Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848, son of AA and JA, designated as JQA in The Adams Papers)
226
Books and Reading
10
borrowings from library in St. Petersburg
4
Voltaire's Histoire de ... Russie
4
borrowings from Harvard library
3
Nepos' De viribus illustribus
4
Phaedrus' Fables, copied
3
quotes Shakespeare's Hamlet
2
JA sends list of portraits in Bentivoglio's History to
2
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui
3
John Clarke's Introduction à la syntaxe latine
2
Mercier's Du théâtre, ou nouvel essai sur l'art dramatique
2
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
3
Smollett's History of England
2
alludes to Richardson's Clarissa Harlowe
2
alludes to Sterne's Sentimental Journey
2
alludes to Swift's Gulliver's Travels
2
borrows Catharine Macaulay's History of England and Hume's History of England from the English Library in St. Petersburg
2
cites Manstein's Memoirs of Russia
2
comments on Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda and other plays
2
poetry recommended to, by JA
2
quotes Lyttleton's prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus
2
quotes Voltaire's Histoire de l'empire de Russie
2
reads Bampfylde Moore Carew's Life and Adventures
2
reads Le Sage's Histoire de Gil Blas
2
reads Rollin's Ancient History
2
removed from storage to Old House
1
JA advises to read newspapers and history
1
JA advises to study ancient history
1
JA sends “perpetual almanack” to
1
JA urges to study histories of revolutions
1
Kerroux's Abrégé de l'histoire de la Hollande
1
Lily's Short Introduction of Grammar ... of the Latin Tongue
1
Littleton's Latin Dictionary
1
Nicolas Boileaux-Despréaux
1
Robertson's History of . . . Charles V
2
Sewel's Dutch-English Woordenboek
2
Temple's Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands
3
Tricot's Rudiments de la langue latine
1
Watson's History of ... Philip the Second
1
alludes to Ariosto's Orlando Furioso
1
and booksellers' shops in St. Petersburg
1
at Athenaeum as payment for share
3
bibliography of French grammars and dictionaries
1
borrows Richardson's Clarissa Harlowe and Nichols' Poems from the English Library in St. Petersburg
1
catalogue made with CFA
1
comment on Spartan law and history
2
copies Dictata ... ad Analogiam Linguae Graecae
1
copies from Wenshing's treatise on Greek grammar
1
desire for building to house
1
discussion of French poets with Trumbull
2
first bookplate designed and executed by
1
interest in N.Y. satirical poem on women
1
introduces CA to French poetry
1
legal studies limit pleasure reading
1
memorizes Collins' “Ode”
1
purchase of French and Russian grammar
1
purchase of French-German dictionary
1
purchase of astronomy books
1
purchases at sale of TBA's collection
1
quotes Horace's Epistles
1
quotes Pope's “Messiah”
1
quotes Voltaire's Tancrède
1
reads Justinian's Institutes
1
sends Cerisier's Politique hollandais to JA
1
sends books and writings to Braintree
1
sent from Washington to Old House
1
“Appendix de Diis et Heroibus ethnicis”
1
“Cicero's oration pro Milone”
1
plans for library building
1
presentation copy from S. Grimké
1
Sewel's New Dictionary English and Dutch
1
bookplate bearing Boylston seal engraved for
1
dates of book purchases
1
early reading accomplished
See also: under individual authors and newspapers
1100
Character, Appearance, Habits, Domestic Life
60
CFA's estimate
8
speeches, writings, and lectures
1
fondness for conversation
1
imaginative qualities from AA
1
independence of actions
1
little talent for farming
1
pleasure in living with
1
silence affects large dinner
1
“sinks from want of intellectual stimulus”
1
Tocqueville's evaluation of presidency
1
battle against Gag Rule
1
changes in political views
1
contribution to CFA's “Southern Conventions” articles
1
member of diplomatic mission
1
“My father is a genius, and he is not prudent”
1
prominence limits CFA's political activity
101
Character
25
concern over loss of time
24
self-appraisal and concern for future
10
objectivity and sense of fairness
7
sensitivity to proprieties
6
disgust with student irresponsibility
4
desire for independence
1
“I am . . . weary of this wandering, strolling kind of Life”
88
Disputation and Controversy
6
over reform of Phi Beta Kappa
5
with Massachusetts Federalists
4
quarrel with Mass. Federalists
4
with National Republicans over endorsement of non-party members
4
with Antimasons over policy on Bank of U.S.
3
in Calhoun-Jackson dispute
2
with Jackson over Mexican boundary
2
with National Republicans over Fortification Bill
2
with Proprietors of Boston Athenaeum
1
attacked by Maj. Henry Lee
1
over Josiah Quincy's administration of Harvard
1
over award of honorary degree to Jackson
1
with Democrats over maneuver in House
1
with Demorats and Van Buren over appeasement of South
1
with National Republicans
1
over Latin-American policy
200
Family
7
and CFA's new house site
5
despair and grief over illness and death of Georgeanna Frances Adams
5
memorial tablet to JA and AA
5
and CFA's political activities
4
grants CFA's request to use AA's papers
3
pleasure in company of ABA and CFA
4
presents coin and medal collection to CFA
3
suggests CFA write memoir of AA
2
burdens CFA with a charge
3
despair over death of T. B. Adams Jr.
