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

Writings and Editorial Work

Archival and Editorial Activities

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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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studies, arranges, and binds family papers43

DCA05
29-30*
125*
132-163 passim *
182*
276*
365*
408*
DCA06
3*
28-84 passim *
137*
138*
170*
171*
180*
182*
199-214 passim *
227-246 passim *
271*
272*
292*
309-320 passim *
329-339 passim *
362-368 passim *
374*
375*
382-385*
402*
404*
405*
DCA07
67*
71*
80-92 passim *
103-131 passim *
144-151 passim *
184*
262*
xxi-xxii*
DCA08
67-97 passim *
127*
186*
194-206 passim *
249-254 passim *
277-287 passim *

as family archivist and editor26

omits passages from AA, Letters 25

editorial practices11

AFC04

his silent omissions and emendations in editions of his grand-parents' correspondence8

studies and methodizes JA's papers8

DCA03
103*
xxxvi-xxxvii*
DCA04
51-89 passim *
312*
320*
324*
354-355*
366-371 passim *

dockets family letters7

dockets letters7

edits AA's correspondence6

AFC07

restores passages omitted from earlier editions6

AFC05

collates JA's letterbooks with copies made by Sparks5

DCA03
141*
156-158*
173*
227*
242-243*

arranges JQA's correspondence4

DCA05
365*
366*
373*
374*

as Adams editor3

AFC04
49

as archivist and editor of JQA's Diary3

collates JA's diary with JQA's transcriptions3

DCA05
147*
149*
153-154*

corrects proof for Report and “Address” of JQA3

DCA05
51-56*
235-236*
241-243*

editing newspaper considered3

DCA04
140-142*
175*
231*

notations by3

PJA12

transcribes JA's comments on Terence's plays3

DCA05
212 (illus. following) *
279-280*
xviii*

collates JA's diary with copies made2

DCA03
103*
DCA04
365-384 passim *

omits passage from JA, Letters 2

AFC05

abridges letters relating Royall Tyler's courtship of AA21

AFC05

copying letters of JA and AA and preparing edition of JA's papers1

DCA02
66

corrects proof for article by JQA1

DCA04
164*

dockets JA's correspondence1

AFC07
411

earliest letter by AA to JA printed by1

AFC01
32

earliest letter by JA to AA printed by1

AFC01
107

edition of his grandmother's correspondence1

EJA01
18

editorial methods used in publishing1

DCA01

edits family papers1

AFC07

first publishes AA and JA letters1

AFC05

letters of LCA1

DCA07
343*

“My grandfather's papers are my only resort and to that I must fix myself”1

DCA05
397*

publishes accurate texts of JA's famous letters of 3 July 17761

AFC02
33

stimulated to editorial work by Sparks1

DCA04
xii-xiii*

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