- Descriptive List of Illustrations*
- Introduction
- 1. The Business of Diplomacy
- 2. John Adams and His Letterbooks
- 3. Notes on Editorial Method
- Acknowledgments
- Guide to Editorial Apparatus
- 1. Textual Devices
- 2. Adams Family Code Names
- 3. Descriptive Symbols
- 4. Location Symbols
- 5. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms
- 6. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited
- Papers of John Adams, May–October 1782
- Appendix: List of Omitted Documents
- Index
- * Descriptive List of Illustrations
- 1. C. W. F. Dumas, American Agent at The Hague, by Isaak Schmidt, ca. 1783
- 2. Jan Willink, Amsterdam Banker, by Pieter Frederik de la Croix, 1773
- 3. Jacob van Staphorst, Amsterdam Banker, by Edme Quenedey, 1790
- 4. Charles James Fox, British Foreign Secretary, by Thomas Day, 1787
- 5. William Petty, 2d Earl of Shelburne, British Prime Minister, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1764
- 6. Dedication of Verzameling van de Constitutien to John Adams, 1782
- 7. Gerard Brantsen, Dutch Envoy, by Benjamin Wolff, 1803
- 8. Final Text of the Dutch–American Treaty of Amity and Commerce, [ante 6 September 1782]
- 9. Truce Chamber, The Hague, by Jan Caspar Philips, before 1774
- 10. Medal Commemorating Dutch Recognition of the United States, by Jean George Holtzhey, 1782
- 11. Cipher, Francis Dana, 18 October [29 October n.s.] 1782
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