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Adams, John, 1735-1826: Adams Papers Digital Edition, also by Abigail Adams (HTML at masshist.org)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (3 volumes; London: Printed for C. Dilly, 1787-1788)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-Second day of March, 1778 (second edition, 3 volumes; London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1794) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-Second Day of March, 1778 (third edition, 3 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed for William Cobbett, 1797)
Adams, John, 1735-1826, contrib.: The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (12 volumes; Boston: N. Hale and Gray and Bowen, 1829-1830), ed. by Jared Sparks, also contrib. by Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette, and Jean-François Dumas
Adams, John, 1735-1826, contrib.: A Discourse Upon the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind (John Adams's copy, with his handwritten annotations; London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1761), by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (multiple formats at archive.org)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Discourses on Davila: A Series of Papers, on Political History, Written in the Year 1790, and Then Published in the Gazette of the United States, by an American Citizen (Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1805)
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Adams, John, 1735-1826, contrib.: Encyclopédie: ou, Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers (John Adams's personal copy of the third edition, 36 volumes in French with English annotations; 1778-1779), ed. by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d' Alembert (multiople formats at archive.org and Google)
Adams, John, 1735-1826, contrib.: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6-volume set owned (and written in) by John Adams; London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777-1788), by Edward Gibbon
Adams, John, 1735-1826, contrib.: The Republican: or, A Series of Essays on the Principles and Policy of Free States, Having a Particular Reference to the United States of America and the Individual States (copy owned and annotated by Adams, with an included broadside; Pittsfield, MA: Printed by P. Allen, 1820), by William C. Jarvis (multiple formats at archive.org)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams, ed. by C. Bradley Thompson (HTML and PDF with commentary at libertyfund.org)
Adams, John, 1735-1826, contrib.: The Speeches, Addresses, and Messages of the Several Presidents of the United States at the Openings of Congress and at Their Respective Inaugurations; Also, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address to His Fellow-Citizens (Philadelphia: R. Desilver, 1825), also contrib. by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams (multiple formats at archive.org)
Adams, John, 1735-1826, contrib.: The True Republican: Containing The Inaugural Addresses, Together With the First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789 to 1845, Together With Their Farewell Addresses (Philadelphia: W.A. Leary, 1846), ed. by Jonathan French, also contrib. by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and James K. Polk
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Adams, John, 1735-1826: Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren (2 volumes (Collections v72-73); Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1917-1925), also by Samuel Adams and James Warren (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)

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Adams, John, 1735-1826: American independence. Did the colonist desire it? ([D. Clapp & son, printers], 1876), also by Jermiah Colburn and John Jay (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: American independence : did the colonists desire it? Letters of John Jay and John Adams, letters and documents of other actors in the American revolution ([D. Clapp & Son], 1876), also by Jeremiah Colburn and John Jay (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Autograph letters of Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Harrison, and of others. ([Baltimore, 1859), also by auctioneers Gibson & Co., Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and William Henry Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A Bibliography of Canadian plant geography. (Ottawa : [publisher not identified], 1635), also by Harold A. Senn, M. H. Norwell, Canada. Department of Agriculture, and Royal Canadian Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Biographical sketches of distinguished American naval heroes in the war of the revolution, between the American Republic and the Kingdom of Great Britain; comprising sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Com. John Paul Jones, Com. Edward Preble, and Com. Alexander Murray. With incidental allusions to other distinguished characters ... (S. Andrus, 1823), also by S. Putnam Waldo and Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Biographical sketches of distinguished American naval heroes in the War of the Revolution, between the American Republic and the Kingdom of Great Britain; : comprising sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Com. John Paul Jones, Com. Edward Preble, and Com. Alexander Murray. : With incidental allusions to other distinguished characters. : [Six lines of quotation] (Published by Silas Andrus., 1823), also by S. Putnam Waldo, Vistus Balch, Thomas Gimbrede, Asaph Willard, Joseph Wood, G. Barber, Philemon Canfield, Silas Andrus, and Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The centenary of the Cincinnati Observatory, November 5, 1943 : including the addresses and miscellany relating to the centennial celebration of the first large astronomical observatory in America. (Cincinnati : The Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio and the University of Cincinnati, 1944., 1944), also by Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Raymond Walters, and University of Cincinnati (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A collection of state-papers, relative to the first acknowledgement of the sovereignity of the United States of America : and the reception of their minister plenipotentiary, by their high mightinesses