Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- THE LIFE OF JOHN ADAMS
- PRELIMINARY — RESPECTING THE FAMILY OF ADAMS
- Chapter I EDUCATION OF MR. ADAMS — SCHOOL AT WORCESTER — CHOICE OF A PROFESSION
- Chapter II STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE LAW UNTIL MARCH, 1770
- Chapter III THE BOSTON MASSACRE — DEFENCE OF THE SOLDIERS — RELATIONS TO THE PATRIOTS DOWN TO JUNE, 1774
- Chapter IV ENTRANCE INTO PUBLIC LIFE — THE CONGRESS OF 1774 — SERVICES FROM THAT TIME UNTIL THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- Chapter V CONFERENCE WITH LORD HOWE — ORIGIN OF PARTIES — FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY — SERVICES IN CONGRESS FROM JULY, 1776, TO NOVEMBER, 1777
- Chapter VI COMMISSION TO FRANCE — SERVICES IN FORMING A CONSTITUTION FOR MASSACHUSETTS — COMMISSION TO NEGOTIATE TREATIES WITH GREAT BRITAIN — THE MEDIATION OF RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA — NEGOTIATIONS IN HOLLAND
- Chapter VII THE NEGOTIATION AND SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
- Chapter VIII ILLNESS IN EUROPE — COMMERCIAL TREATIES — MISSION TO THE COURT OF GREAT BRITAIN
- Chapter IX ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT — ELECTION AND SERVICES AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- Chapter X THE PRESIDENCY
- Chapter XI RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC LIFE — OCCUPATIONS — RELATIONS WITH JEFFERSON — DEATH
- APPENDIX
- Plate section
Chapter VII - THE NEGOTIATION AND SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- THE LIFE OF JOHN ADAMS
- PRELIMINARY — RESPECTING THE FAMILY OF ADAMS
- Chapter I EDUCATION OF MR. ADAMS — SCHOOL AT WORCESTER — CHOICE OF A PROFESSION
- Chapter II STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE LAW UNTIL MARCH, 1770
- Chapter III THE BOSTON MASSACRE — DEFENCE OF THE SOLDIERS — RELATIONS TO THE PATRIOTS DOWN TO JUNE, 1774
- Chapter IV ENTRANCE INTO PUBLIC LIFE — THE CONGRESS OF 1774 — SERVICES FROM THAT TIME UNTIL THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- Chapter V CONFERENCE WITH LORD HOWE — ORIGIN OF PARTIES — FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY — SERVICES IN CONGRESS FROM JULY, 1776, TO NOVEMBER, 1777
- Chapter VI COMMISSION TO FRANCE — SERVICES IN FORMING A CONSTITUTION FOR MASSACHUSETTS — COMMISSION TO NEGOTIATE TREATIES WITH GREAT BRITAIN — THE MEDIATION OF RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA — NEGOTIATIONS IN HOLLAND
- Chapter VII THE NEGOTIATION AND SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
- Chapter VIII ILLNESS IN EUROPE — COMMERCIAL TREATIES — MISSION TO THE COURT OF GREAT BRITAIN
- Chapter IX ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT — ELECTION AND SERVICES AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- Chapter X THE PRESIDENCY
- Chapter XI RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC LIFE — OCCUPATIONS — RELATIONS WITH JEFFERSON — DEATH
- APPENDIX
- Plate section
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- The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States , pp. 354 - 399Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1856