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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, March 15, 1775
Braintree March 15. 1775 Madam I thought myself greatly honoured, by your most polite and agreable Letter of January the thirtieth; and I ought to have answered it, immediately: but…
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John Adams to James Warren, March 15, 1775
Braintree March 15. 1775 Dr Sir I have had the Pleasure and the Honour of Several Letters from you, and one from an incomparable Satyrist of our Acquaintance, and must…
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Samuel Swift to John Adams, March 13, 1775
13th. March 75 Trusty and well Beloved I have Read a specimen of Nov Anglus as of this day and am not a little in Raptures with it, should have…
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John Adams to Inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay Colony, January 23, 1775
[ , Start insertion, 23 January 1775 , End, ] My Friends, A Writer, under the signature of Massachusettensis, has addressed you, in a series of papers, on the great…
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James Warren to John Adams, January 15, 1775
Plymo. Jany. 15. 1775 My Dear Sir I Admire the Notes and Resolves of the Maryland Convention. They Breath a Spirit of Liberty and Union which does Honour to them…
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Edward Dilly to John Adams, January 13, 1775
London Jany 13th 1775 Dear Sir I Wrote to you the 24th of Septr last in answer to your Obliging favor of the first of August, at the same Time…
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John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, January 3, 1775
Braintree Jany 3. 1774[ , Start insertion, 5 , End, ] 1 Madam I remember, that Bishop Burnet in a Letter he once wrote to Lady Rachell Russell the virtuous…
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John Adams to James Warren, January 3, 1775
Braintree Jany. 3d. 1775 Dr Sir I have this Moment recd a Line from Mrs. Warren 1 and will in close her Letter to Mrs. Maccaulay, 2 by the first…
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John Adams to James Burgh, December 28, 1774
Braintree Decr. 28. 1774 Sir 1 I have had the Honour of receiving from you a < , Start deletion, most valuable desirable , End, > Present, in two Volumes…
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James Warren to John Adams, December 19, 1774
Plymo: Decr. 19th:1774 Dear Sir It always gives me pleasure to hear of the Existence and Health of my Friend and his Family and more especially to have it from…
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Virginia, inhabitants of Amelia and Dinweddie Counties to John Adams, December 16, 1774
Virginia, 16 December 1774. LbC ( MHi :Donations to Sufferers by the Boston Port Bill, p. 66); addressed: “To Sam & Jno. Adams Esqrs at Boston”; signed: “John Tabb, of…
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John Adams to Edward Biddle, December 12, 1774
Braintree Decr. 12. 1774 Dear Sir 1 I received your kind favour 16. Ulto with great Pleasure last Week at Cambridge. 2 I rejoice at the Proofs your City, has…
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John Adams to Inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay Colony, December 10, 1774
Cambridge,10 December 1774. printed : Mass. Provincial Congress, Jours. description begins William Lincoln, ed., The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, December 10, 1774
Cambridge,10 December 1774. printed : Mass. Provincial Congress, Jours. description begins William Lincoln, ed., The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee…
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Catharine Macaulay to John Adams, September 11, 1774
Sepbr 11. 1774 Dear Sr A Very long and uninterrupted course of sickness has hitherto prevented me the pleasure of answering your Letters dated Boston June 28 and Dec. 11:1773,…
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John Adams to Thomas Gage, October 10, 1774
[ , Start insertion, ante 10 October 1774 , End, ] 1 Sir 2 The Delegates from the Several Provinces in North America, now assembled in Congress, beg Leave to…
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Edward Hill to John Adams, September 4, 1774
Boston August [ , Start insertion, September , End, ] 4th. 1774 Sir I wrote you a fortnight ago by Mr. Sullivan, since which almost every day has produced some…
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William Tudor to John Adams, September 3, 1774
Boston Sepr. 3d. 1774 Dear Sir This Week has been fruitfull of extraordinary Transactions. I will endeavour to give You some Account of them. Tuesday the Superior Court opened 1…
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Joseph R. Hawley to John Adams, August 1, 1774
[ , Start insertion, August? 1774 , End, ] 1 “We must fight , if we can’t otherwise rid ourselves of British taxation, all revenues, and the constitution or form…
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William Tudor to John Adams, August 29, 1774
Boston Augst. 29th. 1774 Dear Sir I wrote you 21st. Inst. which I hope you have receiv’d. The publick Prints of to Day, Which you will doubtless see, have been…