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 INDEX Adams, Abigail Smith, wife of John Adams, i. 65, 105-107. Adams, Brooks, i. 241, 250. Adams, Charles Francis, works by, i. 104, 107; sketch of early life, edu cation, and career, 241-243; abil ity displayed by, as minister to Eng land during Civil War, 243-245; president of board of overseers of Harvard, 245; American member of board of Geneva Arbitration, 245-246, ii. 277; work in editing writings and memoirs of members of Adams family, i. 246; addresses, orations, and critical and political papers by, 246; candidate for vice- presidency in 1848, on Free-soil ticket, ii. 18. Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., i. 247- 249. Adams, Henry, ancestor of President John Adams, i. 63. Adams, Henry, son of Charles Fran cis Adams, i. 236, 248, 249-250. Adams, John, father of President John Adams, i. 63. ADAMS, JOHN (2d President), i. 19-20, 34, 42; letter to Washington from, at time of threatened war with France, 42; birth and ancestry, 63 ; a graduate of Harvard, 63-64; re ligious views, 64; study and prac tice of law, 65 ; quoted on effect of Otis s argument against writs of as sistance, 65 ; resolutions formulated by, against stamp act measure, 65- 66; articles written by, dealing with constitutional rights of the people of New England, 66-67; offered of fice of advocate-general in court of admiralty, 67; defends British sol diers concerned in Boston Massacre, 67-68; elected to Massachusetts legislature, 68; activities in behalf of patriot party, 68-69; member of first continental congress, 69 ; Bos ton &quot; Gazette &quot; articles, 69-70; part taken by, in second continental con- 273 gress, 70-71; Washington proposed for chief command of army by, 70; services in Massachusetts affairs during summer recess, 71; quarrel with John Dickinson and conse quent unpopularity in Philadel phia, 71-72; pamphlet by, entitled &quot;Thoughts on Government, Appli cable to the Present State of the American Colonies,&quot; 72; carries resolution that colonies be invited to form independent governments, 72-73 ; seconds motion for Declara tion of Independence,73; chairman of board of war and ordnance, 74; appointed commissioner to France, 74-75 ; theory held by, of decadence of Great Britain, 75; returns to America, but sent back to Franco to treat for peace with Great Brit ain, 76; dislike and distrust of Count Vergennes, 76; perceives selfishness of intervention of Franco in behalf of United States, 76-77; efforts of, to negotiate a Dutch loan, 77-78; recalled to Paris, but returns to Holland, 78; qualities as a di plomatist, 79; succeeds in securing recognition by Dutch of independ ence of United States, 79-80; ne gotiates loan of $2, 000, (KM) from tho Dutch, 81 ; returns to Paris to as sist in peace negotiations with Great Britain, 81; brilliant work of, in carrying through treaties with Great Britain, 82-85; further diplomatic work in England and Holland, 85- 87; service as first American min ister to court of St. James, 87-88; &quot;Defence of tho American Consti tutions&quot; by, 88; recalled at own re quest, and given public thanks of congress, 88-89; elected to conti nental congress (1788), 89; elected to vice-presidency under Washing ton, 89; personal vanity of, 89, 102-103; value of support given by, to Washington s administration, as presiding officer of senate, 90; aris tocratic tendencies of, 91; distrust