Papers of John Adams, Volume 3
Document List
To Joseph Palmer -
HartfordMay 2, 1775
From Edward Dilly -
London May 3d 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown May 7th: 1775
John Adams' Service in the Continental Congress -
Draft Resolution Appointing a Fast-Day -
ante 12June 75
From Joseph Warren -
Cambridge May. 20th. 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia May 21. 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia May 26. 1775
To John Winthrop -
Phyladelphia May 29. 1775
From Philopattria -
Eastown,June 1st: 1775
From Alexander McDougall -
New York June 5th 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia June 7. 1775
From Unknown -
Fredericksburg June 9th 1775
To Moses Gill -
Phyladelphia June 10. 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia June 10. 1775
To Elbridge Gerry -
Phyladelphia ante 11June 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown June 11. 1775
To Elbridge Gerry -
Philadelphia, 18 June, 1775
From Joseph Palmer -
Cambridge, 19th June 1775
To George Washington -
Phyladelphia 19 or 20 June 1775
To Joseph Palmer -
Phyladelphia June 20th. 1775
To William Tudor -
Phyladelphia June 20th. 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia June 20. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown June 20. 1775
Elbridge Gerry to the Massachusetts Delegates -
Watertown June 20th 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia June 21. 1775
To Joseph Warren -
Phyladelphia June 21. 1775
From John Winthrop -
21 June 1775
The Massachusetts Delegates to George Washington -
Phyladelphia June 22. 1775
From William Tudor -
26 June 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia June 27. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown June 27. 1775
From Moses Gill -
Spencer July 1 1775
To Joseph Palmer -
Philadelphia, June i.e. July 5, 1775
From Mercy Otis Warren -
Watertown July 5 1775
To William Tudor -
Phyladelphia July 6. 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia June i.e. July 6th. 1775
To James Warren -
Phyladelphia June i.e. July 6th. 1775
From William Tudor -
Cambridge July 6th 1775
From Jonathan Williams Austin -
Camp Cambridge July 7th: 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown July 7th. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia July 10th. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia July 11th: 1775
From Edward Dilly -
London July 11th 1775
From Josiah Quincy -
July 11. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown July 11. 1775
From Nathan Rice -
Camp in Dorchester July 14th 1775
From William Tudor -
Cambridge 19th. July. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown July 20. 1775
To William Tudor -
July 23. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia July 23d. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia, July 24th, 1775
From Samuel Chase -
Harford Town Monday afternoon24 July 1775
The Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Massachusetts delegates -
[1775-07-25]
The Committee of Safety's Account of The Battle of Bunker Hill -
Watertown 25th. July 1775
To James Warren -
July 26. 1775
To James Warren -
July 26. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia July 27. 1775
To William Tudor -
July 28 75
To Josiah Quincy -
Philadelphia. July 29th. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia July 30th. 1775
From William Tudor -
Head Quarters at Cambridge July 31st. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown July 31 1775
From Thomas Young -
Philadelphia 2nd August 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Augt:9th:1775
Document Group:
John Adams' Service in the Council
Report of Council Committee Regarding Governor Hutchinson's Letters -
19 August 1775
John Thomas to James Warren -
Camp at Roxbury Augt. 11. 1775
Enclosure Group:
Joseph Frye to John Adams, with an Account of Frye's Military Services
From Joseph Frye -
Roxbury Camp Augt. 25th 1775
[enclosure] Enclosure: Account of the Military Services of Joseph Frye -
[1775-08-25]
From James Prescott -
Watertown Aut 25. 1775
From William Prescott -
Camp at Cambridge August 25. 1775
To Mercy Otis Warren -
Saturday Evening Braintree 26 Aug. 1775
From William Tudor -
Aug.? 1775
From Mercy Otis Warren -
Watertown September 4. 1775
John Adams' Commission as Justice of the Peace in Suffolk County -
Watertown, 6 September 1775.
