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Cranch, Richard (1726-1811, husband of Mary Smith)

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DCA04
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DCA05
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DCA07
59*
DCA08
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LJA01
PJA03
266
PJA04
419
PJA05
382
PJA07
PJA08
PJA09
PJA10
288
PJA11
PJA12
PJA13

identified4

DJA01
16
PJA01
4
AFC01
1
DQA01
313

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mentioned125

Letters60

To JA (1781)7

From JA (1758)5

discussed3

EJA01

(caption only)1

PJA01
27

text of1

EJA01

From JA (1786)5

AFC07

To JA (1783)4

AFC05

To JA (1784)4

AFC05

From JA (1782)3

AFC04
AFC05
47

To JA (1780)3

AFC03

To JA (1785)3

AFC06

From JA (1756)2

PJA01
15
20

From JA (1785)2

AFC06

To AA (1786)2

AFC07

To JA (1782)2

AFC04
281
AFC05
10

From JA (1755)1

PJA01
3

From JA (1766)1

AFC01
52

From JA (1767)1

AFC01
63

From JA (1774)1

AFC01
159

From JA (1776)1

AFC02
73

From JA (1778)1

AFC03
70

From JA (1781)1

AFC04
266

From JA (1783)1

AFC05
239

From JA (1784)1

AFC05
315

From JA (1787)1

AFC07
466

To AA (1780)1

AFC03
395

To JA (1756)1

PJA01
23

To JA (1774)1

PJA02
189

To JA (1775)1

AFC01
258

To JA (1776)1

AFC02
57

To JA (1779)1

AFC03
202

To JA (1786)1

AFC07
174

To Mary Smith Cranch (1761)1

AFC01
1

in Boston14

AFC06
DQA01
DQA02

JQA visits14

correspondence with AA12

health and illnesses11

AFC05
AFC06
81

Adams brothers board with10

correspondence with JA10

AFC05
lix

inoculated with smallpox10

European goods purchased through JA9

AFC03
AFC04

and JQA6

AFC06

and Lovell cipher6

AFC04
63
188 (illus. following)
224
329

homes of6

AFC07

hopes JA returns to state politics6

AFC05
AFC06
162

house and business on Hanover Street, Boston6

near fatal illness6

political activities of6

AFC07

proposes to act as commission merchant for European exporters6

AFC03
AFC04

sends political and religious pamphlets and papers to JA6

AFC05
AFC06
506

visits JQA at Harvard6

DQA02

visits with Shaws6

AFC07

buys and farms land in Braintree5

representative in General Court5

AFC04

Royall Tyler and5

AFC07

salary of5

sends chocolate to AA5

AFC06

AA sends goods to4

AFC07

and care of Adams children4

AFC06

and Hannah Quincy4

DJA01
114
EJA01

business with Dutch merchants and bankers4

AFC05
228
AFC06

Dutch intelligence communicated to newspapers through4

gets justice of the peace commission for P. B. Adams4

AFC06

in watchmaking business4

AFC01

relationship with Adams brothers4

rents lodgings and office to Royall Tyler4

AFC05

Tyler lodges with, in Braintree4

EJA01

visits Cambridge4

as co-executor of Rev. William Smith's estate3

AFC05

boards at William Foster's3

AFC06

conducts glassworks in Germantown with Palmer3

AFC01
1
18
53

JA on3

AFC04

on water pumps and canals3

DJA01

personality and character3

DJA01
AFC01

recovery3

AFC04

sends letters and goods to Adamses3

AFC07

AA mentions as possible successor to Winthrop at Harvard2

AFC02

and the Vassall-Borland house (Old House)2

appearance of2

AFC01

as judge for Court of Common Pleas2

AFC07

assists Robert Garland Cranch2

AFC07

attends Harvard commencement2

AFC05

birthplace and relatives in England2

DJA03

comments on Royall Tyler2

AFC05

contemplates moving because of failing business2

AFC02

courtship and marriage2

examines JA's account2

AFC06

financial situation of2

AFC06

forwards letters to Haverhill2

AFC05

ill health of2

AFC01

JQA comments on2

AFC06

JQA lodges with, in Braintree2

DQA01

letters to JA listed (1786)2

AFC07
479 (2)
480

like a brother to JA2

AFC06

loses election2

AFC05

mechanical ability of2

AFC02

on JA's diplomatic achievements2

AFC05

on Mass. politics and economy2

AFC07

plans to move from Boston to Braintree2

AFC01

portrait of2

AFC01
81 (illus. facing)

