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Dates:

19 Jan. 1773

Original paper slip text:19 January 1773

Author's location:

Boston, MA

Original paper slip text:Boston

Author:

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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Recipient:

William Barrell

Original paper slip text:William Barrell

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Length:

1 p.

Notes:

NOTE: JA erroneously writes 1772 because it's January. Barrell makes clear he meant 1773.
Sold by Freeman Auctions, 30 Nov. 2023, for $3,780.- SEH, GKF 11/13/25
Added to EIA on 13 Nov. 2025.
True copy of Barrell's reply written beneath Adam's letter and extending into next page.
Adams writes of Barrell's legal action against his brother, in which Adams is acting as Barrell's attorney.

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