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Papers of John Adams, Volume 1

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To Nathan Webb -

From my Chamber in Worcester Septr. 1st: 1755
The Favour you granted me on aug. ...

To Richard Cranch -

Worcester, Sept. 2, 1755
I promised to write you an account ...

To Nathan Webb, with Comments by the Writer Recorded in 1807 -

Worcester Octr: 12th: I believe, 1755
All that part of Creation that ...

Literary Commonplace Book -

[1756]
Harvard College(?) and Worcester, ...

To the Reverend Jacob Bailey -

Worcester Janry. I know not What Day 1756
I receiv'd your favour of Decr. 29. ...

To Charles Cushing -

Worcester April 1. 1756
I had the Pleasure, a few Days ...

To Richard Cranch -

August 29th 1756
I am set down with a Design of ...

To John Wentworth -

Worcester Sept. 1756
I brought a few Ideas with me when ...

To Richard Cranch -

Worcester Octr. 18th 1756
In my last you remember I desired ...

To Charles Cushing -

Worcester, Oct. 19th 1756
I look upon myself obliged to give ...

From Richard Cranch -

Braintree October 1756
Tho' I acknowledge that one ought ...

To John Wentworth -

Worcester April, 12th 1758
Te Deum &c., I have resigned my ...

To William Crawford -

[1758-10]
Printed: JA, Earliest Diary, p. ...

To Tristram Dalton -

[1758-10]
Printed: JA, Earliest Diary, p. ...

To John Wentworth -

October? 1758
I resume with Pleasure my long ...

To John Wentworth -

[1758-10]
Printed: JA, Earliest Diary, p. ...

To William Crawford -

[1758-11]
Printed: JA, Earliest Diary, p. 99. ...

To Samuel Quincy -

[1758-11]
Printed: JA, Earliest Diary, p. ...

To an Unidentified Correspondent -

[1758-12]
Printed: JA, Earliest Diary, p. ...

To Richard Cranch -

[1758-12]
Printed: JA, Earliest Diary, p. ...

Marginalia in John Winthrop's Lecture on Earthquakes -

[1758-12-05]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

To Josiah Quincy -

[1759-05-17]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

To Samuel Quincy -

[1759-07]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

From Jonathan Sewall -

Charlestown 29th. Sepr. 1759
My Absence from home for this Week ...

To Jonathan Sewall -

[1759-10]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

To Robert Treat Paine -

Braintree Decr. 6th. 1759
I was too much gratified with the ...

Will of Deacon John Adams, with Comments by His Son John -

Braintree and Boston, 8 January 1760 – 29 April 1774
In the Name of God Amen. The ...

From William Crawford -

Shrewsbury, January. 13th 1760
I am lately come from divine ...

From Jonathan Sewall -

Charlestown 13th. Feby. 1760
In my last, if I rightly remember, ...

To Jonathan Sewall -

Feb. 1760
I am very willing to join with ...

Draft of a Letter on the Evils of Licensed Houses -

[1760-05-29]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

To Jonathan Sewall -

Braintree, post 10 September 1760
You have perhaps expected from me ...

Draft of a Letter on the Succession to the Chief Justiceship -

[1760-11-05]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

To Samuel Holden Parsons -

Braintree December 5th. 1760
I presume upon the Merits of a ...

Draft of a Letter from an Old Man on the Evils of Licensed Houses -

[1761-01]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Draft of a New Year's Address to His Nieces -

[1761-01]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

To Peter Chardon -

[1761-01]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Draft of a Letter from an Old Man on the Evils of Licensed Houses -

[1761-03]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

To Samuel Quincy -

April 22d. 1761
Since you claim a Promise I will ...

Draft of a Letter to the Boston Gazette on the Evils of Licensed Houses -

[1761-05]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Inventory of Deacon John Adams' Estate -

Boston, 9 October 1761
A true Inventory of the Estate ...

Report of the Braintree Town Committee for the Sale of the South Common -

Braintree,1762 April 12th.
The Freeholders and other ...

