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Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886, son of JQA and LCA, designated as CFA in The Adams Papers):

Character, Apperance, Habits, Domestic Life

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Note: habitual activities such as daily walks, weekly church attendance, the identification of Bible texts used in sermons, visits to the Boston Athenaeum, writing journal entries, and account keeping are not indexed.

Diaries and record-keeping habits 30

Home and Family 835

Numismatics 39

Portraits and Pictures 13

subentries

self-appraisal78

DCA05

17*

28*

29*

58-59*

150-151*

155-156*

237*

261-262*

354*

356*

363*

397*

DCA06

21*

46-47*

54*

104*

120*

190*

198*

281*

283*

388*

395*

DCA07

72*

112*

156*

157*

297*

307*

316*

371-372*

387*

xxii*

xxiv*

DCA08

95*

163*

164-165*

227*

281*

350*

DCA03

6-7*

11*

13-15*

33*

39-41*

96*

100*

105*

111-116*

121*

138*

196*

213*

225*

250*

303*

393*

DCA04

55*

82*

101*

115*

157*

159*

161*

171*

207*

210*

289*

349*

356-357*

382*

417*

424*

427*

432-433*

comments on conditions of his life77

DCA07

183*

209*

253*

261*

275*

284*

322*

397-398*

403*

DCA08

184*

224*

275*

293*

315*

DCA03

3-4*

7-8*

40*

237*

292*

298*

303*

307*

312-313*

336-337*

393*

DCA04

79*

110*

114*

126-128*

159*

167*

171*

209-211*

227*

232*

281-282*

287*

297-298*

304*

316-318*

348-349*

355*

361*

392-394*

415*

423-425*

431-433*

DCA05

12-13*

24*

69*

83*

96*

99*

106*

183*

215*

259-260*

318*

363*

401*

DCA06

46-47*

54*

56*

60*

71*

74*

106-108*

121*

128*

136*

157*

205*

212-213*

236-237*

243*

300*

318-320*

reliance upon divine beneficence75

DCA03

1-2*

11*

13*

40*

100*

229*

237*

313*

393*

xxxii-xxxiii*

DCA04

79*

101*

110-111*

115*

128*

136*

157*

159*

161*

195-196*

209-211*

227*

316*

349*

356*

408*

417*

425*

433*

DCA05

19*

27*

138*

147*

150-151*

161*

176*

177*

180*

202*

211*

236-238*

249*

256*

351*

390*

407*

DCA06

47*

198-199*

206*

226*

255*

299*

DCA07

72-73*

85*

132*

135*

140*

157*

296*

297*

307*

339*

344*

371*

398*

400*

DCA08

25*

122*

289*

335*

350-351*

356*

358*

response to natural scenes35

DCA07

18*

20*

23*

24*

25*

26*

27-28*

34*

38*

119*

252*

253*

256*

309*

DCA08

69*

256*

281*

DCA03

37-40*

132*

268*

299*

309-310*

332*

xxix-xxx*

DCA04

362-363*

DCA05

82-83*

98*

121*

125*

320*

362*

387*

DCA06

21*

211*

comments and evaluations of his life and character28

DCA01

108

128

160

166

216

226

311-312

326

DCA02

114

175

269

287

291-292

293

294

310-311

318

319

324-325

326

334

344

346

349-350

374

386

pattern and daily routines of life22

DCA07

57*

62*

64*

123*

246*

337*

338*

xx*

DCA08

14*

47*

48*

78*

97*

107*

108*

132*

135*

168*

185*

214*

236*

distracted during Sunday services21

DCA07

247*

254*

259*

267*

276*

287*

303*

308*

324*

329*

340*

343*

347*

DCA08

13*

16*

18*

65*

241*

324*

339*

345*

feeling for Adams heritage21

DCA03

17*

55-56*

100*

116*

156*

317*

xxxi*

xxxvi*

DCA04

79*

115*

171*

282*

298*

DCA05

144*

351*

363*

DCA06

46-47*

151-152*

234*

255*

339*

baths20

DCA01

118

215

226

255

DCA02

121-123

150

225

252

254

259

267

272

273

387

389

414

431

432

ambitions and desire for reputation17

DCA07

150*

227*

311*

372*

390*

xv*

xxii*

DCA08

105*

106*

188*

200*

213*

276*

279*

291-292*

352*

355*

depression of spirits17

DCA07

128*

129*

143*

146*

150*

151*

155*

215*

DCA08

57*

150*

276*

310*

317*

356*

357*

362*

373*

disharmony with Boston's values12

DCA05

69*

187*

234*

xxv-xxvi*

DCA06

25*

26*

37*

54*

74*

317*

318*

desire for child11

DCA03

33*

58*

70*

100-101*

237*

317*

332*

336-337*

393-394*

xxx-xxxi*

DCA04

110*

response to praise and neglect of writings11

DCA07

171*

348*

359*

380*

xi*

DCA08

10*

127*

205*

206*

266*

270*

independence as primary value10

DCA05

xxvi*

xxv*

