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Memoir	xiii
1761.
To Mrs. H. Lincoln. 5 October. Accepts the offer to correspond with her. Views of life	3
1764.
To John Adams. 16 April. Pleasure in writing. Questions about his health	7
To the same. 19–20 April. Wishes to know her faults. Dreams	8
1767.
To the same. 14 September. Family well. At her father's	12
1774.
To the same. 19 August. Time tedious in his absence. Anxiety for the future. Reading Rollin	13
To the same. 2 September. Popular excitement. Seizure of the warrants for summoning juries. Drought	15
To the same. 14–16 September. Warlike preparations of Governor Gage. The gunpowder in Braintree secured by the people. They force the Sheriff to surrender warrants and burn them. Dismay of the Tories. At Colonel Quincy's. Students at law in her house.
Mr. Thaxter teaches her son. Morals of children. Popular feeling in Taunton	18
To the same. 22 September. Visit to Boston. State of the town. Negro conspiracy	23
To the same. 16 October. Desires his return. Fears for the future. Necessity of economy. General Gage. Departure of Josiah Quincy, Jr., for England	25
1775.
To the same. 4 May. Affairs at home. Hutchinson's letters. Mr. Quincy's death	29
To the same. 7 May. Cheering news from North Carolina. Distress of Boston	31
To the same. 24 May. Alarm in Braintree. British foraging party. Arrival of Dr. Franklin from Europe. Fire in Boston. State of her house	32
To the same. 15 June. Arrival of British recruits. Apprehensions. Mr. Bowdoin. Importance of soldiers. Scarcity of pins	35
To the same. 18–20 June. Action on Bunker's Hill. Death of Dr. Warren	39
To the same. 22 June. Answers inquiries. Dr. Tufts. Preparations for removal	41
To the same. 25 June. Particulars of the action on Bunker's Hill. Divine service. Preacher not ardent enough. Condition of Boston. Effect of reports	43
To the same. 5 July. Pleasure of telling news. State of Boston. Not afraid. Scarcity of grain	47
To the same. 16 July. Appointment of Washington and Lee satisfactory. First impressions upon seeing them. State of Boston. British attacked upon Long Island. Braintree elects a representative. Scarcity of foreign goods	50
To the same. 25 July. Boston lighthouse burnt by a party of Americans. Restrictions on the inhabitants of Boston. Generals Burgoyne and Clinton. Visit to Dedham	57
To the same. 31 July–2 August. Inveighs against Britain. Treatment of Dr. Warren's remains. British carpenters attacked at the lighthouse. Four prisoners with whom she converses	63
To the same. 1 October. Death of her mother. In great distress. Prevalence of disease	67
To the same. 21 October. Sickness abated. State of Boston. Dr. Church. Her father's grief. Complains of her long separation from her husband. Want of needles and cloth	69
To the same. 22 October. Describes her mother's death. Effect upon herself. British demand upon Falmouth. Tory satires in Boston	73
To the same. 5 November. Dines in company with Dr. Franklin. Reflections upon Dr. Church. Hopes for her husband's return	76
To the same. 12 November. Renounces attachment to Britain. Skirmish at Lechmere's Point. Her own melancholy	78
To the same. 27 November. Regrets his prolonged stay. Reflections upon government	80
To the same. 10 December. Visits the American camp. Generals Lee and Sullivan. Suggests measures. Scarcity of foreign goods. Congress too timid	83
1776.
To the same. 2–9 March. Ridiculous rumor. Desires independence to be declared. Roar of cannon from Dorchester Heights. Disappointment at the result. Movements in Congress	87
To the same. 7–11 April. British troops removed. Funeral of Dr. Warren. Engaged in farming. Capture of a British vessel. News	93
To the same. 7–9 May. Neglect of preparations for defence. Necessity for government. More captures	96
To the same. 17 June. At Plymouth. Goes on board
the brig Defence. Account of the capture of two transports. Confidence in the future	100
To the same. 29 September. Anxious for news. High prices paid for drafted men. Great number in the public service, and in privateers. Willing to reap the harvests	105
1777.
To the same. 30–31 July. Bad news from the north. Distrust of foreign officers. Female mob in Boston	107
To the same. 5 August. Alarm in Boston. Proves unfounded. Mourns her separation from him	110
To the same. 17 September. Letter from Mr. Lovell. Horrible apprehensions	113
To the same. 25 October. General Burgoye's surrender. Generous terms offered to him. Reflections upon her wedding anniversary	114
1778.
To the same. 8 March. Rumor of Dr. Franklin's assassination. Apprehensions at her husband's departure for Europe. Directions to her son	116
To the same. 18 May. Anxious for intelligence of him. Attachment to her native country. Opposite conduct of France and of Great Britain. Depreciated currency	119
To John Quincy Adams. June. Advice	122
To John Adams. 30 June. Receipt of his first letter from abroad. Begs for more. Defective female education in America. Shebbeare's Letters	125
To the same. October. Officers of the French fleet. Visits the ship of Count d'Estaing. Is displeased with the brevity of her husband's letters. Paper money	129
To the same. 27 December. Her lonely situation this winter. Effect of a Scotch song	132
1779.
To the same. 20 March-23 April. Letters intercepted.
Paper money. Public news. Capture of British vessels	134
To the same. 8 June. Depreciated currency. Death of Dr. Winthrop	138
To the same. 14 November. Her house looks disconsolate at his departure	142
1780.
To John Quincy Adams. 12 January. Advice. Advantages of travelling. Great necessities call out great virtues	143
To the same. 20 March. Religion the only foundation of virtue. Self-knowledge recommended, and self-government	146
To John Adams. 16 July. Receipt of letters. Sacrifices to support the war	151
To the same. 15 October. Arnold's plot. Prices current	154
1781.
To the same. 28 January. Repeal of the tender law. Heavy taxes. British employ Arnold	157
To the same. 25 May. Beauty of the season. Hopes he may make a treaty with Holland. The currency has lost all value	160
To the same. 9 December. Marquis de la Fayette. The surrender of Cornwallis. Anxiety about the return of her second son. Has the heart-ache for want of letters. Requests assistance for townsmen in British prisons. Hopes for his return. Affairs of business	163
1782.
To the same. 25 October. Eighteenth anniversary of her wedding. Reflections. Return of the prisoners	168
To the same. 13–25 November. Regrets his long absence. Her confidence in him	172
To the same. 23 December. Expresses her feelings. Willing to sacrifice them for the common good	175
1783.
To the same. 28–29 April. Joy at the news of peace. Amused by his journal. Movement in Congress. Doubts about accepting his invitation to join him in Europe	177
To the same. 20 June. Uncertainty as to his course. Doubtful state of the country. Would prefer his return to going to join him	182
To the same. 19 November. Decides not to cross the ocean this winter. Anxious about his health	186
To John Quincy Adams. 20 November. Rejoiced to hear at last from him. Advice	188
To John Adams. 18 December. Attends divine service in Boston. Feelings occasioned by the Thanksgiving sermon of Dr. Clarke. Arrival of, and interview with, Mr. Dana. Answers her husband's pressing invitation to join him	192
To John Quincy Adams. 26 December. Comparison of Russia and America. Causes of the rise and fall of nations. Advice	196