Report of the Braintree Committee on the Proceeds of the Sale of the South Common -

Braintree, 19 May 1762
The Committee appointed to ...

Draft of a Letter to All Young Gentlemen on the Evils of Factionalism -

[1763-02]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Document Group: On Political Faction, Man's Nature, and the Law

I. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Evening-Post -

Bostun, the thurd of March 1763
Thes fue Lins cums to let you no, ...

II. To Jonathan Sewall -

Braintree, Spring 1763
For so I must call you, tho your ...

III. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Evening-Post -

20 June 1763
I Arnt book larnt enuff, to rite ...

IV. “U” to the Boston Gazette -

18 July 1763
Among the Votaries of Science, and ...

V. “U” to the Boston Gazette -

1 August 1763
Man, is distinguished from other ...

VI. “U” to the Boston Gazette -

29 August 1763
My worthy and ingenious friend, Mr. ...

VII. An Essay on Man's Lust for Power, with the Author's Comment in 1807 -

post 29 August 1763
My Brother J and my self have been ...

VIII. “U” to the Boston Gazette -

5 September 1763
It seems to be necessary for me, ...

IX. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Evening-Post -

5 September 1763
It is a pleasant Thing to see ones ...

From William Crawford -

Worcester July 4th 1763
I hope you enjoy mens sana in ...

To Zabdiel Adams -

July 23d. 1763
Your kind Letter I received, and ...

To Samuel Quincy -

[1764-01-02]
RC (MHi:Misc. Bound Coll.). John ...

From Jonathan Sewall -

Boston 15th. Feby. 1764
You may remember we had some ...

Report of the Braintree Committee for Repairing Highways -

Braintree,1764 May 21st.
The Committee appointed to ...

Report of the Braintree Town Committee to Lay Out the North Common -

Braintree,1765 April 1st.
The Committee who was directed to ...

Document Group: A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law

I. Fragmentary Notes for “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law” -

May–August 1765
Liberty, that has been compelled ...

II. Draft of “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law” -

August? 1765
“Ignorance and Inconsideration,” ...

III. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 1 -

Monday, 12 August 1765
“IGNORANCE and inconsideration are ...

IV. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 2 -

Monday, 19 August 1765
THUS accomplished were many of the ...

V. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 3 -

Monday, 30 September 1765
TO have holden their lands, ...

VI. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 4 -

Monday, 21 October 1765
WE have been afraid to think. We ...

On the Pillaging of Andrew Oliver's Home -

[1765-08-15]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Document Group: Instructions to Braintree's Representative concerning the Stamp Act

I. Adams' Original Draft -

Braintree, ante 24 September 1765
In all the Calamities, which have ...

II. Instructions Adopted by the Braintree Town Meeting -

Braintree1765 Septr. 24
The Freeholders and other ...

III. Instructions as Printed in the Massachusetts Gazette -

10 October 1765
We hear from Braintree that the ...

Report of the Braintree Committee for the Sale of the North Common -

Braintree,1765 Septr. 30
The Committee appointed by the ...

From Jonathan Sewall -

Charlestown 5th. Octr. 1765
The Bearers John Oliver and ...

Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Gazette -

Monday, October 14, 1765
I Han't rit nothing to be printed ...

From William Cooper -

[1765-12-18]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Notes on the Opening of the Courts -

19? December 1765
Common Law is common Right, 1. ...

Argument before Governor Bernard and the Council in Favor of Opening the Courts -

20 December 1765
Mr. Adams Innumerable are the ...

A Dissertation upon Office-Seekers -

[1765-12-26]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

From Joseph Palmer -

Germantown?y 1765
My known fondness for Agriculture ...

Document Group: Clarendon to William Pym

I. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym -

Monday, January 13, 1766
The revolution which one century ...

II. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym -

Monday, January 20, 1766
You and I have changed Sides. As I ...

III. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym -

Monday, January 27, 1766
You are pleased to charge the ...

From the Sons of Liberty -

Boston Febuary 5th 1766
You doubtless and every American ...

