Papers of John Adams, volume 18

Appendix: List of Omitted Documents

Appendix

LIST OF OMITTED DOCUMENTS

This list includes 212 documents omitted from volume 18 of the Papers of John Adams and 11 documents that have come to the editors’ attention since the publication of the volume in which they would have appeared. Entries contain the date of the document, the correspondent, the form in which it exists (Dft, FC, LbC, LbC-Tr, MS, RC), its location, and its place of publication, if any. Where there are multiple instances of publication, the most recent has been indicated to facilitate accessibility. All copies existing in the Adams Papers have been indicated.

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27 Oct.	John Adams, receipt, RC (private owner, 2013).

1762
29 March	To Samuel Clark, promissory note, RC (private owner, 2013).

1763
11 March	John Adams, receipt, RC (private owner, 2013).
11 Nov.	John Adams, receipt, RC (private owner, 2013).

1768
26 Feb.	To Samuel and Sarah Pratt, RC (private owner, 2013).

1769
30 March	To Robert Jenkins and Henry Bass, RC (private owner, 2013).
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31 March	To Benjamin and John Gridley, RC (private owner, 2013).
11 June	To Benjamin Faneuil, RC (private owner, 2013).

1783
[post April]	To Joshua Johnson, RC (private owner, 2013).

1784
18 June	From Matthew Pratt, RC (private owner, 2013).

1785
[post 1 June]	From the Comte de Raymond, RC (Adams Papers).
2 Dec.	To the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 111.
2 Dec.	To Thomas Jefferson, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 111; PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:73–75.
2 Dec.	To the Marquis de Lafayette, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 111.
2 Dec.	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
2 Dec.	From François Adriaan Van der Kemp, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Van der Kemp, Autobiography , p. 88.
3 Dec.	To Winslow Warren, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 111.
3 Dec.	To William Wetherill, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 111.
5 Dec.	From John Jay, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:501.
7 Dec.	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
8 Dec.	From Elizabeth Otis Brown, RC (Adams Papers).
9 Dec.	From the Marquis of Carmarthen, RC (Adams Papers).
10 Dec.	To Unknown, Dft (Adams Papers).
10 Dec.	From Nathaniel Barrett, RC (Adams Papers).
10 Dec	From Henry Mitford, RC (Adams Papers).
11 Dec.	From Thomas Jefferson, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:91.
12 Dec.	To John Jay, RC (PCC, No. 84, VI, f. 17–30); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 111; PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:544–548.
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13 Dec.	To Richard & Charles Puller, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 111.
17 Dec.	From Margaret Stephens Smith, RC (Adams Papers).
[18] Dec.	Circular Letter to the Governors of the United States, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112.
19 Dec.	From Joseph Palmer, RC (Adams Papers).
20 Dec.	To the Marquis de Lafayette, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
23 Dec.	From David Ramsay, RC (MHi:Adams-Hull Coll.); PRINTED: Amer. Philos. Soc., Trans. , new ser., 55:94–95 (1965).
Dec.	To Bolton & Maltby, FC (MH).