xxviii*

DCA06

122*

136*

203*

213*

242*

260*

377*

the critical year10

DCA05

238-239*

363-364*

xxiv*

xxix*

xxxi*

DCA06

46*

153*

198*

xvii*

on his future7

DCA01

147

150-151

156

229

375

DCA02

295

329

grounds for early marriage6

DCA03

113-114*

128*

167*

DCA04

110*

208*

356-357*

lack of friends6

DCA07

124*

127*

368*

xix*

DCA08

146*

158*

preference for Southern character6

DCA01

30-31

318

xxviii

confidence in his own powers5

DCA05

xxxii*

DCA06

190*

206*

329*

333*

participation in Boston's social events5

DCA07

xix*

DCA08

56*

181*

195*

202*

response to gift of coins and medals5

DCA06

169*

185*

187*

279-280*

xii-xiii*

treatment by Bostonians5

DCA07

403*

xvi-xvii*

xviii-xix*

xxii*

DCA08

57*

churchgoing4

DCA01

2-8 _passim

compared to JQA4

DCA04

55*

326*

409*

DCA05

365*

conscious temperance4

DCA05

141*

143*

377-378*

DCA06

310-311*

desire for reputation4

DCA05

xxxi*

DCA06

198*

206*

304*

reaction to praise and neglect4

DCA06

37*

200*

238*

333*

taste for travel4

DCA07

55*

58*

62*

DCA08

54-55*

the threat of ennui4

DCA05

154*

348*

xxiv*

DCA06

friendship guarded3

DCA05

17*

26*

189*

JQA comments on character3

DCA05

193*

DCA03

226*

DCA04

prefers literature to politics3

DCA05

xxx*

xxi*

DCA06

209*

appearance2

DCA01

xxxix

xxviii

case of the cashmere shawl2

DCA05

338*

339*

character and career2

DJA01

xvii-xix

DJA04

effect of neglecting parties2

DCA04

266*

271*

help in Quincy fire2

DCA07

318*

319*

memory weakness2

DCA06

142*

230*

quick temper2

DCA07

216*

331*

satisfactions provided by newspaper articles2

DCA06

166*

198*

self-warned against love of money2

DCA05

404*

DCA06

201*

son desired and welcomed2

DCA05

176*

180*

time of arising2

DCA01

17th birthday1

DCA01

293

18th birthday1

DCA02

19th birthday1

DCA02

20th birthday1

DCA02

152

21st birthday1

DCA02

269

22d birthday1

DCA02

420

affected to tears by sermon mention of JA1

DCA08

302*

asked to sacrifice principles1

DCA07

289*

awkwardness of accompanying JQA at public events1

DCA07

273*

character described1

DCA01

xxvii-xxxiv

clothing1

DCA02

289

comment on habit1

DCA01

255

dedication to duty1

AFC03

xxv

discussion of1

DCA03

xxv-xxxviii*

efforts as JQA's agent frustrated1

DCA05

312*

fastidiousness in friends1

DCA03

142*

financial insecurity feared1

DCA05

109*

gives money to destitute Canadian insurgent1

DCA07

396*

gratification at a trust earned1

DCA05

322*

“I am very doubtful whether the Stoical system is useful to the temper”1

DCA08

239*

“I have done something to earn a reputation”1

DCA06

205*

“I have the spirit to be independent without the capacity to keep myself above water”1

DCA05

174*

inherits the family arrogance1

DCA06

281*

“it is my duty to make the best use I can of my talents”1

DCA08

90*

makes “blundering speech”1

DCA07

327*

“My great sin is the violence of my temper”1

DCA05

249*

“of an overbearing disposition”1

DCA06

332*

on being unsuccessfully proposed for ΦBK membership1

DCA08

101-102*

on the Adamses and money1

DCA07

10*

pained by witnessing epileptic fit1

DCA07

40*

prefers “draws” to “drawers”1

DCA08

110*

renewed by a sermon1

DCA06

167*

response to opera1

DCA06

345*

resumes a friendship1

DCA03

380*

sleeping1

DCA01

205

slight of friends provokes1

DCA08

258*

speaking French1

DCA01

19-20

superstitious fear1

DCA08

225*

susceptibility to weather1

DCA05

339-340*

taste for bas-reliefs1

DCA06

48*

“The reputation of the race rests in my generation with me”1

DCA07

224*

time of retiring1

DCA01

110

want of humility in Adams family1

DCA07

xxiv*

Entry Overview:

Agent, Personal Assistant, and Deputy for JQA

Books, Reading, and Education

Character, Apperance, Habits, Domestic Life

Courtship and Marriage

Finances and Property

Health and Illnesses

Legal Studies and Career

Opinions and Beliefs

Public Life

Religion

Residences

Social Life

Travels

Writings and Editorial Work

other subentries

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