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- Descriptive List of Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xv
- Editorial Method and Apparatus xvi
- Introduction 1
- 1. The Earliest Diary of John Adams 1.
- 2. The Manuscript Described and Dated 4.
- 3. The History of the Manuscript Reconstructed 16.
- 4. Young John Adams 32.
- The Earliest Diary of John Adams, June 1753–April 1754, September 1758–January 1759 43
- Index 109