Contents

• Descriptive List of Illustrations ix
• Introduction xvii
  • 1. The Business of Diplomacy xvii
  • 2. John Adams and His Letterbooks xxii
  • 3. Notes on Editorial Method xxiii
• Acknowledgments xxv
• Guide to Editorial Apparatus xxvii
  • 1. Textual Devices xxvii
  • 2. Adams Family Code Names xxvii
  • 3. Descriptive Symbols xxviii
  • 4. Location Symbols xxi v x
  • 5. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms xxi v x
  • 6. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited xxx
• Papers of John Adams, May – October 1782 1
• Appendix: List of Omitted Documents 555
• Index 561