3
gives CFA land for house
2
gives recovered ancient coin collection to CFA
2
proposed Quincy residence for JA2
2
wedding gifts to CFA and ABA
1
Bible reading with grandchildren
1
CFA accompanies to Capitol
1
CFA visits in Washington
1
CFA wishes JQA had heard a better sermon
1
and CFA on “draws”—“drawers” usage
2
and CFA's responsibility to sustain family name
1
and funeral of distant relative
1
and illness of Mary Louisa Adams
1
approves CFA's decision on newspaper acquisition
1
burdened by household cares
1
collection of ancient coins disappears
1
concern for ABA's health
1
desire for perpetuation of line
1
discouraged over LCA's condition
1
encourages publication of “An Appeal” as pamphlet
1
family's ill health depresses
1
gives Athenaeum share to CFA
1
gives CFA money for debt to MCHA
1
gives CFA pew at Adams Temple
1
gives CFA portrait of JA
1
gives CFA “Pine Tree” seal of 1816
1
gives Treaty Seal to CFA on occasion of JQA2's baptism
1
inculcates duty of diary-keeping
1
offers CFA editorship of Boston Patriot
1
on the date of JA's birth
1
pleasure from living with CFA
1
pleasure in company of CFA and ABA
1
supplies dates for CFA's sketch of LCA
1
“all my hopes of futurity in this world are now centered upon [CFA]”
1
“helpless in his private concerns”
1
and I. H. Adams' commission to West Point
20
depressed, languid, irritable, &c.
20
carries letters and gifts to America
14
health and minor illnesses
11
belongings sent to America from The Hague
9
delivery of letters, etc.
10
works on family papers during brief retirement from public life
8
letterbook and diary keeping
8
observations of character
7
sad at separation from family
6
projected return to America
8
receives maternal advice on habits and morals
5
CFA comments on singularity
5
disinterest in management of money and property
5
uninterested in management of money and property
4
arrangements to leave Washington, 1829
4
family impatient with lack of letters from
4
observations on morals and politics
4
studies leave no time for social life
3
books and papers kept in disorder
3
adjured to improve handwriting
3
apologetic for not writing
3
arrangements for coach to take family to Paris
3
buys coach for trip to Lorient
3
offers violin to William Cranch
3
post rider between Braintree and Boston
3
receives mail before sailing
2
40th wedding anniversary
2
gift of house lot to First Church minister
2
“unfitness for public exhibition”
2
Adamses pay Cranches for boarding of
2
and Pedrick's business scheme
2
arrival in N.Y. unknown in Europe
2
assists in keeping family accounts
2
comments on attention received in N.Y.
2
correspondence from Europe
2
correspondence with Winslow Warren
2
inventory of clothes and possessions
2
morality instilled by JA
2
recovers money from dishonest agent
2
reunites with AA and AA2
2
sends trunks to Haverhill
3
youthful letter-writing
1
CFA frustrated by JQA's character
2
CFA on his gifts as a writer
1
CFA on his moral superiority and unpopularity
1
CFA on his return to politics
1
CFA on inflexible morality
1
absorbed in Antimasonry
1
apathetic to plans and projects
1
chests moved to “the Office”
1
cold and reserved manner
1
contemplates leaving Washington
1
effect of domestic discord on
1
hostility of Boston elite to
1
inspects quarry and nursery
1
not given to reminiscence
1
tendency to financial speculation
1
ties to First Church, Boston
1
weakness for buying Adams family land
1
“As a sort of personage myself, of the last century, I was flattered”
1
“has always loved to ride the whirlwind”
1
“the reputation of [JQA] is too strong for them to resist”
1
letter-writing impeded by studies
1
preference for mathematics over law
1
prefers walking to visiting
1
reflections in graveyard
2
service as secretary: for Dana
1
translation of German for Dana
1
AA on “How unpardonable would it have been in you, to have been a Blockhead”
1
AA: “your passions are strong and impetuous and ... sometimes ... hurry you into excesses, yet ... I have observed a frankness and
Generosity accompany your Efforts to govern and subdue them”
1
Lucy Cranch assists in furnishing rooms at Harvard
1
accepts being laughed at for weight
1
adjustment to new surroundings
1
advised by father to attend English Separatists' church in Leyden
1
affection for CA praised
1
and Golden Verses of Pythagoras
1
attends funeral of Lucy Quincy Tufts
1
auction of Dr. Iron-side's books
2
avid interest in early balloon ascents
1
benefits of returning to America
1
buys silver from Baron van Tuyll
1
called “our young Northern Envoy”
1
carries money for parents to Cotton Tufts
1
compared to M. d'Aragon
1
compared to Samuel Cooper Johonnot
1
concerned that parents will disapprove horse purchase
1
correspondence from Russia
1
correspondence with family in Europe
2
declares independence of opinions
1
definition of genius, quoted
1
delivers letters in Boston
1
describes unusual “dark day”
1
earliest known surviving letter of
1
entertains Elizabeth Cranch by singing and acting
1
executor of Ward Boylston's will
2
facsimiles of handwriting in 1780
1
family letters received
1
handles household duties in France
1
has felt like a wanderer abroad for seven years
1
horticultural problems at Quincy
1
hospitable to relations in Europe
1
incorporates Quincy family arms in bookplate
1
lack of improvement in letterwriting
1
named for Col. John Quincy
1
on Jackson administration
1
oversees dogs Lafayette sends to Washington
1
receives great attention upon arrival home
1
relationships with young women
1
requests TBA become student of Timothy Jennison
1
