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179 He inquired of: Ibid.
179 I must walk or dance: Ibid.
179 I was very much: Ibid.
179 Naturally timid this: Ibid.
179 But I got through: Ibid.
179 He immediately took: Ibid.
179 [I was] intending to: Ibid.
179 Imagine my confusion: Ibid.
179 He did not hear: Ibid.
179 the climate could: Ibid.
180 Thus we stood for: Ibid.
180 The music soon struck: Ibid.
180 I told him I did: Ibid.
180 no I must not: Ibid.
180 And she not knowing: Ibid.
180 the conversation contrary: Ibid.
180 He was so charmed: Ibid.
180 She [Kitty] had never: Ibid.
181 Poor Madame de Bray: Ibid.
181 so distressed at: Ibid.
181 And thus appeased: Ibid.
181 got home at two o’clock: Ibid.
181 The truth was the: Ibid.
181 The emperor was gracious: Ibid.
181 He enquired of me: MJQA, May 23, 1810, II, 130.
181 He said that the: Ibid.
181 I heard the ambassador: Ibid., 131.
182 There is a becoming: Ibid., 141–42.
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183 The conduct of France: WJQA, JQA to Joseph Pitcairn, May 8, 1810, III, 427.
183 I can only hope: Ibid., JQA to JA, April 30, 1810, 426.
184 The nuptial torch is: Ibid.
184 The transition from infidelity: Ibid.
184 I believe nobody: Ibid., 427.
184 This hatred of republics: Ibid.
184 I wrote something: MJQA, June 30, 1810, II, 137.
185 My apothecary’s: Ibid.
185 Mr. Adams too often: DLA, July 21, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS, emphasis in original.
185 After dinner came: MJQA, July 16, 1810, II, 141.
185 This is no uncommon: Ibid.
185 But of all the living: Ibid.
186 Licentiousness with regard: Ibid.
187 Mrs. Adams did not: Ibid.
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188 At last there is a: DLA, June 3, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
188 the directions of a: Ibid.
188 Russian houses have: Ibid., emphasis in original.
188 We have moved into: LA to AA, July 9, 1810, Reel 410 AFP MHS.
189 Under the circumstances: MJQA, June 25, 1810, II, 136.
189 I declined with: Ibid., 137.
189 The emperor wants: DLA, June 3, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
189 But he had tasted: Ibid.
190 We are all very: Ibid., June 4, 1810.
190 Adieu my dear: LA to AA, May 13, 1810, Reel 409 AFP MHS.
190 I wish they may: WJQA, JQA to William Eustis, May 10, 1810, III, 429.
191 US ships that entered: Encyclopedia of the War of 1812, s.v. “Rambouillet Decree,” 441.
191 Thank God we now: DLA, June 6, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
191 after several months: Ibid., JQA to AA, June 6, 1810, 447.
191 Your very kind welcome: LA to AA, June 2, 1810, Reel 409 AFP MHS.
191 an electric shock: Ibid.
192 Tell John how delighted: Ibid.
192 Newspapers from Baltimore: DLA, July 4, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
192 Taken very ill and confined: Ibid., July 15, 1810.
192 I am just recovering: LA to AA, July 19, 1810, Reel 410 AFP MHS.
192 It is only four days: Ibid.
192 a hundred times: Ibid.
192 Resumed my seat: DLA, July 21, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
193 The licentious manners: Ibid., June 12, 1810.
193 God help me: Ibid.
193 All eyes are on: Ibid.
193 [John was] a marked man: Ibid.
193 The American minister: WJQA, AA to JQA, May 28, 1810, III, 415n1.
193 And this sensible paragraph: Ibid.
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195 I have written by: LA to Aunt Cranch, Aug. 24, 1810, Reel 410 AFP MHS.
196 These vessels sailed: MJQA, Aug. 8, 1810, II, 143.
196 They have cargoes: Ibid., 143–44.
196 There was no way: Ibid., 144.
196 I then stated the: Ibid.
197 As long as American: Ibid., 146.
197 I added that I: Ibid., 147.
197 They [the Russians] should: Ibid., emphasis in original.
197 It was the direct: Ibid.
197 I had heard that: Ibid.
198 The French ambassador: Ibid., Aug. 9, 1810, 149.
199 I was from dinner-time: Ibid., Aug. 8, 1810, 148.
199 What a portion of: Ibid.
199 But they are now: Ibid.
199 mortify his vanity: Ibid.
