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No. Author Recipient Title Date Context
1 Editorial Note The two documents which follow are virtually all that have survived pertinent to Adams’ early law...
2 Adams, John Adams’ Student Notes: Ca. 1758 ≈1758-01-01 Nunquam prospere succedunt Res humanae, ubi negliguntur divinae. Sex horas somno, totidem des...
3 Adams, John Adams’ Commonplace Book: Ca. 1759 ≈1759-01-01 Assumpsit. Sometimes signifies not only a Promise but an Actual Undertaking of the Business, an...
4 Editorial Note In common with most lawyers John Adams maintained a collection of pleading forms to help in...
5 Adams, John The Pleadings Book: 1771–1773 ≈1771-01-01 Case on a Bill of Lading vs. Master for not delivering the Plaintiff’s Goods freighted on Board...
6 Editorial Note This complex litigation, a landmark in the history of Martha’s Vineyard, arose out of an unhappy...
7 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Referees’ Hearing: Chilmark … ≈1765-08-01 Hovey . Justifies by Warrant. Generality. Turning Point, legality of Warrant. Void in itself....
8 Paine, Robert Treat Paine’s Minutes of the Referees’ Hearing: Chilmark … ≈1765-08-01 1762. 1762. June 1. C. Basset complains of Jerus ha Beth i a h junr. Lucinda Mahew and Mercy...
9 Editorial Note This case, an early instance of patriotic violence which disturbed Adams deeply, arose on the...
10 King, Richard King’s Petition to the General Court: 4 January 1768 1768-01-04 Province of the Massachusetts Bay To His Excellency the Governor The Hon orab le His Majestys...
11 King, Richard King’s Remonstrance: Richd. Kings Remonstrance to the … 1771-07-02 To The Honle. His Majesty’s Justices of the Supr. Court of Judicature Court of Assize &c. Now...
12 Adams, John Writ of Review—Stewart et al. v. King: Cumberland … ≈1774-06-01 To the Sheriff of our county of Cumberland his under-Sheriff or Deputy, Greeting. We command You...
13 Cushing, William Cushing’s Report of the Argument: Cumberland Superior … ≈1773-06-01 Richard King v. Jno. Stewart & al This was an action of trespass—and on motion of Mr. Bradbury...
14 King, Richard Burbank, Silas King to Silas Burbank, 31 May 1773 1773-05-31 I receved Yours of the 17th. Current, and a Second that appears to have ben wrote Since. In your...
15 Burbank, Silas Burbank’s Release: 28 June 1773 1773-06-28 Whereas Richard King Esq. hath released me from Gaol where I have been sometime confined by...
16 Burbank, Silas Deposition of Silas Burbank: 28 June 1773 1773-06-28 I Silas Burbanks of lawful age testify and say, that in the spring of the Year 1766, a few days...
17 Newbegin, John Deposition of John Newbegin: 19 January 1773 ≈1773-01-19 I John Newbegin of Lawful Age testify and say that the Evening of the 18th Day of March 1766...
18 Wingate, Jonathan Deposition of Jonathan Wingate: 16 June 1773 1773-06-16 I Jonathan Wingate of lawful age testify and say that about eight or ten days before Mr. Richard...
19 Stewart, John King, Richard Threatening Letter Sent to King: ca. April 1766 ≈1766-04-01 In Considiration whar of a number of the Suns of liburty have Shun a mordrit resment i.e....
20 King, Richard King’s Offer of Settlement: 27 May 1774 1774-05-27 Richard King To those Imediately Consirned in his action of review against them Depending &c. and...
21 Sayward, Jonathan Deposition of Jonathan Sayward: 29 June 1774 1774-06-29 Jonathan Sayward of York in Said County of York, Esqr. Testifys and Says that He very well knew...
22 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Review: Cumberland Superior … ≈1774-07-01 Scurlogging. 3 Stewarts defaulted. 3 Andrews appear. By the Sullivans. Bradbury . Silas Burbank ....
23 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams: Falmouth, 7 July 1774 1774-07-07 I am engaged in a famous Cause: The Cause of King, of Scarborough vs. a Mob, that broke into his...
