1From John Adams to Roger Sherman, 20 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
4. To avoid the Evil, under the last head, it will be in danger of dividing the Continent, into two or three Nations, a Case that presents no Prospect but of perpetual War.:Foster Family Autograph Coll.); internal address: “The Hon. Roger Sherman”; endorsed: “Vice President’s / Letter July 20
2From John Adams to Roger Sherman, 22 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
...understand each others Language, and agree in the definitions of Terms, especially Words of Art. if We do not, our Intercourse with each other, will be a Series of political fraud. for Example. The Constitution, Art. 4. Sect. 4. Says “The United States Shall guarantee, to every State in this Union, a Republican form of Government.” in order to determine, what is the meaning of the Word...