From Thomas Crafts Jr. -

Boston Feby 15th 1766Friday Night 10 OClock
Yesterday I wrote you a few Lines ...

Clarendon to the Boston Gazette -

Cockleboro', near Barnardston, N. E. 12th May 1766
Seeing a Piece in the New ...

Document Group: Replies to Philanthrop, Defender of Governor Bernard

I. To J Philanthrop -

ante 9 December 1766
I confess I was in Hopes, that ...

II. Humphrey Ploughjogger to Philanthrop -

ante 5 January 1767
As It is my Design to write a good ...

III. Humphrey Ploughjogger to Philanthrop -

Monday, January 5, 1767
Please to insert the following. ...

IV. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Gazette -

Monday, January 19, 1767
I Did flatter myself, as I had got ...

V. Misanthrop, No. 1 -

January 1767
“'Tho I sincerely wish the ...

VI. Misanthrop, No. 2 -

January 1767
During a Course of twenty Years, ...

VII. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -

Monday, January 26, 1767
Please to insert the following. ...

VIII. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, Some Fragments -

January 1767
I am Sorry to find Phylanthrop, ...

IX. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -

ante 2 February 1767
Govr. W. to Govr. B. ...

X. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -

Monday, February 9, 1767
You have my promise of another ...

XI. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -

Monday, February 16, 1767
If we go back as far as the reign ...

From Jonathan Sewall -

[1767-03-11]
Enclosed in a letter from JA to ...

Sui Juris to the Boston Gazette -

Monday, May 23, 1768
Not many Years ago, were ...

Committee of the Boston Sons of Liberty to John Wilkes -

Boston 6th June 1768
The friends of Liberty, Wilkes, ...

Instructions of Boston to its Representatives in the General Court -

17 June 1768
After the repeal of the late ...

Committee of the Boston Sons of Liberty to John Wilkes -

Boston Octr 5. 1768
Your very obliging favor we ...

Petition of the Boston Town Meeting to King George III -

[1769-04-04]
MS not found. Printed Boston ...

Draft Instructions of Boston to its Representatives in the General Court -

8 May 1769
You have, once more received, the ...

Boston Town Meeting Committee Report on Measures for the Vindication of the Town -

[1769-10-18]
MS (MB). Printed: Boston Record ...

Boston Town Meeting Committee to Dennys De Berdt -

Boston October 23d. 1769
In pursuance of the directions of ...

Boston Town Meeting Committee to Benjamin Franklin -

[1769-10-23]
Printed: Franklin, Papers, ...

Committee of the Boston Sons of Liberty to John Wilkes -

Boston Novr. 4. 1769
Many unforeseen engagements, and ...

Suffolk County Bar Book -

[1774-07-26]
MS book containing 138 numbered ...

Governor Winthrop to the Inhabitants of New England -

[1770-01]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

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Document Group: Calendar of John Adams' Service in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Address to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson Requesting the Return of the General Court to Boston -

[1770-06-07]
MS (M-Ar), in an unidentified hand. ...

Committee Report on the Reasons for not Proceeding to Business -

[1770-06-12]
MS not found. Printed: Mass., ...

Address to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson Seeking a Recess -

[1770-06-15]
MS not found. Printed: Mass., ...

Reply to a Speech of Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson -

[1770-07-31]
MS, fair copy, in the hand of ...

Committee Report on Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson's Speech -

[1770-09-28]
MS not found. Prepared by a ...

Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on his Speech to the General Court -

[1770-10-04]
MS not found. Printed: Mass., ...

Committee Report on Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson's Message -

[1770-10-05]
MS not found. Prepared by a ...

Committee Report on Naming a Day of Prayer and Humiliation -

[1770-10-17]
MS not found. Draft prepared by a ...

Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on the Command of Castle William -

[1770-10-23]
MS not found. Printed: Mass., ...

Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on the Style of Enacting Laws -

[1770-11-06]
MS not found. Printed: Mass., ...

Committee Report on the State of the Province -

[1770-11-16]
MS not found. Printed: Mass., ...

