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[dateline] Cambrige August 30th: 1786
[salute] Dear Sir
[salute] Your dutiful Son
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[dateline] London September 1st 86
[dateline] Sept 3d. sunday.
[dateline] Sunday September 24th.
[dateline] October 12.
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[dateline] London Sepbr 12th 1786
[salute] My Dear Sister
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[dateline] Boston. 12th. September. 1786
[salute] Dear Madam
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[dateline] Braintree September 24th 1786
[salute] My dear sister
[salute] Adieu yours affectionately
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[dateline] London Sepbr 27. 1786
[salute] My Dear son
[dateline] October 2d. 1786
[dateline] October 14.
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[dateline] Braintree Sep 28th 1786
[salute] My dear Sister
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[dateline] Haverhill October 1st. 1786
[salute] My Dear Sister
“she shall a while repair,
To dwell a weeping Hermit there.”2
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[dateline] Braintree october 8th 1786
[salute] Dear Sister
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[dateline] Braintree october 9th 1786
[salute] My dear Sister
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[dateline] London october 10th 1786
[salute] Dear Sir
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[dateline] London october 12th 1786
[salute] My Dear Sister
“What is the World to me, its pomp its pleasures and
its Nonsence all?”4
“Source of every Social tie
united wish; and Mutual joy.”5
[salute] Adieu my dear sister Heaven Bless you and yours is the Sincere wish of your affectionate Sister
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[dateline] Boston Octobr. 14th. 1786
[salute] My dear Cousn.
[salute] My best Regards to Mr. and Miss Smith, May every Blessing attend them. Yours affectionately.
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[dateline] London october 15 1786
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[dateline] London October 15th 1786
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[dateline] London october 16 1786
[salute] My dear sir
“The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when they Sleep in dust.”2
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[dateline] London october 21 1786
[salute] Dear sir
[salute] I am sir, with Sentiments of Esteem, your Friend & Humble Servant
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[dateline] october 21 1786
London Grosvenour Square
[salute] Sir
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[dateline] Braintree 22d of october 1786
[salute] My dear Sister
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[dateline] Chesterfeild Street
octo 22. 1786
[salute] Madam
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[dateline] Boston Octobr 27th 1786
[salute] Dear Madam
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[dateline] Haverhill November 1st. 1786
[salute] My Ever Dear Sister
[dateline] November 3d.
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[dateline] The 4th of November
The day of deliverance from Popery and Tyranny. 17861
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[dateline] Axminster, 7. Nov; 1786
[salute] Madam
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[dateline] London November 21 1786
[salute] My Dear sister
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[dateline] London November 22 1786
[salute] My dear Son
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[dateline] Braintree November 26th 1786
[salute] My dear sister
[dateline] Teusday 28th
[dateline] wednesday 29th
[dateline] thursday 30th
[dateline] Satturday Decem. 2d
[dateline] December 3d
[dateline] 5th.
[dateline] 8th
[salute] If the vessel does not sail soon you Shall hear again from your affectionate Sister
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[dateline] Haverhill November 27th. 1786
“But a solemn Scene of Joy.”
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[dateline] November 28 1786
[salute] My dear Son
[dateline] December 3. 1786
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[dateline] Paris [November 17861]
[salute] Dear Madam
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[dateline] London December 2d 1786
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[dateline] Braintree. Decr. 7. 1786
[salute] My dear Aunt
[salute] Adieu my dear Aunt, may all happiness, attend you and yours, is the wish of her who is with every sentiment of respect and esteem, your grateful and affectionate, Neice,
[dateline] Braintree. Decr. 7. 1786
[salute] My dear Aunt
[salute] Adieu my dear Aunt, may all happiness, attend you and yours, is the wish of her who is with every sentiment of respect and esteem, your grateful and affectionate, Neice,
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[dateline] Paris Dec. 21. 1786
[salute] Dear Madam
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[dateline] Abbe Green, Bath decem 23 1786
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[dateline] Grosvenor Square Christmas Day
[salute] My dearest Friend
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[dateline] Grosvenor Square Decr 25. 1786
[salute] My dearest Friend
[salute] Yours forever
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[dateline] Grosvenor Square Decr 27. 1786
[salute] My dearest
[salute] Yours evermore
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[dateline] december 30th 1786 Bath
[salute] My dearest Friend
[salute] Ever yours.
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[dateline] London1December 30th 1786
[salute] My Dear sir
“Angles from Friendship, gather half their joy”4
[salute] Mr Adams joins me in affectionate Regards to your family. Believe me dear Sir most Sincerely your Friend
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[dateline] Cambridge December: 30th: 1786
[salute] My dear Madam
[dateline] January 11th. 1787.
