From John Adams to John Wentworth, October 1758

To John Wentworth

Braintree, October? 1758. Printed: JA, Earliest Diary description begins The Earliest Diary of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1966. description ends , p. 64–65. It is difficult to believe that this draft or retained copy was copied off and sent to Wentworth, because its first paragraph announces the same momentous personal news announced in the opening paragraph of the letter preceding, which is known to have been sent to and received by Wentworth. It is possible that this letter and perhaps others drafted in JA’s Earliest Diary description begins The Earliest Diary of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1966. description ends were simply epistolary exercises, not intended to be sent in their present form.

Printed: (JA, Earliest Diary description begins The Earliest Diary of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1966. description ends , p. 64–65.)

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: From John Adams to John Wentworth, October 1758
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Wentworth, John
Date: October 1758

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Cite as: “From John Adams to John Wentworth, October 1758,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-01-02-0016. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 1, September 1755 – October 1773, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977, p. 27.]

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