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1784.
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To Mrs. Cranch. 6–30 July. Journal on board ship Active. Fellow passengers. Arrival at Deal. Mode of landing on the beach. Journey to London. Seizure of a highwayman. Visiters in London. Copley's paintings. Mrs. Wright's wax figures. The Foundling and Magdalen hospitals. Arrival of her son	3
To the same. 5 September. At Auteuil. Describes her house. Habits and expense of living in France. Servants	45
To Miss Lucy Cranch. 5 September. Difference of travelling in France and in England. Prefers London to Paris. Dines with a French lady at Dr. Franklin's. Her disgust	53
To Mrs. Cranch. 9–12 December. Her solitude out of Paris. Expense of living. Visit to the Marquise de la Fayette who dines with her. Manners and dress of French ladies. Arrival of letters from home. Loth to part with her son	57
To Mrs. Shaw. 14 December. Auteuil famous only as the residence of learned men. French habits on Sunday. Fondness for display. Great number of domestics	67
1785.
To the Rev. John Shaw. 18 January. The churches in
Paris. Auricular confession. Visits the Church of St. Roch. Chorus of charity boys. The Abbé Thayer	71
To Mrs. Storer. 20 January. Climate of France. Dress and manners of the ladies. Melodramatic pantomime. Dancing Fashions in dress	74
To Miss Lucy Cranch. 24 January. Reproves her for her handwriting. Twelfth-day cake. The way kingdoms are obtained	78
To Mrs. Cranch. 20 February–13 March. Effect upon her of opera dancing. It injures the public morals. Dinners at the Marquis de la Fayette's and at home	81
To Miss Lucy Cranch. 7 May. Dines at Mr. Jefferson's. Walk in the gardens of the Tuileries	85
To Mrs. Shaw. 8 May. Regret at leaving Auteuil. Expense of frequent removals. Clothing injured in travelling. Anecdote	90
To Mrs. Cranch. 8–10 May. Feels her absence from home. Her son about to leave her	93
To the same. 24 June. Arrival in London. Looking for a house. Expense of living. Impostors. Mr. Adams presented to the King and Queen. A visit from Lady Effingham. Ceremony of presentation indispensable. Her own dress and that of her daughter. She describes the scene. Want of female beauty at Court. Tory abuse	96
To Mrs. Shaw. 15 August. Her dwelling well situated. Illiberality of the English to other nations. Reasons why she prefers America to Europe. English hostility to the former	106
To Miss Lucy Cranch. 27 August. Letter-writing. Value of Richardson's writings. Extract from Sir Joshua Reynolds	109
To John Quincy Adams. 6 September. How she spent Sunday. Arrival of letters from home. Joy and grief near akin. Remarks upon the policy of England towards America. The Cardinal de Rohan	113
To Mrs. Cranch. 30 September. Dislikes the Court.
Attends a drawing-room. English not so handsome as American women. Miss Dana. Reflections upon the illness of her aunt	116
To the same. 1 October. Company to dine. The corps diplomatique. Visit from Madame de Pinto. English feeling against America. Letter from Mr. Jefferson	120
1786.
To Mrs. Shaw. 4 March. Mrs. Siddons in the character of Desdemona; in Matilda and in Lady Macbeth. Dislikes Shakspeare's play of "Othello." Effect upon her of Colonel Trumbull's painting of the Death of General Warren. Character of her son	124
To Miss Lucy Cranch, 2 April. America remarkable for cultivating the social affections. Ball at the French Ambassador's. Her own dress. Her daughter's. Describes Lady N—and her daughter	129
To Mrs. Cranch. 6 April. Rout at the Swedish Minister's. Cards. English ladies gamble	134
To the same. 21 May. Office of American Minister not desirable. Improper notions of education for American boys. Dines at the Bishop of St. Asaph's. Dr. Priestley	136
To Miss Lucy Cranch. 20 July. Duke of Northumberland laid in state. Excursion to Portsmouth. Windsor. The Castle	140
To Mrs. Cranch. 12 September. Visit to Holland. Its friendship not appreciated in America. Amsterdam. The Exchange. General impressions from the country and the people. Return to London. Receipt of American letters. Death of her aunt	145
To John Quincy Adams. 27 September–14 October. Visit to the Hyde. Singularity of Mr. Brand-Hollis. His cabinet of curiosities. His sister and his gardener	152
To Mrs. Shaw. 21 November. Visit from Mr.—. His unlucky observations to Mr. Adams. Reflections upon general benevolence. Mourning for Princess Amelia	158
1787.
