Original paper slip text:29 July 1776.
Original paper slip text:Philadelphia
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Original paper slip text:Printed: JA-AA, Familiar Letters, p. 205–206
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Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, during the Revolution. With a Memoir of Mrs. Adams, ed. Charles Francis Adams, New York, 1876.
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Original paper slip text:JA, Letters, 1:142–144
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Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1841
2 vols.
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Original paper slip text:Burnett, ed., Letters of Members, 2:28–29 (in part)
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Edmund C. Burnett, ed., Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1921–1936
8 vols.
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Original paper slip text:Force, Archives, 5th ser., 1:637 (extract)
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Force, Peter. American archives : consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters and other notices of publick affairs. [Washington, D. C., 1837-53]. 9 vols.
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AFC, 2:68-69
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