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350 The courtiers were as: Ibid.
350 It had occurred to the: MJQA, Sept. 21, 1812, II, 402.
350 Was [Adams] aware: Ibid.
351 I answered that it: Ibid.
351 I was very sure that: Ibid.
351 For myself, I so: Ibid.
351 He thought an indirect: Ibid., 403.
351 To a mutual friend: Ibid.
352 It is feared that: Ibid., Sept. 30, 1812, 409.
352 offensive to the emperor: Ibid., Sept. 29, 407.
352 His [Alexander’s] spirit: Ibid., Sept. 30, 409.
352 Women! Women! Women!: Ibid., Sept. 29, 1812, 407.
352 It was unquestionably: Ibid.
352 The time of real danger: Ibid., Sept. 30, 1812, 409.
353 They are to go: Ibid., Oct. 9, 1812, 411.
353 We shall have scarcely: Ibid.
353 I have procured: DLA, Oct. 22, 1812, Reel 264 AFP MHS.
354 [S]till my mind: Ibid., Oct. 23, 1812.
354 Bitter reflection adds: Ibid.
354 a little [of] the sameness: Ibid., Oct. 24, 1812.
354 I visited the theatre: Ibid.
354 But on my return: Ibid.
354 It has been my: Ibid., Oct. 25, 1812.
354 And I suffer’d myself: Ibid.
354 I am peculiarly unfortunate: Ibid.
355 For those I love: Ibid.
355 I feel what a: Ibid.
355 There is something: Ibid.
355 In Mrs. Adams I: Ibid.
356 Suffering from the: Encyclopedia of the War of 1812, s.v. “William Hull,” 248.
357 There are scarcely: MJQA, Oct. 27, 1812, II, 418.
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358 About noon this: MJQA, Oct. 27, 1812, II, 418.
358 The passions of almost: Ibid., Nov. 4, 1812, 420.
358 I know not how: Ibid.
359 The trade is beyond: Ibid., Nov. 10, 1812, 422.
359 [F]or the impressment: Ibid.
359 Yet the same members: Ibid.
360 My thoughts have: DLA, Nov. 6, 1812, Reel 264 AFP MHS.
360 My babe’s image flits: Ibid.
360 Necessity alone induced: Ibid.
360 I was playing with: Ibid.
361 We descended a flight: Ibid., Nov. 11, 1812.
361 Methought I got: Ibid.
361 With the usual inconsistency: Ibid.
361 I was left alone: Ibid.
361 And I raised my eyes: Ibid.
361 I struggle in vain: Ibid., Nov. 6, 1812.
361 My heart is buried: Ibid.
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362 [T]here was a report: MJQA, Dec. 8, 1812, II, 430.
362 We afterwards, in the: Ibid.
363 It is the greatest victory: Ibid., Nov. 25, 1812, 422.
363 Joy and triumph: Ibid., 423.
363 It is now morally impossible: Ibid., 422–23.
363 performed their prostrations: Ibid., 423.
363 The emperor, on leaving: Ibid.
364 The crisis is great: Ibid.
364 It is long since: DLA, Nov. 27, 1812, Reel 264 AFP MHS.
364 How often when: Ibid.
364 We behold here: Ibid.
364 The character of this: Ibid.
365 The first was the: MJQA, Dec. 7, 1812, II, 427.
365 peculiarly agreeable to: Ibid.
365 I believe the emperor’s: Ibid., Dec. 3, 1812, 426.
365 I had not, but that: Ibid., Dec. 7, 1812, 429.
365 Upon the chief: Ibid.
365 sense of independence: Ibid.
365 It was not exactly: Ibid.
366 few foreign seamen: Ibid.
366 The American sea service: Ibid.
366 And they have no: Ibid., 430.
366 he, the count, would: Ibid.
366 The news of the: Ibid., Dec. 9, 1812, 430.
367 Kitty has been: DLA, Dec. 5, 1812, Reel 264 AFP MHS.
367 To me there is: Ibid.
367 I know myself: Ibid.
367 one who loves: MJQA, Dec. 24, 1812, II, 435.
367 The reliance of man: Ibid.
368 The Emperor Alexander: DLA, Dec. 5, 1812, Reel 264 AFP MHS.
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369 They tell me that: DLA [ca. Mar. 27, 1813], Reel 264 AFP MHS.