says does not keep up with public news
1
sends regards to people in Haverhill
1
serves as interpreter for Vérac and Dana
1
studies are only consolation for departed friends
1
study “does not diminish his flesh”
1
thought older than sister
1
tires of questions about Europe
1
will take wine to college
1
“I know not that I am apt to be over-Sentimental”
1
“a good Character wherever he has been”
1
“form'd for a Statesman”
1
“inherits the spirit of his father, and bids fair to be a Roman like him”
1
“is respected wherever he goes for his Vigour and Vivacity both of Mind and Body, for his constant good Humour ... as well as his
general Knowledge which for his Age is uncommon”
1
“naturally inclined to be fat”
1
“quite a gallant among the Ladies”
1
“we all form opinions of Persons according to their Conduct to ourselvs”
0
on gardening and arboriculture
1
correspondence with Storer
1
early correspondence of
1
friendship with Thaxter
1
on Edward Everett, quoted
1
receives gift of John Trumbull engraving
697
Education
343
Harvard College
24
mathematics and surveying
11
attends Samuel Williams' lectures on physics
9
fields of study and classes at
4
on students and tutors at
4
participates in events at
5
preparation for admission to
3
lives with Henry Ware at
3
senior class desire for private commencement
2
chosen thesis collector at commencement
2
remains at over vacation
2
resents time spent on “mere ceremonies” at
1
AA2 chastises for critiques of Harvard professors by
1
Richard Cranch visits at
1
attends debate on democracy
1
competition among classmates over valedictory oration at
1
has advantage in French over other students
1
return of books to college library
1
studies with CA and William Cranch
1
translates piece from English into Latin
85
Preparation for Harvard
8
program of studies for admission
5
plans for studies at Haverhill and Harvard
5
returns to America to attend Harvard
3
reasons for attending Harvard
2
JA arranges for college costs
2
JA wants to send to Harvard
2
admission to Harvard with advance standing
1
advice from Pres. Willard
1
arrival in Cambridge to enter Harvard
12
preparation for legal career
9
at University of Leyden
7
copying of legal instruments
7
indifferent success in the pursuit of studies in St. Petersburg
6
tutored by John Thaxter
6
hears and comments on House of Commons debates
6
program of studies charted by JA
5
in Pechigny's school, Passy
4
slackened application to studies
4
studies and translates Horace
4
studies and translates Tacitus
3
translates Suetonius, Virgil, and Tacitus into French
3
urged to study classics and algebra
3
English translations from Latin
5
and the Latin School on the Singel, Amsterdam
3
attendance at House of Representatives
2
attends Mass. Supreme Judicial Court session
2
pursues studies with ardor
2
studies Dutch, Latin, and Greek
2
studies Greek New Testament
2
translates Cleanthes' “Hymn to Zeus”
2
translates Virgil's Aeneid
2
loss of classical studies at Leyden regretted
2
problem of finding a school for
2
study of German language
1
JA recommends “a Book of Amusement” of moral philosophy
1
JA teaches mathematics to
1
attends Courts of Justice (Chancery) session
1
interprets for American pilot directing French ship
1
translates Latin at Auteuil
1
translates Suetonius' Caligula and other Lives of the Twelve Caesars
1
translates Virgil into English
1
“Study. . . is to be my only mistress”
1
JA regrets delay in college entry occasioned by European residence
1
JA: “You must acquire the Art of mixing Study with Business”
2
adjured by AA to study Dutch history
1
becomes amanuensis for Francis Dana
1
capacity for emulation best served at Leyden or Harvard
1
converses in foreign languages with Richard Cranch
1
effect of European travel on support for republicanism
1
linguistic and orthographic equipment at fourteen
1
list of JA's law books made
1
listens to debates in Mass. House of Representatives and Supreme Judicial Court
1
on battle of Bunker Hill and death of Warren
1
plan to place him in Governor Dummer Academy
1
reading of Robertson, Charles V
1
requirements for success in
3
study of the Dutch language
1
tutored by Jonathan Mason
1
urged by AA to study “men and manners”
1
wants a blank book in which to “transcribe the most remarkable occurances”
1
“If there is no other Way, I will take you home, and teach you Demosthenes and Homer myself”
103
Family and Domestic Life
23
relations with brothers
6
impatience for parents' return
4
emotions on visiting home
4
reunion with and helps parents settle into Old House
3
and LCA's trip to N.Y. State
3
importance of letters from family
3
interest in AA2's engagement
3
settlement of JA's estate
2
feeling at seeing Grandfather Smith's home
2
visits to Grandmother Hall
1
and LCA's return to Washington
1
attends funeral of Mrs. Isaac Smith Sr.
1
burial and funeral of GWA
1
family discuss his speeches
1
helps nephew, J. Q. Adams
1
reaction to meeting JA's college friend
1
reading from JA's Diary
1
regret at leaving Braintree
1
sends sons to attend Congress
1
sorrow at parting from family
1
sympathy for Wm. Smith Jr.'s children
234
Finances and Property
35
Accounts
20
Accounts and notes payable
13
Accounts and notes receivable
1
debt of Bird, Savage, & Bird liquidated
35
Boston rental properties
10
Court Street (law office)
17
Columbian Mills (D.C.)
7
Farms acquired by mortgages
18
Legatee and trustee under will of JA
See also: Boylston, Thomas
49
Quincy properties
16
Mount Wollaston orchand and farms
8
ancestral farms and woodland (Penn's Hill)
See also: Quincy, Mass.
