My dearest friend : letters of Abigail and John Adams / edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor

Author: Adams, John, 1735-1826
Uniform Title: Correspondence. Selections
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Physical Description: xx, 508 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm
Additional Creators: Hogan, Margaret A. and Taylor, C. James, 1945-

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Contents

Love sweetens life, October 1762-July 1774 -- The decisive day is come, August 1774-December 1775 -- We are determined to foment a rebelion, January-October 1776 -- Kind providence has preserved to me a life, January-November 1777 -- I cast my thoughts across the Atlantick, February 1778-April 1782 -- A signal tryumph, July 1782-March 1788 -- The most insignificant office, December 1788-January 1794 -- This whirligig of a world, February 1794-December 1795 -- I am heir apparent, January 1796-January 1797 -- The chief majestracy of a nation, February 1797-February 1801 -- Epilogue: The death of Abigail -- Chronology.

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9780674026063 (alk. paper)
0674026063 (alk. paper)

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Includes index.

Source of Acquisition

Wilkes-Barre copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.

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Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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