Letters : to Dr. Trefts and Mr. Wert, 1798, 1818.

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Letters : to Dr. Trefts and Mr. Wert, 1798, 1818.

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ALS, Philadelphia, to Dr. Trefts, regarding the "weakness of the towns about Boston" and plantings on Adams' farm, 22 Apr. 1798; and ALS, Quincy, to Mr. Wert, Attorney General of U.S., regarding Wert's sketches of the life of Patrick Henry, and Adams' opinions on heroes of the American Revolution, especially James Otis of Boston, 5 Jan. 1818.

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