of the States-General of the United Netherlands. ([s.n.], 1782) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A collection of state-papers, relative to the first acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the United States of America, and the reception of their minister plenipotentiary, by their high mightinesses the States general of the United Netherlands (Printed for J. Fielding [etc.], 1782) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826, ed.: A Collection of State-papers, Relative to the First Acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States of America, and the Reception of Their Minister Plenipotentiary, by Their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands : to Which is Prefixed, the Political Character of John Adams, Ambassador Plenipotentiary from the States of North America, to Their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands ... Likewise, an Essay on Canon and Feudal Law (Gutenberg ebook)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Correspondence between John Adams and Mercy Warren relating to her "History of the American revolution", July-August, 1807. (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878), also by Mercy Otis Warren (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Correspondence between the Hon. John Adams, late president of the United States, and the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq. : beginning in 1803, and ending in 1812. (E.M. Cunningham :, 1823), also by Ephraim May Cunningham, William Cunningham, Jacob Bailey Moore Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), Israel Thorndike Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), and Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Correspondence. In a series of letters. (Everett & Munroe, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Correspondence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson 1812-1826 (Bobbs-Merrill, 1925), also by Paul Wilstach and Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Correspondence of the late President Adams (Everett and Munroe, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Deeds and other documents relating to the several pieces of land, and to the library presented to the town of Quincy by President Adams ; together with a catalogue of the books. (Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1823), also by Eliab Wight Metcalf and Boston Public Library. Adams Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America (Printed for C. Dilly, 1787) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot in his Letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778. (Printed by Budd and Bartram [etc.] for William Cobbett, 1797) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Défense des constitutions américaines. (Buisson, 1792) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: An essay on the liberty of the press; respectfully inscribed to the republican printers throughout the United States. / By Hortensius. (Philadelphia: : Printed at the Aurora office,, 1799), also by George Hay (HTML at Evans TCP)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams, during the revolution. (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1875), also by Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams : during the revolution (Hurd and Houghton, 1875), also by Emily Dickinson, Austin Dickinson, Charles Francis Adams, and Abigail Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams, during the revolution. With a memoir of Mrs. Adams. (Hurd and Houghton, 1876), also by Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams, during the revolution. With a memoir of Mrs. Adams. (Hurd and Houghton, 1876), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution: with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams, also by Abigail Adams, ed. by Charles Francis Adams (Gutenberg ebook)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Geschichte der Amerikanischen Revolution aus den acten des Congresses der Vereinigten Staaten (In der Vossischen buchhandlung, 1794), also by David Ramsay and Günther Karl Friedrich Seidel (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: History of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770; consisting of the narrative of the town, the trial of the soldiers: and a historical introduction, containing unpublished documents of John Adams, and explanatory notes (J. Munsell, 1870), also by Frederic Kidder (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: History of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770; consisting of the narrative of the town, the trial of the soldiers: and a historical introduction, containing unpublished documents of John Adams, and explanatory notes (J. Munsell, 1870), also by Frederic Kidder (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: History of the dispute with America, from its origin in 1754. (Printed for J. Stockdale, 1784) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: History of the dispute with America from its origin in 1754, written in the year 1774 (Printed for J. Stockdale ..., 1784) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The inadmissible principles of the King of England's proclamation, of October 16, 1807-considered (Printed by Everett & Munroe, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: James Otis, Samuel Adams and John Hancock, tributes to these as the three prinicpal movers and agents of the American revolution. (Boston, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters, addressed to his wife. (C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and others, written during and after the Revolution, to John Langdon, New Hampshire. (Press of H. B. Ashmead, 1880), also by John Langdon, Alfred Langdon Elwyn, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters from a distinguished American : twelve essays by John Adams on American foreign policy, 1780 (Library of Congress, 1978), also by James H. Hutson (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters from the Hon. John Adams, to the Hon. Wm. Tudor, and others, on the events of the American Revolution. (Cornell University Library, 1818), also by William Tudor (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters of John Adams, addressed to his wife. (C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1841), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters