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14 Sep. 1776

Original paper slip text:14 Sept. 1776.

Philadelphia,

Original paper slip text:Philadelphia

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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Abigail Smith Adams

Original paper slip text:to AA

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2 p.
  • Copy in M/JA/1 (Autobiog:47); extract only; presumably copied from Lb 149.

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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 346
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Familiar Letters

Original paper slip text:Printed: JA-AA, Familiar Letters, p. 226–227

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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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JA Letters

Original paper slip text:JA, Letters, 1:165–166

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Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1841
2 vols.

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Burnett Letters Members

Original paper slip text:Printed: Burnett, ed., Letters of Members, 2:89 (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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Force Archives

Original paper slip text:Force, Archives, 5th ser., 2:324

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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, 2:124-125
Adams Family Correspondence, volume 02, page 124

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