"All was joy and peace and love": youth
"An object of general attention": Prussia
"Had I steped into Noah's ark": United States
"The savage had been expected": Russia
"The memory of one, who was": St. Petersburg to Paris
"The wife of a man of superior talents": Washington, D.C., 1819-1820
"I am a very good diplomate": Washington, D.C., 1821-1824
"This apparent fate": retirement
Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa.
A traveled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams by Louisa Catherine Adams. ISBN 9780674048010. Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.