June 17. JAMES OTIS, JR. TO JAMES OTIS, SEnr. .

Expences of commencement. Will share with Russell.

1766

April 11. JAMES OTIS TO MERCY WARREN

Death of Rebecca Otis. Engrossed by his occupations. Question of

slavery or liberty. A scurrilous article. Court service.

1767

December 5. JOHN DICKINSON TO JAMES OTIS

Sends a Farmer's Letter. Opinion of Otis. Question at issue. Modera-

tion urged.

1768

January 25. JOHN DICKINSON TO JAMES OTIS

Sends corrected copy of Farmer's Letters. Recommends version in

Pennsylvania Gazette. A vindication of rights.

April 11. JOHN DICKINSON TO JAMES OTIS

Letters to Boston expressing sense of obligation. Why he should be

dear to Otis. America is arousing.

July. JOHN DICKINSON TO JAMES OTIS

Sends Maryland's proceedings. Wishes for Boston. Hutchinson's

pension.

1769

April 27. CATHARINE MACAULAY TO JAMES OTIS

Sends a copy of her History. Wishes an account of American affairs.

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1771

March 25. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN .

News from England. Language of despair. Hutchinson and Caesar.

Prudence and moderation. Lovell's oration.

Motion to remove General Court from Cambridge to Boston. A boy
for his service. Condolence and sympathy.
November 4. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARren

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A town meeting. Otis on committee of correspondence. Plymouth
should follow.

November 27. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Town meeting proceedings. Plymouth petitions and Tory lies. Rox-

bury prospects. Heath and Gerry. Exertion necessary.

No cause to despair. Reply to the Hingham writer. Position of Lan-

caster. Town meetings. Plan of the Tories.

1773

January 4. HANNAH WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN.

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Her animating letter. Ministerial decree for trial of colonists. Await-

ing the meeting of the Assembly.

April 12. HANNAH WINTHROP TO MERCY Warren

Is gratified by the assembly's action. The capital and its pleasures.

December 5. ABIGAIL ADAMS TO MERCY Warren

No act will surprise. Tea in Boston. Blood may flow. Awaiting an

outbreak. On Molière.

December 28. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES Warren

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Invitation to Plymouth festivity. Approval of town's proceedings.

Plymouth's protest. Tea in other colonies. Correspondence re-opened.

The assembly. Intelligence.

1774

January 3. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

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Bishop Burnet to Lady Russell. The Plymouth anniversary. Public and

private business. May shine as a farmer. His intentions sincere.

January 3. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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A bold stroke necessary. Scarecrows and bugbears. A union of senti-

ment and spirit. Recantation of protesters.

March 31. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Public attitude towards colony in England. Hutchinson's plans. A

colonial post office. Position of the Tories.

May 21. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Avoid blood and tumult. Give other provinces opportunity to think.

Violence will mean ruin.

July 14. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Regret at not having seen him. The grand congress. Great expecta-

tions held of it. Danger of timidity and narrow plans. An annual

congress. Want of gratitude in mankind.

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July 17. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES Warren

Public confidence in the Congress. Feels his own insufficiency. How to

distress Great Britain. A non-exportation. Nothing to expect from their

justice.

July 25. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES Warren

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Serene retreat at Braintree. Death of Louis XV. Futility of imagining

how great men would have acted.

September 27. HANNAH WINTHROP TO MERCY WARREN

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Disturbed condition of Boston. News from England. Preparations

for a battle. An ingenious satire on love of dress.

December 19. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Results of the elections. Military honors. The English elections and

American grievances. Engrossing civil and military duties.

Votes of Maryland commended. Opinion of Chase. Tories active. The

new Congress.

January 30. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS.

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Is grateful for his good opinion. Personal reflections and sarcasm.

Proper limits on satire. "The Group.' Anxiety for the future.

February 11. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Introducing Buchanan and Tolley. Permission to open letters. Negli-

gence and unkindness.

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February 20. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Hoped to have seen him in the Provincial Congress. 'Massachusett-

ensis.' Wasted time in the Congress. Authorship of "The Group.'

March 15. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Sends an article for use in "The Group'?

March

15. JOHN ADAMS TO MERCY WARREN

Personal reflections and satire. What is feared from its use. A high
compliment.

April 6. JAMES WARREN TO MERCY WARREN

Reasons for not adjourning the Congress. News from England un-
favorable. Preparations for war. Inhabitants of Boston moving.

May 7. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

In the Provincial Congress. That body much weakened. Regulation

of army and expenses. More experienced direction wanted, and a set-

tled government. Infatuation of Boston inhabitants. Pitiable plight of

refugees and Tories. Hutchinson's letters.

May 18. JAMES WARREN TO MERCY WARREN

A daily letter. Congress to be revered. What was done in South Caro-

lina and Halifax. Detestation of Tories. Effect of an advance towards

Charlestown.

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Congress moving slowly. Multitude of objects before it. Reprinting

"The Group.' Martial spirit in Pennsylvania.

May 26. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMEs Warren

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Introducing Messrs. Hall.

June 7. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Canada and the Indians. Brown and Price as agents. Cruelty of In-

dians.

June 10. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

53

Cleanliness and health in the army. Lee on Burgoyne. Militia, powder
and pikemen. Casting of cannon.

June 10. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

Effect in England of the battle of Lexington. Difficulty of possessing

Congress with news. Resolution to aid Boston. Gunpowder.

June 11. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

Anxiety to hear from Congress. Question of assuming civil government.

Elation over aid from the Congress. Cushing's discouraging letter.

June 18. JOHN HANCOCK TO JOSEPH WARREN

Has obtained leave to give some information on acts of Congress. Ap-

pointment of Washington as commander-in-chief. Ward and Lee.

Riflemen for Boston, and a continental army. A fast day.

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June 18. JAMES WARREN TO MERCY WARREN

59

Battle of Bunker Hill. Death of Warren. Return of Dr. Church with

intelligence. Mode of government. Behavior of James Otis.

June 20. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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An army and appointments to command. Struggle over Charles Lee.

Review of troops.

June 20. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Has communicated Lee's opinion of the British generals. Battle of

Bunker Hill. Death of Warren. A general needed. Reports of the

English dead. Does not approve of form of government.

June 20. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JOSEPH WARREN

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Appointment of Continental generals. Is more and more satisfied with

that of Lee.

The question of generals. A government and Tories. Skene and Tryon.

William Tudor. Powder.

June 27. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Death of Dr. Warren. News of the Bunker Hill fight and powder.

Wished to make him a general. North Carolina affairs. The riflemen.

Hint on saltpetre.

June 27. JAMES WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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The army at Cambridge and Roxbury. Satisfaction with generals.

Provision for General Thomas. Situation in Boston. Absorbed by

army. A pamphlet.

June 28. SAMUEL ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Bunker Hill engagement. Warns against suspicions of their generals.

Lee and the conditions of his appointment. Loss of Dr. Warren. Sends

letters to his care.

July 5. MERCY WARREN TO JOHN ADAMS

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Remissness of correspondents. Mr. Warren too busy to write. Sad

situation of those in Boston. Piratical acts of the enemy. Corruption

and cruelty of Gage. Wishes for Congress. Dr. Eliot said to be confined.

July 6. JOHN ADAMS TO JAMES WARREN

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Wishes his correspondence. Error in appointing general officers. Ap-