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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848, son of AA and JA, designated as JQA in The Adams Papers):
Character, Appearance, Habits, Domestic Life
Character 101
Family 200
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carries letters and gifts to America20
depressed, languid, irritable, &c.20
in St. Petersburg16
health and minor illnesses14
works on family papers during brief retirement from public life10
receives maternal advice on habits and morals8
facsimiles of handwriting in 17802
AFC03
212
(illus. following)
AA2 on letters of1
AFC07
AA: “your passions are strong and impetuous and ... sometimes ... hurry you into excesses, yet ... I have observed a frankness and Generosity accompany your Efforts to govern and subdue them”1
AFC03
AA on “How unpardonable would it have been in you, to have been a Blockhead”1
AFC07
absorbed in Antimasonry1
DCA05
178*
accepts being laughed at for weight1
AFC07
adjustment to new surroundings1
AFC06
admonished by AA21
AFC04
advised by father to attend English Separatists' church in Leyden1
AFC04
affection for CA praised1
AFC04
“a good Character wherever he has been”1
AFC05
and Golden Verses of Pythagoras1
DCA01
and Quincy1
DCA05
349*
apathetic to plans and projects1
DCA06
203*
appearance1
DQA02
“As a sort of personage myself, of the last century, I was flattered”1
DCA05
84*
asperity1
DCA06
242-243*
as seen by enemies1
DCA05
170-171*
attends funeral of Lucy Quincy Tufts1
AFC07
auction of Dr. Iron-side's books1
DCA02
behavior of1
AFC07
benefits of returning to America1
AFC06
birthday1
DCA02
burial place1
DCA02
“busy”1
DCA08
325*
buys silver from Baron van Tuyll1
DCA02
called “our young Northern Envoy”1
AFC05
carries money for parents to Cotton Tufts1
AFC07
CFA frustrated by JQA's character1
DCA05
410*
CFA on his moral superiority and unpopularity1
DCA05
110*
CFA on his return to politics1
DCA05
141*
CFA on inflexible morality1
DCA04
409*
character1
DCA01
chests moved to “the Office”1
DCA07
288*
cold and reserved manner1
DCA03
110*
college room1
DQA02
compared to JA1
DCA05
139*
compared to M. d'Aragon1
AFC06
compared to Samuel Cooper Johonnot1
AFC07
concerned that parents will disapprove horse purchase1
AFC06
contemplates leaving Washington1
DCA05
348*
correspondence from Russia1
AFC05
correspondence with family in Europe1
AFC07
correspondence with Storer1
AFC05
daily routine1
DQA02
“deeply agitated”1
DCA06
252-253*
definition of genius, quoted1
DCA01
delivers letters in Boston1
AFC06
describes unusual “dark day”1
AFC06
dines at Judge Hall's1
DCA02
dislike of adulation1
DCA08
105*
earliest known surviving letter of1
AFC01
early correspondence of1
AFC05
effect of domestic discord on1
DCA05
156*
entertains Elizabeth Cranch by singing and acting1
AFC06
executor of Ward Boylston's will1
DCA02
family letters received1
AFC06
“form'd for a Statesman”1
AFC06
freshman servant1
DQA02
friendship with Thaxter1
AFC05
general appearance1
DCA05
71*
goes hunting1
AFC07
goes to Boston1
DCA07
286*
grooming habits of1
AFC07
GWA on appearance of1
DCA02
handles household duties in France1
AFC06
handwriting reproduced1
AFC05
“has always loved to ride the whirlwind”1
DCA05
183*
has felt like a wanderer abroad for seven years1
AFC06
horticultural problems at Quincy1
DCA02
hospitable to relations in Europe1
AFC06
hostility of Boston elite to1
DCA05
25*
hot-tempered1
DCA05
280*
“I know not that I am apt to be over-Sentimental”1
AFC06
incorporates Quincy family arms in bookplate1
AFC05
indulgent to servants1
DCA03
274*
“inherits the spirit of his father, and bids fair to be a Roman like him”1
AFC03
in Paris1
DQA01
inspects quarry and nursery1
DCA07
93*
“is respected wherever he goes for his Vigour and Vivacity both of Mind and Body, for his constant good Humour ... as well as his general Knowledge which for his Age is uncommon”1
AFC03
lack of clean linens1
AFC07
lack of improvement in letterwriting1
AFC05
letter-books of1
AFC01
letter-writing impeded by studies1
DQA01
lost teaspoons1
DQA02
Lucy Cranch assists in furnishing rooms at Harvard1
AFC07
marriage1
AFC02
moral precepts quoted1
DCA02
morning naps of1
AFC07
named for Col. John Quincy1
AFC01
“naturally inclined to be fat”1
AFC05
not given to reminiscence1
DCA06
212*
on AA's pregnancy1
AFC02
on cleaning paintings1
DCA02
on Edward Everett, quoted1
DCA02
on gardening and arboriculture1
on Jackson administration1
DCA02
oversees dogs Lafayette sends to Washington1
AFC06
preference for mathematics over law1
DQA02
prefers walking to visiting1
DQA02
public estimation of1
DCA08
195*
“quite a gallant among the Ladies”1
AFC07
railroad accident1
DCA05
211*
receives gift of John Trumbull engraving1
AFC07
receives great attention upon arrival home1
AFC06
reflections in graveyard1
DQA02
relationships with young women1
AFC07
requests TBA become student of Timothy Jennison1
AFC07
resemblance to AA21
AFC06
response to criticism1
DCA05
193*
reunited with brothers1
AFC07
Richard Cranch on1
AFC07
rocked to sleep by AA21
AFC01
sad over recent deaths1
AFC06
says does not keep up with public news1
AFC06
self-appraisal1
DCA06
131*
sends greetings to WSS1
AFC07
sends regards to people in Haverhill1
AFC07
serenaded by band1
DCA06
222*
serves as interpreter for Vérac and Dana1
AFC07
sleeps at lectures1
DCA06
219*
stays with Shaws1
AFC07
studies are only consolation for departed friends1
AFC06
study “does not diminish his flesh”1
AFC04
suffering from heat1
DQA02
sword and hat1
DQA01
TBA compared to1
AFC07
tendency to financial speculation1
DCA03
425*
“the reputation of [JQA] is too strong for them to resist”1
DCA06
68*
thought older than sister1
AFC06
ties to First Church, Boston1
DCA03
14*
tires of questions about Europe1
AFC06
translation of German for Dana1
DQA02
vigorous1
DCA04
87*
visits wine merchant1
DCA07
258*
walks to Boston1
DCA06
241*
wants of his situation1
DCA06
370*
weakness for buying Adams family land1
DCA07
104*
“we all form opinions of Persons according to their Conduct to ourselvs”1
AFC06
will take wine to college1
AFC06
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