8
Weston farm and woodland
59
Health and Illnesses
11
inoculated with smallpox
2
recovery from sleeplessness
125
Letters To
1
Elizabeth Cranch (1773)
1
Elizabeth Cranch (1778)
1
Elizabeth Cranch (1782)
1
Elizabeth Cranch (1784)
2
Elizabeth Cranch (1786)
1
Elizabeth Smith Shaw (1786)
1
Mary Smith Cranch (1784)
1
Mary Smith Cranch (1785)
99
Letters From
1
Elizabeth Cranch (1781)
3
Letters to, from, omitted
1
from Benjamin Vaughan listed (1784)
1
to Hannah Thaxter listed (1775)
1
to William Cranch listed (1781)
537
Opinions and Beliefs
16
Education
11
Harvard—curriculum, etc.
153
Exchange of views with CFA
10
CFA's program of studies, writings, and career
10
JQA's re-entrance into politics
5
family financial and residential arrangements
4
on return to public life
4
duel between House members
3
French spoliation claims
3
CFA's political views and prospects
2
British politics of late 18th century
2
ancient and modern oratory
2
antimasonic party and convention
2
causes of defeat in Senate election
2
response to political attacks
2
satisfactions of public life
2
CFA's rejection of Mass. House nomination
2
CFA's “Speculations Upon the Carolina Policy”
2
provides pamphlets on Texas annexation and abstract of bank returns
1
A. H. and Edward Everett
1
Bank of the United States
1
French drama, versification, and Molière
1
Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox
1
Mass. elections (1833-1834)
1
New England Federalists
1
Nullification Proclamation
1
civil law and common law
1
early years of Revolution
1
governmental authority and rights of the people
1
on politics and principles
1
on the meaning of “orphan”
1
politics and moral character
1
writings and reputation
1
“washstand letter” controversy
1
Reflections Upon the Currency
1
CFA's writing in support of A. H. Everett
1
CFA's “Letters to Biddle”
1
CFA's “Southern Commercial Conventions”
1
Mass. legislative course on banks
1
Pennsylvania election returns
1
guesses CFA's authorship of “The Democratic Address”
1
impending election (1836)
1
influence of college education
1
“rather warm” on the currency
54
Historical, Literary, Scientific &c.
2
interest in horticulture
2
stage presentation of Shakespeare
1
Harvard oratorical style
1
attainment of literary eminence in America
1
“Religious sentimentalism is the most common characteristic of the writings of the young Unitarian Sons of Harvard”
25
National characteristics
4
British and French compared
52
Public men and issues
2
Antimasonry and Bank of U.S.
1
Bank of U.S. and Boston Daily Advocate
1
Cousin's report on public education in Prussia
1
Henry Clay and campaigning for office
1
Panama Inter-American Congress
1
congressional speech on the currency
1
effects of neglect of public worship
1
equates anti-Bankism with support of slavery
1
executive powers of removal in the Constitution
1
expressed to Tocqueville
1
on official reaction to destruction of Ursuline Convent
1
opposed by J. T. Buckingham of the Boston Courier
1
ratio of Congressional representation
1
right to withhold participation in procedure deemed unconstitutional
1
rumored slave insurrection
1
speech on Cherokee compensation
1
touchstone of American foreign policy
1
“Jackson-Masonic Post Office”
1
“Time serving and Sycophancy are qualities of all learned and Scientific Institutions”
16
Religion
12
clergy and preaching
See also: names of individual clergymen
3
Roman Catholicism
See also: Roman Catholic Church
1
disinterested benevolence
22
Social
5
silly and despicable customs
1
change in family status over generations
1
meddlesomeness of mankind
9
Virtues and vices
1
superstition and bigotry
44
Women, love, and children
7
agriculture and livestock
6
professionals and charletans
3
commemorations of Battle of Bunker Hill
2
comments on young women in N.Y.
2
finds it awkward to prefer one European country
2
praises Swedish hospitality to strangers
2
remarks on frailty of human life
2
remarks on the social prominence of N.Y. loyalists and their daughters
2
thinks Court life ridiculous, but necessary
1
Americans wary of a traveler's veracity
1
London “for convenience and beauty is far superior to Paris”
1
Palmer family's difficulties
1
admires teacher of deaf mutes
1
bored at “insipid uniformity” of sea travel
1
comments on Yale's library
1
comments on absolute monarchy
1
comments on honor paid to André
1
comments on roads and lodgings in France
1
compares French and Brit. wines
1
compares conversation in U.S. and Europe
1
contrasts U.S. and European education of young women
1
criticizes Othello (in the 1830s)
1
criticizes a hasty and improvident marriage
1
criticizes petty religious differences
1
describes “Italian eyes”
1
dislikes sarcastic misogyny of old bachelors
1
does not regret leaving sights of Europe for America
1
engagement of AA2 to WSS
1
finds Americans as proud of family as Europeans
1
health effects of flute playing
1
hopes Concord and Lexington will be venerated by posterity
1
meeting with his brothers
1
on popularity of social visits at N.Y.