From James Warren -
Watertown Sepr 11th 1775
Document Group:
John Adams' Service in the Continental Congress
I. Resolutions of the Congress on Intercepting British Vessels -
Thursday, October 5, 1775
II. Committee Report on Gunpowder Sent to the Northern Army -
post 16 Oct. 1775
III. Form Letter Requesting Information on British Depredations -
Philadelphia, 19 Oct. 1775
IV. Resolution of the Congress on New Hampshire Government -
3 November 1775
V. Naval Committee to Silas Deane -
Philadelphia November the 7th 1775
VI. Committee Report on Petition from Nova Scotia -
ante 9 Nov. 1775
VII. Naval Committee to Dudley Saltonstall -
Philadelphia Nov. 27th. 1775
VIII. Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies -
28 November–December 1775
IX. Committee Assignments -
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Septr. 17. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Septr. 19 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Sepr 19th: 1775
From Josiah Quincy -
Sept: 22d: 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Septr. 26. 1775
To Mercy Otis Warren -
Philadelphia Septr. 26. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Septr. 28. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Septr. 30. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia, 30 September 1775.
From William Tudor -
Cambridge 30th. Sepr. 1775
To William Tudor -
Philadelphia Octr. 1. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Octr. 1. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Oct. 1. 1775
To William Sever -
Philadelphia Octr. 2. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Octr. 2. 1775
To John Winthrop -
Philadelphia Octr. 2. 1775
To William Heath -
Philadelphia Octr. 5th. 1775
From Charles Lee -
Camp Oct'r the 5th 1775
To Josiah Quincy -
Octr. 6. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Octr. 7th. 1775
To James Warren -
October the 8. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Octr. 10th. 1775
To William Tudor -
Octr. 12. 1775
Enclosure Group:
John Adams to James Warren, with a Proposal Regarding the Procurement of Powder
To James Warren -
Octr. 12. 1775
[enclosure] Enclosure: A Proposal Regarding the Procurement of Powder -
[1775-10-12]
From James Warren -
Watertown Octr. 12. 1775
From Mercy Otis Warren -
Watertown October 12 1775
To Charles Lee -
Philadelphia Octr. 13. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 13. 1775
From The Intelligencer -
N. York Octbr. 16th 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 18. 1775
From The Intelligencer -
New York Wednesday Evening 18th Octbr. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 19. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 19th. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 19. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 20. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 20. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Octr. 20th: 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 21. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 21. 1775
From Nathan Rice -
Camp in Cambridge Octr. 21t. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 24. i.e. 23 1775
From William Heath -
Camp at Cambridge Octr. 23rd: 1775
From Samuel Osgood Jr. -
23 Oct. 1775
From Artemas Ward -
Roxbury Camp October 23. 1775
From Joseph Ward -
Camp at Roxbury 23 Octr. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 24. 1775
From John Thomas -
Roxbury Camp Octor. 24th. 1775
The General Court to the Massachusetts Delegates -
24 Oct. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 25th. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 25th. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr: 25th: 1775
Enclosure Group:
William Gordon to John Adams, with a letter from Lemuel Hayward to William Gordon
From William Gordon -
Jamaica Plain Octr 25. 75
[enclosure] Enclosure: Lemuel Hayward to William Gordon -
Tuesday Evening 24 Oct.
From James Otis Sr. -
Watertown October 25th 1775
From Josiah Quincy -
Octr: 25th: 1775
From William Tudor -
Cambridge 25th. Octr. 1775
From John Winthrop -
Watertown Octr. 25. 1775
From Henry Knox -
Cambridge Oct 26 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 28. 1775
From Benjamin Hichborn -
Cambridge 28 Octr: 1775
Enclosure Group:
Perez Morton to John Adams, with a List of Superior Court Justices
From Perez Morton -
Council Chamber, Watertown Octo. 28th. 1775
[enclosure] Enclosure: List of Superior Court Justices -
[1775-10-28]
From William Tudor -
Cambridge Octr. 28th. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Octr. 28th: 1775
To Mercy Otis Warren -
Octr. 31. 1775
From Joseph Palmer -
Watertown, October 31st. 1775
To James Warren -
Octr. 1775
From Mercy Otis Warren -
Watertown October 1775
From Lemuel Hayward -
Roxbury St Thomas's Hospital Novr 1 1775
From John Thomas -
Camp at Roxbury Novr. 1. 1775
From Samuel Osgood Jr. -
Camp at Roxbury Novr. 4th. 1775
From Joseph Ward -
Camp at Roxbury 4 Nov. 1775
To Elbridge Gerry -
Philadelphia November 5. 1775
To John Trumbull -
Novr 5. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Novr 5th:1775
From Samuel Cooper -
Waltham Novr. 6. 1775
John Adams' Commission as Justice of the Peace in Massachusetts Counties -
Watertown, 8 November 1775
To Henry Knox -
Philadelphia Novr 11. 1775.
