Adams Papers

To John Adams from Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, 15 June 1776

From Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant

Burln. 15. June 1776

Dear Sir

Jacta est Alea.1 We are passing the Rubicon and our Delegates in Congress on the first of July will vote plump.2 The Bearer is a staunch Whigg and will answer any Questions You may need to ask. Have been very busy here and have stole a Minute from Business to write this. In haste Yours,

Jona D Sergeant

RC (Adams Papers); docketed: “J.D. Sergeant. June 15. 1776.”

1. The die is cast.

2. On 22 June the Third Provincial Congress of New Jersey instructed its delegates to the Continental Congress to support, if necessary, any move toward independence (Force, Archives description begins [Peter Force, ed.,] American Archives: Consisting of a Collection of Authentick Records, State Papers, Debates, and Letters and Other Notices of Publick Affairs, Washington, 1837–1853; 9 vols. description ends , 4th ser., 6:1628–1629).

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    To John Adams from Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, 15 June 1776
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    Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson
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    Adams, John
    Date
    15 June 1776

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    “To John Adams from Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, 15 June 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-04-02-0122. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 4, February–August 1776, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979, p. 316.]

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