1
refuses to attend opening of Charles River Bridge
1
relations between men and women
1
supports trade restrictions against British
1
thinks English mealtimes ridiculous
1
thinks U.S.-Sweden treaty promises much commerce
1
thinks every impartial observer finds French stage superior to the English
1
thinks trifling matters are clues to character
1
value of the English coronation crown “might have been better employed”
1
young Amer. women value beauty over accomplishments
1
“A single life in this Country cannot be an happy life”
1
“How happens it, that revenge stares through the eyes of every Spaniard”
1
“Ideas of Beauty are often local”
1
“The good scholar is esteemed, even by the idle; but the bad one, is despised as much by those who are like him, as he is by the
judicious”
1
“it is impossible, as well for whole Nations [England], as for particular persons to be Vicious and happy”
1
“nothing has so much influence over the human heart as the voice of undoubted friendship”
1
“the instances, are very rare, where a person of a loose Character, makes any figure as a Scholar”
1
commemorations of Battle of Bunker Hill
1
dullness of county life
1
Amer. versus European universities
339
Public Life
25
Candidate for Governor (1833)
10
and withdrawal from race
6
nomination and campaign
5
proscription charge and the “wash-stand letter”
1
“Address to the People”
21
Contestant for Senate (1834-1835)
5
and National Republicans
36
Presidential candidacy, 1824
8
and his negotiation of slave trade convention
2
importance of N.Y. State
1
and Cunningham correspondence
1
anti-Clay forces' accusations
1
electoral college vote in election
58
President
11
quarrel with Federalists
4
annual messages to Congress
3
Giles' publication of Jefferson's letters
2
Inter-American Congress
2
development of pro-Jackson forces
2
elections of Speakers of House
1
attacks of Russell Jarvis
1
internal improvements policy
1
message to Congress on Creeks
1
new slave trade convention
1
prospects for reelection
1
reviews militia parade in Boston
1
salute from Baltimore rifle company
50
Representative in Congress
5
attempted censure over anti-slavery petitions
4
struggles against “gag rules”
3
as temporary presiding officer
3
constituent support on Texas question
3
course on issues before House
3
supports Jackson's measures against France
2
on southwest boundary question
1
CFA's attitude toward service as
1
Jackson and Mexican boundary
1
and resolution of northeast boundary (1841–42)
1
minority report of Committee on Manufactures
1
on “Southern Machinery”
1
plan to form a new party to support
1
shifts toward National Republicans
1
speech on northwest boundaries
12
acts as JA's personal secretary
7
social life as Secretary of State
6
prepares and delivers eulogy on James Madison
4
rumored appointment to mission on northeast boundary controversy
3
Commissioner of Sinking Fund
3
lecture on the Constitution for N.-Y. Hist. Soc.
3
lectures on Smithson bequest
3
on Webster's resolution
3
helps promote sale of Amer. whale oil to France
3
Biddle's published letters to
2
attends Monroe's drawing room
2
honored at Quincy picnic
1
Boston Advocate friendly to
1
4th of July oration in Newburyport (1837)
2
Boylston professorship at Harvard
1
CFA on failure to leave Washington as President
1
alliance against election to Senate (1835)
1
and Alexander Smyth and War of 1812
1
and founding of Smithsonian Institution
1
as minister to the Netherlands
1
citizens present his portrait to Boston
1
congressional election of 1838
1
criticized in whig address
1
discusses with Clay Ghent Treaty and Jackson's invasion of Florida
1
estimates of, by others
1
honored by ladies of Hingham
1
in Norfolk Congressional election (1833)
1
law office of, 1792-1794
1
lecture on JA for Quincy Lyceum
1
lecture on education in Braintree
1
on roads and canals bill
1
opposed by National Republicans
2
political independence of
1
positions defined by A. H. Everett
1
possible Democratic opposition to reelection
1
proposed antimasonic nominee for Governor (1834)
1
rumored whig nominee for governor
1
support of Louisiana Purchase and of Embargo
1
urged to take action on currency issue
1
“one of those moments which compensate for a Life of Sorrows”
1
asks Dana to tell Swedish merchant of exports suitable for America
1
tells JA of Swedish expectation for early peace
1
tells JA that Denmark has designated an envoy to U.S.
1
visits French minister in Copenhagen
1
4th of July oration at Faneuil Hall (1793)
1
as secy. to Francis Dana
107
Relationship with AA2
3
AA2 informs of engagement and marriage
2
AA2 opposes learning flute
2
AA2 requests lock of hair from
2
AA2 wants JQA's portrait and lock of hair
2
criticized by AA2 for not writing
2
deeply moved by receiving AA2's letters
7
develops correspondence with AA2
3
suspends writing to AA2 until admitted to college
1
AA2 feels “as if we were growing into Life strangers to each other”
1
AA2 imagines as Mass. congressman
1
AA2 shares letters of with WSS
1
AA2 suspects romance between Nancy Dumas and
1
AA2's emotions on JQA's departure
1
AA2: “you have become so great a traveller that much is expected from you”
1
WSS asks to be remembered to
1
agrees to exchange opinions of characters with AA2
2
agrees to write daily to AA2
1
and AA2's relationship with Royall Tyler
1
and correspondence with WSS
1
approves AA2's dismissal of Tyler
1
disappointed at receiving no letters from AA2
1
dissatisfaction with own letters to AA2
1
informs Elizabeth Shaw of engagement of
1
interprets for AA2 in Paris
1
reaction to engagement of
1
receives advice from on behavior at college
1
receives profile of WSS from
3
reunites with AA2 in London
1
takes pleasure in the company “of a Sister who fulfills my most sanguine expectations”
1
thanks AA2 for caution and correction
224
Relationship with Parents
22
correspondence with AA
13
acts as AA's secretary and translator
11
requests and receives books from
10
correspondence with JA
8
AA sends fabric and clothing for
7
AA complains at not hearing from
7
judges oratory of speakers in Parliament at JA's request
6
AA sends political information to
5
sends JA's books to Holland
4
JA wants JQA in Holland
5
return to Holland relieves JA
7
reunites with AA in London
3
JA sends to London to meet AA and AA2
3
JA urges improvement in letterwriting
3
JA urges to keep a journal
4
reassures AA of affection for
3
returns to JA at The Hague
2
AA expresses concern for JQA's moral condition
2
JA advises JQA on behavior in London
2
JA suggests learning Dutch together
3
corrects AA's Yankee speech
2
sad when AA's arrival in London is delayed
2
sends JA list of new congressmen
2
sends JA political news from N.Y.