24 Editorial Note This suit, as Adams noted in his diary, “arose from Ambition” and (apparently) from competition...
25 Adams, John Adams’ Diary: 4 April 1767 1767-04-04 Poor Nye of Sandwich, seems dejected. I should suspect by his Concern that Cotton gained Ground...
26 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Barnstable Inferior Court … ≈1767-04-01 Hovey . Certificate. Benja. Fessenden . Bassetts Shop. Lying Papers. Set their Names to it. D...
27 Paine, Robert Treat Paine’s Minutes of the Argument: Barnstable Inferior … ≈1767-04-01 Defendant It may be part of a great plan to get Representat ion over that Paper. It is true he...
28 Adams, John Adams’ Notes of Authorities: Barnstable Superior Court … ≈1767-05-01 4. Bac. 485. “All Words are actionable which import the Charge of such a Forgery, as is within...
29 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Argument: Barnstable Superior … ≈1767-05-01 Otis . Certificate of General Assembly. Law very much altered of late Times. To prevent Gothic...
30 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Evidence: Barnstable Superior … ≈1767-05-01 Certificate Mr. Fessenden. A Lye of his own making, and he had set their Names to it. Jennings....
31 Adams, John Adams’ Diary: 16 May 1767 1767-05-16 The Court was fixed in the Sandwich Case. Cotton is not only a Tory but a Relation of some of the...
32 Editorial Note In the spring of 1770 the schooner Hitty , John Burnam, master, sailed from her home port of...
33 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Essex Superior Court … ≈1771-06-01 Jno. Melzond . Was on board the Vessell with Captn. Burnam and Mr. Mugford. Burnam took an...
34 Editorial Note In the bitter verbal battling which rumbled beneath the physical violence of the...
35 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Suffolk Superior Court … ≈1769-03-01 News Paper. Jacobite Party. Kent . Odd that Edes and Gill should desire him to be of no Party....
36 Editorial Note This was an action brought by John Gray for injuries inflicted upon him by Lendall (or Lindall)...
37 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Suffolk Inferior Court … ≈1771-07-01 James Melvin . Saw Pitts push Gray off with one Hand and give him a stroke with his Stick. G. no...
38 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Suffolk Superior Court … ≈1771-12-01 J. Quincy . We had done nothing but what was justifiable by the Laws of our Country. J. Whitworth...
39 Editorial Note This action was the climax of a series of clashes between James Steel of Haverhill,...
40 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Review: Essex Superior Court … ≈1772-11-01 J ohn L owell . Receipt. Wm. Wingate. Serjeant. Mr. Webster. P orter said S teel owed him. Sued...
41 Wetmore, William Wetmore’s Minutes of the Review: Essex Superior Court … ≈1772-11-01 Porter and Steel. Case for money received and promise to pay it. Plea no promise. Proof. Produced...
42 Editorial Note In June 1765 at Boston, James Warden endorsed two bills of exchange drawn on a New York...
43 Adams, John Adams’ Report of the Argument: Suffolk Superior Court … ≈1766-08-01 On a Bill of Exchange, drawn on N. York, protested. Q. made was whether Bill on N. York was a...
44 Editorial Note This case throws some light on the conduct of business in Boston in the middle 1760’s, but it is...
45 Auchmuty, Robert Jr. Writ, Declaration and Return: Suffolk Inferior Court … 1766-09-12 To the Sheriff of our county of Suffolk his Undersheriff or Deputy Greeting. We command you to...
46 Fitch, Samuel Plea: Suffolk Inferior Court, Boston, July 1767 ≈1767-07-01 And the said James comes and defends &c., and saith that the said William hath not been damnified...
47 Auchmuty, Robert Jr. Special Demurrer and Joinder: Suffolk Inferior Court … ≈1767-07-01 And the said William says that the plea aforsaid pleaded by the said James in manner and form...
48 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Argument: Suffolk Superior Court … ≈1768-03-01 Covenant Broken. Plea. Special Demurrer. 1. 2. 3. 4. Joinder in Demurrer. Auchmuty. 2 Breaches...
49 Editorial Note On 22 November 1762, Jeremiah Lee, prominent Marblehead ship owner and merchant, obtained a...
50 Adams, John Adams’ Notes of Authorities: Essex Superior Court … ≈1769-06-01 Bac. 3. 599. Tit. Merchant. “Where a Policy is a perfect Cheat as where a Person, having certain...