199 a lesson which: Ibid.
200 He could now say: Ibid., Aug. 17, 1810, 149.
200 Probably most of the: Ibid.
200 freely converse: Ibid.
200 He [Caulaincourt] was persuaded: Ibid.
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202 I told him I was: MJQA, Aug. 17, 1810, II, 150.
202 There was certainly: Ibid.
202 I had reason besides: Ibid.
203 morose, captious: Ibid.
203 I did not even know: Ibid.
203 I stood with General Armstrong: Ibid.
203 My own course upon: Ibid., 151.
203 hoped the differences: Ibid., Aug. 22, 1810, 151.
203 it was the desire: Ibid.
204 persuaded that if: Ibid.
204 I told him that: Ibid.
204 He [Armstrong] never shows: Ibid.
204 of which I might be: Ibid.
205 Just as we were: Ibid.
206 I now recurred to: Ibid., Aug. 28, 1810, 154.
206 I urged the necessity: Ibid
206 peculiar favor: Ibid .
206 I flattered myself that: Ibid., 155.
207 I hoped Baron Campenhausen: Ibid.
207 fully sensible of the: Ibid., 156.
207 But he was extremely: Ibid.
207 My countrymen felt an: Ibid.
207 The emperor’s sentiments: Ibid.
207 In the midst of: Ibid., Aug. 28, 1810, 157.
207 This was sporting: Ibid.
208 Several very recent: WJQA, JQA to SOS, Aug. 19/31, 1810, III, 480.
208 Some of them had: Ibid.
208 I write to you both: JQA to George and John II, May 1810, Reel 409 AFP MHS. 208 I wish, indeed, he: WJQA, JQA to TA, Sept. 8, 1810, III, 497.
209 The second [fencing] is: Ibid.
209 kiss my sweet boys: LA to Aunt Cranch, Aug. 24, 1810, Reel 410 AFP MHS.
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210 The duke had notice: MJQA, Sept. 12, 1810, II, 164.
211 [Caulaincourt] was very: Ibid.
211 It is the anniversary: Ibid., Sept. 11, 1810, 162.
212 [T]he concourse of: Ibid.
212 When we got to: Ibid.
212 None of the other: Ibid., 160.
212 as much embarrassed: Ibid., 162.
213 Count Romanzoff, at length: Ibid.
213 After the mass was: Ibid., 163.
213 On going out of: Ibid.
213 I followed the crowd: Ibid.
214 The attendance of strangers: Ibid.
214 I at length found: Ibid.
214 About four o’clock: Ibid., Sept. 13, 1810, 167.
214 Before dinner I expressed: Ibid.
215 These were subjects: Ibid.
215 I told him that: Ibid.
215 My situation in: Ibid.
215 any informal and unofficial: Ibid.
215 I should take great: Ibid.
215 I told him the French: Ibid.
215 The influence of France: Ibid., 168.
216 [Armstrong] scarcely ever saw: Ibid.
216 So now I
see: Ibid.
216 I have made it a: Ibid., Sept. 26, 1810, 173.
216 Imperfect as my method: Ibid., 174.
217 During the present year: Ibid., 173.
217 I have begun this: Ibid.
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218 Once a year, usually: MJQA, Sept. 24, 1810, II, 172.
219 The distance is between: Ibid., 171.
219 But the principal curiosities: Ibid., 172.
219 The waters are carried: Ibid.
219 The imitation [of sound]: Ibid.
219 The palace is in: DLA, Sept. 14, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
219 The palace is an image: MJQA, Sept. 24, 1810, II, 171.
220 I had some conversation: Ibid., Sept. 27, 1810, 176.
220 I mentioned to him: Ibid., 174.
220 dispositions: Ibid.
221 [France] should make: Ibid., 174–75.
221 That in relation to: Ibid., 175.
221 I assured him the: Ibid.
221 Two days ago the: Ibid.
222 The different pronunciation: Ibid.
222 The personal acquaintance: Ibid.
222 There was a pretty: Ibid.
222 You for instance: Ibid.
222 A greatdeal of: Ibid.
222 But cotton: Ibid.
222 I assured him in: Ibid., 176.
223 However strong the friendly: Ibid.
223 You will do us: Ibid.
223 You will oppress: Ibid.
223 Her [England’s] bank: Ibid.
223 Why then did she: Ibid.
224 You speak of the: Ibid.
224 sincere and earnest desire: Ibid., Oct. 9, 1810, 178.