2
sends copy of debate to
2
writes observations on Russia at AA's request
1
AA advises to prepare to serve country
1
AA calls JQA “the young Hercules”
1
AA cautions not to discuss conferences with minister from Tripoli publicly
1
AA concerned about health of
1
AA encourages close relationship with CA
1
AA expects great things for
1
AA informs of AA2's engagement
1
AA instructs on treatment of brothers by
1
AA receives report on him from Cotton Tufts
1
AA sees JQA's “Strong resemblance of his Pappa. He is the same good humourd Lad he formerly was”
1
AA sends drawing of The Hyde to
1
AA sends epitaph for Samuel Johnson to
1
AA writes by fireside of
1
JA allows to choose with whom to study law
1
JA asks for account of travel expenses
1
JA calls “a Man in Understanding as well as Stature”
2
JA calls “greatest Traveller of his Age”
1
JA is pleased with studies of
1
JA plans tour of England with
1
JA pleased with Americans' good opinion of
1
JA recommends Timothy Dwight and Joel Barlow to
1
JA says people “should take him to be my younger brother, if they did not know him to be my son”
1
JA says: “you must prepare yourself to get your Bread”
1
JA thinks JQA has greater opportunities than he had
1
JA travels to London to meet (1784)
1
JA urges regular distribution of time, prudence, frugality
1
JA: “well pleased with what I hear of you”
1
JQA and JA share same role in Harvard commencement
1
agrees to write JA by every post
1
awaits JA's orders for bringing AA and AA2 from London
1
delivers instructions to Cotton Tufts for AA
1
executes seal commemorating negotiations at Ghent at JA's request
1
hopes JA approves horse purchase
1
instructed by JA on residence and studies
1
intends to write to AA from Holland
1
receives letters from AA
1
tells JA he hears nothing of peace negotiations
1
urged by AA to have pride in own country and its leaders
2
watches Battle of Bunker Hill with AA
1
wishes to study law with JA
1
becomes JA's closest companion
4
correspondence with JA described
1
sends Copley portrait of JA to U.S.
1
unsatisfying early correspondence with AA
3
writes to JA at Congress and in Europe
29
Religion
6
attends church: in Netherlands
1
Christianity and ancient belief compared
1
much more than morality
See also: under names of individual preachers
125
Residences
4
with I. Smith Sr., Boston
3
Brackett's tavern, Boston
3
Hôtel de Rouault, Auteuil
2
at Mrs. Leathers', Newburyport
2
considers houses in Boston
2
plans for Quincy estate
1
Washington: 1601 I (Eye) St.
1
uncertainty in plans, (1829)
1
Capt. Cox's tavern, Conn.
1
Dessein's Hôtel d'Angleterre, Calais
1
Grante Amirante, La Coruña
1
Hall's tavern, outside N.Y. city
1
Hôtel de L'Imperatrice, Brussels
1
Hôtel de Paris, St. Petersburg
1
Hôtel de la Marine, Lorient
1
Hôtel des Armes d'Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1
Hôtel des Etats Unis, The Hague
1
Hôtel du Maréchal de Turenne, Rotterdam
1
Hôtel du Maréchal de Turenne, The Hague
1
John Stockdale's, London
1
La Cour D'Hollande, Leyden
1
Mme. Henry Schorn's, Amsterdam
1
Mr. Artaud's, St. Petersburg
1
New Castle of Antwerp, Utrecht
1
Osborne's Hotel, London
1
Sign of the Negro, near Gotha
1
Sign of the Swan, Valenciennes
1
Vassal's in Strand, Copenhagen
1
at Shaw house in Haverhill
1
at birthplace in Braintree
1
at Mrs. Hooper's, Newburyport
1
at Prof. Wigglesworth's
1
at Wm. Foster's, Boston
1
boards at Cranches in Braintree
1
guest of Mr. Platt, New Haven
1
plans for Mt. Wollaston
1
surveys Quincy boundaries
1
with B. Pickman Jr., Salem
1
with E. Gerry, Cambridge
1
with JA at The Hague, 1783-1784
1
acquisition of Old House
706
Social Life
177
Recreation
19
flute-playing and singing
12
attendance at concerts
1
attendance at dance recital
38
Friendships
15
correspondence with classmates
27
attends dinners and social functions
24
receives visitors at Old House
23
attends dinners and social functions
11
entertaining of relatives and friends
11
entertains at Old House
6
attends theater and opera in Paris
6
visits Cranches at Braintree during vacations
5
skating and horseback riding
3
observes militia exercises
2
acquaintance of Paul Randall
2
at Independence Day celebrations
2
friendship with William Cranch
2
spends time with Charles Storer
2
visits with Elbridge Gerry
3
allows Sparks to use JA's Letterbooks
2
contributes to building Episcopal Church, Quicny
2
visits at P. C. Brooks house, Medford
2
and Benjamin Waterhouse
2
and supervisors of Adams Temple and School Fund
2
entertains at Old House
2
trip to White Mountains
2
visits at Peter C. Brooks house, Medford
2
writes letters of introduction for Sidney Brooks
1
and Jean Baptiste Petry
1
and the Le Roy-Chabanel circle in Amsterdam
1
at the Foire St. Germain
1
attends bachelor's wedding dinner in Haverhill
1
attends fair at The Hague
1
attends illumination and masquerade ball at Peterhoff
1
boards with Edward Wigglesworth during vacation
1
celebration of Thaxter banns
1
converses with Almy Ellery
1
dines at James Foster's
1
dines with Nathaniel Tracy
1
goes to Concert Hall in Boston
1
hospitable social life in Haverhill
1
limited friendships to be made in St. Petersburg
1
meets Benjamin Austin Jr. at commencement
1
promenade de Longchamps
1
sees Benjamin West's paintings
1
spends time with CA and William Cranch
1
takes excursion to Cronstadt, &c.