369 In vain I reason: Ibid.
369 The emperor’s birthday: MJQA, Dec. 24, 1812, II, 435.
370 I sent for my landlord: Ibid., Mar. 17, 1813, 452.
370 It has, indeed, constantly: WJQA, JQA to SOS, Oct. 2, 1812, IV, 392.
371 I still retain it: Ibid.
371 [Strogofshikoff] conversed with: MJQA. Mar. 17, 1813, II, 452.
372 As to the question: Ibid., 451.
372 This is the strangest: Ibid.
372 As Sir Francis is: Ibid.
372 He very stoutly contends: Ibid., 450.
373 Sir Francis appeared: Ibid.
373 We have at length: DLA, April 4, 1813, Reel 264 AFP MHS.
373 To hear from them: Ibid.
373 I scarcely can define: Ibid.
373 My health, the climate: Ibid.
373 I have just closed: Ibid.
373 pang of my bursting: LA to AA, April 4, 1813, Reel 415 AFP MHS.
373 Had you witnessed: Ibid.
374 How happens it that: MJQA, May 11, 1813, II, 467.
374 I knew not how: Ibid.
374 There had once: Ibid.
375 reminded me of the resurrection: Ibid., April 3, 1813, 454.
375 It was certain that: Ibid., April 10, 1813, 460.
375 Napoleon might be: Ibid., 459.
375 We were told that: Ibid., May 13, 1813, 467.
376 The situation of things: Ibid., June 1, 1813, 469.
376 Napoleon and his army: Ibid., June 7, 1813, 471.
377 He then showed: Ibid., June 15, 1813, 473.
377 in very handsome: Ibid.
377 The report of Messrs: Ibid., 474.
377 I presumed that: Ibid.
377 In a government: Ibid., 474–75.
377 did not think: Ibid., 474.
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381 It required a violent effort: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
381 We got over and reached: Ibid.
381 Here I had to wait three: Ibid.
382 I was obliged to produce: Ibid.
382 The man appeared to be: Ibid.
382 He thought the carriage very: Ibid.
382 I cannot rely [at] all: LA to JQA, Aug. 30, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS, emphasis in original 485.
382 Although I do everything: Ibid., Aug. 19, 1814.
384 With this prospect: MJQA, April 28, 1814 II, 602.
384 Upon the canvas I never look: JQA to LA, Aug. 9, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
384 As I have written: Ibid.
384 At present I do not think: Ibid.
384 liberal and highly pacific: Ibid., 486.
385 If they choose to play: WJQA, JQA to LA, Sept. 9, 1814, VV, 120, 7487.
385 with increased vigor: JQA to LA, Aug. 9, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
385 We came suddenly upon: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
386 Baptiste . . . began to assume: Ibid.
386 I intimated to him: Ibid.
386 great desire was to return: Ibid.
386 The performance of this: Ibid., emphasis in original.
386 was much more respectful: Ibid.
387 Mr. Bailey said he would: LA to JQA, Aug. 5, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
387 The excursions and: JQA to LA, Sept. 2, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
387 Really mon ami: LA to JQA, Sept. 4, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
387 I should never even: Ibid.
387 I am fully sensible of: Ibid.
388 But when events are totally: Ibid.
388 The situation of our country: Ibid.
388 You will now my dearest: WJQA, JQA to LA, Aug. 9, 1814, V, 74.
389 I most sincerely wish: LA to JQA, Nov. 22, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
389 My troubles never end: LA to JQA, Dec. 6, 1814, Reel 421 AFP MHS.
389 The season of the year: Ibid.
390 Everything around us: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
390 the fearful remnants: Ibid.
390 had not been unprotected: Ibid.
390 houses half burnt: Ibid.
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391 He seems to think: John Wesley, 1775, Oxford English Dictionary.
391 resembling an eagle: Phoenix, Oxford English Dictionary.
391 They that wait: Isaiah 40:31, King James Version.
391 Faith is the phoenix grace: Phoenix grace, Oxford English Dictionary.
392 humble the Yankees: WJQA, JQA to LA, Aug. 16, 1814, V, 84.
