Letters of Mrs. Adams

Mr. Thaxter teaches her son. Morals of children.
Popular feeling in Taunton
To the same. 22 September. Visit to Boston. State of
the town. Negro conspiracy

To the same. 16 October. Desires his return. Fears
for the future. Necessity of economy. General Gage.
Departure of Josiah Quincy, Jr., for England

To the same.

1775.

4 May. Affairs at home. Hutchinson's

letters. Mr. Quincy's death

To the same. 7 May. Cheering news from North Caro-

lina. Distress of Boston.

To the same.

foraging party.

Fire in Boston.

24 May. Alarm in Braintree. British

Arrival of Dr. Franklin from Europe.

State of her house

To the same. 15 June. Arrival of British recruits. Ap-
prehensions. Mr. Bowdoin. Importance of soldiers.
Scarcity of pins.

To the same.

18-20 June. Action on Bunker's Hill.

Death of Dr. Warren

To the same. 22 June. Answers inquiries. Dr. Tufts.
Preparations for removal

To the same. 25 June. Particulars of the action on
Bunker's Hill. Divine service. Preacher not ardent
enough. Condition of Boston. Effect of reports
To the same. 5 July. Pleasure of telling news. State
of Boston. Not afraid. Scarcity of grain

To the same. 16 July. Appointment of Washington

and Lee satisfactory. First impressions upon seeing

them. State of Boston. British attacked upon Long

Island. Braintree elects a representative. Scarcity of

foreign goods

To the same. 25 July. Boston lighthouse burnt by a party

of Americans. Restrictions on the inhabitants of Boston.

Generals Burgoyne and Clinton. Visit to Dedham

To the same. 31 July-2 August. Inveighs against
Britain. Treatment of Dr. Warren's remains. British
carpenters attacked at the lighthouse. Four prisoners
with whom she converses

To the same. 1 October. Death of her mother. In
great distress. Prevalence of disease

To the same.

21 October. Sickness abated. State of

Boston. Dr. Church. Her father's grief. Complains

of her long separation from her husband. Want of

needles and cloth

To the same.

22 October. Describes her mother's death.

Effect upon herself. British demand upon Falmouth.
Tory satires in Boston

To the same. 5 November. Dines in company with
Dr. Franklin. Reflections upon Dr. Church. Hopes
for her husband's return

To the same. 12 November. Renounces attachment to
Britain. Skirmish at Lechmere's Point. Her own mel-
ancholy

To the same. 27 November. Regrets his prolonged
stay. Reflections upon government.

To the same. 10 December. Visits the American camp.
Generals Lee and Sullivan. Suggests measures. Scar-
city of foreign goods. Congress too timid

1776.

To the same. 2-9 March. Ridiculous rumor. Desires
independence to be declared. Roar of cannon from
Dorchester Heights. Disappointment at the result.
Movements in Congress .

To the same. 7-11 April. British troops removed.
Funeral of Dr. Warren. Engaged in farming. Cap-
ture of a British vessel.

To the same. 7-9 May. Neglect of preparations for

News

defence. Necessity for government. More captures 96

To the same. 17 June. At Plymouth. Goes on board

the brig Defence. Account of the capture of two
transports. Confidence in the future

To the same.

29 September. Anxious for news. High

prices paid for drafted men. Great number in the

public service, and in privateers.

Bad news from the north.

To the same. 30-31 July.
Distrust of foreign officers.
To the same. 5 August. Alarm in Boston. Proves
unfounded. Mourns her separation from him
To the same. 17 September. Letter from Mr. Lovell.
Horrible apprehensions

To the same. 25 October. General Burgoyne's sur-
render. Generous terms offered to him. Reflections
upon her wedding anniversary.

1778.

To the same. 8 March. Rumor of Dr. Franklin's as-
sassination. Apprehensions at her husband's departure
for Europe. Directions to her son

To the same. 18 May. Anxious for intelligence of him.
Attachment to her native country. Opposite conduct of
France and of Great Britain. Depreciated currency