1786
3 Jan.	From Rowland Maltby, FC (MH:Lowell Papers).
4 Jan.	To C. W. F. Dumas, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
4 Jan.	To Rufus King, RC (NHi:King Papers); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
12 Jan.	From Thomas Jefferson, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:167.
16 Jan.	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
18 Jan.	From William Stephens Smith, RC (Adams Papers),
21 Jan.	To John Paul Jones, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
21 Jan.	To the Baron von Walterstorff, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
23 Jan.	To Granville Sharp, RC (private owner, 1970); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
24 Jan.	From the Board of Treasury, RC (Adams Papers).
24 Jan.	From John Lamb, RC (Adams Papers).
25 Jan.	From William Carmichael, RC (Adams Papers).
26 Jan.	To John Hancock, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112.
27 Jan.	From John Woddrop, RC (Adams Papers).
29 Jan.	From Granville Sharp, RC (Adams Papers).
31 Jan.	From Walter Brown, RC (Adams Papers).
[Jan.]	From Thomas Bulfinch, RC (Adams Papers).
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Jan.	From Jonathan Jackson, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Amer. Hist. Assoc., Ann. Rpt. for 1865 , p. 725–733.
2 Feb.	To Rowland Maltby, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
2 Feb.	From Elbridge Gerry, RC (Adams Papers).
3 Feb.	From Rufus King, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: King, Life and Corr. , 1:155.
3 Feb.	From François Soulés, RC (Adams Papers).
6 Feb.	From François Soulés, RC (Adams Papers).
7 Feb.	From David Humphreys, RC (Adams Papers).
7 Feb.	From John Paul Jones, RC (Adams Papers); Dupl (Adams Papers), filmed at 10 July.
9 Feb.	To John Jay, RC (PCC, No. 84, VI, f. 87–88); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112; PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:563–564.
10 Feb.	From Giuseppe de Sanctis, RC (Adams Papers).
10 Feb.	From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, RC (Adams Papers).
[14?] Feb.	To John Jenks, RC (PU-F).
14 Feb.	From Edward Bridgen, FC (Nc-Ar:Governor Caswell Letterbook).
[14?] Feb.	From John Jenks, RC (PU-F).
[post 14 Feb.?]	To John Nicholls, RC (NjP:De Coppet Coll.).
16 Feb.	To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
16 Feb.	From Isaiah Doane, RC (Adams Papers).
16 Feb.	From John Lamb, FC (PCC, No. 92, f. 53–54); FC (Adams Papers).
17 Feb.	To John Jay, RC (PCC, No. 84, VI, f. 103–107); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112; PRINTED: JA, Works , 8:372–373.
18 Feb.	From James Bowdoin, RC (Adams Papers).
18 Feb.	From Thomas Bulfinch, RC (Adams Papers).
20 Feb.	To Benjamin Franklin, FC (Nc-Ar:Governor Caswell Letterbook).
22 Feb.	From John Jay, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:515–516.
24 Feb.	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
24 Feb.	From Robert Delap, RC (Adams Papers).
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25 Feb.	To Thomas Jefferson, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:298–299.
25 Feb.	From George Williams, RC (Adams Papers).
26 Feb.	From the Marquis de Lafayette, Tr (CtY:S. W. Jackson Coll.).
27 Feb.	From John Moore, RC (Adams Papers).
28 Feb.	To John Jay, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
4 March	To David Humphreys, RC (NjP:De Coppet Coll.).
4 March	To John Jay, RC (PCC, No. 84, VI, f. 147, 151–178); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112; PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:580–591.
7 March	From John Lamb, RC (Adams Papers).
8 March	From John Lamb, RC (Adams Papers).
[post 9 March]	From Unknown, RC (Adams Papers).
10 March	From Richard Brocklesly, RC (Adams Papers).
17 March	To Louis Tessier, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112.
24 March	To Richard & Charles Puller, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112.
24 March	To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112.
24 March	From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, RC (Adams Papers).
31 March	From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, RC (Adams Papers).
3 April	From William Fraser, RC (Adams Papers).
3 April	From John Woddrop, RC (Adams Papers).
5 April	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
6 April	From Samuel Partridge, RC (Adams Papers).
6 April	From the Chevalier de Pinto, RC (Adams Papers).
8 April	From I. Koune, RC (Adams Papers).
12 April	From William Vaughan, RC (MQA).
13 April	William Carmichael to the American Commissioners, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); FC-Pr (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:385–386.
15 April	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
