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80 Thus we continued: Ibid., Oct. 14, 1809.
81 I knew that: Ibid.
81 We received an: Ibid.
81 I cannot but: WJQA, JQA to TA, Nov. 1809, III, 358.
82 But I had objects: Ibid.
82 desponding under the: MJQA, Oct. 17, 1809, II, 43.
83 Yet, in the pursuit: Ibid.
84 At last we reached: DLA, Oct. 22, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
84 My objective was: MJQA, Oct. 22, 1809, II, 45.
84 We dressed ourselves: DLA, Oct. 22, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
85 ushered into: Ibid.
85 My sister and myself: Ibid.
85 was exquisite beyond all: Ibid.
85 Not a place could: Ibid., 112.
85 warp into the mole: Ibid., Oct. 23, 1809.
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87 did appear quite: DLA, Oct. 23, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
87 At breakfast Mr. Sparrow: Ibid.
87 Here was a position: Ibid.
88 A beneficent Providence: WJQA, JQA to AA, Feb. 8, 1810, III, 394.
90 [N]o man alive: Bemis, John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy, 39.
90 Immediately after dinner: DLA, Oct. 23, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
91 And the minister was: Ibid.
91 Mr. Harris dined with: Ibid.
91 [At] seven o clock: Ibid., Oct. 25, 1809.
91 [A]ll but the wig: Ibid.
91 The count received us: MJQA, Oct. 25, 1809, II, 48.
92 He [the count] assured: Ibid.
92 Mr. Smith arrived: DLA, Oct. 26, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
92 She entered fully: Ibid.
92 [The] whole business: Ibid.
93 We this day received: Ibid.
93 I was quite ill!: Ibid., Oct. 27, 1809.
93 The chamber I lodged: Ibid.
93 so full of rats: Ibid.
93 My nerves became perfectly: Ibid.
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95 I had in the: MJQA, Oct. 28, 1809, II, 48.
95 the great object: MHS, www.masshist.org/database/1745use-onview-id, 124.
96 This was a diplomatic: MJQA, Oct. 28, 1809, II, 48–49.
96 The rest of the: Ibid.
96 Took our departure: John Adams, Works, Oct. 28, 1774.
97 The house: MJQA, Oct. 28, 1809, II, 49.
97 We heard this day: Ibid.
97 But he [Count Romanzoff]: Ibid.
98 The formalities of these: MJQA, Nov. 4, 1809, II, 50.
98 It is not safe: Ibid.
99 The style of expense: DLA, Nov. 1, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
99 The emperor signified: Ibid.
100 Sir, I am happy: MJQA, Nov. 5, 1809, II, 51.
100 The president of the: Ibid.
100 The system of: Ibid.
100 to avoid being overheard: Ibid., 52.
100 the obstinate adherence: Ibid., 51.
100 to reasonable terms: Ibid.
101 make her recognize: Ibid.
101 everything that: Ibid.
101 I had then admired: Ibid., 53.
101 handsome and convenient: Ibid.
101 Petersburg had the: Ibid., 54.
101 Then, we have two: Ibid.
102 It was very difficult: Ibid.
103 Madame de Bray was: DLA, Nov. 8, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
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104 This morning Monsieur: DLA, Nov. 8, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
104 I had no vanity: Ibid., Aug. 5, 1809.
105 Without one sixpence: Ibid.
105 fifteen thousand: Boris Antonov, Russian Tsars, 107.
105 In the evening: Ibid., Nov. 8, 1809.
106 Her account of: Ibid.
106 Somewhat better but: Ibid., Nov. 11, 1809.
106 Very handsome and: Ibid.
106 The countess told me: Ibid.
107 Of this Mr. Adams: Ibid., Nov. 12, 1809.
108 She asked whether: MJQA, Nov. 12, 1809, II, 58–59.
108 How so? I thought: Ibid.
108 But it is freely: Ibid.
108 I hoped we: Ibid., 59.
110 And I was obliged: DLA, Nov. 12, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
110 And thus accoutered: Ibid.
110 And over all this: Ibid.
110 Off I went with: Ibid.
111 Arrived at the: Ibid.
111 I was received: Ibid.
111 She received me: Ibid.
111 [She] informed me: Ibid.
111 When she came: Ibid.
111 take care in raising: Ibid.
111 Naturally timid: Ibid.
111 a la Turk with: Ibid.
