record number: 060465

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Dates:

16 Apr. 1789

Original paper slip text:16 April 1789.

Author's location:

New Haven, CT

Original paper slip text:New Haven

Author:

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA.

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Title:

Certificate of honorary citizenship presented by

City of New Haven

Original paper slip text:city of New Haven,

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signed by

Roger Sherman

Original paper slip text:Roger Sherman, Mayor

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Length:

1 p. (parchment, with ribbon and seal)

Notes:

Re freedom of city of New Haven being granted to JA, see Stiles, Literary Diary, 3:351, for more descriptive data.

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Adams National Historic Site

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