[salute] Your dutiful, and affectionate Son.
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[dateline] Braintree December 31d 1786
[salute] My dear Sister
[dateline] January 5th
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[dateline] Weymouth Jany. 2d. 1787
[salute] My Dear Cousn
[salute] Be pleased to remember me to Mr and Mrs Smith and accept of my sincerest Wishes for your present and future Felicity. And Am Your Affectionate Friend & Kinsman
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[dateline] Braintree Jany. 7th. 1787
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[dateline] Jany. 10. 87
[salute] My Dr. Charles
[salute] My Love to your worthy Brothers, and believe me anxious for the good Behaivour as well as success of all of you. Yours affect.
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[dateline] Grosvenor Square Jan 10. 1787
[salute] My dear Son
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[dateline] Braintree January 10th 1787
[salute] My dear Sister
[dateline] Janu 12th
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[dateline] [post 10 January 1787]1
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[dateline] Cambridge January 14th: 1787
[dateline] Sunday Feby: 5th: [i.e. 4th]
[dateline] Friday. Feby: 9th:
[salute] Your ever affectionate brother.
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[dateline] Jany. 15. 1787
[salute] My dr. Thomas
[salute] I am my dr. son your Fr
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[dateline] Paris Jan. 15. 1787
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[dateline] Grosvenor Square London Jany 16 1787
[salute] Sir
[salute] With much respect I am Sir your Humbl servt
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[dateline] London Janry 17 1787
[salute] My dear Son
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[dateline] Boston Jany 17th 1787
[salute] Dear Madam
[salute] To Mr Adams Mr and Mrs Smith and to yourself may our Compts and Respects be acceptable and permit me to subscribe your obedt St
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[dateline] London Janry 20th 1787
[salute] Mr dear sister
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[dateline] London Janry 20 1787
[salute] My Dear sister
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[dateline] London Janry 24th 1787
[salute] Dear sir
[salute] Regards to all inquiring Friends from Dear Sir your ever affectionate Neice
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[dateline] London Janry 29th 1787
[salute] My dear sir
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[dateline] Boston Feby 6th. 1787
[dateline] Feby. 7th.
[dateline] Feby 8.
[dateline] 9th.
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[dateline] Haverhill February 8th. 1787
[salute] My Ever Dear Sister
[salute] Adieu! thou ever dear, & Much loved Sister—Accept this written in haste, from your
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[dateline] Braintree February 9th 1787
[salute] Dear Sister
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[dateline] London, Feb. 21, 1787
[salute] My dear Brother
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[dateline] London Feb. 21. 1787
[salute] Dear Sir
[salute] I am, my dear sir, with much Affection your Friend
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[dateline] Paris Feb. 22. 1787
[salute] Dear Madam
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[dateline] London Febry 25 1787
[salute] My Dear Sister
“Mercy but gives Sedition time to rally
every soft pliant talking busie Rogue
Gathering a flock of hot braind Fools together
can preach up new Rebellion
Spread false reports of the Senate working up
their Madness to a Fury quick and desp'rate
till they run headlong in to civil discords
And do our buisness with their own destruction.”2
[dateline] Feb'ry 27 1787
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[dateline] London Febry 28th 1787
[salute] My dear son
[salute] Adieu and believe me most tenderly you[rs]
1786 | 4 Jan. – 8 Feb. | CA, a Harvard freshman, spends his winter vacation in Braintree and Haverhill, where JQA and TBA are being tutored by their uncle, Rev. John Shaw. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 10 Jan. | JQA visits New Hampshire for the first time on an evening sleigh ride to Hampstead. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 9 Feb. | AA and AA2 attend the queen's birthday celebration, accompanied by Col. David Humphreys, and the birthday ball, with WSS, at St. James' Palace. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 16–20 Feb. | JA meets with Ambassador Sidi Haggi 'Abd-ur-rahman Aga of Tripoli to negotiate a commercial treaty. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 21 Feb. | WSS departs London for Paris, dispatched by JA to confer with Thomas Jefferson on the treaty negotiations with Tripoli. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 28 Feb. | Lord Carmarthen responds to JA's Nov. 1785 demand that British troops be withdrawn from U.S. territory, stating that Britain will fulfill its treaty obligations when America does the same. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 11 March | WSS and Thomas Jefferson arrive in London, the latter coming to help negotiate commercial treaties with Tripoli, Portugal, and Great Britain. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 14 March | JQA leaves Haverhill for Cambridge. On the 15th he is examined and admitted to Harvard as a junior sophister. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 15 March | JA presents Jefferson to King George III. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 18–22 March | JQA visits the Cranches in Braintree. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 22 March | JQA takes up residence at Harvard College. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 4–10 April | JA and Jefferson tour English gardens, countryseats, and historic sites, including Stratford-on-Avon where they carve a souvenir sliver from what is said to be Shakespeare's chair. | |||||||||||||||||
