Papers of John Adams / Robert J. Taylor, editor ; Mary-Jo Kline, associate editor ; Gregg L. Lint, assistant editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, John, 1735-1826, author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1917-2004, editor.

Kline, Mary-Jo, editor.

Lint, Gregg L., editor.

Georgini, Sara, editor.

Series:

Adams papers. General correspondence and other papers of the Adams statesmen Series III,

The Adams papers : Series III, General correspondence and other papers of the Adams statesmen

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Adams, John.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--To 1775--Sources.

United States.

Massachusetts--Politics and government--To 1775--Sources.

Massachusetts.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Sources.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1809--Sources.

Presidents--United States--Correspondence.

Presidents.

Genre:

Sources.

Correspondence.

Autobiographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

volumes <1-20> : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977-<2020>

Summary:

Vol. 14: John Adams reached Paris on October 26, 1782, for the final act of the American Revolution: the peace treaty. This volume chronicles his role in the negotiations and the decision to conclude a peace separate from France. Determined that the United States pursue an independent foreign policy, Adams's letters criticized Congress's naive confidence in France. But in April 1783, frustrated at delays over the final treaty and at real and imagined slights from Congress and Benjamin Franklin, Adams believed the crux of the problem was Franklin's moral bankruptcy and servile Francophilia in the service of a duplicitous Comte de Vergennes. Volume 14 covers more than just the peace negotiations. As American minister to the Netherlands, Adams managed the distribution of funds from the Dutch-American loan. Always an astute observer, he commented on the fall of the Shelburne ministry and its replacement by the Fox-North coalition, the future of the Anglo-American relationship, and the prospects for the United States in the post-revolutionary world. But he was also an anxious father, craving news of John Quincy Adams's slow journey from St. Petersburg to The Hague. By May 1783, Adams was tired of Europe, but resigned to remaining until his work was done.

Contents:

v. 1. Sept. 1755-Oct. 1773

v. 2. Dec. 1773-Apr. 1775, Index

v. 3. May 1775-Jan. 1776

v. 4. Feb.-Aug. 1776, Index

v. 5. Aug. 1776-Mar. 1778

v. 6. Mar.-Aug. 1778, Index

v. 7. Sept. 1778-Feb. 1779

v. 8. Mar. 1779-Feb. 1780, Index

v. 9. Mar-July 1780

v. 10. July-Dc. 1780, Index

v. 11. Jan.-Sept. 1781

v. 12. Oct. 1781-Apr. 1782

v. 13. May-Oct. 1782

v. 14. Oct. 1782-May 1783

v. 15. June 1783-Jan. 1784

v. 16. Feb. 1784-Mar. 1785

v. 17. Apr.-Nov. 1785

v. 18. Dec. 1785-Jan. 1787

v. 19. Feb. 1787-May 1789

v. 20. June 1789-Feb. 1791.

Credits:

Vols. 3, 5,6 edited by R.J. Taylor, G.L. Lint, and C. Walker; v.7-18 edited by Gregg L. Lint ... et al.; v.19- edited by Sara Georgini ... et al.

Notes:

V. <1-6> edited by R.J. Taylor, G.L. Lint, and C. Walker; v. 3, 5, and 6 edited by R.J. Taylor, G.L. Lint, and C. Walker; v. 7 and 8 edited by Gregg L. Lint; v. <9-18> edited by G.L. Lint [and others]; v. <19-> edited by Sara Georgini [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Adams, John, 1735-1826. Papers of John Adams.

ISBN:

0674654412

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OCLC:

2874335

Online:

Adams Family Papers- digital edition.

Adams Family Papers- digital edition.