1251I. Fragmentary Notes for “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law”, May – August 1765 (Adams Papers)
Liberty, that has been compelled to skulk about in Corners of the Earth, and been everlastingly...
1252II. Draft of “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law”, August 1765 (Adams Papers)
“Ignorance and Inconsideration,” (says Dr. Tillotson) “are the two great Causes of the Ruin of...
1253III. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 1, 12 August 1765 (Adams Papers)
“IGNORANCE and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.” This is an...
1254IV. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 2, 19 August 1765 (Adams Papers)
THUS accomplished were many of the first Planters of these Colonies. It may be thought polite and...
TO have holden their lands, allodially, or for every man to have been the sovereign lord and...
1256VI. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 4, 21 October 1765 (Adams Papers)
WE have been afraid to think. We have felt a reluctance to examining into the grounds of our...
1257On the Pillaging of Andrew Oliver’s Home, 15 August 1765 (Adams Papers)
15 Aug. 1765. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L....
1258I. Adams’ Original Draft, 24 September 1765 (Adams Papers)
In all the Calamities, which have ever befallen this our dear native Country, since our the first...
1259II. Instructions Adopted by the Braintree Town Meeting, 24 September 1765 (Adams Papers)
The Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Braintree Qualifyd to vote in Town affairs...
1260III. Instructions as Printed in the Massachusetts Gazette, 10 October 1765 (Adams Papers)
We hear from Braintree that the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of that Town, legally assembled...