Foreword, by the Honorable Bruce Bromley

Descriptive List of Illustrations

Preface, by the Editor in Chief

Introduction, by the Editors
Sources for this Edition
The Editorial Method
Practice and Procedure
John Adams the Lawyer

The Massachusetts Bench and Bar: A Biographical Register of John Adams' Contemporaries

Acknowledgments

Guide to Editorial Apparatus
Textual Devices
Adams Family Code Names
Descriptive Symbols
Location Symbols
Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms
Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited

LAW STUDY

Editorial Note
Adams' Student Notes, ca. 1758
Adams' Commonplace Book, ca. 1759

ADAMS' PLEADINGS BOOK

Editorial Note
The Pleadings Book, 1771-1773

TORTS

No. I. Bassett v. Mayhew; Mayhew v. Bassett; Mayhew v. Allen, 1762-1768
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Referees' Hearing
Paine's Minutes of the Referees' Hearing

No. 2. King v. Stewart, 1773-1774
Editorial Note
King's Petition to the General Court
King's Remonstrance
Writ of Review-Stewart et al. v. King
Cushing's Report of the Argument
King to Silas Burbank
Burbank's Release
Deposition of Silas Burbank
Deposition of John Newbegin
Deposition of Jonathan Wingate
Threatening Letter Sent to King
King's Offer of Settlement
Deposition of Jonathan Sayward
Adams' Minutes of the Review
John Adams to Abigail Adams

No. 3. Cottony. Nyc, 1767
Editorial Note
Adams' Diary
Adams' Minutes of the Trial
Paine's Minutes of the Argument
Adams' Notes of Authorities
Adams' Minutes of the Argument
Adams' Minutes of the Evidence
Adams' Diary

No. 4. Burnam v. Mugford, 1770-1771
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Trial

No. 5. Gill v. Mein, 1768-1769
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Trial

No. 6. Gray v. Pitts, 1771
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Trial (Inferior Court)
Adams' Minutes of the Trial (Superior Court)

CONTRACTS

No. 7. Porter v. Steel, 1770-1772
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Review
Wetmore's Minutes of the Review

COMMERCIAL LAW

No. 8. Alcock v. Warden, 1766
Editorial Note
Adams' Report of the Argument

No. 9. Apthorp v. Gardiner, 1766-1768
Editorial Note
Writ, Declaration and Return
Plea
Special Demurrer and Joinder
Adams' Minutes of the Argument

No. 10. Bancroft v. Lee, 1768-1772
Editorial Note
Adams' Notes of Authorities
Adams' Minutes of the Trial
Adams' Minutes of the Argument (1771)
Adams' Minutes of the Argument (1772)
Wetmore's Minutes of the Argument

No. 11. Crowningshield v. Lee, 1768-1770
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Trial

No. 12. Longman v. Mein; Wright & Gill v. Mein, 1770-1771
Editorial Note
Correspondence of James Murray, John Fleeming, and Sheriff Stephen Greenleaf
Adams' Notes of Authorities
Adams' Diary Notes on the Right of Juries

PROPERTY

No. 13. Prout v. Minot, 1761-1766
Editorial Note
Prom's "Bill in Chancery"
Adams' Minutes of the Argument

No. 14. Keen v. Turner, 1768-1769
Editorial Note
Paine's Minutes of the Trial
Adams' Minutes of the Trial

No. 15. Clap's Will, 1767-1768
Editorial Note
Adams' Address and Minutes of the Argument

No. 16. Clap v. Randall, 1769
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Trial

No. 17. Hill v. Whiting, 1770-1772
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Argument
Opinion of Judge Trowbridge

Nos. 18 and 79. Prescott v. Keep, 1771-1776; Prescott v. Priest, 1771-1773
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Trial
Adams' Abstract of Title
Adams' Minutes of the Trial
Cushing's Report of the Trial

Nos. 20 and 21. Wilkins v. Fuller, 1771-1772; Smith v. Fuller, 1770-1778
Editorial Note
Wetmore's Minutes of the Wilkins Trial
Adams' Minutes of the Referees' Hearing in Wilkins' Suit
Wetmore's Minutes of the Smith Trial

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

No. 22. Broadstreet v. Broadstreet, 1771-1774
Editorial Note
Adams' Notes of Authorities and Minutes of the Hearing

No. 23. Dougherty v. Little, 1768
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Trial

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

No. 24. Roxbury v. Boston, 1766
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Argument and Decision

No. 25. Plympton v. Middleboro, 1766
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Argument
Paine's Minutes of the Argument

No. 26. Chelsea v. Boston, 1769
Editorial Note
Adams' Petition
No. 27. Brookline v. Roxbury, 1767-1772
Editorial Note
Adams' List of Questions Presented
Adams' Notes of Authorities
Record
Brookline's Account
Writ of Certiorari
Fitch's Assignment of Errors
Notification

No. 28. Essane v. Dotey, 1767-1768
Editorial Note
Jane Dotey's Examination
Record
Adams' Assignment of Errors
Reasons for the Judgment

No. 29. Gage v. Headley, 1768
Editorial Note
Adams' Minutes of the Testimony

No. 30. Josselyne v. Harrington, 1769-1771
Editorial Note
Record
Fitch's Assignment of Errors
Adams' Minutes of the Testimony