112 As their imperial: Ibid.
112 The emperor was: Ibid.
112 I think the: Ibid.
112 Countess Litta who: Ibid.
112 We then went to: Ibid.
112 She received me very: Ibid.
113 I expressed in strong: Ibid.
113 Ah mon dieu: Ibid.
113 At last I returned: Ibid.
113 the savage had been: Ibid.
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114 I did not know: DLA, Nov. 14, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS, 149.
114 I was dressed: Ibid.
114 I started in tolerable: Ibid.
114 But it resembled in: MJQA, Nov. 14, 1809, II, 62.
115 At this, however: Ibid.
115 As almost total: Ibid.
116 The emperor followed: DLA, Nov. 14, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
116 politely offered us: Ibid.
116 He entered into: Ibid.
116 won all hearts: Warnes, Chronology of the Russian Tsars, Countess Tiesenhausen, 150.
116 His forehead was: Ibid.
116 Mr. Harris at last: DLA, Nov. 14, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
116 He asked me to: Ibid.
117 I was much afraid: Ibid.
117 The emperor and empress mother: MJQA, Nov, 14, 1809, II, 63.
117 He [the emperor] asked: Ibid.
117 must have been: Ibid.
118 There were fifteen supper: DLA, Nov. 14, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
118 That of the emperor: Ibid.
118 No one was allowed: Ibid.
118 I was glad to: Ibid.
118 I was seized: Ibid., Nov. 17, 1809.
118 [The] voyage: the excitement: Ibid.
119 And again I sadly: Ibid.
119 The crowd [of four hundred]: WJQA, JQA to LA, Mar. 5, 1809, III, 289.
120 He [Jefferson] asked: Ibid.
120 When brought together: Jefferson, The Jefferson Cyclopedia, 311.
120 I was much better: DLA, Nov. 19, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
120 The River Neva has: MJQA, Nov. 19, 1809, II, 60.
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122 That some great commercial: MJQA, Nov. 15, 1809, II, 65.
123 favored a course: Ibid., 66.
123 freedom to their: Ibid.
123 unjust and impolitic: Ibid., 67.
123 The more liberal: Ibid.
124 Tis universal: Ibid.
125 My sister was quite: DLA, Nov. 27, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
125 We had much: Ibid.
125 Mr. Harris had suffered: Ibid.
126 Mr. Adams allowed: Ibid., emphasis in original.
125 We took Charles: Ibid., Dec. 14, 1809.
126 oceans of champagne: Ibid.
126 When supper was finished: Ibid.
126 We were struck: Ibid., Nov. 20, 1809.
127 The ambassador told: Ibid.
127 If I should go to Rome: Ibid.
127 The party was small: Ibid., Nov. 27, 1809.
128 It is a life of such: MJQA, Day, II, 73.
128 extravagance and dissipation: WJQA, JQA to AA, Feb. 8, 1810, III, 396.
128 I hope: Ibid.
128 But we all, to begin: Ibid.
128 Between 3 and 4: DLA,
Dec. 8, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
129 overcome or made ill: Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “knocked up.”
129 would not answer: DLA, April 14, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
129 Received a notification: Ibid., Dec. 23, 1809.
129 Having but one dress: Ibid.
129 Not a particle of: WJQA, JQA to AA, Feb. 8, 1810, III, 395.
129 The ball was very: MJQA, Dec. 24, 1809, II, 81.
129 The empress mother: Ibid.
130 Went to take tea: DLA, Dec. 23, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
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131 The Emperor Napoleon is: MJQA, April 16, 1810, II, 117.
131 This idea: Ibid.
131 I do not know whether: Ibid., 117–18.
131 better principles: Ibid., 118.
131 He [Napoleon] confines his: Ibid., Nov. 28, 1809, 72.
132 About nine this: Ibid., Dec. 10, 1809, 77.
132 The emperor, accompanied: Ibid.
133 The French ambassador took: Ibid., Dec. 6, 1809, 75.
133 The empress asked me: Ibid.
134 I came at the: Ibid., Dec. 26, 1809, 81.
134 unquestionably neutral: Ibid., 82.
134 I had flattered: Ibid.
134 General peace depended: Ibid.
134 rigorous inspections: Ibid.
135 not a voluntary act: Ibid., 83.