An Act for the Limitation of Personal Actions -

[1770-11-20]
MS, engrossed copy, signed by ...

Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on the Command of Castle William -

[1770-11-20]
MS not found. Printed: Mass., ...

Committee of Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin -

[1770-12-17]
RC (MeHi). Printed: Franklin, ...

Committee Report on the Petition of Gyles Merrill -

[1771-04-10]
MS not found. Prepared by a ...

A Bill for Granting Support to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson -

[1771-04-10]
MS (P.R.O.: Colonial Office, ...

To Catharine Macaulay -

[1770-08-09]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Draft of a Newspaper Communication -

[1770-08]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Boston Town Committee Report on a Society to Promote the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce -

[1770-09-29]
MS not found. At the Boston Town ...

To John Lowell? -

Decr. 15. 1770
Being generally Speaking a son of ...

Announcement of Changes of Address of John Adams' Law Office -

Boston, 22 April 1771
Notifies the Removal of his Office ...

From Catharine Macaulay -

London July 19. 1771
A very laborious attention to the ...

To William Whipple -

[1772-01-27]
Printed: Letters by Washington . . ...

Draft of a Newspaper Communication -

[1772-02-09]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

The Brace of Adamses -

[1772-02-09]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

From William Whipple -

[1772-02-13]
RC (Adams Papers); addressed: “To ...

Notes for an Oration at Braintree Concerning Government -

[1772-05-18]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

From Nathaniel Freeman -

[1772-10-04]
RC (MiU-C); addressed to John ...

To Catharine Macaulay -

[1772-12-31]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Document Group: On the Independence of the Judges

I. To the Boston Gazette -

Monday, January 11, 1773
GENERAL BRATTLE, by his rank, ...

II. To the Boston Gazette -

Monday, January 18, 1773
It has been said already, that the ...

III. William Brattle to the Boston Gazette -

Cambridge, January 18, 1773
As the lines of mens minds are as ...

IV. To the Boston Gazette -

Monday, January 25, 1773
Another observation which occurred ...

V. To the Boston Gazette -

Monday, February 1, 1773
The question is, in the present ...

VI. To the Boston Gazette -

Monday, February 8, 1773
Two or three anecdotes, were ...

VII. To the Boston Gazette -

Monday, February 15, 1773
We are now upon the commissions of ...

VIII. To the Boston Gazette -

Monday, February 22, 1773
In all General Brattle's ...

Document Group: The Constitutional Debate Between Thomas Hutchinson and the House of Representatives

I. Reply of the House to Hutchinson's First Message -

Martis, 26 Die Januarii, A.D. 1773, Post-Meridiem
Your Excellency's Speech to the ...

II. Samuel Adams to John Adams -

Monday Evg 22? February 1773
If you have had Leisure to commit ...

III. Reply of the House to Hutchinson's Second Message -

Martis, 2 Die Martii, A.D. 1773 Post-Meridiem
In your Speech at the Opening of ...

Petition to the General Court for Setting off “The Farms” From Dorchester to Braintree -

Braintree February 5th. 1773
To his Excellency Thomas ...

Petition to Have Boston Accept Pleasant Street -

[1773-05-05]
MS (MB). John Adams was among the ...

Elected Council Members Negatived by Governor Thomas Hutchinson -

[1773-05-26]
MS (M-Ar:vol. 50:449–450. Of the ...

From Joseph Hawley -

Northampton June 30th. 1773
The letter inclosed herewith ...

Chrispus Attucks to Thomas Hutchinson -

[1773-07-19]
Printed: JA, Diary and ...

Genealogical Note -

Boston August 7 1773
Mr Henry Adams before the year ...

From Catharine Macaulay -

London August 1773
I was very sorry to find by your ...

Adams Elected to Membership in Supporters of the Bill of Rights -

London Tavern, 21st. Sepr., 1773
In pursuance of a Resolution of ...

From Mercy Otis Warren -

Plimouth October 11 1773
To Mr. Adams ...

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