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Smith, William Stephens (1755-1816, secy. to U.S. legation in London, later husband of AA2, designated as WSS in The Adams Papers)

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AFC01
xxix
DCA03
178*
179*
DQA01
258-259
DQA02
36

Correspondence 25

Public Service 29

Relationship with AA2 103

Relationship with Adamses 35

Social Life 21

Travels 24

identified3

AFC06
109
AFC07
xii-xiii
DJA03
182-184

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mentioned20

AFC05
xxxvii
AFC06
108
189
199
503
xv
AFC07
252
345
357
359
368
370
420
439
444
459
465
EJA01
29
DJA03
188
194

Letters8

To AA (1785)3

AFC06
340
483
508

From AA (1785)2

AFC06
266
365

From AA (1786)1

AFC07
76

From JA and AA (1786)1

AFC07
307

To JA and AA (1786)1

AFC07
309

brings letters and goods to AA from Paris7

controversy over membership in Society of the Cincinnati7

tour of Prussia6

dines with the Adamses in London5

AFC06
208
209
210
214
482

sends and receives letters5

AFC07
29
54
77
221
309

AA comments on4

AFC06
170-171
285
344
495

Adamses send mail by4

AFC06
307
308
311
333

problems caused by delay in returning from tour4

AFC06
267
309
407
471

AA2 comments on3

AFC06
205
207
343

AA concerned about absence of3

AFC06
438
442
466

and Col. David Humphreys3

AFC06
203
219
240

courtship and marriage3

EJA01
27
28
30

goes fishing3

AFC07
299
300
329

interest in AA23

AFC06
280
340
483

possible return to U.S.3

AFC07
285
330
xxiv

AA takes care of mail for2

AFC06
279
366

arrives in Paris2

AFC06
463
464

family of2

AFC07
236
331

JA comments on2

AFC06
343-344
346

marriage to AA22

DJA03
183
191-193

mistakenly accused of owing AA's brother's debt2

AFC06
358-359
486

portrait of2

AFC07
219 (illus.)
xii-xiii

portraits of2

AFC06
197
xiv

secretary to Amer. legation in London2

DJA03
177
183

AA advises on correct behavior towards AA21

AFC06
366

AA teases about Cupid1

AFC06
266-267

absence said to account for AA2's loneliness1

AFC06
510

and CA1

DJA03
234

and David Humphreys1

DJA03
189

and Miranda's scheme to liberate Venezuela1

DJA03
183

appearance of1

AFC07
77

appointment as secretary1

AFC06
173

asks for AA's advocacy with JA over late return from Prussia1

AFC06
340

asks permission to court AA21

AFC06
508-509

at British Museum1

DJA03
191

aversion to royalty1

AFC06
210

begins friendship with John Boylston1

AFC07
414

CFA deletes references to1

AFC05
lvi

character of1

AFC07
63

comments on Adams family1

AFC06
508-509

comments on The Heiress 1

AFC07
22

compared to Richard Cranch1

AFC07
77

courts AA21

AFC05
xl

detects dishonest petitioner to JA1

AFC06
187

embarks for New York City1

DJA03
212-216

Frederick II gives permission to attend review1

AFC06
379

in Amsterdam1

AFC06
365

JA's Defence of the Const. as letters to1

AFC07
366

Jefferson comments on1

AFC06
463

journal of tour1

AFC06
267

JQA comments on1

AFC06
444

JQA visits family of1

AFC06
242

keeps a carriage in London1

AFC06
205

letter from JA listed (1786)1

AFC07
480

letters addressed to, in JA's Defence 1

DJA03
202

life with the Adamses described1

AFC05
xxxix

military career of1

AFC06
509

mission to Portugal1

DJA03
203-204

moves to legation in Grosvenor Square1

DJA03
203

Patience Wright visits1

AFC06
218

poor health of1

AFC06
346

praises women1

AFC06
341

presented to George III1

AFC06
188

reads letters from family to AA and AA21

AFC06
481

reads sermons1

AFC07
309

receives cranberries from friends1

AFC07
135

reception upon return to London1

AFC06
478

regrets not meeting JQA1

AFC06
210-211

residence of1

AFC06
343

returns to U.S. (1788)1

AFC07
452

Storer wants correspondence with AA2 kept secret from1

AFC06
465

toasts “common sense to the Common People”1

AFC07
413

to help AA receive confidential mail1

AFC06
196-197

tours the Continent1

DJA03
192-193

visits The Hyde1

DJA03
196-200

weather prevents from going to church1

AFC07
309

writes to mother1

AFC06
229-230

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