11To Benjamin Franklin from Dumas, 15 April 1782 (Franklin Papers)
...was the struggle to found the race of Rome): Virgil, Aeneid,
12To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 26 April 1782 (Madison Papers)
“I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts” (Virgil Aeneid ii. 49).
13From John Adams to C. W. F. Dumas, 1 January 1783 (Adams Papers)
Virgil, Aeneid, Book II, line 521: “Non tali auxilio,...
14To John Adams from C. W. F. Dumas, 18 April 1783 (Adams Papers)
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (Virgil, Aeneid, Book II, line 49).
15John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 May 1783 (Adams Papers)
...Carthage and the Trojan leader Aeneas is the subject of Virgil, Aeneid, book IV, which
16From John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 5 September 1783 (Adams Papers)
...of these things will prove a source of future pleasure (Virgil, Aeneid, Book I, line 203).
17From John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 8 September 1783 (Adams Papers)
I fear the Greeks even when they bear gifts (Virgil, Aeneid, Book II, line 49).
18To John Adams from C. W. F. Dumas, 22 September 1783 (Adams Papers)
It acquires strength by going (Virgil, Aeneid, Book IV, line 175).
19From John Jay to John Witherspoon, 6 April 1784 (Jay Papers)
...command me, O Queen, to revive unspeakable grief.” Virgil, Aeneid 2: 3.
20From John Adams to William Tudor, 9 May 1789 (Adams Papers)
Virgil, Aeneid, Book 1, line 118: Scattered swimmers are seen...