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Cranch, Richard (1726-1811, husband of Mary Smith)
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Letters60
To Mary Smith Cranch (1761)1
Adams brothers board with10
inoculated with smallpox10
European goods purchased through JA9
hopes JA returns to state politics6
house and business on Hanover Street, Boston6
proposes to act as commission merchant for European exporters6
sends political and religious pamphlets and papers to JA6
buys and farms land in Braintree5
representative in General Court5
and care of Adams children4
business with Dutch merchants and bankers4
Dutch intelligence communicated to newspapers through4
gets justice of the peace commission for P. B. Adams4
relationship with Adams brothers4
rents lodgings and office to Royall Tyler4
Tyler lodges with, in Braintree4
as co-executor of Rev. William Smith's estate3
boards at William Foster's3
conducts glassworks in Germantown with Palmer3
on water pumps and canals3
personality and character3
sends letters and goods to Adamses3
AA mentions as possible successor to Winthrop at Harvard2
and the Vassall-Borland house (Old House)2
as judge for Court of Common Pleas2
assists Robert Garland Cranch2
attends Harvard commencement2
birthplace and relatives in England2
comments on Royall Tyler2
contemplates moving because of failing business2
forwards letters to Haverhill2
JQA lodges with, in Braintree2
letters to JA listed (1786)2
on JA's diplomatic achievements2
on Mass. politics and economy2
plans to move from Boston to Braintree2
receives Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia
2
residence and business in Salem, Mass.2
seeks advancement for Nathaniel Cranch2
to send information and news to JA2
AA2 wishes Tyler to return her letters and miniature to1
addresses letter from Mary Cranch1
alludes to David Garrick, The Lying Valet
1
and AA2-Tyler engagement1
and American Philosophical Society1
approves CA's college expenses1
arrangements for son's education1
asks JA to help raise money to rebuild Charlestown1
attends Inferior and General Courts1
autographs book in JA's library1
Braintree residence near Christ Church1
brings JQA's furniture to Harvard1
cared for Rev. William Smith1
comments on JA's exertions of mind1
communicates JA's views on fishing rights1
conducts glass manufactory in Braintree1
confusion over visiting card sent by AA1
congratulates AA2 on her marriage1
converses in foreign languages with JQA1
correspondence with Charles Storer1
correspondence with Mary Cranch1
Devonshire as home to family of1
dines with JQA at James Foster's1
dropped from legislature1
employment possibilities for1
entertained by French officers1
friendship with Peter Boylston Adams1
in JA's financial accounts1
inquires about Braintree land purchase for JA1
JA corresponds with, about choice of a career1
JA requests to read letters to AA1
JA’s books and papers left in care of1
JA's library left in care of1
JA wants his help in founding a “philosophical society” in Boston1
JQA reunited with JA at home of1
letter from AA listed (1780)1
letters from JA listed (1784)1
letters from JA listed (1786)1
letters from JA listed (1787)1
letters in Adams Family Correspondence
1
letter to AA listed (1781)1
offered as escort to Mrs. Lovell1
on confiscation of loyalist property1
on desalination of water1
on JA's plans for sugar trade1
on mercantile dependence of U.S. on Britain1
on severity of snowstorm1
on William and Catharine Louisa Smith1
opens AA's letter to wife1
relationship to Adamses and Palmers1
returns to Braintree from Boston1
secures family retreat against British invasion1
sends Elizabeth Cranch to learn the harpsichord1
TBA's admission to Harvard1
translates French letter1
visits Harvard as member of board of overseers1
William Cranch compared to1