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Adams, John, 1735-1826 to Richard Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00782.01 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Auteuil, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 8, 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Recipient from contents. Adams thanks Price for his book "Observations on the importance of the American Revolution." Has received 1st and 2nd editions. He states that to him the chief liberty is that of conscience.

Adams, John, 1735-1826
Price, Richard, 1723-1791

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