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From Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant
Docno: PJA04d179
Recipient: JA
Date: 1776-06-15
[dateline] Burln. 15. June 1776
[salute] Dear Sir
Jacta est Alea.1 We are passing the Rubicon and our Delegates in Congress on the first of July will vote plump.2 The Bearer is a staunch Whigg and will answer any Questions You may need to ask. Have been very busy here and have stole a Minute from Business to write this. In haste Yours,
[signed] Jona D Sergeant
RC
Adams Papers
; docketed: “J.D. Sergeant. June 15. 1776.”
2. On 22 June the Third Provincial Congress of New Jersey instructed its delegates to the Continental Congress to support, if necessary, any move toward independence (Force, Archives
, 4th ser., 6:1628–1629).
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
http://www.masshist.org/ff/
http://www.masshist.org/ff/