receives Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia 2

AFC07

residence and business in Salem, Mass.2

DJA01

seeks advancement for Nathaniel Cranch2

AFC02
58
74

to send information and news to JA2

AFC06

AA2 wishes Tyler to return her letters and miniature to1

AFC06
262

AA on as a teacher1

AFC07
259

AA wants letters from1

AFC06
84

addresses letter from Mary Cranch1

AFC07
250

advises JA on career1

PJA01

alludes to David Garrick, The Lying Valet 1

AFC07
243

and AA2-Tyler engagement1

DJA03

and American Philosophical Society1

DJA02
187

and Quincy genealogy1

DJA03
204

and Vt. lands1

AFC04

appearance described1

AFC06
335

approves CA's college expenses1

AFC06
412

arrangements for son's education1

AFC05

as inventor1

AFC03
71

asks JA to help raise money to rebuild Charlestown1

AFC05

attends Inferior and General Courts1

AFC05
12

autographs book in JA's library1

AFC07
244

Braintree residence near Christ Church1

AFC01
407

brings JQA's furniture to Harvard1

DQA02
9

cared for Rev. William Smith1

AFC05
254

comments on JA's exertions of mind1

AFC05
422

communicates JA's views on fishing rights1

AFC05
185

conducts glass manufactory in Braintree1

DJA01
140

confusion over visiting card sent by AA1

AFC07
185

congratulates AA2 on her marriage1

AFC07
243

converses in foreign languages with JQA1

AFC07
250

correspondence with Charles Storer1

AFC07
20

correspondence with Mary Cranch1

AFC07
398

Devonshire as home to family of1

AFC07
149

dines with JQA at James Foster's1

AFC07
459

dines with Peter Adams1

AFC07
49

dropped from legislature1

AFC05
180

elected to state senate1

AFC06
162

employment possibilities for1

AFC06
272

entertained by French officers1

AFC03
117

friendship with Peter Boylston Adams1

AFC07
85

health of1

DQA02
463

helps JQA with trunks1

DQA01
328

home of1

AFC05
357

in cardmaking business1

AFC01

in Haverhill1

AFC05
475

in JA's financial accounts1

DJA02
333

inquires about Braintree land purchase for JA1

AFC05
356

JA corresponds with, about choice of a career1

EJA01

JA requests to read letters to AA1

AFC01
160

JA's affection for1

AFC01
3

JA’s books and papers left in care of1

EJA01
26

JA's library left in care of1

AFC05
346

JA values opinion of1

AFC05
315

JA wants his help in founding a “philosophical society” in Boston1

AFC02

JQA reunited with JA at home of1

DQA02
419

JQA's opinion of1

DQA02
20

letter from AA listed (1780)1

AFC06
519

letters from JA listed (1784)1

AFC07
479

letters from JA listed (1786)1

AFC07
480

letters from JA listed (1787)1

AFC07
480

letters in Adams Family Correspondence 1

AFC05
lx

letter to AA listed (1781)1

AFC06
520

offered as escort to Mrs. Lovell1

AFC04
166

on Adoniram Judson1

AFC07
111

on Charles River Bridge1

AFC07
242

on coal mines1

DJA01

on confiscation of loyalist property1

AFC05

on dancing schools1

DJA02

on desalination of water1

AFC07
175

on fashion1

AFC07
357

on JA's plans for sugar trade1

AFC07
196

on mercantile dependence of U.S. on Britain1

AFC07
138

on music1

AFC07
251

on origin of springs1

DQA02
245

on severity of snowstorm1

AFC07
107

on William and Catharine Louisa Smith1

AFC07
106

opens AA's letter to wife1

AFC06
335

recuperating1

AFC04
296

relationship to Adamses and Palmers1

EJA01
30

returns to Braintree1

AFC06
354

returns to Braintree from Boston1

AFC07
387

secures family retreat against British invasion1

AFC01
226

sends Elizabeth Cranch to learn the harpsichord1

AFC06

serves in senate1

AFC06
165

severe illness1

AFC04
285

TBA's admission to Harvard1

AFC07
291

teaches AA French1

AFC06
8

to buy a violin for son1

AFC06
98

translates French letter1

AFC05

visits Harvard as member of board of overseers1

AFC07
139

William Cranch compared to1

AFC07
233

WSS compared to1

AFC07
77

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