AD : trial notes from the Boston Massacre, Boston, Mass, [1770]

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AD : trial notes from the Boston Massacre, Boston, Mass, [1770]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/72682165

John Adams's original manuscript notes for his defense of Captain Thomas Preston and the other British soldiers for the Boston Massacre trial of 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts.

10 items (20 p., last 7 p. blank) ; 14 x 10 cm.

Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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SNAC Resource ID: 8095901

Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...