dreams,reports on,214-15
“enlightened perversity” style,195 erratic habits,214,218executive leadership,approach to,188,190,194-5Federalists,alienation from,193
Franklin and,165,217,218
on frustration of governing,8
Great Britain,attitude toward,239
Hamilton and,22,37,41,193-4,203,206-7,214,218historical explanation,realistic approach to,215-20historical vindication,desire for,213-14,224inauguration of,184
Independence Day comments(1826),247-8Jays Treaty,157,138,175
Jefferson-Madison campaign against,195-201,228-30judicial appointments,208
Madison’s attitude toward,196-7
memoir projects,213-14
“monarchist” label,167-9 nepotism charge against,189Adams,John(cont’d)
New Army,193-4,202
peace delegations to France,180,185-6,188-90,191-5,197,202political foes,attitude toward,179-80presidency of,185-201,204-5
presidential election of 1796,163,175-8presidential election of 1800,202-3,205presidential form of address,167-8
on retirement by politicians,123-4
retirement from public life,206
revolutionary career,164-5
Rush’s correspondence with,214-22
slavery debate,112-13,240-1
vice presidency of,166-7
Washington and,124,125,175,217
see also Adams-Jefferson correspondence;Adams-Jefferson relationshipAdams,John Quincy,47,54,156,169,170,171,187,194,195,223diplomatic appointment,189
slavery debate,278n 60
Adams,Samuel,163,165,180
Adams,Thomas Boylston,194
Adams-Jefferson correspondence,169,170Adams’s motives,223-4
on aging and death,226,243-4
as argument between competing versions of the revolutionary legacy,227-42beginning of retirement correspondence,220-3delivery of letters,277n 33
elegiac tone,224,242-5
on French Revolution,237-9
friendship recovered through,224-5,230,244as historical record,223,244
Jefferson’s apology,238
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