224 The people of the: Ibid.
225 And although nothing: Ibid., 179.
225 As to the fixing: Ibid.
225 more obstinate than you are aware of: Ibid., 180, emphasis in original.
225 I understood the force: Ibid.
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227 Invited to the theatre: DLA, Oct. 14, 1810 [JQA indicates event on Oct. 24], Reel 269 AFP MHS.
227 The emperor has given: Ibid.
227 This privilege is: Ibid.
227 a very extraordinary: MJQA, Oct. 26, 1810, II, 189.
227 In the evening we went: DLA, Oct. 26, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
228 The emperor and the: Ibid.
228 The French ambassador: Ibid.
228 all the great officers: Ibid.
228 The corps diplomatique: Ibid.
228 The piece was Cinderella: Ibid.
228 The distinction to: Ibid.
230 You tell me: WJQA, JQA to William Plumer, Oct. 6, 1810, II, 509.
230 The object of my mission: Ibid., 512.
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231 I have frequently: LA to AA, Oct. 23, 1810, Reel 410 AFP MHS.
231 I did not need: Ibid.
232 Rely on it dear mother: Ibid.
232 one year would have: DLA, Jan. 26, 1811, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
232 The author may say: WJQA, JQA to AA, Oct. 2/14, 1810, III, 514.
232 I had great numbers: Ibid.
232 That a man should: Ibid.
232 By adhering to my: WJQA, JQA to William Plumer, Oct. 6, 1810, III, 510.
232 There is no escaping one’s: WJQA, JQA to TA, Oct. 11/23, 1810, III, 521.
233 Perhaps one half the: Ibid.
233 petty principalities whose: Ibid., 522.
233 He therefore limits: Ibid.
233 We are, my dear: JQA to George Adams, Sept. 3, 1810, Reel 410 AFP MHS.
233 Ever since the 4th: WJQA, JQA to Ezekiel Bacon, Nov. 3, 1810, III, 530.
234 It was one of the: Ibid.
234 Notwithstanding all the: Ibid., 532.
234 From that day: WJQA, JQA to AA, Oct. 2/14, 1810, III, 518.
234 But at this moment: WJQA, JQA to TA, Oct. 27, 1810, III, 528.
234 I was too unwell: DLA, Nov. 7, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
235 It contains every luxury: Ibid.
235 As the chapel was: Ibid., Nov. 10, 1810.
235 On our return home: Ibid.
236 new beauties in every: Ibid.
236 In fact we all pined: Ibid., Jan. 26, 1811.
236 an amusement in which: Ibid., Nov. 10, 1810.
236 We all met in the: Ibid., Nov. 15, 1810.
236 Mr. Adams gave fifty: Ibid.
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238 Being quite fatigued: DLA, Nov. 29, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
238 The great distinction: Ibid.
238 On returning up the: Ibid.
238 I was very sorry: Ibid., emphasis in original.
239 The persons interested: MJQA, Nov. 30, 1810, II, 191.
240 belonged to the great: Ibid.
240 But I trusted he: Ibid.
240 [Romanzoff] said he could: Ibid., 191–92.
240 were bona fide American: Ibid.
240 The owners of almost: Ibid.
241 New modifications: WJQA, JQA to AA, Oct. 2/14, 1810, III, 513.
241 [W]hile France: Ibid.
242 I could not bear: DLA, Dec. 5, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
242 The winter being: Ibid.
242 In the course of: Ibid.
242 abusive: Ibid.
243 [The emperor] did not: Ibid.
243 [The emperor] was much pleased: Ibid.
243 I observed that it: Ibid., emphasis in original.
243 I knew that she: Ibid.
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244 As usual we met: DLA, Dec. 16, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
244 For I knew that: Ibid.
244 Taken suddenly: Ibid., Dec. 13, 1810.
244 [T]he first fine day: Ibid., Dec. 16, 1810.
245 He immediately stopped: Ibid.
246 The gentlemen had: Ibid.
246 I thank my stars: Ibid., Jan. 1, 1811.
246 I was now about: MJQA, Dec. 20, 1810, II, 194.
246 They belonged to a: Ibid.
247 I supposed the only: Ibid., 195.
247 In those cases the: Ibid.
247 It was very hard: Ibid.
247 That of the trade: Ibid., 196.
247 how the balance: Ibid.
