Papers of John Adams

This volume chronicles the first year of Adams's presidency, as he sought to protect America's commercial interests while preparing the country for potential war with France; faced the resurgence of yellow fever and questions about his abilities to lead the nation; and addressed competing powers on the western front.

About the author

Sara Georgini is Series Editor for the Papers of John Adams of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Sara Martin is Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.R. M. Barlow is Research Associate for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Gwen Fries is Production Editor for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Hobson Woodward is Series Editor for the Adams Family Correspondence of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Amanda M. Norton (née Amanda A. Mathews) is Digital Production Editor for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Miriam Liebman is Assistant Editor for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Summary

This volume chronicles the first year of Adams's presidency, as he sought to protect America's commercial interests while preparing the country for potential war with France; faced the resurgence of yellow fever and questions about his abilities to lead the nation; and addressed competing powers on the western front.

Product details

• Authors: John Adams
• Assisted by: R. M. Barlow (Editor), Gwen Fries (Editor), Sara Georgini (Editor), Georgini Sara (Editor), Miriam Liebman (Editor), Sara Martin (Editor), Amanda Mathews Norton (Editor), Hobson Woodward (Editor), Woodward Hobson (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9780674296473
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29647-3
• No. of pages: 624
• Series: Adams Papers; General Correspondence and Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States of America, USA, Literary essays, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)