15 April	From Daniel Denison Rogers, RC (Adams Papers).
19 April	To Jean Luzac, RC and enclosure (private owner, 2014)
24 April	From Lister Asquith, RC (Adams Papers).
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[25 April]	Draft Portuguese-American Treaty, MS (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:412–423.
[25 April]	The Chevalier de Pinto’s Observations on the Draft Portuguese-American Treaty, with a translation by JA, MSS (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:424–426 (translation only).
[25 April]	The American Commissioners’ Observations on Proposed Changes to the Portuguese-American Treaty, MS (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:426–432.
[25 April]	Correction to Draft Portuguese-American Treaty, MS (Adams Papers).
[25 April]	The Chevalier de Pinto’s proposed articles at Final Conference to Draft Portuguese-American Treaty, with a translation by JA, MS (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:432–433 (translation only).
27 April	From John Jeffries, RC (Adams Papers).
27 April	From James Sutton & Co., RC (Adams Papers).
4 May	From John Jay, RC (MHi:Waterston Coll.).
8 May	From J. B. Pike, RC (Adams Papers).
9 May	To Richard & Charles Puller, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
9 May	To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
10 May	From John Jay, RC (Adams Papers).
11 May	To J. B. Pike, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
12 May	From P. Hodinpyl, RC (Adams Papers).
13 May	From the Comte de Sarsfield, RC (Adams Papers).
15 May	From Mr. Grand, RC (Adams Papers).
16 May	To Thomas Jefferson, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:538.
17 May	From Thomas Jefferson, FC-Pr (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:540.
18 May	From Thomas Watwood, RC (Adams Papers).
19 May	William Carmichael to the American Commissioners; PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 3:307–308.
20 May	To Ferdinand Grand, FC (Adams Papers).
21 May	To Jan van Heukelom & Zoon, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
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21 May	To P. Hodinpyl, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
21 May	To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
24 May	From Robert Pierepont, RC (Adams Papers).
25 May	To Isaiah Doane, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
25 May	To Samuel Partridge, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
26 May	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
30 May	From Thomas Jefferson, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 9:595.
3 June	To the Comte d’Adhémar, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113; PRINTED: JA, Works , 8:399.
4 June	To Robert Pierepont, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
5 June	From Joseph Banks, RC (Adams Papers).
9 June	From James Burrow, RC (Adams Papers).
9 June	From Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, RC (Adams Papers).
10 June	From the Comte d’Adhémar, RC (Adams Papers).
13 June	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
15 June	From John Jay, RC (Adams Papers).
16 June	To John Jay, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
16 June	To Rufus King, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
18 June	From Edward Forbes, RC (Adams Papers).
19 June	To Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
19 June	From William Osborn, RC (Adams Papers).
19 June	From Robert Pierepont, RC (MHi:Adams-Hull Coll.).
20 June	To Cazneau & Marlin, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
24 June	From Isaac Heard, RC (Adams Papers).
26 June	To Edward Forbes, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
26 June	To Robert Pierepont, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
26 June	From Ferdinand Grand, RC (Adams Papers).
26 June	From David Rittenhouse, RC (Adams Papers).
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28 June	From David Griffith, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: JA, Works , 8:404–405.
28 June	From William White, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: JA, Works , 8:404.
29 June	To Thomas Jefferson, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112; PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 10:79.
30 June	From Robert Murdoch, RC (Adams Papers).
7 July	To the Comte de Sarsfield, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
7 July	From John Jay, RC (Adams Papers).
8 July	To Ferdinand Grand, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
8 July	To the Marquis de Lafayette, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
12 July	From James Allen, RC (Adams Papers).
18 July	From James Bowdoin, RC (Adams Papers).
18 July	From Benjamin Franklin, RC (Adams Papers).
