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Guide to Editorial Apparatus

The first three sections (1–3) of this guide list, respectively, the arbitrary devices used for clarifying the text, the code names for prominent members of the Adams family, and the symbols that are employed throughout The Adams Papers , in all its series and parts, for various kinds of manuscript sources. The final three sections (4–6) list, respectively, the symbols for institutions holding original materials, the various abbreviations and conventional terms, and the short titles of books and other works that occur in volume 13 of the Adams Family Correspondence.

1. TEXTUAL DEVICES

The following devices will be used throughout The Adams Papers to clarify the presentation of the text.

[. . .]	One word missing or illegible.
[. . . .]	Two words missing or illegible.
[. . . .]1	More than two words missing or illegible; subjoined footnote estimates amount of missing matter.
[ ]	Number or part of a number missing or illegible. Amount of blank space inside brackets approximates the number of missing or illegible digits.
[roman]	Conjectural reading for missing or illegible matter. A question mark is inserted before the closing bracket if the conjectural reading is seriously doubtful.
~~roman~~	Canceled matter.
[italic]	Editorial insertion.
{roman}	Text editorially decoded or deciphered.

2. ADAMS FAMILY CODE NAMES

First Generation
JA	John Adams (1735–1826)
AA	Abigail Adams (1744–1818), m. JA 1764

Second Generation
AA2	Abigail Adams (1765–1813), daughter of JA and AA, m. WSS 1786
WSS	William Stephens Smith (1755–1816), brother of SSA
JQA	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), son of JA and AA
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LCA	Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775–1852), m. JQA 1797
CA	Charles Adams (1770–1800), son of JA and AA
SSA	Sarah Smith (1769–1828), sister of WSS, m. CA 1795
TBA	Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), son of JA and AA
AHA	Ann Harrod (1774–1845), m. TBA 1805

Third Generation
GWA	George Washington Adams (1801–1829), son of JQA and LCA
JA2	John Adams (1803–1834), son of JQA and LCA
MCHA	Mary Catherine Hellen (1806–1870), m. JA2 1828
CFA	Charles Francis Adams (1807–1886), son of JQA and LCA
ABA	Abigail Brown Brooks (1808–1889), m. CFA 1829
ECA	Elizabeth Coombs Adams (1808–1903), daughter of TBA and AHA

Fourth Generation
LCA2	Louisa Catherine Adams (1831–1870), daughter of CFA and ABA, m. Charles Kuhn 1854
JQA2	John Quincy Adams (1833–1894), son of CFA and ABA
CFA2	Charles Francis Adams (1835–1915), son of CFA and ABA
HA	Henry Adams (1838–1918), son of CFA and ABA
MHA	Marian Hooper (1842–1885), m. HA 1872
MA	Mary Adams (1845–1928), daughter of CFA and ABA, m. Henry Parker Quincy 1877
BA	Brooks Adams (1848–1927), son of CFA and ABA

Fifth Generation
CFA3	Charles Francis Adams (1866–1954), son of JQA2
HA2	Henry Adams (1875–1951), son of CFA2
JA3	John Adams (1875–1964), son of CFA2

3. DESCRIPTIVE SYMBOLS

The following symbols are employed throughout The Adams Papers to describe or identify the various kinds of manuscript originals.

