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Dates:

12 Aug. 1765

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Author:

John Adams

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Title:

A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law [printed in

Boston Gazette

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Length:

2 p.

Document Type:

JA—Newspaper Articles

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Notes:

D/JA/10. 11–16 contains early drafts of this work; JA to Abbé Mably, 17 Jan. 1783, Lb 2207, has JA's own admission of authorship
Re: JA's version of meaning of American history
For bibliographical details, see Works, 3:447–448: Diary, 2:150n; and LHB's Adams Bibliography. See also "Sui Juris" [i.e. JA?] letter in Boston Gazette, 23 May 1768. See also comment by Thomas Hollis in JA, Works, 3:447. LHB, 11 March, 15 Sept. 1957; LCF, 11 April 1958
Information transferred from blue slip now deleted. ER 8/17/2015

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Boston Gazette

Original paper slip text:Boston Gazette (Edes &
Gill), 12, 19 Aug., 30 Sept., &
21 Oct. 1765

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Boston Gazette

JA Works

Original paper slip text:JA, Works, 3:448–464

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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1850–1856
10 vols.

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Printed: JA, Papers, 1:111

Papers of John Adams, volume 01, page 111

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