1201III. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Evening-Post, 20 June 1763 (Adams Papers)
I Arnt book larnt enuff, to rite so polytly, as the great gentlefolks, that rite in the...
1202Address to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson Seeking a Recess, 15 June 1770 (Adams Papers)
15 June 1770. MS not found. Printed: Mass., House Jour. Journals of the House of Representatives...
1203Committee Report on the Reasons for not Proceeding to Business, 12 June 1770 (Adams Papers)
12 June 1770. MS not found. Printed: Mass., House Jour. Journals of the House of Representatives...
1204Report of the Braintree Town Committee for the Sale of the South Common, 12 April 1762 (Adams Papers)
The Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Braintree Qualifyed by Law to vote in Town...
28 September 1770. MS not found. Prepared by a committee appointed 27 September, composed of...
1206From John Adams to the Freeholders and Other Inhabitants of the Towns and Districts of Massachusetts Bay, 10 December … (Adams Papers)
Cambridge,10 December 1774. printed : Mass. Provincial Congress, Jours. William Lincoln, ed., The...
1207Boston Town Meeting Committee to Dennys De Berdt, 23 October 1769 (Adams Papers)
In pursuance of the directions of the Town of Boston we have the honor to transmit you a Pamphlet...
1208VII. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, 26 January 1767 (Adams Papers)
Please to insert the following. We have often congratulated each other, with high satisfaction,...
1209XI. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, 16 February 1767 (Adams Papers)
If we go back as far as the reign of Elizabeth, we find her, on one occasion, infringing on this...
1210Governor Winthrop to the Inhabitants of New England, January 1770 (Adams Papers)
Boston, January? 1770. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams...
1211January the 14th. 1756. (Adams Papers)
At Worcester. A very rainy Day. Kept school in the forenoon; but not in the afternoon, because of...
1212[October 1760] (Adams Papers)
Waited on Mr. Gridley for his Opinion of my Declaration Lambard v. Tirrell, and for his Advice,...
1213[October 1769] (Adams Papers)
Last night I spent the Evening, at the House of John Williams Esqr. the Revenue officer, in...
1214Saturday Jany. 11th. 1766. (Adams Papers)
A Rain. In one particular, I must confess the Americans have not acted with their usual Acuteness...
121527 Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 lines, in Virgil. Wrote a little in Bolingbroke at noon and a little...
1216Sunday [2 March]. (Adams Papers)
Heard Mr. Wibirt.
1217Tuesday. June 17th. (Adams Papers)
Arose before the sun again. This is the last day. What, and who to day? Ebenezer Hayden was...
1218John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 1772 (Adams Papers)
I take an opportunity by Mr. Kent, to let you know that I am at Plymouth, and pretty well. Shall...
121931 Saturday. (Adams Papers)
A rainy forenoon. Dined at Mr. Paines. A fair after noon . The Nature and Essence of the material...
1220July 6th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Heard Mr. Mayhew of Martha’s Vineyard.
1221Adams’ Diary Notes on the Right of Juries: 1771. Feby. 12. (Adams Papers)
At a Time, when the Barriers against Popery, erected by our Ancestors, are suffered to be...
1222Report of the Committee on Ways and Means, 9 August 1774 (Adams Papers)
9 August 1774. Report of the Committee on Ways and Means. No Dft found. printed : Boston Record...
This House having duly consider’d and being deeply affected with the unhappy Differences which...
1224Reply to a Speech of Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson, 31 July 1770 (Adams Papers)
31 July 1770. MS , fair copy, in the hand of Samuel Adams ( MB ). Printed: Mass., House Jour....
1225III. Reply of the House to Hutchinson’s Second Message, 2 March 1773 (Adams Papers)
In your Speech at the Opening of the present Session, your Excellency express’d your Displeasure...
1226VI. Misanthrop, No. 2, January 1767 (Adams Papers)
During a Course of twenty Years, it has been the constant Amusement of my Life, to examine, the...