135 Is not the produce: Ibid.
135 The United States produced: Ibid.
136 If this was a French: Ibid., 84.
136 The active commerce: Ibid., 85.
136 As this was a measure: Ibid., 87.
137 The general impression: Ibid.
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138 We all had invitations: MJQA, Dec. 29., 1809, II, 88.
138 Mrs. Adams and Catherine: Ibid.
138 Just as I was: Ibid.
139 He had ordered him: Ibid.
139 proving his friendly: Ibid.
139 have the benefit: Ibid., 89.
139 already as strong: Ibid.
139 We got there about: Ibid., 90.
139 The cold, which had: Ibid.
139 I saw Baron Blome: Ibid.
140 had been goaded by France: Ibid.
140 Danes were carrying: Ibid.
140 I hoped the day: Ibid., 91.
141 It has witnessed: Ibid., Day, 1810, 92.
141 It has changed also: Ibid.
141 From this new: Ibid.
141 These dispatches it appears: WJQA, JQA to SOS, Jan. 3, 1810, III, 369.
142 It [the Essex] would undoubtedly: Ibid., 370.
142 Went with Mr. Adams: DLA, Dec. 30, 1809, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
142 On this day I: Ibid., Jan. 1, 1810.
142 I was informed that: Ibid.
142 This was charming: Ibid. 186
143 shammed sickness: MJQA, Jan. 9, 1801, II, 94.
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144 Everybody felt: DLA, Jan. 3, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
144 He was one: Ibid., Jan. 9, 1810.
145 He has been: MJQA, Jan. 8, 1810, II, 93.
145 I asked him: Ibid.
145 slept little, waked: Ibid.
145 Heard of the Empress Josephine’s: DLA, Jan. 9, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
145 I still love you: Trager, The Women’s Chronology, 216.
145 It is certainly not: MJQA, Jan. 8, 1810, II, 93.
145 Though the: Ibid.
145 The Emperor Napoleon has: Ibid.
146 A real plain spoken: DLA, April 14, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
146 Received tickets for: Ibid., Jan. 10, 1810.
146 It is a very difficult thing: Ibid., April 9, 1810.
147 It is called a: MJQA, Jan. 13, 1810, II, 96.
147 All the apartments of: Ibid.
147 The gentlemen wearing: Ibid.
147 Here is one: MJQA, Dec. 4, 1809, II, 74.
147 It is impossible to: Ibid.
147 The illuminations exceed: DLA, Jan. 13, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
148 I . . . was gazing: Ibid.
148 I immediately walked: Ibid.
148 [The empress mother] then presented: Ibid.
148 I believe that: Ibid., emphasis in original.
148 The other foreign: MJQA, Jan. 13, 1810, II, 96.
149 To me he: DLA, Jan. 13, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
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150 On this day was: MJQA, Jan. 18, 1810, II, 98.
150 It is a grand ceremony: DLA, Jan. 18, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
150 The foreign ministers: MJQA, Jan. 18, 1810, II, 98.
150 We obtained a seat: DLA, Jan. 18, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
151 After the ceremony: MJQA, Jan. 18, 1810, II, 98.
151 magnificent furs covered: DLA, Jan. 18, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
151 deviating the breadth: Ibid.
152 At supper the 12th cake: Ibid.
152 We danced, and it: Ibid.
152 I told him the: MJQA, Jan. 16, 1810, II, 97.
152 [T]his measure: Ibid.
154 My time hitherto: Ibid., Day, 99.
154 As usual inquired: DLA, Jan. 24, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
155 We have at length: MJQA, Jan. 28, 1810, II, 99.
155 My correspondence: Ibid.
155 I have sent: WJQA, JQA to AA, Feb. 8, 1810, III, 395.
156 The expectation of an immediate: WJQA, JQA to SOS, Jan. 31, 1810, III, 391.
156 This however is not: Ibid.
156 On the other it is: Ibid.
156 Much of all this: Ibid.
156 Mrs. Krehmer sent for: DLA, Feb. 3, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
157 This mode of life: Ibid.
157 repetitive miscarriages: Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion (Miscarriage), NaPro Technology, http://www.naprotechnology.com/abortion.htm.
157 migraine headaches: “Increased Frequency of Migraine Among Women with Endometriosis.” Human Reproduction, December 2004, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15513980.
157 My illness increased very: DLA, Feb. 3, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
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158 You are acquainted: WJQA, JQA to AA, Feb. 8, 1810, III, 395.
