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John Adams, a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, writes to Abigail Adams on the state of creating a new country. "The difficulty and intricacy of it is prodigious," as Adams explains, "when 50 or 60 men have a Constitution to form for a great Empire, [and] at the same Time that they...
Location: I-Purchase-1972-1
Subject: Education, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Second Continental Congress Representative John Adams writes to James Warren, a judge in Watertown, Massachusetts, and discusses the arrival of gunpowder, the formation of a continental treasury, and asks if "your new Legislative and Executive feel bold or irresolute?"
Location: I-Purchase-1972-2
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Former President of the United States John Adams writes to his grandson, William Smith, about his United States citizenship, and his lack of knowledge on what profession his grandson should pursue. Adams laments to inability to uncover a ...
Location: I-SpahrB-1952-1
Subject: Education, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
