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John Adams to Boston Gazette, August 1, 1763
[ , Start insertion, 1 August 1763 , End, ] To the Printers. Man , is distinguished from other Animals, his Fellow-Inhabitants of this Planet, by a Capacity of acquiring…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, August 29, 1763
[ , Start insertion, 29 August 1763 , End, ] To the PRINTERS. My worthy and ingenious friend, Mr. J , having strutted and foamed his hour upon the stage…
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John Adams to Boston Gazette, September 5, 1763
[ , Start insertion, 5 September 1763 , End, ] Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer Jura neget sibi nata; nihil non arrogat Armis. Hor . 1 Rebuke the Spearmen, and the…
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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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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 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 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 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 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…
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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, 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…