171

United States

150

Individuals

58

Miscellaneous

22

Europe

32

manages tenants and farmhands

24

sends farm reports to JA

17

oversees clearing and preparing of land

15

manages livestock

14

accounts and finances of

15

manages Adamses’ properties

10

oversees collecting firewood and timber

10

purchases farm goods

9

requests items and money from JA

8

JA sends flour and seeds to

8

JA sends money to

7

JA advises on farm management

7

purchases goods in Europe

7

seeks advice from JA

6

carriages and sleighs for

6

oversees fencing of land

6

servants of

4

oversees tarring of trees

4

William Smith as agent for

4

taxes on Adamses’ properties and

3

oversees building construction

2

Adamses’ land purchases and

2

purchases lottery ticket

1

possible legal action of

1

Medford property of

1

oversees collecting seaweed

1

oversees farm equipment

1

oversees planting

1

purchases household goods

1

requests power of attorney from JA

67

correspondence with JA

42

separation from

19

forwards letters to JA

17

JA sends publications to

16

JA forwards letters to and for

15

sends and receives news and newspapers

14

JA’s public service and

5

requests news from JA

4

JA and farm reports of

4

requests publications from JA

3

JA sends extracts of JQA’s dispatches to

3

on JA’s future plans

3

asks JA to burn letters

2

on JA as role model for sons

2

on JA’s presidency

2

on JA’s relationship with G. Washington

2

adds postscript to JA’s letter

2

concern for JA

2

relationship with JA

1

JA asks about authorship of Aurelius

1

JA dockets letters of

1

JA on conversation of with H. Knox

1

JA on value of letters of

1

JA sends “Peace Journal” to

1

on JA’s literary influence

1

on JA’s love of farmwork

1

on JA’s salary

1

dockets JA’s letters

1

gives JA’s books to William Smith Shaw

1

provides letters of introduction to JA

1

on public opinion of JA

1

on satire of JA

100

JQA

49

TBA

49

Miscellaneous

15

CA

5

AA2

26

newspapers

19

Bible

13

Shakespeare

12

Alexander Pope

5

Camillus

5

Charles Churchill

5

Peter Porcupine

4

Thomas Paine

3

John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham

3

William Cowper

3

Defence of the Const.

3

Homer

3

Joseph Priestley

3

Laurence Sterne

3

Isaac Watts

2

Joseph Addison

2

Aesop

2

appreciation for

2

Robert Goodloe Harper

2

Jasper Dwight

2

Machiavelli

2

Jacques François Paul Aldonce de Sade

2

Edward Young

1

Francis Bacon

1

Bolingbroke

1

Susanna Centlivre

1

Cervantes

1

Samuel Clarke

1

Timothy Dwight

1

Ferdinand

1

gifts of

1

James Hervey

1

history

1

David Humphreys

1

Juvenal

1

lending of

1

Ovid

1

Peter Pindar

1

poetry

1

quotes music

1

Edmund Randolph

1

Marie Jeanne Roland

1

Madame de Staël

1

John Suckling

1

Virgil

2

CA (1795)

4

CA (1796)

1

CA (1797)

1

Elbridge Gerry (1797)

2

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1795)

5

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1796)

1

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1797)

6

JA (1795)

47

JA (1796)

16

JA (1797)

3

JQA (1795)

11

JQA (1796)

2

JQA (1797)

1

Martha Washington (1797)

1

Mary Smith Gray Otis (1797)

1

Mercy Otis Warren (1796)

1

Mercy Otis Warren (1797)

1

Ruth Hooper Dalton (1797)

3

TBA (1795)

4

TBA (1796)

48

health of

10

friendships of

9

letter writing of

3

anxiety of

3

frugality of

3

prefers private life

3

religious beliefs of

2

aging of

2

ambition of

2

foreign language skills of

2

handwriting of

2

outspokenness of

2

patience of

2

Elizabeth Peabody on

1

TBA on

1

G. Cabot on

1

clothing of

1

dreams of

1

portrait of

1

Baron Staël von Holstein on

1

M. Washington on

1

interest of in politics

1

AA2 (1795)

1

CA (1797)

1

Elbridge Gerry (1796)

1

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1796)

1

Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody (1797)

4

JA (1795)

33

JA (1796)

10

JA (1797)

6

JQA (1795)

8

JQA (1796)

1

John Briesler Sr. (1797)

1

Martha Washington (1797)

1

Mary Smith Gray Otis (1797)

1

Ruth Hooper Dalton (1796)

2

TBA (1795)

5

TBA (1796)

1

TBA (1797)

14

anxieties about

10

move to Philadelphia for

10

household arrangements for

6

challenges of presidency and

5

M. Washington and

4

JA on

4

qualities needed for

3

JA’s possible election and

3

receives congratulations on

3

duties of

2

possible visit to Washington, D.C.

1

CA on

1

on JA’s reading of electoral votes

1

JQA on

2

“My Ambition leads me not to be first in Rome”

1

R. Blodget on

1

G. Cabot on

1

R. Dalton on

17

family visits to

11

Louisa Smith as secretary for

7

assists Peabody-Shaw family

4

cares for Susanna Hall

3

church attendance

2

Richard Cranch dockets letters of

2

in England

1

cares for JA’s former law clerks

1

education of

1

P. Howard and

1

Elizabeth Peabody’s courtship and

1

servants for

22

visits to and by

8

visits Boston

5

hosts dinners

4

in England

2

possible visit to Mount Vernon

1

attends G. Washington’s birthday celebration

1

entertains for political ends

1

in Quincy

1

visits Scituate, Mass.

14

planned Quincy to Philadelphia

3

to New York (1795)

2

delays in

2

possible to Eastchester, N.Y.

2

England to U.S. (1788)

2

within Netherlands

2

possible to Washington, D.C.

1

to Bath (1787)

1

within Europe

1

From Elbridge Gerry listed (1796)

1

From JA listed (1795)

4

From JA listed (1796)

2

From JA listed (1797)

1

From Mercy Otis Warren listed (1796)

1

From Susanna Clarke Copley listed (1797)

1

To Clement Cotterell Dormer listed (1788)

1

To Cotton Tufts listed (1788)

3

To JA listed (1796)

2

To JA listed (1797)

1

To JQA listed (1796)

1

To Mercy Otis Warren listed (1784)

1

To William Smith listed (1796)

6

edits correspondence before sending

1

CFA notates correspondence of