Draft of a Letter on the Evils of Licensed Houses, 29 May 1760

Draft of a Letter on the Evils of Licensed Houses

Braintree, 29 May 1760. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 1:128–129. For the context of this draft and its three sequels, Jan.?–May? 1761, none apparently published at the time, see note in same, p. 129–130, and JA’s MS map of taverns, same, facing p. 65, with description and references at p. ix.

Printed: (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 1:128–129).

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Title: Draft of a Letter on the Evils of Licensed Houses, 29 May 1760
Author: Adams, John
Date: 29 May 1760

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Cite as: “Draft of a Letter on the Evils of Licensed Houses, 29 May 1760,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-01-02-0031. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 1, September 1755 – October 1773, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977, p. 45.]