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 |
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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. |
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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 |