From Elbridge Gerry -
Water Town Novr 11. 1775
The Council to the Massachusetts Delegates -
Watertown Novr. 11th. 1775
Credentials of the Massachusetts Delegates to the Continental Congress -
Watertown, 11 November 1775
To John Thomas -
Philadelphia Novr. 13th 1775
To Samuel Osgood Jr. -
Novr: 14. 1775
To William Tudor -
Novr. 14. 1775
To Joseph Ward -
Philadelphia, November 14, 1775
From Joseph Hawley, with Notation by John Adams -
Brookfield Novr 14th. 1775
From John Trumbull -
New Haven Novr, 14th 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Nov 14th: 1775
To Richard Henry Lee -
Philadelphia Novr. 15th 1775
To Samuel Osgood Jr. -
Novr. 15. 1775
From Samuel Chase -
Baltimore Town. Nov. 16th. 1775
From Charles Lee -
Camp Nov'r the 19th 1775
To James Otis Sr. -
Philadelphia Novr. 23. 1775
To Perez Morton -
Philadelphia Novr. 24. 1775
To Joseph Hawley -
Philadelphia Novr. 25. 1775
To Mercy Otis Warren -
Philadelphia Novr. 25. 1775
From Samuel Chase -
Pheasant Hall. Fred. Coty. Maryland Nov. 25. 1775. Saturday
From Benjamin Hichborn -
Cambridge Saturday Eveng. Novr. 25 1775
From Samuel Osgood Jr. -
Camp at Roxbury Novr. 30th. 1775
Enclosure Group:
Lemuel Robinson to John Adams, with an Endororsement for Lemuel Robinson from the Committee of Safety
From Lemuel Robinson -
30 Nov. 1775
[enclosure] Enclosure: Endororsement for Lemuel Robinson from the Committee of Safety -
Watertown, Novem. 30th 1775
From Joseph Palmer -
Watertown, Decemr. 2d. 1775
To James Warren -
Philadelphia Decr. 3. 1775
From William Tudor -
Head Quarters. Cambridge 3d. Decr. 1775
From Joseph Ward -
Camp at Roxbury 3 Decr. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Decr. 3. 1775
From Elbridge Gerry -
Water Town Decr. 4. 1775
From Samuel Osgood Jr. -
Camp at Roxbury Decr. 4th 1775
From James Swan -
Watertown 4 Decr. 1775
From John Warren and Others -
Cambridge Decr. 4 1775
From William Cooper -
Watertown December 5. 1775
The General Court to the Massachusetts Delegates -
Watertown Decr. 5th. 1775
From Samuel Chase -
Annapolis. Decr. 8th. 1775
From William Tudor -
Cambridge 11th. Decr. 1775
From James Warren -
Watertown Decr. 11th: 1775
From Thomas Crafts Jr. -
Cambridge Decr 16 1775
From Lemuel Hayward -
Roxbury December 16 1775
From Joseph Hawley -
Watertown Decr. 18th 1775
From Jonathan Williams -
Providence Decr 20th 1775
From John Sullivan -
Camp on Winter Hill Decemr. 21st 1775
From Samuel Adams -
Philadelphia Decr. 22 1775
Document Group:
John Adams' Service in the Council
Document Group:
I. Calendar of Council Actions Signed by John Adams
Resolution to pay post-riders -
[1775-12-26]
Resolution appointing members to a joint committee to determine how bills of credit were to be signed and numbered -
[1775-12-26]
Resolution to pay John Davis a sum in behalf of Edward Johnson, a petitioning soldier -