18 July	From John Swanwick, RC (Adams Papers).
20 July	From Nathaniel Gorham, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Smith, Letters of Delegates , 23:409.
21 July	From John Cooper, RC (Adams Papers).
22 July	From Willing, Morris, & Swanwick, RC (MHi: Adams-Hull Coll.).
26 July	From William Shippen Jr., RC (Adams Papers).
27 July	From Francis Hopkinson, RC (NHi:Protestant Episcopal Church Archives); PRINTED: William Stevens Perry, Journals of General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, 3 vols., Clarkmont, N.H., 1874, 3:333.
31 July	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 3:49.
[July]	Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 10:181.
3 [Aug.]	From Thomas Brand Hollis, RC (Adams Papers).
4 Aug.	From John Langdon, RC (Adams Papers).
8 Aug.	From Thomas Jefferson, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 10:195–196.
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10 Aug.	John Lamb to the American Commissioners, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 10:218.
11 Aug.	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
21 Aug.	From Ferdinand Grand, RC (Adams Papers).
22 Aug.	From the Comte de Sarsfield, RC (Adams Papers).
[Aug.]	The American Commissioners to John Lamb, FC-Pr (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 1:816–817.
[Aug.?]	From C. W. F. Dumas, RC (Adams Papers).
9 Sept.	From Jonas Dryander, RC (MBA).
11 Sept.	To James Bowdoin, RC (MBA:American Academy Letters); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
11 Sept.	To Jonas Dryander, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
21 Sept.	From Richard Price, RC (Adams Papers).
[2]9 Sept.	To Zaccheus Coffin, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
2 Oct.	From Nathaniel Barrett, RC (Adams Papers).
2 Oct.	From Rufus King, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: King, Life and Corr. , 1:144.
4 Oct.	From John Jay, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:673.
5 Oct.	From Richard Price, RC (Adams Papers).
13 Oct.	To James Bowdoin, RC (MHi:Winthrop Papers); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
15 Oct.	To James Bowdoin, RC (MBA:American Academy Letters); PRINTED: Daedalus, 86:168 (Sept. 1956).
23 Oct.	From Thomas Northcote, RC (Adams Papers).
27 Oct.	From Wilhem & Jan Willink, RC (Adams Papers).
1 Nov.	From Nathaniel Barrett, RC (Adams Papers).
1 Nov.	From the Marquis of Carmarthen, RC (PCC, No. 84, VI, f. 367–370); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:687.
1 Nov.	From Rufus King, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: King, Life and Corr. , 1:192.
9 Nov.	From Mr. Duker, RC (Adams Papers).
14 Nov.	From Samuel Osgood, RC (Adams Papers).
21 Nov.	From Elbridge Gerry, RC (Adams Papers).
27 Nov.	From Beriah Norton, RC (Adams Papers).
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28 Nov.	From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, RC (Adams Papers).
30 Nov.	From Stephen Badger, RC (Adams Papers).
1 Dec.	To Wilhem Willink, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
1 Dec.	To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicholas & Jacob van Staphorst, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
3 Dec.	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
4 Dec.	From Thomas Barclay, RC (Adams Papers).
5 Dec.	From Thomas Jefferson; PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:259–261.
7 Dec.	From François Adriaan Van der Kemp, RC (Adams Papers).
30 Dec.	From Henry Billings, RC (Adams Papers).
Dec.	From Le Couteulx & Co., RC (Adams Papers).

1787
6 Jan.	From George Downing, RC (Adams Papers).
6 Jan.	Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, RC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 11:21–22.
9 Jan.	To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
10 Jan.	To Henry Billings, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113.
11 Jan.	From Philip Mazzei, RC (Adams Papers).
17 Jan.	From John Jay, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:680.
19 Jan.	From Thomas Jefferson, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Jefferson, Papers , 11:54.
23 Jan.	From Wilhem & Jan Willink, RC (Adams Papers).
25 Jan.	To the Delegates of Massachusetts, LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 113; PRINTED: JA, Works , 8:425.
26 Jan.	From the Marquis of Carmarthen, RC (Adams Papers); PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:732–733.
27 Jan.	To John Jay, RC (PCC, No. 84, VI, f. 407–410); LbC (Adams Papers), APM Reel 112; PRINTED: Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789 , 2:732–733.
29 Jan.	From Benjamin Vaughan, RC (Adams Papers).
31 Jan.	From Mr. de Heurles, RC (Adams Papers).

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