61From John Adams to Daniel Hitchcock, 24 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
Yours of the Twenty Second is before me. You mention, the Delicacy of appointing, an Officer of...
62To John Adams from Thomas Mifflin, 5 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
Monsieur Weibert who was orderd by Congress to this Post has requested me to apply in his Behalf...
63To John Adams from Pelatiah Webster, 13 June 1776 (Adams Papers)
I Take this opportunity Just to advise You that if Your Congress will Appoint Capt. Job Prince...
64To John Adams from Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, 15 June 1776 (Adams Papers)
Jacta est Alea. We are passing the Rubicon and our Delegates in Congress on the first of July...
65To John Adams from William Cushing, 20 May 1776 (Adams Papers)
Amidst the trouble of our times, I have pleasure in the thought of your being on the bench and...
66To John Adams from Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, 20 May 1776 (Adams Papers)
I wrote You soon after I arrived here a Letter which I hope You received; but which you have not...
67To John Adams from Elisha Boudinot, 2 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
I must beg the Liberty of introducing to your acquaintance, Capt. Harry G. Livingston of New...
68I. Resolutions on Saltpeter and Powder Mills, 23 February 1776 (Adams Papers)
Resolved , That it be recommended to the several Assemblies, Conventions, Councils or Committees...
6910 July., 10 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
10 July. The congress resolved that the Committee of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, be empowered to...
70From John Adams to Samuel Cooper, 10 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
Your last Letter relates to a Subject of the last Importance, to America. The Continental...
71To John Adams from Nathanael Greene, 14 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
I received your Letter of the 22d. of June, if it was necessary for you to Apologise for not...
72To John Adams from Jeduthun Baldwin, 20 April 1776 (Adams Papers)
Soon after I came to this place I took the freedom to write you. I once more ask leave to inform...
73To John Adams from Thomas Edwards, 23 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
In the general Calamity of the times, I find there is little or no Business to be had unless...
74To John Adams from Samuel Cooper, 22 April 1776 (Adams Papers)
I wrote last Thursday Morning by the Post to our Friend Mr. S. Adams—to which I refer you on some...
75To John Adams from Benjamin Lincoln, 24 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
Mrs. Adams mentioned to me last evening that you wanted to know the state of our forts, the...
76To John Adams from James Warren, 7 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
Reading and writeing have for some time past been Interdicted on Account of the small Pox...
77To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 16 – 17 June 1776 (Adams Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform you that we have driven the Pirates out of this Harbour. The...
78P. Gamelin to Chabrand Delisle: A Translation, 8 June 1776 (Adams Papers)
Although I have been deprived of your fine letters, my wife has given me news of you and has...
79To John Adams from Benjamin Hichborn, 20 May 1776 (Adams Papers)
I have felt a degree of Criminality in my long Silence, which has given me many uneasy...
80To John Adams from Nathanael Greene, 26 May 1776 (Adams Papers)
The peculiar situation of American affairs renders it necessary to adopt every measure that will...
81From John Adams to John Thomas, 7 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
The Congress, have determined to send you to Canada. They have advanced you one Step, by making...
82III. Instructions to the Commissioners to Canada, 20 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
You are, with all convenient despatch, to repair to Canada, and make known to the people of that...
83To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 14 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
The 2 instant at night we began a cannonade and bombardment upon the Enemy, and continued it...
8416 July., 16 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
16 July. The congress resolved that the new positions of sergeant major, quartermaster sergeant,...
85From John Adams to Joseph Ward, 10 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
Yours of 1 July, came duly to Hand. The Establishment of the War Office as you observe has given...
8623 July., 23 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
23 July. The congress resolved, despite allegations, to allow Col. Lewis Dubois to proceed in...
87To John Adams from Nathaniel Barber Jr., 15 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
You being President of the board of War, I make bold to ask a favour of you. I have the care of...
88To John Adams from Horatio Gates, 23 April 1776 (Adams Papers)
Your Excellent Letter of the 23d: of March, and one by Mr. Dana, are now before me. How any...
89From John Adams to Henry Knox, 25 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
Your Favour of the 21. is before me. I agree that We ought to have an hundred more of Mortars,...
90To John Adams from Thomas McKean, 9 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
Yesterday I received a Letter from General Washington respecting the Baron de Calbiac, wherein he...