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Book SynopsisIn their myriad letters to one another the Adamses interspersed observations about their own family life with commentary on the most important social and political events of their day, from the scandals in the British royal family to the deteriorating political situation in Massachusetts that eventually culminated in Shays’ Rebellion.
Trade ReviewVolume 7 of the
Adam Family Correspondence is a fine example of a published collection of letters. Like the other volumes in the series, this publication will prove immensely valuable to scholars interested in eighteenth-century society and culture generally or in the Adams family specifically. The time and effort put into the volume are apparent in its careful editing and annotation...The latest volume of the
Adams Family Correspondence lives up to the Adams Papers project's tradition of high-quality work and fine editing, as the project continues to steadily provide needed sources to historians and biographers. -- Sarah Swedberg * New England Quarterly *
