Diary of John Adams, volume 1

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volume 1 Descriptive List of Illustrations ix Introduction xiii 1. An Articulate Family xiii. 2. History and Plan of The Adams Papers  xxiii. 3. John Adams’ Diary and Autobiography: The Manuscripts and Earlier Publication xli. 4. The Editorial Method lii. 5. John Adams as Diarist and Autobiographer lxiii. Acknowledgments lxxv Guide to Editorial Apparatus lxxx 1. Textual Devices lxxx. 2. Adams Family Code Names lxxx. 3. Descriptive Symbols lxxxii. 4. Location Symbols lxxxiii. 5. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms lxxxiv. 6. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited lxxxvi. Diary of John Adams, 1755–1770 1 volume 2 Descriptive List of Illustrations vii Diary of John Adams, 1771–1781, with Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress, 1774–1776 1 volume 3 Descriptive List of Illustrations vii Diary of John Adams, 1782–1804, with Fragmentary Diaries Kept by Abigail Adams in 1784, 1787, and 1788 1 Autobiography of John Adams, Part One: “John Adams,” to October 1776 253 viii volume 4 Descriptive List of Illustrations vii Autobiography of John Adams, Part Two: “Travels and Negotiations,” 1777–1778 1 Autobiography of John Adams, Part Three: “Peace,” 1779–1780 173 Chronology of John Adams’ Life and Public Service, 1735–1826 257 Index 275