26 December 1775.
Resolution to approve committee report recommending payment to the Committee of Supplies for its services, in response to its petition -
[1775-12-26]
Resolution to approve appointment of a committee to assist the commissary general in procuring military supplies -
[1775-12-27]
Resolution to liberate Henry Middleton and George Price, prisoners in the Plymouth jail -
[1775-12-28]
Resolution ordering committee for purchasing saltpeter to deliver it to Richard Devens -
[1775-12-28]
Recommendation to towns to promote the manufacture of saltpeter -
[1775-12-28]
Resolution to approve payment to Committee for the Poor of Boston to assist those at Shirley Point -
[1775-12-28]
Resolution ordering the Milton committee to deliver Thomas Hutchinson's furniture to Mrs. Deborah Cushing -
[1775-12-29]
Resolution concerning payment of military companies at Braintree, Weymouth, and Hingham -
[1775-12-30]
Resolution approving a new levy of men for the seacoast forces -
[1775-12-30]
Resolution to have copies made of military rolls for use of the treasurer -
[1776-01-03]
Approval of mittimus of Moses Wayman and Samuel Webb to Plymouth jail -
[1776-01-03]
Message to House concerning the guarding of Hull and other towns -
[1776-01-04]
Resolution to supply the Continental Army with 4,000 blankets -
[1776-01-05]
Resolution concerning mittimus of sixteen named men to Worcester jail -
[1776-01-05]
Order to Plymouth jail to release James Middleton -
[1776-01-06]
Resolution directing the Receiver General to pay £8,000 to the committee for fitting out vessels for importing powder -
[1776-01-06]
Resolution ordering Frenchman's Bay committee to deliver clothing to Neal Mclntyre or to Charles Chauncy in Mclntyre's behalf -
[1776-01-10]
Resolution to allow the accounts of the treasurer of Barnstable county -
[1776-01-15]
Order to Worcester jail to release Thomas Mullin -
[1776-01-17]
Order that blankets collected in Hampshire and Berkshire counties be retained there for use by troops going northward -
[1776-01-19]
Resolution requesting accounts from towns of powder, lead, and flints supplied to the Continental Army -
[1776-01-19]
Resolution ordering commissioners designated to erect a powder mill to do so at Stoughton -
[1776-01-19]
Resolution for raising 728 officers and men in Hampshire and Berkshire counties to go to Canada -
[1776-01-19]
Resolution to approve choice of field officers for regiment going to Canada -
[1776-01-19]
Resolution approving appointment of a committee to call in misprinted bills of credit -
[1776-01-24]
Resolution approving an order that bills of credit be delivered to the committee appointed to sign them and that it in turn deliver them to the treasurer -
[1776-01-24]
II. Report of a Committee on Fitting Out Armed Vessels -
11 January 1776
III. Report of a Committee on a Letter From George Washington -
13 January 1776
IV. A Proclamation by the General Court -
19 January 1776
Samuel Hopkins to Thomas Cushing -
Newport, 29 Dec. 1775
Robert Treat Paine to Joseph Palmer -
Philadelphia Jan 1st 1776
From Josiah Quincy -
Braintree Jany 2d: 1776
To William Cooper -
Watertown, Jany. 4. 1776
To George Washington -
Watertown Jan. 6. 1776
From George Washington -
Cambridge Jany: 7: 1776
To Mercy Otis Warren -
Braintree Jany. 8. 1776
From Samuel Chase -
Annapolis Jany. 12th. 1775 i.e. 1776
From Samuel Adams -
Philada Jany 15 1776
From Jason Haven -
Dedham Janry 15 1776
From George Washington -
Cambridge 15th. Novr. i.e. Jan. 1776
From Samuel Gelston -
Fryday 9 OClock 19 Jan. 1776
Enclosure Group:
Perez Morton to John Adams, with a Resolution Appointing Massachusetts Delegates to the Continental Congress
From Perez Morton -
Council Chamber Jany 19th 1776
[enclosure] Enclosure: Resolution Appointing Massachusetts Delegates to the Continental Congress -
In Council Jany 18 1776
From Jeduthun Baldwin -
Cambridge Jany 21 1776
From William Heath -
Camp at Cambridge Janry. 22nd. 1776
From Lemuel Hayward -
Roxbury Janry 23 1776
From Humanity -
ianary 23–76
From Joseph Palmer -
Watertown, 23d January 1776
From William Judd -
Philadelphia Goal Jany: 24th. 1776
Enclosure Group:
James Warren to John Adams, with Letter from Robert Treat Paine to James Warren
From James Warren -
Watertown Jany. 31. 1776
[enclosure] Enclosure: Robert Treat Paine to James Warren -
Phila. Jany. 5. 1776