1
visits Dalton's in Newbury
1
visits Fagel's estate (1797)
1
visits Gov. Pownall at Richmond Hill
1
visits with Charles Storer
1
watching ship launching
1
wishes Betsy Cranch to stay at Shaws
1
Life of Arthur Lee dedicated to
1
and Pres. Josiah Quincy
2
and Quincy's Independence Day celebration (1835)
1
and Rev. George Whitney
1
and Supervisors of Adams Temple and School Fund
1
attends Boston Lafayette memorial exercises
1
attends Hingham celebration
1
attends baptismal rites and dinner
1
attends demonstration of a new illuminating oil
1
dinner with Fanny Kemble
2
week's trip to Nantucket &c.
1
as President, entertains Lafayette at White House
See also: names of individuals for JQA's visiting
314
Travels
14
accompanies Dana overland to Russia (1781)
10
returns to Holland from Russia (1782-1783)
6
from London to Paris (1784)
5
accompanies his father to France (1778)
4
preparations for leaving France
4
return alone to Netherlands planned and route proposed
4
return journey with father from Paris to Braintree (1779)
3
accompanies father on second mission to Europe (1779)
3
accompanies father to Amsterdam (1780)
3
across northern Spain and to Paris
4
returns to America (1785)
4
returns to Holland (1784)
2
Russian-Swedish money equivalents
2
The Hague to Amsterdam, and return
2
arrival in Abborfors, Finland, and Helsingfors
2
from Auteuil to Lorient
2
places and distances, Lovisa to Stockholm
2
stage to New Haven rejected
2
to St. Petersburg (1781)
2
visits Bath with JA (1783)
2
stays with CFA in Boston
1
Auteuil to Paris too far for walking
1
Copenhagen to Amsterdam
1
Cranch: “He will be the greatest American Traveller of his Age”
1
German and English posts and money compared
1
JA: “He behaves like a Man”
1
St. Petersburg to Peterhoff and return
1
St. Petersburg to Stockholm
1
Utrecht to St. Petersburg
1
accompanies Dana to St. Petersburg as French interpreter
1
arrives at Harvard College
1
attempt to go to Kiel by ship
1
between England and Netherlands (1784)
1
bridge of boats over Waal
1
customs officers in Brittany
1
describes journey through Sweden
1
from Boston to Haverhill
1
give greater experience to
1
journey through Spain (1779-1780)
1
met John Bowdoin in Paris
2
moves to Leyden to continue schooling
1
places, distances, and post charges to Frederichshamm
2
returns to Paris from Holland (1783)
1
roads and expenses, Paris to Lorient
1
roads and lodgings in Spain
1
roads in Province of Main
1
stays in Åmine, Finland
1
through Denmark to Germany
1
very little during terms at Harvard
1
voyage to Spain in 1779
1
accompanies father on board the Boston to France (1778)
2
to Europe with JA and John Thaxter (1779-1780)
334
Writings and Editorial Work
19
Archival work
9
methodizes letters of JA
7
has amanuenses copy sections of JA's diary
3
collates JA's diary with copies made
158
Diary
20
plans and problems of keeping of
17
sketches of Harvard classmates in
11
booklets of, described
6
comments on classmates and others in
3
English translations in
3
describes social events in
2
describes events at Harvard in
2
reference to reader made in
1
AA encourages to continue writing
1
Elizabeth Shaw on his keeping of
1
collects mathematical theses
1
copies Matthew Prior into
1
describes possible attack on Cambridge
1
discusses books read during vacation
1
loose scrap with Greek quotation in
1
on Battle of Bunker Hill
1
records Elizabeth Shaw's advice in
1
records visit to Fagel's estate (1797)
1
tallies in, of persons mentioned and letters written
1
“Journal from America to France” from
2
bound blank books used for
1
later publication of by Adams Papers
1
physical appearance of, summarized
1
use of, by JQA and others
78
Unpublished writings
7
“Memorial of the Life of John Adams” in CFA, Life and Works of John Adams (1850-1856)
6
for Harvard exhibitions
6
“Reply to the Appeal of the Massachusetts Federalists” in HA, New-England Federalism
2
“A Ballad Founded on Fact”
2
“Letters on the Bible,” in CFA, Letters of Mrs. Adams, 4th ed.
