OF

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

EDITED BY

WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY FORD

VOL. VI

1816-1819

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1916

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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE LIBRARY OF
GAMALIEL BRADFORD VI
MAY 24, 1942

COPYRIGHT, 1916
BY MARY OGDEN ADAMS

Published March, 1916.

Slaves are property in the United States. Manner

of returning a stowaway slave.

April 8. To JOHN ADAMS

The Massachusetts election. Choice of Brooks a sur-

prise. His claims to recognition and his supporters. A
letter from Otis. Would have voted for Dexter.

April 9. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Condition of Great Britain misrepresented. Abund-

ance and taxation. Distress confined to landed interest.

The national debt. Prospect of continued peace and

France.

April 13. To EDWARD WYER

Contents of his letters. Criticisms on the Ghent com-

missioners and charges of corruption against the ad-
ministration.

April 14. To SAMUEL DEXTER

Appreciates his approval. Their courses of conduct

compared. Politics of the past reviewed. Project for
disunion. The situation of Europe.

April 15. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Interview with Lord Castlereagh. Question of power

to conclude on fisheries and disarmament upon the

Lakes. Negotiation to be removed to Washington.

The Cass-James correspondence. Restriction on pas-

sengers from Ireland.

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April 30. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Instructions to negotiate on the fisheries sent to

Bagot. Spain and Spanish affairs. Treatment of the
patriots. Great Britain supporting demands of Onis.
Orders on the fisheries.

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The negotiations with the Barbary powers. Informa-

tion should be made public.

May 14. To LORD CASTLEREAGH

Abolition of slave trade. Compensation for slaves

under the Ghent treaty. Evidence for the charge and
claim examined. British naval officers involved. Dis-
position of slaves condemned as prize of war.

May 15. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Correspondence with Lord Castlereagh on slaves.

May 21. To GEORGE WILLIAM Erving.

Peace should be kept with Spain. Signs of possibili-

ties in Great Britain. Reported cession of Florida to

Great Britain.

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May 29. TO JOHN ADAMS

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Discussion on the fisheries. Is preaching peace. War

of 1812 characterized.

June 3. To EDWARD WYER

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His comments and criticisms. Conduct of the ad-

ministration.

June 6. TO ABIGAIL ADAMS.

Scott's Antiquary. Studies of his children. Marriages

in the royal family. Meetings with some of the Dukes.

Lord Holland's civilities. Difficult position of the

American minister.

June 10. To GEORGE WILLIAM ERVING.

Too much warlike humor in Congress. South America

and Algiers. No distress in Great Britain. Arrest of

Thorndike.

June 22. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Exmouth's expedition to Algiers, and its consequences.

July 12. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Salaries of ministers. Allowance to Castlereagh's mis-

sion. His own experience at St. Petersburg and London.
Salaries to consuls.

July 30. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Passengers from Ireland. Trade with the British

East Indies. Tonnage and other duties. Auction duties

and a question of duties on iron. Machinery for the

mint.

August 1. To JOHN ADAMS

Restoration of the Jesuits. The speech of Governor

Brooks. Situation of the federalists. Separation of
Maine from Massachusetts. Dislike of the United
States in Europe. Decatur's toast. Deaths of Colonel
Smith and Dexter.

August 7. To JOSEPH HALL.

The Massachusetts election. Brooks' speech to the

legislature. Conduct of the federalists. Separation of

Maine. Trade conditions in the United States. Distress

in Great Britain.

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