Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

Letter CLXXXII.

18 December. Has sent his sons to

Leyden. Objections to the common schools of Holland.

Economy desirable only as a means of independence.

1781.

Letter CLXXXIII. 2 December. Disappointment in the

return home of his second son. There will be no peace

for years. His children shall not be disgraced by him.

General Washington the only negotiator. Keeps house

but wants a housekeeper.

Letter CLXXXIV. 18 December. Washington has struck

a sublime stroke. No peace while British soldiers are

free in America. Light spreading from the west.

1782.

Letter CLXXXV. 25 July. Dutch hobby-horses. Mr.

Lionet. Marine shells and caterpillars.

Letter CLXXXVI. 31 August. All well. Riding the

only preventive of fevers. Is going to dine with a

Duke. Would prefer to dine with Portia.

Letter CLXXXVII. 17 September. Has sent money to

the American prisoners. Efforts of the refugees in Eng-

land. Encouraged by the troubles in Massachusetts.

Hopes to sign the treaty this week.

Letter CLXXXVIII. 4 December. Her proposal to

join him has much affected him. He prefers to return

himself. Has written this day a resignation of his em-

ployments.

Letter CLXXXIX. 28 December.

Encloses papers.

America may have another campaign. He must return

home. His children will discover that they have a father. 88

1783.

The peace increases his per-

Will not wait for an accept-

She must not come to Europe. 89

Extract from Montesquieu.

Letter CXC. 18 February.

plexities. In suspense.

ance of his resignation.

Letter CXCI. 27 February.

The nature of courts. His children must not be edu-

cated in Europe. Probabilities as to the future. In-

tends to come home.

Letter CXCII. 30 May. Not a word from America. His
spring passage lost. Doubtful where he can find one.
His son at the Hague.

Letter CXCIII. 8 April-9 June. Anxious for news from
home. Out of spirits. Advice to his sons and daugh-
ter. Has accomplished a correspondence between med-
ical societies.

Letter CXCIV. 19 June. Is uncertain whether his resig-
nation has been received. At Versailles. Mode of ad
dress of princes and princesses. They should have a
preceptor.

Letter CXCV. 7 September. Has received the joint

commission to make a treaty of commerce. Duties to

be performed. Invites her to Europe. Reasons for

and against her coming.

Page.

Letter CXCVI. 10 September. Same subject continued. 103

Letter CXCVII. 8 November. At London. Goes to see

Buckingham House. Mr. West's pictures. Raphael's

cartons. Wishes her to join him. Regrets the loss of

her father.

104

1784.

At the Hague. Rejoiced at

Sends his son to escort her.

106

Letter CXCVIII. 26 July.

her letter from London.

Expects great pleasure from their journey.

Delayed by the opening a new loan. Arrangements

for the voyage home.

Letter CCII. 14 March. Mr. Jefferson's anxiety. State

of politics in Holland.

Letter CCIII.

2 December. Written at Braintree. All

in a flurry with politics. Elections. His own position.

Vanity or comfort his alternative.

Page.

Letter CCIV. 19 April. Has arrived at Rye. An account

of his reception as Vice President. House of Repre-

sentatives has open galleries. Probable effect.
. . . 114

Letter CCV. 14 May. Directions to her respecting his

property. She must join him at all events.

1793.

Letter CCVI. 9 January. Domestic matters. Averse to

multiplying banks. Effect of it upon certain classes.

Electoral vote of Kentucky, and of New York. Effect

of opening the doors in the electoral college of Virginia.

Blanchard's balloon.

Letter CCVII. 14 January. Has received the votes of all

the electors. Freneau's Gazette. Supreme Court in

Virginia. Domestic affairs. Tom Paine in France.

Reflections upon the state of affairs in that country.

Letter CCVIII. 20 January. His desire for fame does

not increase. Treatment of the President. Inquiry into

the conduct of Hamilton. Determined to live simply.

Letter CCIX. 31 January. Report of the President's

resignation. Civic feast in Boston. The new constitu-

tion in France. Citizen Briesler and Citizen V. P. . 123

Letter CCX. 12 February. Return of her daughter.

Malesherbes defends Louis XVI. France ambitious un-

der every government.

Letter CCXI. 27 February. Effect of the fermentation in
Europe. Trial of Paine in England. Attorney Gene-

124

Page.

ral quotes Publicola. Reflections on the attack upon

Hamilton.

126

Letter CCXII. 2 March. Is about to return home. Will

live simply. A disposition to boasting dangerous.

How he must treat his children.

Letter CCXIII. 5 December. The President's speech.

His son about to be a lawyer. The Viscount de

Noailles and Publicola. The French constitution.

His own duty.

Letter CCXIV. 19 December.

Genet. Danger of war.

the President. Corruption.

Domestic affairs. Citizen

Effect of party spirit upon

Letter CCXV. 2 January. Abuse of the President. Has

been Libellee General long enough.

France. Elective first magistracies.

Letter CCXVI. 9 January. Gloomy prospect. Death of

the Queen of France. Conversation with the President. 136

Letter CCXVII. 12 January. Sends pamphlets. Mr.

Taylor's. A Bank of the United States useful.

Letter CCXVIII. 22 January. His own weariness.

Weather. His son visits too much. Farming his only

delight.

138

140'

Letter CCXIX. 9 February. European politics. The

English successful over the French. Derives no pleas-

ure from the victories of either.

Letter CCXX. Same date. French extravagancies.

Probability of future wars. Rational liberty his toast. 141

Letter CCXXI. 23 February. Washington's birthday.

Debate in Senate upon the election of Mr. Gallatin.

The debates are to be public.

Letter CCXXII. 2 March. The same subject continued.

Some senators court popularity. His adventure at sea

unfortunate. Mr. Fauchet. Preference of him over

other ministers shown at the birth-night ball, and the

theatre. Longs for home.

Letter CCXXIII. 12 March. Reasons why he cannot

His casting vote. Resignation of

His mother's illness.

146

Letter CCXXIV. 1 April. Effect of the embargo.
Violent measure proposed in the House of Representa-
tives. The times are critical.

Letter CCXXV. 3 April. Is charmed with her farm-

ing. Many wild projects. Has been wonderfully

Danger of war. Wish

of the Abbé Raynal. Apprehension of the future.

His son.

Letter CCXXVII. 7 April. Movements in the House.

They may be drawn from their neutral ground. Elec-

tion of Governor in Massachusetts. We must fulfil

our destiny.

Letter CCXXVIII. 15 April. Mr. Clarke's resolution

of non-intercourse with Great Britain. Majority of

the House is for mischief. Vox populi vox Dei, true

sometimes, but not always. America in some points

like Great Britain. Expects to retire.

Letter CCXXIX. 19 April. Appointment of Mr. Jay

confirmed by the Senate. Reasons of the opposition

to him. The day a good omen. Mr. S. Adams is Gov-

ernor. America is ill treated by Britain.

Letter CCXXX. 5 May. His friends say he must not

go. Ways and means in the House of Representatives.

Will not be at home before June.

Letter CCXXXI. 10 May. Congress and the democrat-
ical societies. Curious spectacle in the Senate. Debt-
ors declaim against the corruption of Congress. .
Letter CCXXXII. 17 May. Boston comes on. Well-
born Winthrop. Error of the federalists. Progress of
elections. Visionary ideas of government.
Letter CCXXXIII. 26 May. Letters of Randolph and
Hammond. Danger of a war. The Academy of Arts
and Sciences. Has resigned as President. Message
to his brother.

Letter CCXXXIV. 27 May. President Washington

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