Papers of John Adams, volume 12

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Contents

Descriptive List of Illustrations ix Introduction xv 1. Minister to the Netherlands xv 2. John Adams and His Letterbooks xviii 3. Notes on Editorial Method xix Acknowledgments xxi Guide to Editorial Apparatus xxiii 1. Textual Devices xxiii 2. Adams Family Code Names xxiii 3. Descriptive Symbols xxiv 4. Location Symbols xxv 5. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms xxv 6. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited xxvi Papers of John Adams, October 1781 – April 1782 1 Appendix: List of Omitted Documents 479 Index 487