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

Courtship and Marriage

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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.

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CFA on ABA's character and his feeling for her28

CFA oppressed by Brooks family10

CFA and P. C. Brooks on financial arrangements9

fatigue of long courtship7

possible dates for marriage6

preparations for wedding5

presents exchanged by ABA and CFA5

DCA02

letters mentioned4

DCA02
115-145 passim
281
284-303 passim
380

preparations of house in Boston4

DCA02

CFA on engagement anniversaries3

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CFA's first visits to members of Brooks family3

DCA02

CFA's visits to ABA3

DCA02
149-280 passim
305-419 passim
425-431 passim

first meetings with ABA3

DCA02

correspondence between ABA and CFA described2

DCA02

ends liaison with mistress2

DCA01
DCA02
124

interest in ABA2

DCA02

new plan for visits to ABA2

DCA02

payment for wedding2

DCA03
84*
DCA04
18*

anxiety over marriage1

DCA02
363

CFA on awkwardness of position in Brooks family1

DCA02
263

CFA on leaving single life1

DCA02
431

courtship described1

family feeling compared to his own1

DCA02
163

illness of Ward Brooks1

DCA02
212-225 passim

P. C. Brooks on engagement1

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proposal1

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wedding day1

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