THE WORKS

OF

JOHN ADAMS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by CHARLES C. LITTLE AND
JAMES Brown, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

BOLLES AND HOUGHTON.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

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I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY CONTINUED

. 3

II. DIARY

94

III. NOTES OF A DEBATE IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES . 407

IV. Essays

425

On Private Revenge

. 427

On Self-Delusion.

. 432

On Private Revenge

. 438

DISSERTATION ON THE CANON AND THE FEUDAL LAW . 447

INSTRUCTIONS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE TO THEIR RE-

PRESENTATIVE, 1765

465

THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO WILLIAM PYM

. 469

GOVERNOR WINTHROP TO GOVERNOR BRADFORD

484

INSTRUCTIONS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON TO THEIR REPRE-

SENTATIVES, 1768 .

. 501

INSTRUCTIONS OF THE TOWN OF Boston To THEIR REPRE-

SENTATIVES, 1769

. 505

ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY: A CONTROVERSY

BETWEEN W. BRATTLE AND J. ADAMS, 1773

. 513

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APPENDIX.

A. ON THE POWERS OF THE SENATE IN APPOINTING AMBAS-

SADORS AND FIXING THE GRADE, BY THOMAS JEFFER-

SON, 1790

. 575