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Dates:

1775

Original paper slip text:1775

Author:

John Adams

Original paper slip text:[JA?].

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Title:

"Fragment of a Speech made in the General Congress of America, by one of the Delegates in 1775."

Length:

3 p.

Document Type:

JA—Continental Congress: Speeches and Writings

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Notes:

Note: CFA says that the authorship of this speech is indeterminate (JA, Works, 3:13n); while Austin, Gerry, 1:188n, attributes it to JA.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

From the collection: 1 letter from Savage MSS, 3 JA docs. From Almon's Remembrancer

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Printed :Printed: Almon, Remembrancer, 4:35–37(London, 1776).;

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