Key

Key

A

Ad =

Al

Ann =

a copy

B

= Taken from the original manuscript in The American Philosophi

cal Society, in Philadelphia
[or, when referring to a newspaper]
a copy of which may be found in The American
Philosophical Society, in Philadelphia
Familiar Letters of John Adams and bis Wife
Abigail Adams, during the Revolution by Charles
Francis Adams
the original manuscript in the New York State
Library, in Albany
of which

may

be found in the State Library in Annapolis Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence a copy of which may be found in the Maryland Historical Society, in Baltimore a copy of which may be found in the Boston Public Library the transcript in the Bancroft papers in the New York Public Library (Lenox) a copy of which may be found in the Library of Congress a copy of which may be found in the Charlestown Library Society, in Charleston

(The extracts given were copied by Nela M. Davis)

Ba

Bos =

BT =

с

Ch =

Con =

Cs

D

* D1

E

Ex

GR =

Gz

a copy of which may be found in the New Hampshire

Historical Society, in Concord
= Taken from the original manuscript in the possession of John D.

Crimmins of New York City
Annals of the Congress of the United States
Statutes at Large
The Life and Times of Jobr Dickinson by Charles
J. Stillé

[See the Preface thereof]
the original in The Essex Institute, in Salem
[or, when referring to a newspaper]
a copy of which

may

be found in The Essex Institute, in Salem Rhode Island in the Continental Congress, etc., by William R. Staples Life and Character of George Read, etc., by William Thompson Read the original manuscript in the possession of Simon Gratz of Philadelphia The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, etc. a copy of which may be found in the Connecticut Historical Society, in Hartford Catalogue No. 738 (1895), compiled by Stan. V.

Henkels
“ Life and Correspondence of James Iredell by Griffith

I. Mc Ree
The Life and Works of John Adams by Charles
Francis Adams

(Also, all quotations preceding p. 7 not marked
are from this)
“ The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry S. Randall
the Southern Literary Messenger (C) for May, 1837

[It appears from this that the original manuscript was then in their possession]

H

Ha

Hs

I

J

K

M =

M2

Mn =

M = Taken from the Southern Literary Messenger (C) for July,

1858

[This says: “... the copies having been faithfully compared with the originals in my possession. C.”] the Soutbern Literary Messenger (C) for October,

1858 M®

the Soutbern Literary Messenger (C) for November,

1858 M

the Southern Literary Messenger (C) for December,

1858 Md

Archives of Maryland, edited by William Hand
Browne
the original manuscript in the possession of J. Pier-

pont Morgan of New York City Ms

the original manuscript in the Massachusetts His-
torical Society, in Boston
[or, when referring to a newspaper]
a copy of which may be found in the Massachusetts

Historical Society, in Boston
MsC=

the copy, in the handwriting of Pickering, in the Pickering papers in the Massachusetts Historical Society, in Boston

[These copies preserved by Pickering, in many

instances, are original drafts] Ms] =

Jefferson's “ Account Book” in the Massachusetts
Historical Society, in Boston

[See note 24, chapter VI]
MsS =
Memorial of Henry Wolcott,

Wolcott, etc., by Samuel Wolcott (1881), a copy of which may be found in the State Library in Boston [or, when referring to a newspaper] a copy of which may be found in the State Library

in Boston