ALS, (retained draft), 1772 November 2, Marblehead, Mass., to Samuel Adams.

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ALS, (retained draft), 1772 November 2, Marblehead, Mass., to Samuel Adams.

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In this letter never sealed or sent to his mentor, Gerry expresses his opinion that the people of Massachusetts must stand united in their struggle against the English government. He writes of Adams' plan to set up Committees of Correspondence to make a concerted resistance to English impositions.

3 p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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