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

Legal Studies and Career

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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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clients59

DCA03
58-65 passim *
72-73*
77-81*
105*
111-113*
118*
124*
138*
150*
185*
204*
221-222*
232-235 passim *
239*
242*
246*
263*
276-278*
281-283*
298-306 passim *
310-311*
314*
317*
319*
323*
328-340 passim *
347*
391-393*
395*
396*
399*
xxv*
DCA04
10*
18*
22*
26*
44*
65*
67-72 passim *
77*
79*
101*
109*
131-132*
212*
220*
237-238*
328-329*
337*
DCA05
234*
247*
337*
DCA06
61*
188-189*
259*
263-265*
270*
291*
377-378*

directorships &c.18

DCA06
324*
DCA03
130*
150-151*
153*
185*
395*
409*
415*
424*
DCA04
5*
225*
233-234*
341*
345*
375*
383*
385-386*
389-392*

office15

DCA03
2*
140*
154-155*
159*
171-172*
342*
DCA05
2*
126*
290-291*
408*
412*
413*
DCA06
334-337 passim *
DCA07
4*
5*

attends court13

DCA02
170-178 passim
247
259
260
264
316
320
338
339
347-370 passim
387-390
402
406

attends Moot Court13

attends Boston Debating Society12

estate conveyancer9

DCA05
47-48*
56*
63*
108*
114*
115*
153*
183-188 passim *
378-391 passim *

Boston8

DCA02
158
167
174
175
178
179
180-277 passim
310-392 passim

copies legal papers in Washington8

offices in Boston8

bar7

DCA03
422*
DCA04
1-2*
37*
252*
299*
336*
DCA05
43-44*

handles JQA's affairs in Boston7

DCA02
379
391-392
393-396
399-412 passim
417
418
426-432 passim

first legal jobs6

DCA02
341
348
355
357
384
408

public versus private life4

DCA01
330
xxx-xxxi
DCA02
132
172

reading and studying law, Washington4

DCA02
5-9
14-48
51
113-143 passim

and Rufus Davis3

DCA07
83*
84*
87*

plans to be lawyer3

DCA01
xxx
DCA02
51
114

cases referred by2

DCA05
394*
397*

comments on law2

DCA02
265
317-318

enters Webster's office2

DCA02
150
154

executes deeds2

DCA07
82*
DCA08
378*

financial agent2

DCA07
2*
3*

public life2

DCA01
xvii
xii

arranges mortgage1

DCA07
192*

drafts will1

DCA08
323*

executor of estate1

DCA07
404*

“My Law is a vast thing to be sure”1

DCA05
216*
See also: Adams, George Washington—CFA settles estate
See also: Adams, Thomas Boylston, Jr.
See also: Johnson, Thomas Baker

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

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