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Adams, Daniel Jr., 1720-1795 to Daniel Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00799 Author/Creator: Adams, Daniel Jr., 1720-1795 Place Written: Townshend, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: December 31, 1787 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his father about opposing the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Daniel Adams, Jr. was town clerk and his father was a delegate at the state convention.

Adams, Daniel, Jr., 1720-1795

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