D	Diary (Used only to designate a diary written by a member of the Adams family and always in combination with the short form of the writer’s name and a serial number, as follows: D/JA/23, i.e., the twenty-third fascicle or volume of John Adams’ manuscript Diary.)
Dft	draft
Dupl	duplicate
FC	file copy (A copy of a letter retained by a correspondent other than an Adams, no matter the form of the retained copy; a copy of a letter retained by an Adams other than a Letterbook or letterpress copy.)
FC-Pr	a letterpress copy retained by an Adams as the file copy
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IRC	intended recipient’s copy (Generally the original version but received after a duplicate, triplicate, or other copy of a letter.)
Lb	Letterbook (Used only to designate an Adams Letterbook and always in combination with the short form of the writer’s name and a serial number, as follows: Lb/JQA/29, i.e., the twenty-ninth volume of John Quincy Adams’ Letterbooks.)
LbC	Letterbook copy (Used only to designate an Adams Letterbook copy. Letterbook copies are normally unsigned, but any such copy is assumed to be in the hand of the person responsible for the text unless it is otherwise described.)
M	Miscellany (Used only to designate materials in the section of the Adams Papers known as the “Miscellanies” and always in combination with the short form of the writer’s name and a serial number, as follows: M/CFA/31, i.e., the thirty-first volume of the Charles Francis Adams Miscellanies—a ledger volume mainly containing transcripts made by CFA in 1833 of selections from the family papers.)
MS, MSS	manuscript, manuscripts
RC	recipient’s copy (A recipient’s copy is assumed to be in the hand of the signer unless it is otherwise described.)
Tr	transcript (A copy, handwritten or typewritten, made substantially later than the original or later than other copies—such as duplicates, file copies, or Letterbook copies—that were made contemporaneously.)
Tripl	triplicate

4. LOCATION SYMBOLS

CSmH	Huntington Library
CtHi	Connecticut Historical Society
DLC	Library of Congress
DNA	National Archives and Records Administration
InU-Li	Lilly Library, Indiana University
IaHi	State Historical Society of Iowa
MB	Boston Public Library
MBAt	Boston Athenæum
MH-H	Houghton Library, Harvard University
MHi	Massachusetts Historical Society
MQA	Adams National Historical Park
MQHi	Quincy Historical Society
MWA	American Antiquarian Society
MiU-C	William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan
NhD	Dartmouth College Library
NAlI	Albany Institute of History and Art
NBuHi	Buffalo History Museum
NN	New York Public Library
OCHP	Cincinnati Museum Center
PHC	Haverford College
PHi	Historical Society of Pennsylvania

5. OTHER ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONAL TERMS

Adams Papers Manuscripts and other materials, 1639–1889, in the Adams Manuscript Trust collection given to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1956 and enlarged by a few additions of family papers since then. Citations in the present edition are simply by date of the original document if the original is in the main chronological series of the Papers and therefore readily found in the microfilm edition of the Adams Papers (APM, see below). The Adams Papers The present edition in letterpress, published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. References to earlier volumes of any given unit take this form: vol. 2:146. Since there is no overall volume numbering for the edition, references from one series, or unit of a series, to another are by writer, title, volume, and page, for example, JA, D&A , 4:205. Adams Papers, Adams Office Manuscripts The portion of the Adams manuscripts given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Thomas Boylston Adams in 1973. APM Formerly, Adams Papers, Microfilms. The corpus of the Adams Papers, 1639–1889, as published on microfilm by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1954–1959, in 608 reels. Cited in the present work, when necessary, by reel number. Available in research libraries throughout the United States and in a few libraries in Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. Biografisch Portaal van Nederland Biografisch Portaal van Nederland, a compendium of online Dutch biographical resources including Repertorium van Ambtsdragers en Ambtenaren 1428–1861, Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, and others: www.biografischportaal.nl. Catalog of the Stone Library Catalog of the Books Housed in the Stone Library, Adams National Historic Site, Quincy, Massachusetts, unpublished typescript of Stone Library card catalog, MQA, 1994. A New Nation Votes Philip J. Lampi, and others, comps., A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787–1825, American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University: elections.lib.tufts.edu. Oxford Art Online Oxford Art Online, a compendium of online art resources including Grove Art Online (formerly the Grove Dictionary of Art), the Bénézit Dictionary of Artists, and others: www.oxfordartonline.com. TBA, Diary, 1798–1799 Thomas Boylston Adams, Diary, 26 Dec. 1798 – 31 Aug. 1799, MHi:Adams Papers, All Generations. xli

