WE have been afraid to think. We have felt a reluctance to examining into the grounds of our...
32From John Adams to Samuel Quincy, 2 January 1764 (Adams Papers)
Braintree2 January 1764. RC ( MHi :Misc. Bound Coll.). John Adams requests “Brother Quincy” to...
Notifies the Removal of his Office to a Room in Queen-Street, in the House of Mr. John Gill,...
34The Brace of Adamses, 9 February 1772 (Adams Papers)
9 February 1772. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed....
35From John Adams to John Wentworth, October 1758 (Adams Papers)
I resume with Pleasure my long neglected Pen upon this opportunity by Mr. Belcher to inform you...
36From John Adams to William Whipple, 27 January 1772 (Adams Papers)
Boston, 27 January 1772. Printed: Letters by Washington . . . and Others ... to John Langdon ,...
Braintree, 2 March – 18 May 1772.. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography...
38From John Adams to William Crawford, October – November 1758 (Adams Papers)
Braintree, October–November? 1758. Printed: JA, Earliest Diary The Earliest Diary of John Adams ,...
39Marginalia in John Winthrop’s Lecture on Earthquakes, 5 December 1758; 12 March 1761 (Adams Papers)
Braintree, 5 December 1758?, 12 March 1761. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and...
My Brother J and my self have been very liberal of our Promises to the Publick and very Sparing...
41Argument before Governor Bernard and the Council in Favor of Opening the Courts, 20 December 1765 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Adams Innumerable are the Calamities which flow from an Interruption of Justice. Necessity...
42From John Adams to Catharine Macaulay, 31 December 1772 (Adams Papers)
Boston31 December 1772. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
Braintree October–December? 1758. Printed: JA, Earliest Diary The Earliest Diary of John Adams ,...
44From John Adams to Samuel Quincy, July 1759 (Adams Papers)
Braintree, July? 1759. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams...
45From John Adams to Jonathan Sewall, October 1759 (Adams Papers)
Braintree, October 1759. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
46Draft of a Letter on the Evils of Licensed Houses, 29 May 1760 (Adams Papers)
Braintree, 29 May 1760. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
Braintree 5 November 1760. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
Braintree, January? 1761. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
49I. To the Boston Gazette, 11 January 1773 (Adams Papers)
GENERAL BRATTLE, by his rank, station and character, is intituled to politeness and respect, even...
50From John Adams to Richard Cranch, 2 September 1755 (Adams Papers)
I promised to write you an account of the scituation of my mind. The natural strength of my...
51From John Adams to Peter Chardon, January 1761 (Adams Papers)
Braintree, January? 1761. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
52Literary Commonplace Book, 1755 – 1756 (Adams Papers)
Harvard College(?) and Worcester, mainly compiled in 1755–1756 , with some possibly earlier...
53From John Adams to Samuel Quincy, 22 April 1761 (Adams Papers)
Since you claim a Promise I will perform as well as I can. The Letter so long talked of, is but a...
54I. Fragmentary Notes for “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law”, May – August 1765 (Adams Papers)
Liberty, that has been compelled to skulk about in Corners of the Earth, and been everlastingly...
55V. To the Boston Gazette, 1 February 1773 (Adams Papers)
One Thing at one Time . De Witt. The question is, in the present state of the controversy,...
56From John Adams to Charles Cushing, 3 April 1756 (Adams Papers)
I had the Pleasure, a few Days since, of receiving your favour of February 4th. I am obliged to...
57From John Adams to Charles Cushing, 19 October 1756 (Adams Papers)
I look upon myself obliged to give you the reasons that induced me to resolve upon the study and...
“IGNORANCE and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.” This is an...
59VII. To the Boston Gazette, 15 February 1773 (Adams Papers)
We are now upon the commissions of our own Judges, and we ought to examine well the tenure by...
60Draft of a Newspaper Communication, August 1770 (Adams Papers)
August? 1770. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L....