- 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. 1. 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)
- No. 1. Bassett v. Mayhew; Mayhew v. Bassett; Mayhew v. Allen, 1762-1768
- Contracts
- No. 7. Porter v. Steel, 1770-1772
- Editorial Note
- Adams’ Minutes of the Review
- Wetmore’s Minutes of the Review
- No. 7. Porter v. Steel, 1770-1772
- 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
- No. 8. Alcock v. Warden, 1766
- 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 19. 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
- No. 13. Prout v. Minot, 1761-1766
- 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
- No. 22. Broadstreet v. Broadstreet, 1771-1774
- 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
- No. 24. Roxbury v. Boston, 1766
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER PAPERS OF THE ADAMS STATESMEN

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