- GLC#
- GLC01784.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- July 9, 1770
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John, 1735-1826
- Title
- to Catharine Macaulay
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 16 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
This letter begins the Adams-Macaulay correspondence. Adams compliments Mrs. Macaulay for stripping "the false Lustre from worthless Princes and Nobles and Selfish Politicians." He refers to Macaulay's History of England.
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