"in reply to a letter I had written to him in which I had enclosed a copy of the notes I had taken of Mr. Otis's arguments against writs of assistant (JA to H. Niles, 5 Feb. 1819, LbC 5069). Niles neither printed nor returned the original letter of Sewall sent at this time by JA. See LHB's notes in REFERENCE FILE under NILES.
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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 123
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From the collection: Letterbook copy, Adams Family Papers