1John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
’s letter to Cotton Tufts, 23 June, above). That momentous question came up, as had been agreed, on Monday, 1 July, and Congress in a committee of the whole debated it and reported favorably on it; but “at the request of a colony” (South Carolina), the final determination was postponed until the 2d, when the delegates of... July, in ...from. For his part in the debates of 1–2 July as he...
2John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
But the Day is past. The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.—I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as... letters to his wife dated 3 July were apparently first printed (the ...to avow it”; but he gave no hint of how publication occurred.) On 4...
3[July [4]. 1776.] (Adams Papers)
July 4. 1776. Resolved that Dr. Franklin, Mr. J. Adams and Mr. Jefferson be a Committee to prepare a device for a Seal for the United States of America. and mistakenly placed between the last two paragraphs of the entry dated 1 July. The editors have placed it where
4John Adams to Mary Palmer, 5 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
There has been some confusion about the true date of this letter because an engraved facsimile of it was published a century ago with a dateline apparently reading “Philadelphia July 3:1776” (William Brotherhead, ...July, q.v. above, this change of date was probably an honest (though rather inexcusable) mistake, resulting from the engraver’s misreading (or merely clumsy rendering) of the date...
56 July., 6 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
6 July. The congress resolved that Carpenter Wharton be appointed commissary to the militia being sent from Pennsylvania to New Jersey; that William Sherman Jr. be named paymaster for Col. Seth Warner’s regiment; and that Maj. Robert Rogers... , 4th ser., 6:1108–1109).
6From John Adams to Joseph Reed, 7 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
Yesterday your Favour of the 4th. Instant was handed me by the Post. Am much obliged to you for it, and will give all the Attention I can to its Contents. Am not certain that I know the Gentleman whom you recommend by the..., 4:412–413; Christopher Ward,
7From John Adams to Samuel Chase, 9 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
to Chase, 1 July (above)., 3: 96–101, 194–201, 319–330, 438–446 [Nos. 1–4, 1879]; 4:89–98, 225–233, 361–372, [Nos. 1–3, 1880]).
8From John Adams to William Tudor, 10 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
: Tudor Papers); docketed: “July 10th. 1776.” 4 May
9John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
: Broadsides, under date of 19 July 1776.Gen. Charles Lee’s letter from Charleston, 2 July, was read in Congress on 19 July and an extract ordered printed (
10John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
This Mornings Post brought me yours of July 13 and 14 and has relieved me from an huge Load of Anxiety.—Am happy to hear that you are so comfortably situated, have so much agreable Company, and such fine Accommodations. I would very joyfully agree to...Since the Letters of July 3d. and 4th. which you say you have received, I have written to you of the following dates. Two Letters July 7.—July...