6. SHORT TITLES OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED

AA, New Letters New Letters of Abigail Adams, 1788–1801, ed. Stewart Mitchell, Boston, 1947. Adams, Geneal. History of Henry Adams Andrew N. Adams, comp. and ed., A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants, Rutland, Vt., 1898; 2 vols. AFC Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, Sara Martin, and others, Cambridge, 1963– . Amer. Antiq. Soc., Procs. American Antiquarian Society, Proceedings. Amer. Hist. Assoc., Ann. Rpt. for [year] American Historical Association, Annual Report, 1889– . Amer. State Papers American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1832–1861; 38 vols. ANB John A. Garraty, Mark C. Carnes, and Paul Betz, eds., American National Biography, New York, 1999–2002; 24 vols. plus supplement; rev. edn., www.anb.org. Annals of Congress The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States [1789–1824], Washington, D.C., 1834–1856; 42 vols. Arnebeck, Through a Fiery Trial Bob Arnebeck, Through a Fiery Trial: Building Washington 1790–1800, Lanham, Md., 1991. Biog. Dir. Cong. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005, Washington, D.C., 2005; rev. edn., bioguide.congress.gov. Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace Edmund Burke, Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, Philadelphia, 1797, Evans, No. 31895. Cambridge Modern Hist. The Cambridge Modern History, Cambridge, Eng., 1902–1911; repr. New York, 1969; 13 vols. Catalogue of JA’s Library Catalogue of the John Adams Library in the Public Library of the City of Boston, Boston, 1917. CFA, Diary Diary of Charles Francis Adams, ed. Aida DiPace Donald, David Donald, Marc Friedlaender, L. H. Butterfield, and others, Cambridge, 1964– . Clark, Greenleaf and Law Allen C. Clark, Greenleaf and Law in the Federal City, Washington, D.C., 1901. Col. Soc. Mass., Pubns. Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Publications. xlii Columbia Hist. Soc., Records Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Currier, Newburyport John J. Currier, History of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1764–1905, Newburyport, 1906–1909; 2 vols. DAB Allen Johnson, Dumas Malone, and others, eds., Dictionary of American Biography, New York, 1928–1936; repr. New York, 1955–1980; 10 vols. plus index and supplements. DeConde, The Quasi-War Alexander DeConde, The Quasi-War: The Politics and Diplomacy of the Undeclared War with France, 1797–1801, New York, 1966. Dict. Amer. Fighting Ships U.S. Navy Department, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Washington, D.C., 1959–1981; 8 vols. DNB Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee, eds., The Dictionary of National Biography, New York and London, 1885–1901; repr. Oxford, 1959–1960; 21 vols. plus supplements; rev. edn., www.oxforddnb.com. Doc. Hist. Supreme Court The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800, ed. Maeva Marcus, James R. Perry, and others, New York, 1985–2007; 8 vols. Elkins and McKitrick, Age of Federalism Stanley Elkins and Eric McKitrick, The Age of Federalism, New York, 1993. Essex Inst., Hist. Colls. Essex Institute Historical Collections [title varies], 1859– . Evans Charles Evans and others, American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of All Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America [1639–1800], Chicago and Worcester, Mass., 1903–1959; 14 vols.; rev. edn., www.readex.com. Franklin, Papers The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, ed. Leonard W. Labaree, William B. Willcox, Claude A. Lopez, Barbara B. Oberg, Ellen R. Cohn, and others, New Haven, 1959– . Greenleaf, Greenleaf Family James Edward Greenleaf, comp., Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family, Boston, 1896. Hamilton, Papers The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, ed. Harold C. Syrett, Jacob E. Cooke, and others, New York, 1961–1987; 27 vols. Harvard Quinquennial Cat. Harvard University, Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates, 1636–1930, Cambridge, 1930. History of Hingham History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Hingham, 1893; 3 vols. in 4. xliii Hoefer, Nouv. biog. géenérale Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer, ed., Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours, Paris, 1852–1866; 46 vols. JA, D&A Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. JA, Defence of the Const. John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, London, 