158 Here they are greater: Ibid.
158 These are burdens: Ibid.
158 You will readily: Ibid., 396.
159 Count Romanzoff came: DLA, Feb. 21, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
159 Not being aware: Ibid., 207.
159 Just getting about: Ibid.
160 thick ribbed ice: WJQA, JQA to TA, Feb. 14, 1810, III, 397.
160 Unhappily for mankind: Ibid.
160 When we were last: Ibid., 397–98.
160 There is not a republic: Ibid., 398.
160 Princess Amalia, the sister: DLA, Mar. 3, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
161 of the usual line: Ibid.
161 I presume these: Ibid.
162 Received a notification: Ibid.
162 Thus I was obliged: Ibid.
162 [His clothes] consisted: Ibid.
162 Martha Godfrey attended him: Ibid.
162 admiration of Petersburg: LA to AA, June 2, 1810, Reel 410 AFP MHS.
162 Mr. Adams . . . was: DLA, Mar. 7, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
163 [John] insisted that I: Ibid.
163 But no excuse could: Ibid.
163 The imperial family received: Ibid.
163 Obliged to go to: Ibid., Mar. 8, 1810.
163 brilliant as usual: Ibid.
164 I again returned him: MJQA, Feb. 27, 1810, II, 100.
164 one of the numerous: WJQA, JQA to SOS, Jan. 17, 1810, III, 385.
164 I had also: MJQA, Feb. 27, 1810, II, 100.
165 Nothing amused me so: DLA, Mar. 8, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
165 He would favor me: Ibid.
165 That a lady must: Ibid.
165 lest it should that: Ibid.
165 This was quite too: Ibid.
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166 The prosperity of: Supplementary Observations, US Census 1810.
166 To neglect: Ibid.
167 wealth of the United States: Ibid.
167 [a]ccording to the recent: MJQA, April 7, 1810, II, 111.
167 In two of the family: Ibid., 112.
167 It is a very clumsy: Ibid.
167 Of the earliest, almost: Ibid., 110.
167 looked for the: Ibid.
168 I scarcely saw one: Ibid.
168 But the confinement: Ibid., 114–15.
168 perfection of subserviency: Ibid., 113.
169 The multitude of self-crossings: Ibid., April 15, 1810, 117.
169 In the meantime: Ibid., April 27, 1810, 120.
169 I saw one this day: Ibid.
169 But the donors themselves: Ibid.
169 Easter Sunday; the greatest holiday: Ibid., April 29, 1810, 120.
169 Everyone of the people: DLA, April 29, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
170 Persons of higher standing: MJQA, April 29, 1810, II, 121.
170 Easter Sunday is a: DLA, April 29, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
171 It is a subject: MJQA, May 12, 1810, II, 123.
171 The ice on the river: Ibid.
171 A handsome sight: DLA, May 12, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
171 The river was entirely: Ibid.
171 When all the ice is: Ibid.
172 The whole passage: MJQA, May 12, 1810, II, 123.
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173 My sister and myself: DLA, April 29, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
173 The emperor would: Ibid.
173 As my sister was: Ibid.
173 Before we had: Ibid., Aug. 5, 1809.
173 But the weather being: Ibid., April 29, 1810.
173 We met his Imperial Majesty: Ibid.
174 And without waiting: Ibid., emphasis in original.
174 This was a real: Ibid.
174 When we met at: Ibid.
174 Adding nought in: Ibid.
174 The minister looked: Ibid., emphasis in original.
174 The young gentlemen disapproved: Ibid.
175 We continued our walks: Ibid.
175 But the emperor: Ibid.
175 He told me a number: MJQA, May 14, 1810, II, 125.
175 Not only was the: Ibid.
176 bred discord between: Ibid.
176 The plot was so poorly: Ibid.
176 The relations between: WJQA, JQA to SOS, April 19, 1810, III, 417.
177 There has been no: Ibid.
177 I am told that: Ibid.
177 Went to a ball: DLA, May 23, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
177 Obliged to go: Ibid.
178 We went at nine o’clock: MJQA, May 23, 1810, II, 130.
178 expiate some of my sins: Ibid.
178 The ascendancy of: WJQA, JQA to SOS, April 19, 1810, III, 420.
178 The emperor was: DLA, May 23, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
