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Inoculation and use of mercury. The court and confederation. Much

depends on militia. Burgoyne wishes to retire.

July 26. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Must return home. Recommends General Ward, and Dana and others.

July 27. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Need of fresh delegates. Condition of those in Philadelphia. Has sent in

his resignation.

August 7. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Uneasiness over Adams' health. Unhealthiness of Philadelphia. Small-

pox.

August II. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Mrs. Temple's application. No important intelligence. Privateering

and idle vessels. Filling the battalions. No commander appointed.

Currency and inoculation. News from France.

August 17. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Earnestly desires to retire. Numbering the Massachusetts regiments.

Information wanted on navy and privateers. Odd manner of telling a

story. Wanted, a horse.

August 21. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Will aid Mrs. Temple. Privateers and the navy. Men of business

wanted. Ward to command in eastern department. Force at New

York. Laziness of Massachusetts.

September 4. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

S. Adams and Gerry. Situation at New York. Sullivan's mission. Will

remain during the crisis. Introduces Mr. Hare. Suggests a brewery of

porter. Resolution on Mrs. Temple's application.

September 19. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Troops for New York and Rhode Island. Is appointed a major-gen-

eral. Matters attended to by General Court. Has not seen Mr. Hare.

Question of delegates. Sullivan's message and Howe's mission.

September 25. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

New plan of an army. Commissions and inlistments.

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November 6. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES Warren

Pay of militia. Inlisting a new army. Committee of war. Inlistments

and bounties. Officers' rank.

November 16. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Carleton's retreat. The British fleet. Philadelphia may be the object.

Preparations must be continued.

December 6. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Supplies of clothing for army. Want of intelligence. Accounts from the

northward. Destruction of British vessels proposed.

December 12. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN.

Movements of the two armies. Lethargy in Pennsylvania and New

Jersey. Dickinson most to blame. Cause will be supported. Need of an

army. Adams and Paine leave Congress. Wants news from New Eng-

land. Caution against neglect.

1777

January 1. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Is satisfied with what has been done. Assurances given by the conti-

nental ministers abroad. Success in New Jersey. Washington's powers

increased. Mission of Lieut.-Col. Stewart.

January 14. HANNAH WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

New Year presents a brighter view. Success in New Jersey. Frank-

lin goes abroad. A prophetical egg. Astronomical matters. Her sister.

January 16. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Money for payment of bounty. Vote of the province in Congress. Needs

advice and assistance. Has never had so happy feelings. Introduces

John Allan.

February 1. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WArren

Proceedings of the New England states on prices. A letter from a dele-

gate. Want of information. Excuses his neglect to write. The board

of war and purchases of flour. S. and R. Purviance commended. Sons

of Warren and Mercer.

February 3. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Has reached Baltimore. The recruiting service. British ministry

ask for Cossacks. Must destroy British army. New England in high

estimation.

February 11. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN.

Account of expenses. Clothes and other charges. Horsehire. Time of

service. Arrival of arms.

February 16. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN.

Suppression of Maryland tories.

hended. Should be rooted out.

atrocities.

Case of Cheney. Dangers to be appre-

Congress and Lee. Howe and British

February 17. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Change in Congressional representation. Familiar faces remaining.

Government of states acquiring vigor. A military engagement. Will

return to Philadelphia. The new army.

February 22. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Anxiety about him. Russians for Great Britain. Wishes to see foreign
merchantmen in harbors. Bounties and inlistments. Apprehensions
of Schuyler on Ticonderoga. Newport and promotions. The constitu-
tion. Freedom of conscience. The navy. Requisitions by Congress.

March 6. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Dr. Jackson and the lottery. State governments. Loans. Cost of

living.

March 15. GEORGE WASHINGTON TO JAMES WARREN

Friendly greetings and acknowledgment. Disapproves method of rais-
ing troops. A campaign about to open.

March 21. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Object of the enemy uncertain. Their reinforcements. Cossacks and

Hessians. Cannot hold Philadelphia and their communication through

New Jersey. The city a small conquest.

March 21. JAMES WARREN TO MERCY WARREN

Arrival of Independence with supplies from France. Reception of

Franklin. Recognition by France of American independence. Libel

from the Tories. French officers.

March 23. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Likes old faces, acquaintance and connections. The new army. Levy

on towns. Bounties extended to artillery. No move on Rhode Island.

Conduct of the Fleet. Local Boards. Recommends captains. The regu-

lating act. A convention on a constitution. Recommends Joseph Ward.

March 24. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN.

Arrival of arms. An interposition of Providence.

March 26. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN.

A cannon of bar iron. Advantages on trial.

March 31. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Encouraging news from France. Arms and powder arriving. Patience

and perseverance wanted. Must depend on selves.

April 1. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Sends important letter. Stocks at Amsterdam. Dutch may be friendly.

Desires war between Great Britain and France. Interest on loans, and

the lottery. Articles of confederation. A constitution for Massachu-

setts. The enemy at Rhode Island. Hancock as treasurer of Harvard

College.

April 6. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Suppresses a letter. Naval matters. Changes in the naval committee

and its needs.

April 6. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Naval administration and boards. Officers should communicate their

sentiments freely. Is against an embargo on privateers. Trade enter-

prise and Massachusetts.

April 16. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMes Warren

A vessel from France.

Intelligence from Europe. Great Britain

threatens war with France. Other differences.

April 17. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

An invasion by sea. Lee on cultivating Europe. Losses of British mer-

chants. Great warlike preparations. New England the object. Meas-

ures against the tories.

April 23. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

War in Europe to be looked for. Supplies from France. Prizes and

privateers. Forces for Rhode Island. Low estimate of militia. An im-

portant arrival.

April 27. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Frigates infecting the coasts. An hostile challenge. A committee to

confer with the captains, and other measures taken. Is pleased with

Conway. Agriculture. Purchasing agents. Livingston and Turnbull.

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May 2. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Introducing Dr. Brownson.

May 3. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

On European war and trade. Cowardly to pant after a French war.

How to secure her aid. The question of revenue. The articles of con-

federation. The state constitution.

May 5. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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The affair at Danbury. Little dependence on militia. Distribution of
forces. Sacrifices and southern appreciation. Has written Washington.

May 6. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Navy board at Boston. Names considered and the choice made. Sala-
ries and duties.

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Military and naval intelligence. Bounties to battalions. Move against

the tories.

Completing the state quota. Obliged to become speaker. Ill news from
Ticonderoga. The navy board. Equal representation.

Introducing Joseph Hewes. Plans of Howe. His experience in New
Jersey. Rhode Island. The constitution.

British men of war on coast. Gates in command of northern army.
Rhode Island. War between France and Great Britain. The regulat-
ing act and taxation.

June 18. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Introducing Colonel Whipple. General Court matters. Movements of

the enemy. Dislikes a Fabian war.

June 19. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Massachusetts must lead. The navy board and residence. Difference

between General Court and town of Boston. The constitution. Num-

bering of regiments. Embarrassed with foreign officers. Cost of living

at Philadelphia.

June 22. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

British may take Philadelphia. Depends upon him for information.

The regulating act. The constitution. Question of representation.

Bill for freeing negroes. Operations of cruisers and the navy. Navy