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Letter from John Adams, Philadelphia, to Gen. Joseph Palmer, 1776 August 27 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
80017
Accession number
MA 8629
Creator
Adams, John, 1735-1826, sender.
Display Date
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 August 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1918.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21 x 13 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on page 1 (faded).
From page 6 of Adams album.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from T. J. Madigan in 1918.
Summary
Encouraging him to quickly fortify Boston Harbor as it is not yet impregnable and the British forces had landed on Long Island.