Papers of John Adams, Volume 1
Document List
To Nathan Webb -
From my Chamber in Worcester Septr. 1st: 1755
To Richard Cranch -
Worcester, Sept. 2, 1755
To Nathan Webb, with Comments by the Writer Recorded in 1807 -
Worcester Octr: 12th: I believe, 1755
Literary Commonplace Book -
[1756]
To the Reverend Jacob Bailey -
Worcester Janry. I know not What Day 1756
To Charles Cushing -
Worcester April 1. 1756
To Richard Cranch -
August 29th 1756
To John Wentworth -
Worcester Sept. 1756
To Richard Cranch -
Worcester Octr. 18th 1756
To Charles Cushing -
Worcester, Oct. 19th 1756
From Richard Cranch -
Braintree October 1756
To John Wentworth -
Worcester April, 12th 1758
To William Crawford -
[1758-10]
To Tristram Dalton -
[1758-10]
To John Wentworth -
October? 1758
To John Wentworth -
[1758-10]
To William Crawford -
[1758-11]
To Samuel Quincy -
[1758-11]
To an Unidentified Correspondent -
[1758-12]
To Richard Cranch -
[1758-12]
Marginalia in John Winthrop's Lecture on Earthquakes -
[1758-12-05]
To Josiah Quincy -
[1759-05-17]
To Samuel Quincy -
[1759-07]
From Jonathan Sewall -
Charlestown 29th. Sepr. 1759
To Jonathan Sewall -
[1759-10]
To Robert Treat Paine -
Braintree Decr. 6th. 1759
Will of Deacon John Adams, with Comments by His Son John -
Braintree and Boston, 8 January 1760 – 29 April 1774
From William Crawford -
Shrewsbury, January. 13th 1760
From Jonathan Sewall -
Charlestown 13th. Feby. 1760
To Jonathan Sewall -
Feb. 1760
Draft of a Letter on the Evils of Licensed Houses -
[1760-05-29]
To Jonathan Sewall -
Braintree, post 10 September 1760
Draft of a Letter on the Succession to the Chief Justiceship -
[1760-11-05]
To Samuel Holden Parsons -
Braintree December 5th. 1760
Draft of a Letter from an Old Man on the Evils of Licensed Houses -
[1761-01]
Draft of a New Year's Address to His Nieces -
[1761-01]
To Peter Chardon -
[1761-01]
Draft of a Letter from an Old Man on the Evils of Licensed Houses -
[1761-03]
To Samuel Quincy -
April 22d. 1761
Draft of a Letter to the Boston Gazette on the Evils of Licensed Houses -
[1761-05]
Inventory of Deacon John Adams' Estate -
Boston, 9 October 1761
Report of the Braintree Town Committee for the Sale of the South Common -
Braintree,1762 April 12th.
Report of the Braintree Committee on the Proceeds of the Sale of the South Common -
Braintree, 19 May 1762
Draft of a Letter to All Young Gentlemen on the Evils of Factionalism -
[1763-02]
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
II. To Jonathan Sewall -
Braintree, Spring 1763
III. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Evening-Post -
20 June 1763
IV. “U” to the Boston Gazette -
18 July 1763
V. “U” to the Boston Gazette -
1 August 1763
VI. “U” to the Boston Gazette -
29 August 1763
VII. An Essay on Man's Lust for Power, with the Author's Comment in 1807 -
post 29 August 1763
VIII. “U” to the Boston Gazette -
5 September 1763
IX. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Evening-Post -
5 September 1763
From William Crawford -
Worcester July 4th 1763
To Zabdiel Adams -
July 23d. 1763
To Samuel Quincy -
[1764-01-02]
From Jonathan Sewall -
Boston 15th. Feby. 1764
Report of the Braintree Committee for Repairing Highways -
Braintree,1764 May 21st.
Report of the Braintree Town Committee to Lay Out the North Common -
Braintree,1765 April 1st.
