Adams, John, 1735-1826 to Catharine Macaulay
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01788 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Braintree, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 December 1774 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20 x 16 cm. Order a Copy
Adams describes the effects of the Boston Port Bill upon the government and people of the colony. He warns that the arrest of Parliament's opponents "will produce Resistance, and Reprisals, and a Flame through America, Such as Eye hath not yet Seen, nor Ear heard nor hath it entered into the Heart of the Minister or his Minions to conceive." He prophesies resistance and reprisals.
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