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Notebook listing cases to come before the Court in Suffolk during the January term 1774.

Three-page letter from John Adams at Quincy, Massachusetts to Benjamin Rush in which he refutes an article by certain citizens of Philadelphia in the "National Intelligencer" on war preparations, as well as citing the example of diverse animals in nature. Typescript transcription and carbon copy of typescript critical note laid in.

Letter from U.S. Pres. John Adams of Quincy [Mass.] to "Dear Sir" [i.e. Col. McHenry] he is satisfied with the prudently written letter to General Wilkinson. Incomplete: signature lacking.

Letter from U.S. Pres. John Adams of Philadelphia [Pa.] to the Inhabitants of the town of Quincy. Expressing his gratitude for their expression of esteem and approval.

Letter from John Adams in Passy, France to John Jay, President of Congress with an account of an English Loan.

Two-page letter from John Adams to John Jay concerning a loan for the United States. Endorsed on the reverse: to be used with reserve, N. Peabody.

Letter from John Adams in Passy, France to Thomas Cushing, examining British sentiments towards the US.

In English.

Letter from John Paul Jones abord l'Orient to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, American plenipotetiaries at the Court of France, reporting news of American naval forces, including the intelligence that Comte Destaing had sailed on a secret mission.

In English.