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Contest with France. Demand for a contribution. The nation being
aroused. Good sense of the people. Message from the president.
June 17. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
French oppression. Address and reply. The envoys in France. Sup-
port of the president.
336
339
1799
October 5. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN.
Abbé Barruel's book.
1803
January 16. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Pleasure in seeing her writing. A visit from her son. Times have
changed. Health.
August 28. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.
Mrs. Adams' health.
August 30. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN.
1805
February 8. THOMAS Jefferson to MERCY WARREN
Subscriptions to her History.
June 1. MRS. J. SARGENT MURRAY TO MERCY WARREN
Her subscription paper.
November 25. JOHN DICKINSON TO MERCY WARREN
Relations with James Otis.
1806
April 26. THOMAS Jefferson to Mercy Warren
Has received her History.
December 22. JOHN DICKINSON TO MERCY WARren
His health. Great changes in prospect. Her History.
1807
February 4. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WArren
Comments on her History. On war and retaliation.
347
348
· 350
March 9. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO Mercy Warren
Her health. Counting years by revolutions. John Adams on Napoleon.
Aaron Burr. Young Smith's Quixotism. Mrs. Lincoln's death.
March 11. JAMES WINTHROP to Mercy Warren
352
355
Bernard's titles. Death of Mrs. Ware.
1808
May 3. JAMES Winthrop to Mercy Warren
Promise of a visit. The embargo and politics.
October I. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN
His book and her criticisms. The new order of things. Sir William
Jones' poems. The passion flower.
· 356
· 357
December II. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN
Death of General Warren. His character.
1809
February 4. HARRISON GRAY OTIS TO MERCY WARREN
. 361
Refuses to discuss politics.
363
September 4. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN
Consecration to religious uses. The passion flower. His brother's
catalogue.
November 12. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN
Dickinson's works. Generous living. His tracts on prophecies.
• 364
His view of prophecy. Its consummation. Need of a universal govern-
Mr. Baldwin's books. The newspapers of Boston. Is studying the
Russian language.
1812
February 8. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN
Mr. Judson's missionary project. Christianity in Asia.
December 13. JAMES WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN.
370
. . 371
373
Old governments of Europe should be extirpated. Burning of Moscow.
December 17. Elbridge GERRY TO MERCY WARREN
Re-election of Madison. John Adams and a reconciliation of differ-
ences.
1813
February 28. James Winthrop TO MERCY WARREN
Napoleon's commission and Antichrist. Failure of the missionaries
in India. A remedy for a disease.
· 375
Events taking place in the world. Liberty and abuse.
April 17. JOHN ADAMS TO ELBRIDGE GERRY
378
Mrs. Warren on the continental navy. Omission to describe the im-
portance of the first steps. History not the province of ladies.
Writing the history of the Revolution. Controversy with Governor
Hutchinson. Deaths of his contemporaries. Dr. Rush.
Warlike state of nations. The remonstrance of the General Court of
Massachusetts.
July 11. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
383
John Quincy Adams in Russia. Party violence. Her daughter Smith.
Death of Abigail Adams Smith. Family news.
September 12. Mercy Warren TO JOHN ADAMS
McKean's letter on Otis. Dialogue of the Dead.
November 24. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Dialogue of the Dead. Entire separation between America and Europe.
December 22. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN Adams
Family visits. Recollections of the past. A superintending Providence.
388
1814
March 31. MERCY Warren to JOHN ADAMS.
Pleasure given by his letters. John Quincy Adams. Balm of sympathy.
Madame de Stael.
May 5. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Death of Samuel Alleyne Otis.
July 4. JOHN ADAMS TO ELBRIDGE Gerry.
Memories of the past.
July 10. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS
390
· 392
393
· · 394
Decline of her health. Would like to hear his observations on events. The Group and its origin. Modern generation neglectful of history.
August 17. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN
Authorship of the Group. The Tories. Peace in Europe.
APPENDIX
1772
November 8. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS
Spirit of Boston. Plymouth will follow his direction.
November 17. James Warren TO SAMUEL ADAMS
Petition of Plymouth.
December 8. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS
396
Action of towns in Plymouth County. The Hingham letter. Marble- head and Roxbury.
1773
October II. TO MR. ADAMS. POEM BY MRS. WARREN
December 17. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN
Destruction of tea in Boston harbor. Want of wisdom in the rulers.
Probable effects.
1774
402
• 403
July 1. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS
Warning against danger.
July 10. JAMES WARREN to Samuel Adams
Plymouth town-meeting. Edward Winslow. Addresses to the gov- ernor. Action of the judges.
1775
January 1. JAmes Warren TO SAMUEL ADAMS
Sloop with provisions for Boston cast away. The Tories.
January 20. JAMES WARREN TO HARRISON GRAY
Cannot be intimidated. Is not able to pay his demand.
April-May. HANNAH WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN
The day of Lexington and their flight. Milton quoted.
described.
June 21. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS
Action at Charlestown and Bunker Hill. Congress and jealousy.
Appointments.
July 9. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS
414
Washington and his family. Thomas's character. Another action
expected.
July 20. JAMES Warren to SAMUEL ADAMS.
415
Great expectations. The new Assembly. Elections by towns. Humors
and caprice of the army. The fast.
Warns against Governor Tryon. The army and Assembly.
August 4. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS
Good state of the army. Situation in Boston. Captures of tenders. His
son.
September 28. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS .
417
Adams' horsemanship. Arnold and Canada. Machias and captured
vessels. Money wanted.
October 2. JAMes Warren to
420
Operations around Boston. Supply vessels taken. Arnold and reported aid from Europe.
Neither side can attack. Probability of success. Committee to the
Congress. Letter of resignation from Dr. Church.
Change of measures in Great Britain. Dr. Church's letter and examina-
tion.
November 12. JAMES WARREN TO SAMUEL ADAMS
425
Reinforcements for Boston. Expulsion of inhabitants. New modelling of the army. Dis pute over appointment of officers.