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Papers of John Adams
October 1782 – May 1783
Av John Adams, Gregg L. Lint m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1249 kr
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John Adams reached Paris on October 26, 1782, for the final act of the American Revolution: the peace treaty. This volume chronicles his role in the negotiations and the decision to conclude a peace separate from France. Determined that the United States pursue an independent foreign policy, …
Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 9
January 1790 – December 1793
Av Adams Adams Family, Margaret A. Hogan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1196 kr
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The years 1790 to 1793 marked the beginning of the American republic, a contentious period as the nation struggled to create a functioning government amid increasingly bitter factionalism. On the international stage, the turmoil of the French Revolution raised important questions about the nature …
Papers of John Adams
June 1783 – January 1784
Av John Adams, Gregg L. Lint m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1192 kr
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On September 3, 1783, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay signed the definitive Anglo-American peace treaty. Adams and his colleagues strived to establish a viable relationship between the new nation and its largest trading partner but were stymied by rising British anti-Americanism. Adams’ …
Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 10
January 1794 – June 1795
Av Adams Adams Family, Margaret A. Hogan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1156 kr
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This volume offers over 300 letters from the irrepressible Adamses, including many between John and Abigail never before printed. As always, Adams family members serve as important observers of and commentators on national and international events, from America’s growing tensions with Britain and …
Papers of John Adams
February 1784 – March 1785
Av John Adams, Gregg L. Lint m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
967 kr
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“Once more after an Interruption of ten Years, I pronounce myself a happy Man, and pray Heaven to continue me so.” Thus wrote John Adams in late August 1784 after the arrival in Europe of his wife Abigail and daughter Nabby. Adams and his family were living together in the pleasant Paris suburb of …
Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 11
July 1795–February 1797
Av Adams Adams Family, Margaret A. Hogan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
997 kr
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The letters in this volume of Adams Family Correspondence span the period from July 1795 to the eve of John Adams’s inauguration, with the growing partisan divide leading up to the election playing a central role. The fiery debate over funding the Jay Treaty sets the political stage, and the …
Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 12
March 1797 – April 1798
Av Adams Adams Family, Sara Martin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
951 kr
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Volume 12 of Adams Family Correspondence, with 276 documents spanning from March 1797 through April 1798, opens with the inauguration of John Adams as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair are made public in America. Through private networks of correspondence, the Adamses reveal …
Papers of John Adams, Volume 18 – December 1785 – January 1787
December 1785 – January 1787
Av John Adams, Gregg L. Lint m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
915 kr
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Volume 18 is the final volume of the Papers of John Adams wholly devoted to Adams’ diplomatic career. It chronicles fourteen months of his tenure as minister to Great Britain and his joint commission, with Thomas Jefferson, to negotiate treaties with Europe and North Africa. With respect to …
Papers of John Adams
April–November 1785
Av John Adams, Gregg L. Lint m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
997 kr
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"You may well Suppose that I was the Focus of all Eyes," John Adams wrote on 2 June 1785 of his first audience with George III, which formally inaugurated the post of American minister to Great Britain. Eager to restore "the old good Nature and the old good Humour" between the two nations, Adams …
Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 13
May 1798 – September 1799
Av Adams Adams Family, Sara Martin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
888 kr
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The almost 300 letters in volume 13 of Adams Family Correspondence were written during seventeen tumultuous months of John Adams’s presidency. Consumed with executive duties, he depended on surrogates for much of his correspondence with family members. From Quincy, an ailing Abigail Adams wrote …
