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Lovell, James (Mass. member of Congress)

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PJA13
xv

identified2

DJA01
288
DCA02
302

subentries

Letters161

To AA (1781)22

To JA (1779)14

To JA (1778)12

PJA05
379
383
390
404
407
408 (cal.)
PJA06
PJA07
152

From AA (1781)11

From JA (1779)11

PJA07

To AA (1780)11

AFC04
21
36

To AA (1779)10

AFCC03
150
171
186
197
211
213
219
222
239
426 (enclosure)

To JA (1777)10

From JA (1780)8

PJA08
PJA09
PJA10

To AA (1778)8

AFC02
403
AFC03

From AA (1779)7

From JA (1778)7

PJA05
401
PJA06
273 (cal.)
318
PJA07

To JA (1781)7

PJA11
PJA12
165

From AA (1780)5

AFC03

From AA (1778)4

AFC03

To JA (1780)3

PJA09
270
PJA10

From AA (1777)2

AFC02

From AA (1782)2

AFC04

From JA (1777)2

PJA05

To AA (1777)2

AFC02

From JA (1782)1

PJA12
266

To AA (1782)1

AFC04
283

To AA (1784)1

AFC05
357

mentioned54

AFC01
AFC02
AFC04
PJA10
AFC05
356
AFC06
PJA12
5
15
125
PJA05
205
PJA07
PJA08
DCA02
301

agent for AA in Philadelphia in transshipment of goods32

correspondence with JA19

DCA06
48*
335*
PJA12
PJA08

interception and publication of letters of15

and JA's accounts12

AFC04
3
4
9
16

in congress12

as transmitter and interpreter of congressional intelligence11

prisoner of British in Boston and Halifax8

AFC02
344

and charge brought against JA in congress7

MS map of upper Chesapeake Bay region7

AFC02
169
262 (illus. facing)
333
365

rebuts charges of imprudence and immorality7

as a correspondent6

PJA05
PJA06

correspondence with AA6

imprisonment in Boston6

PJA03

letters of, relished by AA as entertaining, “agreable,” “peculiarly pleasing,” and witty6

AFC03
7
48
65
AFC04

on Spanish mediation and formulation of peace ultimata6

PJA08

as disciple of Sterne in letters to AA5

AFC03
AFC04
93

as member of Foreign Affairs Committee5

PJA05
343
PJA06

corr. with JA5

PJA11

illness of5

PJA08

in Continental Congress5

DJA02

on election of minister to Spain5

on military officers and men5

PJA05
PJA06

prisoner of war exchange for5

PJA03
PJA04

receives copies of JA's correspondence with Vergennes on A. Lee5

PJA08

return to Mass. hindered by indebtedness, want of money and employment5

sends goods, newspapers, and bills of exchange to AA5

PJA09
PJA10

AA's correspondence with4

AFC05

as JA's secretary if Dana declines4

PJA08

CFA comments on4

DCA06
48*
49*
335*
338*

cipher of4

PJA09
PJA10
413

dissuades JA from making a public defense against Izard's charge4

PJA07
PJA08

injured by fall4

AFC04

on peace prospects and alliances4

PJA06

on salaries of ministers and secretaries4

PJA08

on Silas Deane4

PJA05
351
PJA06

and Dumas' status and finances3

PJA11

and JA's appointment as commissioner to France3

AFC02

and return to Boston3

AFC04

as member of Committee for Foreign Affairs3

PJA11

capture and exchange of (1775-1776)3

PJA10

captured by British3

AFC03
42
43
54

flattery in correspondence with AA3

AFC03

illness3

on Deane3

PJA08

on efforts in congress to bring down A. Lee.3

on JA3

AFC03

on JA's election to negotiate Anglo-American treaties3

on JA's standing in the congress3

PJA07
153
PJA08

return to Massachusetts advised3

AFC04

seeks author of letter critical of JA3

PJA08

service in Congress3

PJA10

successive appointments after leaving Congress3

AFC04

Adamses on his enigmatic style2

AFC03

and JA's election as Commissioner (1777)2

PJA08

as chair of foreign affairs committee2

PJA09
PJA10
311

capture and exchange of2

PJA12

considered for foreign appointment2

AFC03

determination to have JA negotiate Anglo-American treaties2

PJA07
PJA08
175

holds JA “indelicately handled” by congress, and actions limiting his powers “ill-judged”2