1787–1788; repr. New York, 1971; 3 vols. JA, Earliest Diary The Earliest Diary of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1966. JA, Legal Papers Legal Papers of John Adams, ed. L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel, Cambridge, 1965; 3 vols. JA, Letters, ed. CFA Letters of John Adams, Addressed to his Wife, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1841; 2 vols. JA, Papers Papers of John Adams, ed. Robert J. Taylor, Gregg L. Lint, and others, Cambridge, 1977– . JA, Works The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1850–1856; 10 vols. Jefferson, Papers The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti, Barbara B. Oberg, James P. McClure, and others, Princeton, N.J., 1950– . Jefferson, Papers, Retirement Series The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, ed. J. Jefferson Looney and others, Princeton, N.J., 2004– . JQA, Diary Diary of John Quincy Adams, ed. David Grayson Allen, Robert J. Taylor, and others, Cambridge, 1981– . JQA, Writings Writings of John Quincy Adams, ed. Worthington Chauncey Ford, New York, 1913–1917; 7 vols. King, Life and Corr. Charles R. King, ed., Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, New York, 1894–1900; 6 vols. Kirsch, Jeremy Belknap George B. Kirsch, Jeremy Belknap, New York, 1982. Kohn, Eagle and Sword Richard H. Kohn, Eagle and Sword: The Federalists and the Creation of the Military Establishment in America, 1783–1802, New York, 1975. LCA, D&A Diary and Autobiographical Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams, ed. Judith S. Graham and others, Cambridge, 2013; 2 vols. xliv Leiner, Millions for Defense Frederick C. Leiner, Millions for Defense: The Subscription Warships of 1798, Annapolis, Md., 2000. Madison, Papers, Congressional Series The Papers of James Madison: Congressional Series, ed. William T. Hutchinson, William M. E. Rachal, and Robert Allen Rutland, Chicago and Charlottesville, Va., 1962–1991; 17 vols. Madison, Papers, Retirement Series The Papers of James Madison: Retirement Series, ed. David B. Mattern and others, Charlottesville, Va., 2009– . Madison, Papers, Secretary of State Series The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series, ed. Robert J. Brugger, Mary A. Hackett, David B. Mattern, and others, Charlottesville, Va., 1986– . Marshall, Papers The Papers of John Marshall, ed. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles F. Hobson, and others, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1974–2006; 12 vols. Martens, ed., Recueil des principaux traités d’alliance Georg Friedrich von Martens, ed., Recueil des principaux traités d’alliance, de paix, de trêve … conclus par les puissances de l’Europe … depuis 1761 jusqu’á présent … Par Mr. de Martens, Göttingen, 1791–1801; 7 vols. Mass., Acts and Laws Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1780–1805], Boston, 1890–1898; 13 vols. MHS, Colls., Procs. Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections and Proceedings. Morris, Papers The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781–1784, ed. E. James Ferguson, John Catanzariti, Elizabeth M. Nuxoll, Mary A. Gallagher, and others, Pittsburgh, 1973–1999; 9 vols. MVHR Mississippi Valley Historical Review. Naval Documents of the Quasi-War United States Office of Naval Records and Library, Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War between the United States and France, Washington, D.C., 1935–1938; 7 vols. NEHGR New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Newman, Fries’s Rebellion Paul Douglas Newman, Fries’s Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution, Philadelphia, 2004. Norfolk County Deeds Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, Dedham, Mass., 1793– . NYHS, Quart. New-York Historical Society, Quarterly. OED The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d edn., Oxford, 1989; 20 vols.; rev. edn., www.oed.com. xlv Oliver, Portraits of JA and AA Andrew Oliver, Portraits of John and Abigail Adams, Cambridge, 1967. Oliver, Portraits of JQA and LCA Andrew Oliver, Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife, Cambridge, 1970. Palmer, Age of the Democratic Revolution Robert R. Palmer, The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760–1800, Princeton, N.J., 1959–1964; 2 vols. Parliamentary Hist. The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, London, 1806–1820; 36 vols. Patriotic Addresses A Selection of the Patriotic Addresses, to the President of the United States. Together with the