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The character of John Adams

Author: Peter Shaw; Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Publisher: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1976.
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Shaw, Peter, 1936-
Character of John Adams.
Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1976
(OCoLC)643735939
Named Person: John Adams; John Adams; John Adams; John Adams
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Shaw; Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
ISBN: 0807812544 9780807812549 0835743993 9780835743990
OCLC Number: 1364087
Description: ix, 324 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : portrait ; 21 cm
Contents: Preface --
Ambition, 1735-1756 --
The way to fame, 1757-1761 --
Farewell politicks, 1761-1773 --
The atlas of independence, 1774-1777 --
The ambassadors, 1778-1779 --
French and Franklinian politicks, 1779-1782 --
Peace, 1782-1783 --The consolations of philosophy, 1783-1788 --
Great sacrifices to union, 1789-1796 --
President John Adams, 1796-1801 --
The monarch of Stoney Field, 1801-1812 --
The garrulity of narrative old age, 1813-1826.
Responsibility: by Peter Shaw.

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