Adams Papers

To John Adams from Perez Morton, 19 January 1776

From Perez Morton

Council Chamber Jany 19th 1776

Sir

Agreable to the Direction of the inclosed Resolution, I am to acquaint you that by a joint Ballot of both Houses of Assembly for the Colony of Massachusetts Bay You are elected one of the Delegates to represent that Colony in American Congress untill the first Day of January AD 1777 And the enclosed Resolve you are to make the general Rule of your Conduct.

By order of the Genl. Court,

Perez Morton Dpy Secr

RC (Adams Papers); with enclosure, which is docketed: “a true Copy Attst Perez Morton Dpy Secr”; docketed by JA: “Morton 1776.”

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    Adams Papers
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    To John Adams from Perez Morton, 19 January 1776
    Authors
    Morton, Perez
    Massachusetts Provincial Congress
    Recipient
    Adams, John
    Date
    19 January 1776

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    “To John Adams from Perez Morton, 19 January 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-03-02-0208-0001. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 3, May 1775 – January 1776, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979, p. 407.]