248 From the very nature: Ibid.
248 France had undertaken: Ibid., 198.
248 Was there not great: Ibid.
248 There were undoubtedly cases: Ibid.
248 They could do nothing: Ibid., 201.
248 As to the greater: Ibid., 202.
249 Charles was threatened: DLA, Dec. 22, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
249 I took him into: Ibid.
249 Dr. Galloway stayed: Ibid.
249 There came a notification: Ibid.
249 Mr. Adams informed him: Ibid.
249 [The master of ceremonies]: Ibid.
249 that if Miss Johnson: Ibid.
249 I have formed my: MJQA, Dec. 30, 1810, II, 206.
250 The empress mother told: DLA, Dec. 24, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
250 Great part of: MJQA, Dec. 24, 1810, II, 203.
250 I have pursued no: Ibid., Dec. 30, 1810, 206.
251 We end this year: DLA, Dec. 31, 1810, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
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252 I hear that you are: MJQA, in French, Jan. 13, 1811, II, 212.
252 I hope, Sir, that: Ibid.
252 I hope that this: Ibid.
252 I received a letter from: WJQA, JM to JQA. Oct. 16, 1810, III, 518.
252 the intention of the executive: Ibid., 326.
252 As no communication: Ibid.
253 spare no pains: Ibid., 519.
253 I am entirely persuaded: Ibid.
254 This is considered: MJQA, Jan. 13, 1811, II, 212.
254 We were shown into: DLA, Jan. 13, 1811, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
254 Caulaincourt was seized: Ibid.
255 The imperial fam
ily soon: Ibid.
255 On entering the hall: Ibid.
255 And turning to: Ibid., emphasis in original.
255 we met the emperor: Ibid.
256 I thankfully declined: Ibid.
256 He came round: Ibid.
256 My astonishment and: Ibid.
256 The motive of all: Ibid.
256 a piece of showy calico: Ibid., Jan. 24, 1811.
257 A table was set covered: Ibid.
257 The child was presented: Ibid.
257 out the devil: Ibid.
257 I was taken very ill: Ibid., Jan. 26, 1811.
258 In fact we all: Ibid.
258 This was burthensome: Ibid.
258 How could we be: Ibid.
258 he would see: MJQA, Jan. 20, 1811, II, 217.
259 I mentioned to the: Ibid., Jan. 23, 1811, 218.
259 And he could assure me: Ibid.
259 At any rate: Ibid.
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260 consistent with his duty: WJQA, JQA to SOS, Feb. 12, 1811, III, 14.
260 an extraordinary degree: Ibid.
261 I told him that it: MJQA, Feb. 3, 1811, II, 221.
261 And then, your vessels: Ibid.
261 That was a mistake: Ibid.
261 But how happens it: Ibid.
261 Why . . . the credit of that: Ibid.
261 That is to say: Ibid.
261 I had sent to: Ibid.
262 Where [could] the American: Ibid., 222.
262 Our own country produced: Ibid.
262 The desire of the: Ibid.
262 Sick as usual after: DLA, Feb. 8, 1811, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
262 I still confined: Ibid., Feb. 9, 1811.
262 Madame Lesseps is a: Ibid., Feb. 11, 1811.
263 The French were a: Ibid.
263 was so cold and: Ibid., Feb. 7, 1811.
263 Rumors of war between: Ibid., Feb. 6, 1811.
263 Some of our American: MJQA, Feb. 15, 1811, II, 224.
263 The French consuls in: Ibid.
263 This was certainly: Ibid.
263 when informed: Ibid., 225.
263 But, supposing our consuls: Ibid.
264 It [was] more probable: Ibid.
264 became a question between: Ibid.
264 If they had violated: Ibid.
264 But this was a: Ibid.
264 If they did, and you: Ibid.
264 The dishonor of such: Ibid.
264 To be sure, there: Ibid., 225–26, emphasis in original.
265 Consider it, Monsieur: Ibid., 226.
265 Precisely the same: Ibid.
265 By the late measures: Ibid.
265 But, it seems, you: Ibid.
265 They had, but after: Ibid.
265 I hope they: Ibid., 227.
265 But, you are to: Ibid.
265 We have had only: Ibid.
265 You could not, however: Ibid.
266 It was considerable: Ibid.