1. For Petry, who probably did not go to America at this time, see
Adams Family Correspondence
, 4:
13,
17–18. On this date, counting this letter to James Warren and another to AA (
Adams Papers), JA wrote nine nearly identical letters of introduction for Petry to friends in Boston and Philadelphia. The others were to Samuel Adams, James Bowdoin, Samuel Cooper, Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Huntington, Benjamin Rush (all LbC's,
Adams Papers), and William Tudor (
MHi: Tudor Papers).