1227I. Report of the Braintree Committee on the Continental Association, 15 March 1775 (Adams Papers)
The Committee appointed the Sixth of March Inst. to prepare a Covenant agreeable to the...
1228VI. To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, 27 February 1775 (Adams Papers)
Such events as the resistance to the stamp act, and to the tea act, particularly the destruction...
1229IX. To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, 27 March 1775 (Adams Papers)
Massachusettensis, in some of his writings has advanced, that our allegiance is due to the...
1230I. To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, 23 January 1775 (Adams Papers)
A Writer, under the signature of Massachusettensis, has addressed you, in a series of papers, on...
1231V. To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, 20 February 1775 (Adams Papers)
We are at length arrived at the paper, on which I made a few strictures, some weeks ago: these I...
1232VIII. (cont.). To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, 20 March 1775 (Adams Papers)
Wales was a little portion of the island of Great-Britain, which the Saxons were never able to...
1233XII. To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, 17 April 1775 (Adams Papers)
We now come to Jersey and Guernsey, which Massachusettensis says “are no part of the realm of...
1234I. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Evening-Post, 3 March 1763 (Adams Papers)
Thes fue Lins cums to let you no, that I am very wel at prisent, thank God for it, hoping that...
1235Committee Report on Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson’s Message, 5 October 1770 (Adams Papers)
5 October 1770. MS not found. Prepared by a committee appointed and reporting 5 October, composed...
1236III. Instructions as Printed in the Massachusetts Gazette, 10 October 1765 (Adams Papers)
We hear from Braintree that the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of that Town, legally assembled...
1237II. Instructions Adopted by the Braintree Town Meeting, 24 September 1765 (Adams Papers)
The Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Braintree Qualifyd to vote in Town affairs...
1238Adams’ Copy of the Information and Draft of His Argument: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, October 1768–March 1769 (Adams Papers)
Prov. &c. Before the Honorable Robert Auchmuty Esqr. Be it remembered, that on the 29 day of...
1239Sui Juris to the Boston Gazette, 23 May 1768 (Adams Papers)
Not many Years ago, were transmitted to the Public, thro’ the Channel of the Boston-Gazette, a...
1240IV. “U” to the Boston Gazette, 18 July 1763 (Adams Papers)
Among the Votaries of Science, and the numerous Competitors for literary Fame, Choice and...
1241Address to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson Requesting the Return of the General Court to Boston, 7 June 1770 (Adams Papers)
7 June 1770. MS ( M-Ar ), in an unidentified hand. Printed: Mass., House Jour. Journals of the...
1242Report Relative to Assuming Civil Government, 10 December 1774 (Adams Papers)
Cambridge,10 December 1774. printed : Mass. Provincial Congress, Jours. William Lincoln, ed., The...
1243Boston Town Committee Report on a Society to Promote the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, 29 September … (Adams Papers)
Boston, 29 September 1770. MS not found. At the Boston Town Meeting of 20 Sept., JA was named to...
1244Committee Report on the State of the Province, 16 November 1770 (Adams Papers)
16 November 1770. MS not found. Printed: Mass., House Jour. Journals of the House of...
12453 Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Dind at the Colonels. Lodged at Put nam’s .
12461773. July [19 or 26.] Monday. (Adams Papers)
You will hear from Us with Astonishment. You ought to hear from Us with Horror. You are...
1247Chrispus Attucks to Thomas Hutchinson, 19 July 1773; 26 July 1773 (Adams Papers)
Boston, 19 or 26 July 1773. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
1248Boston Town Meeting Committee to Benjamin Franklin, 23 October 1769 (Adams Papers)
Printed: Franklin, Papers The Papers of Benjamin Franklin , ed. Leonard W. Labaree, William B....
1249Clarendon to the Boston Gazette, 12 May 1766 (Adams Papers)
Seeing a Piece in the New Hampshire Gazette of last Friday, mentioning the Composition that was...
1250III. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym, 27 January 1766 (Adams Papers)
You are pleased to charge the Colonists with ignorance of the British constitution—But let me...