Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 to Elbridge Gerry

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GLC#
GLC06667
Type
Letters
Date
27 November 1780
Author/Creator
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Title
to Elbridge Gerry
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

A personal letter by Adams as a Continental Congressman to his friend and protege, Gerry, a former member of Congress who decided to take a seat in the Massachsetts House of Representatives. Writes concerning his plans to retire from Congress and his fears that human nature is "too debased to relish the republican principles" on which the new American government is being founded. He worries about "political idolatry" and the corruption of Americans. Docketed by Elbridge Gerry.

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