A Note on Language -- Introduction -- An address to the people of the United States -- Washington recedes -- The die is cast -- The "sublimest thing" ever exhibited in America -- A scene of ambition -- A dishonorable infidelity -- Expect nothing but the most unqualified injustice -- Not a sixpence! -- Poured in from all quarters -- Massacre the inhabitants -- Decisive measures -- The "majic" of his name -- The tocsin of insurrection -- All evidences that they are sincere -- Solely the president's act -- Struck by a thunderbolt -- The spirit in the city is very high -- A paltry insurrection -- The air of an abdication -- An apple of discord to the federalists -- The late president of the United States, is no more! -- Their gag in my mouth -- Hocus-​pocus maneuvers -- A change in the administration -- The seat of government -- Death or liberty -- The unqualified conviction of his unfitness for the station -- Storms of a new character -- Nothing but a forest and woods along the way -- The prey of anarchy and faction -- The new order of things begins -- Epilogue: May none but honest and wise men

This is an authoritative account of the second president of the United States that shows how John Adams's leadership and legacy defined the office for those who followed and ensured the survival of the American republic