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John Adams to William Tudor, August 28, 1774
Prince Town New Jersey Aug. 28. 1774 Dr. Sir I received your obliging Letter at New York, and it was peculiarly acceptable to me and my Companions, and of great…
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William Tudor to John Adams, August 21, 1774
Boston Augst. 21st. 1774 Dear Sir The great Obligations your Friendship has laid me under would render me inexcusable to neglect any Occasion of paying You my Acknowlegements; it is…
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John Adams to Joseph R. Hawley, June 27, 1774
[ , Start insertion, Ipswich, 27 June 1774 , End, ] 1 to [. . .] leys Co [. . .] declining the [. . .] lend your kind h…
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John Adams to James Warren, June 25, 1774
Ipswich June 25. 1774 Dr. Sir I am very sorry, I had not the Pleasure of seeing you, after your Return from Salem: as I wanted a great deal of…
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Mary Nicolson to John Adams, May 26, 1774
[ , Start insertion, Boston, , End, ] Thursday 1/2 past 12– May 26, 1774 Dear Sir I have this moment been enformd that You and a Number of Worthy…
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John Adams to William Woodfall, May 14, 1774
Boston May 14. 1774 Sir I had the Pleasure of receiving your Favour of the twelfth March, 1 Yesterday, for which I thank you. Your Plan of a News Paper…
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John Adams to Alexander Wedderburn, April 25, 1774
To Mr. Alexander Wedderburne. Sir Your Defence of Messrs. Hutchinson and Oliver before the Lords Committee of his Majestys privy Council for Plantation affairs, against the Address of the House…
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John Adams to Col. Ebenezer Thayer, April 25, 1774
Boston. April 25. 1774 Sir I have been so much absent upon the Circuits, since the melancholy news of your sons death that I have had no opportunity to take…
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John Adams to James Warren, April 9, 1774
Boston April 9. 1774 Dr Sir It is a great Mortification to me, to be obliged to deny my self the Pleasure of a Visit to my Friends at Plymouth…
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John Adams to Robert Treat Paine, April 9, 1774
Boston April 9. 1774 Well Brother Paine! How does the Impeachment set upon the stomachs at Middle borough? 1 Cant you steal a Moment in an Evening or Morning to…
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William Woodfall to John Adams, March 12, 1774
Dorset-street, Salisbury-Court , March 12, 1774 Sir As the Affairs of AMERICA are now agitating in both Houses of the English Parliament, and as it would be a matter of…
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Edward Dilly to John Adams, March 4, 1774
London March 4th 1774 Dear Sir The Letters you sent for Mrs. Macaulay directed, under Cover, for me, 1 were put into the Post office on Capt Scott’s arrival at…
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James Warren to John Adams, January 3, 1774
Plymo. Jany. the 3d. 1774 Dr. Sir I Received your last and am to Acknowledge that the Contents of it gave me great pleasure. 1 I have for some time…
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William Brattle to Boston Gazette, January 18, 1773
Cambridge, January 18, 1773 1 To the PRINTERS, As the lines of mens minds are as various as the features of their faces, they can no more upon every subject…
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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…
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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 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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Nathaniel Freeman to John Adams, October 4, 1772
Sandwich, 4 October 1772. RC ( MiU-C ); addressed to John Adams in Boston; endorsed. Freeman notifies Adams that he is appealing a case to the Superior Court and urges…
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William D. Whipple to John Adams, February 13, 1772
Portsmouth, 13 February 1772. RC (Adams Papers); addressed: “To John Adams Esqr. at Boston favoured P Mr. Cutts”; endorsed. Whipple gives directions for litigation in the admiralty cases involving himself…
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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…