To John Adams from Barnabas Deane, 10 February 1778

From Barnabas Deane

Boston. 10 February 1778. printed (virtually verbatim): JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 2:272. Deane recommended his nephew Jesse, the only son of Silas Deane, to JA’s care for the trip abroad. He cautioned against allowing the boy to associate “with the Common hands on board” lest he form bad habits.

printed (virtually verbatim): (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 2:272).

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: To John Adams from Barnabas Deane, 10 February 1778
Author: Deane, Barnabas
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 10 February 1778

Reference

Cite as: “To John Adams from Barnabas Deane, 10 February 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-05-02-0251. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 5, August 1776 – March 1778, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 407.]