392 It is impossible: Ibid., 82.
392 Your fears of bad news: LA to JQA, Sept. 10, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
392 You are hereby: H. Adams, The US During the Administration of Madison, 126.
392 That proclamation of: LA to JQA, Sept. 10, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
392 When our landsmen have: WJQA to LA, Aug. 26, 1814, V, 104.
393 Alas there are a few Washingtons: LA to JQA, Aug. 30, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
393 There is a report in town: LA to JQA, Sept. 13, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
393 I could almost wish: LA to JQA, Oct. 16, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
393 The melancholy situation: Ibid., Oct. 18, 1814.
394 in the best readiness: JM to John Armstrong, July 2, 1814, Writings of James Madison, VIII, 1808–19.
394 No, no! Baltimore: H. Adams, The US During the Administration of Madison, 121.
394 The newspapers contain: JQA to LA, Oct. 7, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
395 They left their: Ibid.
395 Shall this harbor: George, Terror on the Chesapeake, 107.
396 seat: Ibid.
396 The destruction of the: JQA to LA, Oct. 7, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
396 The same British officers: Ibid.
397 Boston is still exposed: Ibid., Oct. 4, 1814.
397 If it cannot be produced: Ibid.
397 The news of the destruction: LA to JQA, Oct. 25, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
397 I felt my exile: Ibid.
397 I trust in God: Ibid., Nov. 6, 1814.
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398 The evening was setting: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
398 miserable common: Ibid.
398 One woman made her appearance: Ibid.
398 They answered doggedly: Ibid.
399 According to this plan: Ibid.
399 As I always had provisions: Ibid.
399 bore the mutilating: Ibid.
399 To my utter astonishment: Ibid.
399 The Cossacks! The dire Cossacks: Ibid.
400 There is scarcely a metropolis: JQA to LA, Oct. 4, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
400 The army of Napoleon did: Ibid., Oct. 7, 1814.
400 atrocious: Ibid., Oct. 11, 1814, 508.
400 the most execrable barbarities: Ibid.
400 It is said that the: LA to JQA, Nov. 6, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
400 Armstrong defends himself: JQA to LA, Oct. 25, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
401 The forces under Sir Alexander: WJQA, V, 148n2.
402 We may hope, therefore: Ibid.
402 It must indeed: WJQA, JQA to LA, Oct. 14, 1814, V, 160.
402 The nature of our government: LA to JQA, Nov. 25, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
402 we just might hold up: Ibid., Nov. 5, 1814.
402 We left Küstrin: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
402 One of the postilions: Ibid.
403 My heart thrilled: Ibid.
403 Memory how ineffably: Ibid.
403 The carriage needed repairs: Ibid.
404 George’s growth has been: AA to JQA, May 1, 1814 (cited by JQA to LA Aug. 9, 1814), Reel 419 AFP MHS.
404 said to me of our sons: WJQA, JQA to LA, Sept. 9, 1814, V, 121.
404 the luxuries: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
404 forgetting in the lapse: Ibid.
404 I had had no small: JQA to LA, Aug. 30, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
405 Mr. Charles, who is: LA to JQA, Dec. 30, 1814, Reel 421 AFP MHS.
405 Pray tell me what fair lady: Ibid.
405 Do not fancy I am jealous: Ibid., emphasis in original.
405 She was a charming woman: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
406 Countess Apraxin was: Ibid.
406 After tea she took the: Ibid.
406 She said that I was: Ibid.
406 I delivered your message: LA to JQA, Mar. 5, 1815, Reel 422 AFP MHS.
406 That when I had achieved: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
406 That this circumstance: Ibid.
407 I laughed and thanked: Ibid.
407 I responded I was certain: Ibid.
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408 That fair lady is: WJQA, JQA to LA, Jan. 24, 1815, V, 273.
408 You must not be: Ibid.
409 The king, however, asked: MJQA, Feb. 7, 1815, III, 151.
409 Louis has only to discern: JQA to LA, Oct. 18, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
409 The great difficulty: Ibid.
410 After a very troublesome: LA to JQA, Mar. 5, 1815, Reel 422 AFP MHS.
410 be dispatched as: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
410 Everything looked much: Ibid.
410 The Princess Louisa: Ibid.
411 The great people: Ibid.
411 Her husband and sons: Ibid.
411 When we were at Berlin: JQA to LA, Nov. 22, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
412 succeed in Vienna: WJQA, JQA to LA, Nov. 4, 1814, V, 177.
412 I think the President: King, Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, Jan. 17, 1814, 364.
412 The great effort of Lord Castlereagh: Ibid., Nov. 18, 1814, 196.
412 The great effort of Talleyrand: Ibid.
413 I fear the Emperor of Russia: WJQA, JQA to LA, Oct. 4, 1814, V, 149.
413 Early in the morning: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
413 was as little altered: Ibid.
