1Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
This suit, as Adams noted in his diary, “arose from Ambition” and (apparently) from competition...
2Adams’ Diary: 4 April 1767 (Adams Papers)
Poor Nye of Sandwich, seems dejected. I should suspect by his Concern that Cotton gained Ground...
Hovey . Certificate. Benja. Fessenden . Bassetts Shop. Lying Papers. Set their Names to it. D...
Defendant It may be part of a great plan to get Representat ion over that Paper. It is true he...
5Adams’ Notes of Authorities: Barnstable Superior Court, May 1767 (Adams Papers)
4. Bac. 485. “All Words are actionable which import the Charge of such a Forgery, as is within...
Otis . Certificate of General Assembly. Law very much altered of late Times. To prevent Gothic...
Certificate Mr. Fessenden. A Lye of his own making, and he had set their Names to it. Jennings....
8Adams’ Diary: 16 May 1767 (Adams Papers)
The Court was fixed in the Sandwich Case. Cotton is not only a Tory but a Relation of some of the...