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Catharine Macaulay to John Adams, July 19, 1771
London July 19. 1771 Sr A very laborious attention to the finishing the fifth vol of my history of England with a severe fever of five months duration the consequence…
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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 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 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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Jonathan Sewall to John Adams, March 11, 1767
11 March 1767. Enclosed in a letter from JA to Hezekiah Niles (5 Feb. 1819, LbC , Adams Papers). Sewall’s letter was “in answer to a letter I had written…
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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, 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, 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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Jonathan Sewall to John Adams, February 15, 1764
Boston 15th. Feby. 1764 Dear Brother John You may remember we had some Confab. together about having the Small Pox in Concert. I intend next week (Thursday) to be inoculated…
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John Adams to Samuel Quincy, January 2, 1764
Braintree2 January 1764. RC ( MHi :Misc. Bound Coll.). John Adams requests “Brother Quincy” to enter some legal actions for him and promises to bring Quincy’s books to town next…
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John Adams to Zabdiel Adams, July 23, 1763
July 23d. 1763 My old Friend 1 Your kind Letter I received, 2 and after an Interval occasioned by Commencement, am seated to return an Answer. I acknowledge the Justice…
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William Crawford to John Adams, July 4, 1763
Worcester July 4th 1763 My Friend I hope you enjoy mens sana in Corpore Sano: My Body for more than six months past has been in some degree more than…