413 I quitted its: Ibid.
414 My lovely beautiful babe: DLA, Feb. 11, 1812, Reel 269 AFP MHS.
416 My friends in Berlin had: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
416 In the evening after dark: Ibid.
416 And if you take up one: JQA to CFA, Sept. 13, 1814, Reel 419 AFP MHS.
417 But if you take out: Ibid.
417 A rumor had arrived of: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
417 jokes, as he was known: Ibid.
417 I started with astonishment: Ibid.
CHAPTER 56: “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER”
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418 I went to bed very tired: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
418 My purse was there: Ibid.
418 Last week . . . I was informed: JQA to LA, Mar. 18, 1815, Reel 422 AFP MHS.
418 No farewell but a welcome: Ibid.
419 Wherever we stopped to change horses: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
419 At about a mile before: Ibid.
419 My heart throbbed: Ibid.
419 Conceive my horror: Ibid.
420 I was much questioned: Ibid.
420 took great pains to point: Ibid.
420 It was a very remarkable fact: Ibid.
420 At this place I observed: Ibid.
420 Feeling very uneasy: Ibid.
422 Through the clouds: National Monument and Historic Shrine, Fort McHenry.
423 No, I shall eat my supper: Rukert, Fort McHenry: Home of the Brave, 24.
423 The noble baron should: JQA to LA, Oct. 25, 1814, Reel 420, AFP MHS.
423 Heaven has not deserted us: LA to JQA, Nov. 15, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
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424 We had never before taken: JQA to LA, Nov. 8, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
424 But our deliberations: Ibid.
425 a post-office between us: WQJA, JQA to LA, Sept. 30, 1814, V, 148.
425 In the instructions that we: JQA to LA, Nov. 25, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
425 For the first time: Ibid., Nov. 29, 1814.
425 We are now in sight: Ibid.
426 asked me, formally: Ibid., LA to JQA, Nov. 25, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS, 541, emphasis in original.
426 I speak of it as doubtful: JQA to LA, Dec. 9, 1814, Reel 421 AFP MHS.
426 I’d write you from: LA to JQA, Mar. 17, 1815, Reel 422 AFP MHS.
426 night and day: Ibid.
426 My two servants requested: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
427 Here was a situation: Ibid., emphasis in original.
427 He was very polite: Ibid.
427 My position was so unpleasant: Ibid.
427 I insisted that it would: Ibid.
427 He [the banker] advised on the: Ibid.
428 the only creature he could: Ibid.
428 He had though so young: Ibid.
428 At the same time he: Ibid.
428 From want of judgment: LA to JQA, Oct. 16, 1814, Reel 420 AFP MHS.
429 It will at least be a: Ibid.
429 On Saturday last: JQA to LA, Dec. 27, 1814, Reel 421 AFP MHS.
430 I consider the day: Ibid., Dec. 30, 1814.
430 I therefore now write you: Ibid., Dec. 27, 1814.
430 I hope neither you: Ibid.
430 Consider the astonishment: LA to JQA, Jan. 20, 1815, Reel 422 AFP MHS.
430 I fear I shall be much: Ibid., 548
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432 Napoleon had been: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
432 He had been tried: Ibid.
432 I heard an exclamation of horror: Ibid.
432 Wagons of every description: Ibid.
432 said the country: Ibid.
433 Soldiers of the fifth: Coote, Napoleon and the Hundred Days, 134.
433 The public spirit in Paris: MJQA, Mar. 15, 1815, III, 171.
434 It is ascertained: Ibid.
434 I saw in various parts: Ibid., Mar. 11, 1815, 167.
434 From their ashes: Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1: Sir William Lucy, act 4, scene 7, lines 92 and 93.
434 The day at Strasbourg was: “NRF,” Reel 268 AFP MHS.
435 We immediately entered into engagements: Ibid.
435 As he had rendered me good: Ibid.
435 We drove up to a miserable place: Ibid.
435 Dupin took the opportunity: Ibid.
435 heard threatening conversation: Ibid.
436 There were many bitter anathemas: Ibid.
436 Dupin told me: Ibid.
436 The waiter said that I: Ibid.
436 told me that the people: Ibid.
436 I went out half an hour: MJQA, Mar. 19, 1815, III, 172.
