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Reading primary sources: Letters

By Kathryn Walbert

The following images were scanned from a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail Adams, on July 3, 1776. Click on the “Zoom in” link below each image to see more detail.

First page of letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776.

John Adams. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776, “Had a Declaration…” Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. About the photograph
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Second page of letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776.

John Adams. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776, “Had a Declaration…” Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. About the photograph
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Third page of letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776.

John Adams. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776, “Had a Declaration…” Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. About the photograph
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