From John Adams to Joseph Chaplain, 2 June 1798
To a Number of respectable Citizens of Washington County.
Philadelphia June 2d 1798
Gentlemen
<Your> I thank you for the Resolutions you adopted at Hagerstown the first of May, which have been presented to me by Mr Baer, your Representative in Congress, to support your Constitution, Government and Independence against every Attack.
John Adams
MHi: Adams Papers.