2
“Memorial of the Life of John Adams” in CFA, Life and Works of John Adams
1
Adamses enjoy journal correspondence of
1
Caroline De Windt edits correspondence of
1
considers writing love songs
1
correspondence with Storer
1
essay on Russia (1781-1783?)
1
has more time for letter-writing at Harvard
1
translations of classics and transcriptions of poems
1
untitled verse for P. White
1
Memoirs, ed. CFA (1874-1877)
1
verse transl. of Wieland's Oberon (1799-1801)
1
“Memorial of the Life of John Adams”
1
“Murder of William Morgan”
1
“Satire upon the powers of the Nation”
1
“Wisdom,” a poem addressed to CFA
1
correspondence with Lafayette family
5
Personal papers
1
inscription for tablet to JA and AA
63
Published writings
5
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory
3
Letters on Masonry, addressed to William L. Stone
3
[Minority] report of the Committee ... to examine ... the books of the bank of the United states
4
contributions to the Port Folio (including “Journal of a tour through Silesia,” “The Tripod of Helen,” &c.)
2
An Eulogy on ... James Monroe ... 25th of August, 1831
2
Letters on Silesia, Written during a Tour Through that Country
2
Proceedings of the Overseers of Harvard Univ.
2
Report of the Minority of the Committee on Manufactures (1833)
2
House speech on slavery (May 1836) in National Intelligencer and Boston Daily Advocate
2
Presidential message on the northeast boundary question (1828)
2
chapters on Russia, Turkey, and Greece, in Amer. Annual Register
2
“To the Citizens of the United States” in the National Intelligencer (1839)
1
American Principles, A Review of the Works of Fisher Ames (1809)
1
American Principles. A Review of Works of Fisher Ames
1
Letters on the Masonic Institution (1847)
1
Oration ... on the Fourth of July 1831
1
Oration on the Life of ... Lafayette
1
Remarks in the House of Representatives ... on the ratio of representation
1
Report of the House Committee on Manufactures (1832)
1
Report on Weights and Measures (1821)
1
Speech ... relating to the annexation of Texas (1838)
1
letter to William Foster in the Quincy Patriot (1837)
1
obituary of Richard Cutts (1845)
1
“Address to the People” (1834) in Boston Daily Advocate
1
“England 1829-1830” in Amer. Annual Register
2
“Misconceptions of Shakespeare upon the Stage” in New England Mag.
1
“Oration delivered before the Inhabitants of Newburyport”
2
“Personations of the Characters of Shakespeare” and “The Character of Desdemona” in Amer. Monthly Mag.
1
“Preface” to The Declaration of Independence; the Constitution ...; &c. (1833)
1
“Reply to the Appeal of the Massachusetts Federalists” (1829)
1
“Speech ... on the Removal of the Public Deposites” in National Intelligencer
1
Memoirs of John Quincy Adams
1
Writings of John Quincy Adams (1913-1917)
1
family and non-family letters distinguished
1
first publication of family letters
1
letters in Adams Family Correspondence
1
letters from Silesia (1804)
1
letters to TBA in The Port Folio (1801)
2
Correspondence [with] ... Several Citizens of Massachusetts
1
The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi
1
article on colonial trade, Amer. Quarterly Rev.
1
“Address ... to General Lafayette”
1
Oration on the Life and Character of ... Lafayette (1835)
1
CFA's plan to publish JQA's correspondence with his family
1
verse translation of Phaedrus
15
correspondence with parents
11
correspondence with JA
10
in Le Coeur's private boarding school in Passy
6
birthplace in Braintree
5
educational expenses of
5
minister resident at The Hague
3
accompanies JA on second mission to Europe
3
in JA's financial accounts
3
in Pechigny's pension academy in Passy
5
journey to St. Petersburg
3
loses eight guineas in gold
3
return to America (1779)
2
AA2's journal-letters to
3
Dana entrusts confidential letters to
3
aboard the frigate Boston
2
and Secret Journals ... of Congress
2
correspondence with Thaxter
2
crossing of North Sea to Amsterdam
2
journey from Bordeaux to Paris
3
journey through Spain to Paris
2
letters written by JA returned to
2
return voyage from Europe
2
translates Cicero and Demosthenes
2
tutored by John Thaxter
3
Report on Weights and Measures (1821)
1
Dana regrets departure of
1
Franeker celebration and
1
JA's letters returned to
1
Washington portrait in bedroom of
1
accompanies Dana to St. Petersburg
1
admitted to Harvard College
7
and JA's Diary and Autobiography
1
and Presidential election of 1796
1
and William Vans Murray
1
and return of parents from Europe
1
appointed minister plenipotentiary to Portugal
1
as student at Pechigny's school
1
boards the Alliance at Saint Nazaire
1
commissioned to negotiate new commercial treaty with Prussia
1
contents of bedroom in inventory of U.S. legation
1
enrolled in Leyden University
1
expenses during JA's first mission
1
given lesson in architectural drawing
1
in the Amsterdam Latin academy
1
joins Franklin's household in Passy
1
journey from St. Petersburg to The Hague
1
reunion in London with AA and AA2
1
secretary to Francis Dana on mission to Russia
1
studies mathematics in France
1
witnesses JA's departure to present memorials
3
Diary of John Quincy Adams
1
and Adams Mansion in Quincy
1
books in Stone Library, Quincy
1
character described by Emerson
1
describes Hôtel de Valois and Rue de Richelieu
1
on French balloon flights
1
on West's painting of Amer. Commissioners
3
papers and record-keeping habits of
1
sails to France with JA