To Mrs. Cranch. 20 January. Visit to Bath. Story of Bladud. Describes the place. Its dissipation. Riots in America. Tuscarora rice	162
To the same. 25–27 February. Disturbances in Massachusetts	170
To the same. 28 April. Insurrection of Shays. Tory malignity	174
To the same. 16 July. Uneasy for want of letters, and anxious respecting her son's health. Mr. Jefferson's daughter. Commencement day	176
To the same. 15 September. Journey into Devonshire. Winchester. Family of Quincy. Southampton. Weymouth. . Exeter. Plymouth. Kingsbridge. Cranch family. Effect of attending public places upon female character	180
To Miss Lucy Cranch. 3 October. Visit to Blenheim	191
To John Quincy Adams. 12 October. Enjoins moderation. Affairs in Holland. Desire for war in Great Britain	197
1789.
To Mrs. Shaw. 27 September. At Richmond Hill, N. Y. Describes her residence. Organization of the government	201
1790.
To Thomas Brand-Hollis. 6 September. The same subject	204
To Mrs. Smith. 21–28 November. Arrival at Philadelphia. State of her house. Compares Philadelphia to New York	207
To the same. 26 December. Attends at a drawing room. Her distance from Philadelphia	210
1791.
To the same. 8 January. Advises retirement. Visits the theatre	212
To the same. 25 January. News from Europe. Agreeable society. Value of parents	215
To the same. 21 February. Dines at the President's. Education of children. Dr. Watts' "Moral Songs for Children."	217
To Mrs. Shaw. 20 March. Excuses her not writing. Describes her residence near Philadelphia	220
1794.
To Mrs. Smith. 3 February. Fond of society. Reflections upon the execution of Marie Antoinette	223
To the same. 8 March. Illness of Mr. Adams's mother. Old age. Seneca	225
To the same. 10 March. Cautions respecting foreigners. Value of religion and attendance upon public worship	227
1796.
To Thomas B. Adams. 8 November. Difficult prospect in the Presidency. Party invective against her husband. Against Washington. Extract from Dr. Priestley. Changes during his absence	230
1797.
To John Adams. 8 February. Congratulation and good wishes	235
To the same. 26 April. Effect of funeral rites in her family. Ready to join him	236
1800.
To Thomas B. Adams. 13 November. Result of the election of President. Proposed return to Quincy	237
To Mrs. Smith. 21 November. Arrival at Washington. Inconvenience of her new situation. Meeting of Congress	239
To the same. 27 November. Want of wood. Answer of the House of Representatives to the President's Speech. Difficulty of returning visits	243
1801.
To Colonel W. S. Smith. 3 May. Acknowledges the receipt of plants at Quincy. Has returned to her dairy	245
To Thomas B. Adams. 12 July. Invites him to Quincy	246
1804.
To Thomas Jefferson. 20 May. Condolence upon the death of his daughter	247
To the same. 1 July. Replies to his letter. Mr. Adams's last appointments to office justified. Complains in turn of the remission of Callender's fine. Of one other act of his Administration	249
To the same. 18 August. Acknowledges the receipt of his letter. Sedition Law justified. Explains the act alluded to in her preceding letter. The removal of her son	254
To the same. 25 October. Has received his letter. Further discussion of her son's removal. Differs in opinion with him and terminates the correspondence	257
Memorandum by John Adams subjoined to the letter of the 25 October. 19 November	260
1805.
To Mrs. Packard. 11 March. Condolence upon the death of her mother, Mrs. Quincy	261
1809.
To Mrs Shaw. 5 June. Has been ill. Effect of old age and loss of friends. Duty of an American wife. Mrs. Grant's "Letters from the Mountains"	263
1811.
To Caroline A. Smith. 26 February. Grateful for blessings. Snow. Love me, love my dog. Juno well	266
1812.
To Caroline A. Smith. 19–27 November. Journal of a day. Reflections upon her birth-day. Thanksgiving day	268
1814.
To F. A. Vanderkemp. 3 February. Learned ladies. Madame de Staël	273
To Mrs. Shaw. 30 December. Reflections upon the past year. Death of friends. Of Mrs. Warren. Elbridge Gerry. Approves the course of Mr. Gore	275
1816.
To Mrs. Dexter. 12 May. Condoles with her upon the death of Mr. Dexter. Mr. Adams's opinion of him	277