Adams Family Correspondence, volume 7

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Contents

Descriptive List of Illustrations ix Introduction xix 1. The Adamses in London xx 2. The Adamses in Massachusetts xxv 3. Unrest in America xxvii 4. Notes on Editorial Method xxix Acknowledgments xxxi Guide to Editorial Apparatus xxxiii 1. Textual Devices xxxiii 2. Adams Family Code Names xxxiii 3. Descriptive Symbols xxxiv 4. Location Symbols xxxv 5. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms xxxv 6. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited xxxvii Family Correspondence, January 1786 – February 1787 1 Appendix: List of Omitted Documents 479 Chronology 483 Index 489