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Adams, John, 1735-1826 to Charles Storer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08080 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 March 1791 Pagination: 2p. : address : free frank Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Recalling the Boston Massacre, also his defense of Constitution: "Equal laws cannot be preserved without there independent orders forming a mutual balance."

Adams, John, 1735-1826
Storer, Charles, 1761-1829

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