of John Adams addressed to his wife (Phillips & Sampson, 1848), also by Charles Frances Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams. (C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1840), also by Abigail Adams and Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams. (C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1840), also by Abigail Adams and Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters of Mrs. Adams : the wife of John Adams (Wilkins, Carter, 1848), also by Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams. (C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1841), also by Abigail Adams and Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Letters of Mrs. Adams : the wife of John Adams (Wilkins, Carter, 1848), also by Abigail Adams, Charles Francis Adams, and John Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Life of Johnson (Clarendon Press, 1887), also by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Lena Stevens Adam, R. W. Chapman, R. B. Adam, Robert Adam, Albert Bernard Burney, William Wordsworth, Noah Webster, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Johannes Kepler, Jonathan Edwards, Thomas De Quincey, Robert Browning, Jane Austen, George Birkbeck Norman Hill, Club Bindery, and Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Novanglus, and Massachusettensis: (Printed and published by Hews & Goss, 1819) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Novanglus, and Massachusettensis; or, Political essays, published in the years 1774 and 1775, on the principal points of controversy, between Great Britain and her colonies. (Printed and published by Hews & Goss, 1819), also by William Tudor and Daniel Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Novanglus, and Massachusettensis: or, Political Essays, Published in the Years 1774 and 1775, on the Principal Points of Controversy, between Great Britain and Her Colonies, also by Daniel Leonard (Gutenberg ebook)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Observations on national defence, drawn from Capt. Patridge's lecture on that subject, and from Gen. Sumner's letter to the venerable John Adams, on the importance of the militia system (Simon Gardner, printer ..., 1824), also by William H. Sumner and Alden Partridge (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Observations on the commerce of the American states with Europe and the West Indies including the several articles of import and export, also, an essay on canon and feudal law (Printed and sold by Robert Bell ..., 1783), also by John Baker Holroyd Sheffield (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Old family letters: copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle. (Press of J. B. Lippincott company, 1892), also by Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Biddle (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Political essays (Hews & Goss, 1819), also by Daniel Leonard, William Tudor, and Roger De Coverly (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Political facts : a text-book of history ; the democratic and other parties, men and measures (John B. Piet & Co., 1883), also by George Fitch, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Stephen A. Douglas (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Réflexions sur la guerre. English (Philadelphia: : Published by Francis C. King, no. 42, Market-Street., 1798. Price 50 cents), also by Francis d' Ivernois (HTML at Evans TCP)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Selections from American authors. A reading book for school and home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, Longfellow. (Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co., 1879), also by Samuel Eliot, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Benjamin Franklin, James Fenimore Cooper, and Abigail Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Statesman and friend; correspondence of John Adams with Benjamin Waterhouse, 1784-1822 (Little, Brown, and company, 1927), also by Worthington Chauncey Ford and Benjamin Waterhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Thoughts on government : applicable to the present state of the American colonies : in a letter from a gentleman to his friend. (John Dunlap, 1776), also by George Wythe (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Thoughts on government: applicable to the present state of the American colonies. : In a letter from a gentleman to his friend. (Philadelphia: : Printed by John Dunlap., M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]), also by George Wythe (HTML at Evans TCP)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: A view of religions, in two parts. Pt.I. Containing an alphabetical compendium of the various religious denominations, which have appeared in the world, from the beginning of the Christian era to the present day. Pt.II. Containing a brief account of the different schemes of religion now embraced among mankind. The whole collected from the best authors, ancient and modern. (Printed by and for Manning & Loring, proprietors, No.2, Cornhill, Boston., 1801), also by Hannah Adams, Thomas Prentiss, and Manning & Loring (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The works of John Adams, second President of the United States. (Little, Brown and company [etc.], 1850), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The works of John Adams, second President of the United States: with a life of the author, notes and illustrations (Little, Brown, 1850), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The works of John Adams, second President of the United States: with a life of the author, notes and illustrations (Little, Brown, 1852), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The works of John Adams : second president of the United States: with a life of the author, notes and illustrations (Little, Brown and company [etc.], 1850), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: The works of John Adams, second president of the United States : with a life of the author, notes and illustrations (Little, Brown and Company [etc.], 1966), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Adams, John, 1735-1826: Works : with a life of the author (Little, Brown, 1851), also by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

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