Expresses his worry over a mutual friend [possibly someone eluding creditors] who is in danger. Hopes the friend is gone by the time Knox gets this letter. States, things are at present in status quo, but hostilities are threatend from all quarters. Marked as private.

Discusses a difficult situation of mutual friends, [possibly Henry] Jackson and [Stephen] Bruce, stating that something must be done ... or they must both be ruined. Asks Knox for his friendly aid in this interesting business, which seems to be financial in nature. Explains that Bruce will be departing for New York with vouchers & information, with the goal of obtaining only scanty justice. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Extremely faded and difficult to read. Discusses recent correspondence and appears to apologize for not replying sooner. Hopes to conclude some business (a funeral?) before Mr. Jones goes to Europe.

This book, a free-standing companion to Bernstein's 2003 biography Thomas Jefferson, responds to the public curiosity about Adams, his life, and his work for those intrigued by popular-culture portrayals of Adams in the Broadway musical 1776 and the HBO television miniseries John Adams. As with Bernstein's other work (e.g., The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction), it is a clear, scholarly, concise, well-written, and well-researched account of Adams's life, career, and thought addressing anyone seeking to learn more about him.

Thomas Loring (d. 1661) married Jane Newton, and immigrated from England to Hingham, Massachusetts. Descendants lived throughout the United States, and some immigrated to Canada.