John Adams to Abigail Adams (Sept 16. 1774)
[Prayers at the congress] 667
John Adams to Abigail Adams (July 23, 1775)
[Dr. Franklin] 668
John Adams to Abigail Adams (Oct. 29, 1775)
[Prejudice in favor of New England] 669
Abigail Adams to John Adams (Nov. 27, 1775)
[The building up a great empire] 670
Abigail Adams to John Adams (March 31, 1776)
[Remember the ladies] 672
John Adams to Abigail Adams (July 3, 1776)
[These colonies are free and independent states] 674
John Adams to Abigail Adams (July 3, 1776)
[Reflections on the declaration of independence] 675
Abigail Adams to John Adams (July 14, 1776)
[The declaration. Smallpox. The grey horse] 677
John Adams to Abigail Adams (July 20, 1776)
[Do my friends think I have forgotten my wife and children?] 678
Abigail Adams to John Adams (July 21, 1776)
[Smallpox. The proclamation for independence read aloud] 679
THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) 681
Common sense 682
Introduction 682
From III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs 683
The crisis, No. I 689
The age of reason 695
Chapter I. The author's profession of faith 695
Chapter II. Of missions and revelations 697
Chapter XI. Of the theology of the Christians, and the true Theology 698
THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826) 702
The autobiography of Thomas Jefferson 704
From The declaration of Independence 704
Notes on the state of Virginia 711
From Query V. Cascades [Natural Bridge] 711
From Query XIV. Laws [Slavery] 712
Query XVII. [Religion] 717
Query XIX. [Manufactures] 720
THE FEDERALIST
No. 1 [Alexander Hamilton] 723
Np. 10 [James Madison] 726