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1786 | 11–26 April | JQA and CA spend the Harvard spring vacation at Braintree. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 17 April | JA acquires eleven acres in Braintree's New South Precinct, now Randolph, in settlement of a loan to David Sloan. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 19 April | JA meets Joseph Priestley. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 20 April | The Adamses and Jefferson visit the countryseats of Sion House and Osterley Park in Brentford. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 24 April | The Adamses, WSS, and Jefferson visit the British Museum. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 25 April | JA and Jefferson conclude negotiations for a commercial treaty with Portugal, a treaty that neither country ever ratified. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 29 April | In a diplomatic slight, JA is excluded from the annual Royal Academy dinner for foreign ministers. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 9 May | JA publishes an anonymous letter in a London newspaper denying a report that his salary is paid by the French government. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 12 May | Commissions held by JA and Jefferson to negotiate commercial treaties expire. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 11 June | AA2 and WSS are married at the U.S. legation in Grosvenor Square. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 17 June | CA and his cousins William, Elizabeth, and Lucy Cranch attend the dedication of the bridge connecting Boston and Charlestown. JQA remains at Harvard. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 20–24 June | The Adamses visit Portsmouth, stopping at the countryseat of Painshill in Surrey and Windsor Castle. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 30 June | AA2 and WSS depart Grosvenor Square for a residence on Wimpole Street. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 13 July | Harvard's summer vacation begins, and JQA and CA go to Braintree. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 20–26 July | TBA visits Braintree. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 24–28 July | JA, AA, AA2, and WSS visit the Essex estate of Thomas Brand-Hollis. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 26 July – 5 Aug. | JQA and CA visit Haverhill, participating in a sea-turtle banquet on a Merrimack River island on 28 July. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 27 July | JA and AA visit Braintree, England, for “the Gratification of Curiosity.” | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 2 Aug. | JA attends a levee with the king to announce his departure for The Hague. On the same day, the king escapes an assassination attempt by a knife-wielding Margaret Nicholson. | |||||||||||||||||
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1786 | 3 Aug. – 6 Sept. | JA and AA travel to The Hague to exchange ratified copies of the Prussian-American treaty with Baron von Thulemeier |
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1786 | 16 Aug. | JQA returns to Harvard for the fall quarter, following CA, who arrived in Cambridge five days earlier to prepare their rooms. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 17 Aug. | Frederick the Great of Prussia dies and is succeeded by his nephew, Frederick William II. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 22 Aug. | TBA is examined and admitted to Harvard's freshman class; he boards with Prof. Stephen Sewall in Cambridge. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 25–28 Aug. | AA2 and WSS visit Salt Hill in Buckinghamshire and Staines in Middlesex. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 29 Aug. | Shays' Rebellion begins when 1,500 farmers protest rising taxes and foreclosures by occupying the Northampton courthouse. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | Sept. | JA begins writing what would become his three-volume A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 11 Sept. | The Annapolis Convention convenes in Maryland to consider federal regulation of commerce but fails to reach a quorum. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 26 Sept. | JQA and William Cranch debate “Whether inequality among the citizens be necessary to the preservation of the liberty of the whole” at a Harvard College exhibition. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | Oct. | JA publishes a series of letters he wrote in 1780 to Hendrik Calkoen, an Amsterdam lawyer, as Letters. The book is later retitled Twenty-Six Letters, upon Interesting Subjects, Respecting the Revolution of America. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 17 Oct. | The Adams sons spend the Harvard vacation in Braintree. CA returns to Cambridge on the 30th; JQA and TBA on 1 November. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 17 Nov. | The Massachusetts legislature approves bills encouraging domestic manufacture and taxing imported goods. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 13 Dec. – 7 Feb. | Harvard vacation begins early due to a massive snowstorm and shortages of wood. JQA elects to stay at the college. | |||||||||||||||||
1786 | 22 Dec. – 6 Jan. | AA, AA2, and WSS visit Bath while JA remains in London. | |||||||||||||||||
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1787 | 20 Jan. | AA announces to family in the United States that AA2 and WSS are expecting their first child, William Steuben Smith, born 2 April. | |||||||||||||||||
1787 | 24 Jan. | JA informs Congress that within a year he will resign his commissions and return to the United States. | |||||||||||||||||
1787 | 25 Jan. | JA signs a Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Morocco. | |||||||||||||||||
1787 | 21 Feb. | Congress approves a proposal to hold a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in May. | |||||||||||||||||
1787 | 27 Feb. | Shays' Rebellion ends with a final skirmish in Sheffield, Mass. |