Content :
Descriptive List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 The Business of Diplomacy
2 John Adams and His Letterbooks
3 Notes on Editorial Method
Acknowledgments
Guide to Editorial Apparatus
1 Textual Devices
2 Adams Family Code Names
3 Descriptive Symbols
4 Location Symbols
5 Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms
6 Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited
Papers of John Adams, May-October
Appendix:List of Omitted Documents
Index