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John Adams to Boston Gazette, August 12, 1765
[ Monday, 12 August 1765 ] To the Printers. “IGNORANCE and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.” This is an observation of Dr. Tillotson ,…
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Letters from John Adams
B. 1735 · D. 1826
John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of the United States as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with contemporaries, including his wife and advisor Abigail Adams and his friend and rival Thomas Jefferson.
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, August 19, 1765
[ Monday, 19 August 1765 ] THUS accomplished were many of the first Planters of these Colonies. It may be thought polite and fashionable, by many modern fine Gentlemen perhaps,…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, September 30, 1765
[ , Start insertion, Monday, 30 September 1765 , End, ] 1 TO have holden their lands, allodially, or for every man to have been the sovereign lord and proprietor…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, October 21, 1765
[ Monday, 21 October 1765 ] WE have been afraid to think. We have felt a reluctance to examining into the grounds of our privileges, and the extent in which…
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John Adams to Richard Cranch, June 29, 1766
Braintree June 29th. 1766 Dr. Brother I have been determined, a long Time, to write you by the first Opportunity that should present, of sending a Letter. Two or Three…
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John Adams to Governor Bradford, January 1, 1767
[ , Start insertion, January 1767 , End, ] I am Sorry to find Phylanthrop, attempting to vindicate the high flying, Maxims, the arbitrary Precedents, and the Tyrannical Practices of…
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John Adams to Jonathan Sewall, January 5, 1767
[ , Start insertion, Monday, January 5, 1767 , End, ] Messieurs Edes & Gill , Please to insert the following.
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, January 19, 1767
[ , Start insertion, Monday, January 19, 1767 , End, ] To the PRINTERS. I Did flatter myself, as I had got so much Credit by my Writings upon Hemp,…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, January 26, 1767
[ , Start insertion, Monday, January 26, 1767 , End, ] Messi’rs Edes and Gill Please to insert the following.
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John Adams to Governor Bradford, February 2, 1767
ante 2 February 1767 1 Govr. W. to Govr. B. I promised you, another Letter, concerning the wicked Maxims, the delusive Arts, and the false Assertions, of that devoted Writer,…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, February 9, 1767
[ , Start insertion, Monday, February 9, 1767 , End, ] That the Hypocrite reign not, lest the People be ensnared. Job. Sir , You have my promise of another…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, February 16, 1767
[ , Start insertion, Monday, February 16, 1767 , End, ] If we go back as far as the reign of Elizabeth, we find her, on one occasion, infringing on…
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John Adams to Richard Cranch, September 23, 1767
September 23. 1767 Dr. sir I have but a few Moments, to congratulate you on the fresh Blessing to your Family.—Another fine Child and Sister comfortable! 1 Oh fine! I…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, May 23, 1768
[ , Start insertion, Monday, May 23, 1768 , End, ] Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the Armies of the living God? David. Not many Years…
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John Adams to John Wilkes, June 6, 1768
Boston 6th June 1768 Illustrious Patriot The friends of Liberty, Wilkes, Peace and good order to the number of Forty five, assembled at the Whig Tavern Boston New England, take…
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John Adams to James, Jr Otis, June 17, 1768
[ , Start insertion, 17 June 1768 , End, ] To the Hon. james otis , and thomas cushing , Esq’rs; Mr. samuel adams , and john hancock , Esqr.…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, June 29, 1769
Falmouth [ , Start insertion, 29 , End, ] June [ , Start insertion, 1769 , End, ], I know not wt. day but it is Thurdsday morning the first…
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John Adams to Isaac, Jr Smith, January 1, 1771
[ , Start insertion, 1771 , End, ?] 1 P.S. There is another Gentleman whose History and Character I want to know more of, than I do at present, I…
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John Adams to William D. Whipple, January 27, 1772
Boston, 27 January 1772. Printed: Letters by Washington . . . and Others … to John Langdon , Philadelphia, 1880, p. 12. JA ’s reply to Whipple’s letter of 16…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 1, 1772
Plymouth May Saturday 1772 1 My Dr. I take an opportunity by Mr. Kent, to let you know that I am at Plymouth, and pretty well. Shall not go for…
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John Adams to Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay, December 31, 1772
Madam It is so long since I received your obliging Favour, that I am now almost ashamed to acknowledge it. 1 The State [of] my Health, obliged me to retreat…
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John Adams to Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay, December 31, 1772
Boston31 December 1772. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, Mass., 1961; 4 vols. description ends…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, January 11, 1773
[ , Start insertion, Monday, January 11, 1773 , End, ] To the PRINTERS. GENERAL BRATTLE, by his rank, station and character, is intituled to politeness and respect, even when…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, January 18, 1773
[ , Start insertion, Monday, January 18, 1773 , End, ] To the PRINTERS, It has been said already, that the common law of England has not determined the judges…