Lester J. Cappon (editor) - The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams

The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams

EDITED BY
LESTER J. CAPPON

PUBLISHED FOR
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History
and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia
by The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill and London

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture is sponsored jointly by the College of William and Mary and Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated. Publication of this book has been assisted by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.

1959 The University of North Carolina Press
Renewed 1987 Stanley B. Cappon
All rights reserved

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Adams, John, 173 51826.
The Adams-Jefferson letters: the complete correspondence between
Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams / edited by Lester J.
Cappon.
p. cm.
Reprint. Originally published: 1959.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8078-1807-0 (alk. paper), ISBN 0-8078-4230-3 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Adams, John, 1735-1826Correspondence. 2. Jefferson, Thomas, 17431826Correspondence. 3. Adams, Abigail, 17441818 Correspondence. 4. PresidentsUnited StatesCorrespondence. 5. PresidentsUnited StatesWivesCorrespondence. I.Jefferson, Thomas, 17431826. II. Adams, Abigail, 17441818. III. Cappon, Lester J., 1900 IV. Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.) V. Title.
E322.A4 1988 8814258
973.440924dc19 CIP

For
DOROTHY BERNET CAPPON
with every sentiment of tenderness,
esteem, and admiration