John Adams

Anne Burleigh

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781412810005
• eBook ISBN: 9781351510660
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies
• Index: History

man for the ages. John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major events of that period, strove to fi nd universal patterns in the lives of all men. His life and ideas are as pertinent to our time as they were to his own. We still ponder the nature of the unbreakable bond between liberty and law. As did Adams, we question how to relate the goal of freedom to the authority necessary in political society.

Name Index

Adams, Abigail (Mrs. William Ste-phens Smith, "Nabby," 1765-1813), daughter of JA, 40, 44, 45, 79;

birth of, 63;

death of, 390;

marriage to Col. William Stephens Smith, 224;

romance with Royall Tyler, 214

Adams, Abigail Smith (1744-1818), wife of JA, 8, 36, 75, 79, 85, 98, 106, 143, 144, 155, 156;

abilities as letter-writer, 38;

character and personality, 37, 38, 97;

congratulation of husband on election, 322;

correspondence with Jefferson, 370-372;

death, 391;

death of mother, 41;

deliverance of stillborn child, 43;

devotion to husband, 39;

during Boston Massacre, 91, 92;

faith, 41, 97;

feelings on JA's election as commissioner to France, 169-170;

frugality, 169;

hospitality to refugees, 133, 134;

intellectual ability, 37, 47, 48;

interest in politics, 46-48;

life at Bush Hill, 300-301;

loneliness during JA's absences, 39, 42, 43, 214;

love of reading, 37, 47-48;

marriage to J A, 37;

mourning of sons's death, 364;

observation of battle of Dorchester Heights, 145-146;

on reconciliation during First Continental Congress, 117;

patriotism, 39, 43, 97;

relations with President and Mrs. Washington, 283;

report of rumors to JA, 146;

reunion with JA in Europe, 214-216;

serious illness in 1798, 348;

sorrow over Nabby's loneliness, 300;

talent as teacher of her children, 44;

views on JA's election to General Court, 97;

views on Shays'Rebellion, 234;

visit to Netherlands, 225

Adams, Charles (1770-1800), son of J A, 40, 44;

accompanies father to peace negotiations, 186;

dies a drunka...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Introduction to the Transaction Edition
• Introduction
• I John Adams Man of Braintree
• II The Lawyer
• III Abigail Adams
• IV Prelude to Revolution
• V Preparing The Case
• VI Trying the Case— The Verdict: Independence
• VII The Greatest Question
• VIII The Plan of Government
• IX Winning the Peace
• X The Treaty
• XI A Yankee Goes to Court
• XII The Defence
• XIII The Vice-Presidency
• XIV Discourses on Davila
• XV The Presidency
• XVI A Declaration of Independence
• XVII A Last Career
• Bib
• Notes
• Name Index
• Index