Download or read book Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 12 written by Adams Family and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 12 opens with John Adams’s inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life.