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

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attends Democratic meeting and comments35

DCA07
343-344*

Civic and semi-public activities34

votes12

DCA03
104*
298*
353*
381*
DCA04
22*
45*
177*
397*
DCA05
103*
211*
219*
DCA06
261*

appointed Harvard Bowdoin Prize judge4

DCA06
226*
244*
246*
252*

appointed to Boston Lafayette Memorial committee4

DCA05
341*
346*
380*
384*

attends town meetings4

DCA03
190-191*
279-280*
292-293*
409*

attends political caucuses3

DCA03
344-345*
351*
DCA04
198*

supports charitable causes3

DCA05
81*
115*
DCA06
183-184*

attends public meeting2

DCA04
422*
DCA05
19*

purchases pew in First Church2

DCA05
214*
215*

comments on involvement in23

DCA05
169-170*
226*
299*
363-364*
xxi-xxii*
xxiv-xxv*
DCA06
4*
74*
87*
123*
130*
148*
152*
209*
213*
228-229*
259*
318*
331*
337*
360*
374*
390*

fosters coalition of Antimasons and Democrats to support Van Buren18

DCA05
xxvii*
xxiii*
xxviii*
DCA06
131*
138*
147*
159*
191*
196*
250*
290*
329-340 passim *
347-352 passim *
372*
381*
388*
396-398*
404-405*

deterrents to16

DCA05
144*
183*
326*
378-379*
397*
xxii-xxix*
DCA06
3*
54*
107*
121*
123*
229*
243*
318*
358-359*
370*

directed against Webster15

DCA05
xxvi-xxvii*
xxiii*
xxx*
DCA06
50*
53*
58*
138-160 passim *
173*
188-198 passim *
254*
268*
285*
290*
293-295*
xvi-xvii*

serves on Harvard exam committees15

DCA07
185*
187-188*
276*
277*
398*
DCA08
75-76*
77*
169*
170*
172-173*
262*
263*
353*
354*
355*

breaks with Hallett and the Advocate over support for Democratic policies12

DCA07
122*
134*
202*
203*
280*
282*
287-288*
288-289*
291*
293-294*
298*
305*

JQA's public presence a hindrance to12

DCA05
27*
xxvi*
xxix*
DCA06
212-213*
228*
237*
248*
317*
318*
388*
389*
396-397*

public stance avoided and office eschewed12

DCA05
240*
249*
357*
xxvi-xxx*
DCA06
243*
250-257 passim *
318-321 passim *
329*
330*
348*
389*
397*

drifts from party support to independent status10

DCA07
90*
148*
149*
252*
262*
xv*
DCA08
42*
43*
124*
138*

JQA's political defeats a stimulus to8

DCA05
xxx*
xxii-xxiv*
DCA06
81*
159*
228*
234*
235*
254*

in antimasonic party7

DCA05
162*
165-169*
190*
216*
222-224*
357-364 passim *
378-383 passim *

plans for proposed newspaper6

DCA07
144-145*
150-151*
169*
171*
200*
210*

with A. H. Everett in journalistic campaign6

DCA06
152-158 passim *
183*
187*
194*
195*
202-203*

and Adams Temple and School Fund5

DCA07
67*
78-79*
80*
DCA08
289*
303*

as JQA's alter ego in Boston5

DCA05
230*
231*
243*
xxii*
DCA06
47*

comments on the possibility of holding public office5

DCA07
120-121*
DCA08
55*
106*
317*
320*

supports Van Buren (1836)5

DCA07
75*
76-77*
134*
135*
147*

declines nomination to Mass. House (1839)4

DCA08
316-317*
318-319*
320*
325*

distaste for politics4

DCA07
137*
141*
162*
186*

supported to represent Quincy in Mass. House4

DCA07
335*
337*
339*
DCA08
105*

attends public meeting to protest Lovejoy's murder3

DCA07
356*
358*
xiii*

JQA's career affects political position3

DCA07
181*
208*
xv*

reacts to election returns3

DCA07
111*
116*
119*

supports A. H. Everett's candidacy for Congress3

DCA07
107-108*
123*
124*

votes3

DCA07
130*
360*
DCA08
138*

attends Quincy meetings on prevention of garden theft2

DCA08
119*
128*

attends whig meetings and comments2

DCA07
342*
364*

comments on his poor political prospects2

DCA07
131*
257*

does not vote2

DCA07
344*
DCA08
325*

journalism as chosen means to2

DCA05
xxix-xxxii*
DCA06
157*

opposes annexation of Texas2

DCA07
304*
386*

4th of July oration at Faneuil Hall (1843)1

DCA07
xiii*

asked to contribute articles to Democratic Magazine 1

DCA07
225*

attends meeting to oppose Mayor Eliot1

DCA07
356*

attends public meeting on fiscal crisis1

DCA07
245*

attends sessions of Congress1

DCA08
32-53 passim *

awaits Van Buren's currency policy before taking action1

DCA07
281*

Boston hostile to his political opinions1

DCA07
124*

considers impact of his writing on public opinion1

DCA07
346*

declines drafting resolves to support JQA on the Texas question1

DCA07
294*

declines writing in support of Van Buren1

DCA08
78*

discomfort at gathering of whig politicians1

DCA07
225*

disgust with Congress1

DCA07
175*

election to Congress (1858)1

DCA07
xi*

financial support for Antimasons1

DCA07
115*

independent of party1

DCA06
370*

on abolition issue1

DCA06
211*

political interest wanes1

DCA07
80*

“Politics are eminently disgusting to me”1

DCA07
149*

presidency of Mt. Wollaston Bank (1853)1

DCA07
xi*

state of political affairs deters article writing1

DCA08
370*

urged by JQA to accept nomination1

DCA08
318*

view of party intrigues1

DCA07
168*

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