincy estate and

7

JQA as agent for

5

Bird, Savage, & Bird failure and

2

investments of

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2

Medford property and

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1

AA’s estate and

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1

memoranda of lands conveyed to JQA listed (1803)

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2

valuation on

1

illustration

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28

Social Life

18

visits to and by

7

in Quincy

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2

in London

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1

in The Hague

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31

Relationship with AA

12

AA on public service of

7

AA on

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5

AA’s correspondence and

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4

correspondence with AA

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1

AA and correspondence of

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2

separation from AA

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28

Writings

17

Published

6

1787–1788

6

Defence of the Const.

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4

correspondence in newspapers

2

1786

2

Twenty-Six Letters

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1

1761

1

legal minutes in G. Minot’s History

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1

1763–1767

1

Humphrey Ploughjogger letters in Boston Evening Post and Boston Gazette

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1

1776

1

Thoughts on Government

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1

1790–1791

1

Discourses on Davila

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1

Diary and Autobiography

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9

Port Folio

9

1802–1803

4

translation of A. Villefosse’s Essais

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2

correspondence in

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3

review of J. La Harpe’s Lycée

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2

Unpublished

2

Autobiography

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18

Letters To

1

AA2 (1802)

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1

JQA (1801)

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2

JQA (1802)

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1

JQA (1804)

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4

TBA (1801)

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5

TBA (1802)

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3

TBA (1803)

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1

WSS (1803)

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16

Letters From

7

JQA (1801)

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4

JQA (1804)

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1

TBA (1801)

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1

TBA (1802)

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2

TBA (1803)

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1

William Smith Shaw (1801)

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15

Letters to, from, omitted

2

From JQA listed (1801)

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1

From JQA listed (1802)

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1

From JQA listed (1803)

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1

From JQA listed (1804)

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1

From Peter Boylston Adams listed (1803)

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1

From TBA listed (1802)

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1

From WSS listed (1803)

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1

To Cotton Tufts listed (1798)

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1

To JQA listed (1802)

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1

To Peter Boylston Adams listed (1803)

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1

To TBA listed (1798)

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1

To TBA listed (1801)

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1

To TBA listed (1803)

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1

To WSS listed (1801)

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13

Travels

11

to Quincy (1801)

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1

to Philadelphia (1790)

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1

U.S. to Europe (1778)

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14

Relationship with Grandchildren

4

care and education of grandchildren

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3

GWA’s resemblance to

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2

GWA visits

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2

affection for grandchildren

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3

naming of grandchildren and

8

Mentioned