AFC04

leaves Congress2

AFC05

letters from AA listed (1780)2

AFC06

letters to AA listed (1780)2

AFC06
519 (5)
520 (2)

letters to JA and AA2

DCA04
68*
69*

named Naval Officer for Port of Boston2

AFC05

on British evacuation of Phila.2

PJA06

on commissions for and funding of JA's mission2

PJA08

on Congress' issue of bills of exchange2

PJA11

on Dumas' correspondence2

PJA06

on F. Dana2

PJA05
351
PJA06
124

on JA's analysis of European political situation2

PJA08

on lack of letters from Commissioners2

PJA06
69
70

on military news from the south2

PJA08
88
98

on mutiny of Penn. Line2

PJA11
25
26

on need for A. Lee to be informed of Jay's appointment2

PJA08

on North-South division over fisheries2

PJA08

on readiness of Britain to make peace2

PJA08

on Spain's truce proposal2

PJA08

on supplies and finance2

PJA06

on supplies from France2

PJA11
21
25

on theft of dispatches2

PJA06

seconds motion to prohibit congressmen from being elected to any salaried office2

PJA08

sends JA's property to AA2

PJA08
88
91

sends newspapers to JA2

PJA11
31
35

threat to nominate A. Lee to negotiate Anglo-American treaties2

PJA08

tone employed in AA's letters to2

actions of General Court toward termed just by1

AFC04

actions regarding disputes among Commissioners1

PJA08
126

admonished by AA, “You have sometimes given a latitude to your pen which I thought exceptionable and I have ever told you so”1

AFC04
209

advises JA on accepting appointment1

PJA08
177

and appointment of JA as peace commissioner1

DJA04
243

and JA's family1

PJA05
391

and Samuel Waterhouse1

DJA01
287

and Va.'s approval of Arts. of Confederation1

PJA05
373

and vote to censure Amer. commissioners1

AFC03

bitter that “our allies are to rule the roost”1

AFC04
163

characterized by JA1

PJA05
56

concern over Franco-American commercial treaty as model for Anglo-American commercial treaty1

PJA09
55

correspondence with Franklin1

PJA12
10

criticizes Hancock1

AFC05
358

defense of A. Lee1

PJA08
174

dispute with Dana on powers for peace negotiator1

PJA08
167

elected a Mass. delegate to Continental Congress (1776)1

AFC02
131

encourages AA's approval of JA's appointment1

PJA08
175

extract from letter1

PJA11
216

helps Thaxter obtain clerical post1

AFC02
383

in Affaires de I'Angleterre 1

PJA06
71

informs JA of mission to Netherlands1

PJA08
144

in JA's financial accounts1

DJA02

in prisoner of war exchange1

DJA03
401

intended to forward letter from Greene to JA1

PJA12
222

JA comments on1

PJA10
159

JA on value of letters from1

PJA08
210

JA reports on unexpected arrival in Spain1

PJA08

JA sends Pensées to1

PJA10
399

journey to Continental Congress (1777)1

AFC02

letter from AA listed (1781)1

AFC06
520

letter from JA listed (1777)1

PJA08
384

letters to AA listed (1778)1

AFC06
518 (2)

letters to AA listed (1779)1

AFC06
519 (3)

letters to AA listed (1781)1

AFC06
520 (3)

letter to, from Franklin on Deane1

DJA04
68

letter to, from JA on diplomacy1

DJA04

letter to AA listed (1782)1

AFC06
520

letter to JA listed (1779)1

PJA08
396

letter to JA listed (1780)1

PJA10
472

letter to JA listed (1781)1

PJA12
479

letter to James Warren1

AFC03

member of Foreign Affairs Committee1

PJA07
x

on Amer. aristocracy1

PJA06
124

on Arts. of Confederation1

PJA11
204

on command of Alliance 1

PJA11
21

on committee for foreign affairs1

DJA04
68

on compensation for Dumas1

PJA10
412

on congress' consideration of foreign affairs1

PJA07

on congressional action regarding JA's corr. with Vergennes1

PJA11
21

on Congress' revocation of JA's 1779 commissions1

PJA11
434

on currency exchange rates1

PJA11

on Dana as JA's secretary1

PJA08
186

on depreciation of paper money1

PJA07
153

on desire for treaty with Spain to vindicate A. Lee1

PJA08

on Gérard's departure from U.S.1

PJA08
167

on JA and Mass. constitution1

PJA08
167

on JA's recovery from Izard's charge1

PJA08
274

on J. Laurens declining appointment as Franklin's secretary1

PJA08
307

on Mathews' resolution to congress1

AFC04

on naming secretary for foreign affairs1

PJA11
9

on nominations of ministers' secretaries1

PJA08
176

on public attitude toward Deane's address1

PJA08
126

on rumored Anglo-French division of fisheries1

PJA08
57

on the navy1

PJA06

opposes expedition to Canada1

PJA05
340

opposition to Hancock1

PJA07
144

Philadelphia residence1

AFC02
177

receives goods for AA1

PJA12
124

regrets use of hieroglyphic1

AFC04
152

Rivington's animadversions on1

AFC04
152

saw future prospects dependent on JA's position1

AFC05
357

sends congressional Journals to JA1

PJA08
148

sends dispatches for France to JA1

AFC02
386

to send Articles of Confederation to Dana1

PJA12
261

wants JA to be independent of Franklin's control1

PJA08
178
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See also: Lovell cipher

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