Frontmatter -- Contents -- Descriptive List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Editorial Apparatus -- Adams Family Correspondence -- March 1797-May 1797 -- June 1797-October 1797 -- November 1797-February 1798 -- March 1798-April 1798 -- Appendix: List of Omitted Documents -- Chronology -- Index
Summary
Volume 12 opens with John Adams's inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life