President’s Answers, Boston, 1798, Evans, No. 33345. Philadelphia Directory, [year] Philadelphia Directory [title varies], issued annually with varying imprints. PMHB Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Pommereul, Campaign of General Buonaparte in Italy Baron François René Jean de Pommereul, Campaign of General Buonaparte in Italy, During the Fourth and Fifth Years of the French Republic, New York, 1798, Evans, No. 34393. Princess Louise, Forty-five Years Princess Louise of Prussia (Princess Anton Radziwill), Forty-five Years of My Life, 1770–1815, transl. A. R. Allinson, London, 1912. Princetonians James McLachlan, Richard A. Harrison, Ruth L. Woodward, Wesley Frank Craven, and J. Jefferson Looney, Princetonians: A Biographical Dictionary, Princeton, N.J., 1976–1991; 5 vols. Repertorium Ludwig Bittner and others, eds., Repertorium der diplomatischen Vertreter aller Lander seit dem Westfälischen Frieden (1648), Oldenburg, 1936–1965; 3 vols. Ross, Quest for Victory Steven T. Ross, Quest for Victory: French Military Strategy 1792–1799, New York, 1973. Rush, Letters Letters of Benjamin Rush, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Princeton, N.J., 1951; 2 vols. Schama, Patriots and Liberators Simon Schama, Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands 1780–1813, New York, 1977. Scharf and Westcott, History of Philadelphia J. Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884, Philadelphia, 1884; 3 vols. SCHGM South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. xlvi Sibley’s Harvard Graduates John Langdon Sibley, Clifford K. Shipton, Conrad Edick Wright, Edward W. Hanson, and others, Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge and Boston, 1873– . Smith, Freedom’s Fetters James Morton Smith, Freedom’s Fetters: The Alien and Sedition Laws and American Civil Liberties, Ithaca, N.Y., 1956. Smith, Napoleonic Wars Data Book Digby Smith, The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book, Mechanicsburg, Penn., 1998. Sprague, Annals Amer. Pulpit William B. Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit; or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished American Clergymen of Various Denominations, New York, 1857–1869; 9 vols. Sprague, Braintree Families Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, comp., Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Mass., 1640–1850, Boston, 1983; repr. CD-ROM, Boston, 2001. Stark, Loyalists of Mass. James H. Stark, The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Boston, 1910. Stinchcombe, XYZ Affair William C. Stinchcombe, The XYZ Affair, Westport, Conn., 1980. Strathern, Napoleon in Egypt Paul Strathern, Napoleon in Egypt, New York, 2008. TBA, Journal, 1798 Berlin and the Prussian Court in 1798: Journal of Thomas Boylston Adams, Secretary to the United States Legation at Berlin, ed. Victor Hugo Paltsits, New York, 1916. Tolles, George Logan Frederick B. Tolles, George Logan of Philadelphia, New York, 1953. U.S. House, Jour. Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1789– . U.S. Senate, Exec. Jour. Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1789– . U.S. Senate, Jour. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1789– . U.S. Statutes at Large The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, 1789– , Boston and Washington, D.C., 1845– . Washington, Diaries The Diaries of George Washington, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, Charlottesville, Va., 1976–1979; 6 vols. xlvii Washington, Papers, Presidential Series The Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series, ed. W. W. Abbot, Dorothy Twohig, Jack D. Warren, Mark A. Mastromarino, Robert F. Haggard, Christine S. Patrick, John C. Pinheiro, David R. Hoth, and others, Charlottesville, Va., 1987– . Washington, Papers, Retirement Series The Papers of George Washington: Retirement Series, ed. W. W. Abbot, Edward G. Lengel, and others, Charlottesville, Va., 1997–1999; 4 vols. Washington, Papers, Revolutionary War Series The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series, ed. Philander D. Chase, Frank E. Grizzard Jr., Edward G. Lengel, David R. Hoth, and others, Charlottesville, Va., 1985– . White, Governors of Maryland Frank F. White Jr., The Governors of Maryland 1777–1970, Annapolis, Md., 1970. Williams, French Assault on American Shipping Greg H. Williams, The French Assault on American Shipping, 1793–1813: A History and Comprehensive Record of Merchant Marine Losses, Jefferson, N.C., 2009. WMQ William and Mary Quarterly.