Adams Papers

From John Adams to Josiah Quincy, 17 May 1759

To Josiah Quincy

Braintree, post 17 May 1759. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 1:113, from a draft of a letter perhaps not sent. On Col. Josiah Quincy (1710–1784) and JA’s early relations with him, see JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , index.

Printed (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 1:113).

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    Adams Papers
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    From John Adams to Josiah Quincy, 17 May 1759
    Author
    Adams, John
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    Quincy, Josiah
    Date
    17 May 1759

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    “From John Adams to Josiah Quincy, 17 May 1759,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-01-02-0022. [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. 28.]

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