Index: Papers of John Adams, Volume 17
Massachusetts
62
General Court
4
adopts protective tariff
4
Boston merchants’ protest and
3
adopts bounty on whale oil
2
incorporates Charles River Bridge Co.
2
Nantucket petitions to secede
2
proposes revision of Articles
2
returns province to silver standard (1750)
2
settlement of W. Bollan’s estate and
1
confirms existing parishes
6
boundary dispute with New York
5
boundary dispute with Nova Scotia
5
Dana’s appointment as judge
5
Maine’s proposed secession from
3
JA as possible gubernatorial candidate in
2
Congress’ regulation of trade and
2
constitution of 1780 defines religious society
2
Hancock elected to Congress
2
Hancock resigns as governor
1
balance of trade in since peace
1
T. Boylston’s plan to sell whale oil and
1
commercial agreement with Britain and
1
Congress’ requisition of money from
1
lack of political parties in
1
Louisbourg expedition (1745) and
1
Mazzei seeks information on
1
need to promote manufacturing and navigation in
1
A Proclamation . . . for the Suppression of Vice
1
proportion of national debt
1
proscription against loyalists
1
provision on salaries in 1780 constitution
1
regulation of interstate commerce and
1
remittances to Britain and
1
sectional differences over regulation of trade and
1
as source for naval stores and lumber
1
Supreme Judicial Court meets at Ipswich
1
J. Thaxter on legal business in
1
trade with southern states
1
letter to JA from members of Congress listed