Adams, John, 1735-1826 to Jedidiah Morse
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.016 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Quincy, Massachusetts Type: Letter Date: 15 May 1815 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 28.7 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy
Adams thanks Morse for his pamphlet "American Unitarianism" (Review of American Unitarianism, published in 1815), but comments that he heard the doctrines maintained 65 years ago by a number of ministers. Adams resists what he perceives as Morse's attempt to convert him to Athanasianism, citing his reading of Samuel Clark (a famous anti-trinitarian) and others more than fifty years ago. By Athanasianism Adams means Trinitarianism.
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