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
II. Draft of “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law” -
August? 1765
III. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 1 -
Monday, 12 August 1765
IV. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 2 -
Monday, 19 August 1765
V. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 3 -
Monday, 30 September 1765
VI. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 4 -
Monday, 21 October 1765
On the Pillaging of Andrew Oliver's Home -
[1765-08-15]
Document Group:
Instructions to Braintree's Representative concerning the Stamp Act
I. Adams' Original Draft -
Braintree, ante 24 September 1765
II. Instructions Adopted by the Braintree Town Meeting -
Braintree1765 Septr. 24
III. Instructions as Printed in the Massachusetts Gazette -
10 October 1765
Report of the Braintree Committee for the Sale of the North Common -
Braintree,1765 Septr. 30
From Jonathan Sewall -
Charlestown 5th. Octr. 1765
Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Gazette -
Monday, October 14, 1765
From William Cooper -
[1765-12-18]
Notes on the Opening of the Courts -
19? December 1765
Argument before Governor Bernard and the Council in Favor of Opening the Courts -
20 December 1765
A Dissertation upon Office-Seekers -
[1765-12-26]
From Joseph Palmer -
Germantown?y 1765
Document Group:
Clarendon to William Pym
I. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym -
Monday, January 13, 1766
II. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym -
Monday, January 20, 1766
III. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym -
Monday, January 27, 1766
From the Sons of Liberty -
Boston Febuary 5th 1766
From Thomas Crafts Jr. -
Boston Feby 15th 1766Friday Night 10 OClock
Clarendon to the Boston Gazette -
Cockleboro', near Barnardston, N. E. 12th May 1766
Document Group:
Replies to Philanthrop, Defender of Governor Bernard
I. To J Philanthrop -
ante 9 December 1766
II. Humphrey Ploughjogger to Philanthrop -
ante 5 January 1767
III. Humphrey Ploughjogger to Philanthrop -
Monday, January 5, 1767
IV. Humphrey Ploughjogger to the Boston Gazette -
Monday, January 19, 1767
V. Misanthrop, No. 1 -
January 1767
VI. Misanthrop, No. 2 -
January 1767
VII. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -
Monday, January 26, 1767
VIII. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, Some Fragments -
January 1767
IX. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -
ante 2 February 1767
X. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -
Monday, February 9, 1767
XI. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford -
Monday, February 16, 1767
From Jonathan Sewall -
[1767-03-11]
Sui Juris to the Boston Gazette -
Monday, May 23, 1768
Committee of the Boston Sons of Liberty to John Wilkes -
Boston 6th June 1768
Instructions of Boston to its Representatives in the General Court -
17 June 1768
Committee of the Boston Sons of Liberty to John Wilkes -
Boston Octr 5. 1768
Petition of the Boston Town Meeting to King George III -
[1769-04-04]
Draft Instructions of Boston to its Representatives in the General Court -
8 May 1769
Boston Town Meeting Committee Report on Measures for the Vindication of the Town -
[1769-10-18]
Boston Town Meeting Committee to Dennys De Berdt -
Boston October 23d. 1769
Boston Town Meeting Committee to Benjamin Franklin -
[1769-10-23]
Committee of the Boston Sons of Liberty to John Wilkes -
Boston Novr. 4. 1769
Suffolk County Bar Book -
[1774-07-26]
Governor Winthrop to the Inhabitants of New England -
[1770-01]
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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]
Committee Report on the Reasons for not Proceeding to Business -
[1770-06-12]
Address to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson Seeking a Recess -
[1770-06-15]
Reply to a Speech of Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson -
[1770-07-31]
Committee Report on Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson's Speech -
[1770-09-28]
Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on his Speech to the General Court -
[1770-10-04]
Committee Report on Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson's Message -
[1770-10-05]
Committee Report on Naming a Day of Prayer and Humiliation -
[1770-10-17]
Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on the Command of Castle William -
[1770-10-23]
Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on the Style of Enacting Laws -
[1770-11-06]
Committee Report on the State of the Province -
[1770-11-16]
An Act for the Limitation of Personal Actions -
[1770-11-20]
Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on the Command of Castle William -
[1770-11-20]
Committee of Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin -
[1770-12-17]
Committee Report on the Petition of Gyles Merrill -
[1771-04-10]
A Bill for Granting Support to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson -
[1771-04-10]
To Catharine Macaulay -
[1770-08-09]
Draft of a Newspaper Communication -
[1770-08]
Boston Town Committee Report on a Society to Promote the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce -
[1770-09-29]
To John Lowell? -
Decr. 15. 1770
Announcement of Changes of Address of John Adams' Law Office -
Boston, 22 April 1771
From Catharine Macaulay -
London July 19. 1771
To William Whipple -
[1772-01-27]
Draft of a Newspaper Communication -
[1772-02-09]
The Brace of Adamses -
[1772-02-09]
From William Whipple -
[1772-02-13]
Notes for an Oration at Braintree Concerning Government -
[1772-05-18]
From Nathaniel Freeman -
[1772-10-04]
To Catharine Macaulay -
[1772-12-31]
Document Group:
On the Independence of the Judges
I. To the Boston Gazette -
Monday, January 11, 1773
II. To the Boston Gazette -
Monday, January 18, 1773
III. William Brattle to the Boston Gazette -
Cambridge, January 18, 1773
IV. To the Boston Gazette -
Monday, January 25, 1773
V. To the Boston Gazette -
Monday, February 1, 1773
VI. To the Boston Gazette -
Monday, February 8, 1773
VII. To the Boston Gazette -
Monday, February 15, 1773
VIII. To the Boston Gazette -
Monday, February 22, 1773
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
II. Samuel Adams to John Adams -
Monday Evg 22? February 1773
III. Reply of the House to Hutchinson's Second Message -
Martis, 2 Die Martii, A.D. 1773 Post-Meridiem
Petition to the General Court for Setting off “The Farms” From Dorchester to Braintree -
Braintree February 5th. 1773
Petition to Have Boston Accept Pleasant Street -
[1773-05-05]
Elected Council Members Negatived by Governor Thomas Hutchinson -
[1773-05-26]
From Joseph Hawley -
Northampton June 30th. 1773
Chrispus Attucks to Thomas Hutchinson -
[1773-07-19]
Genealogical Note -
Boston August 7 1773
From Catharine Macaulay -
London August 1773
Adams Elected to Membership in Supporters of the Bill of Rights -
London Tavern, 21st. Sepr., 1773
From Mercy Otis Warren -
Plimouth October 11 1773