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Correspondence and mounted clippings of newspaper articles bound together. Correspondents include Samuel Sewall, William Reed Deane, James Savage, Samuel Putnam, Charles F. Adams, Jonathan Peel Dabney, Samuel G. Drake, Charles Jackson, Ellis Ames, George A. Ward, William Baylies, Lorenzo Sabine, Joseph E. Sprague, Ward Chipman and Francis Baylies. John Adams published a series of articles, signed "Novanglus", in the Boston Gazette in 1775, in answer to articles in the Tory interest which appeared in other newspapers, signed "Massachusettensis". Although originally attributed to Jonathan Sewall, then King's Attorney General of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, it is now well established that the Massachusettensis papers were the work of Daniel Leonard.; Blank pages have not been scanned.
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Authorship of the letters of Massachusettensis : being the correspondence of L. M. Sargent, Esq., with various persons upon this subject. To which are appended two articles by Mr. Sargent, which appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript, proving that these letters were written by Daniel Leonard.
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Authorship of the letters of Massachusettensis : being the correspondence of L. M. Sargent, Esq., with various persons upon this subject. To which are appended two articles by Mr. Sargent, which appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript, proving that these letters were written by Daniel Leonard.
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Correspondence and mounted clippings of newspaper articles bound together. Correspondents include Samuel Sewall, William Reed Deane, James Savage, Samuel Putnam, Charles F. Adams, Jonathan Peel Dabney, Samuel G. Drake, Charles Jackson, Ellis Ames, George A. Ward, William Baylies, Lorenzo Sabine, Joseph E. Sprague, Ward Chipman and Francis Baylies. John Adams published a series of articles, signed "Novanglus", in the Boston Gazette in 1775, in answer to articles in the Tory interest which appeared in other newspapers, signed "Massachusettensis". Although originally attributed to Jonathan Sewall, then King's Attorney General of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, it is now well established that the Massachusettensis papers were the work of Daniel Leonard.; Blank pages have not been scanned.
date
["1851–1856"]
year
1851
rights
Open access This item is in the public domain. There are no known restrictions on the use of this image.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
Mss A 1929
creators
Sargent, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius), 1786-1867
Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Deane, William Reed, 1809-1871
Savage, James, 1784-1873
Putnam, Samuel
Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886
Dabney, J. P. (Jonathan Peele), 1793-1868
Drake, Samuel G., 1798-1875
Jackson, Charles
Ames, Ellis, 1809-1886
Ward, George Atkinson, 1793-1864
Baylies, William, 1776-1865
Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877
Sprague, Joseph E., 1782-1852
Chipman, Ward
Baylies, Francis, 1783-1852
institution
New England Historic Genealogical Society
collections
Local History Manuscripts (NEHGS)
subjects
Leonard, Daniel, 1740-1829
Sargent, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius), 1786-1867--Correspondence
Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868--Correspondence
Deane, William Reed, 1809-1871--Correspondence
Savage, James, 1784-1873--Correspondence
Putnam, Samuel--Correspondence
Charles Francis, 1807-1886--Correspondence
Dabney, J. P. (Jonathan Peele), 1793-1868--Correspondence
Drake, Samuel G., 1798-1875--Correspondence
Jackson, Charles--Correspondence
Ames, Ellis, 1809-1886--Correspondence
Ward, George Atkinson, 1793-1864--Correspondence
Baylies, William, 1776-1865--Correspondence
Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877--Correspondence
Sprague, Joseph E., 1782-1852--Correspondence
Chipman, Ward--Correspondence
Baylies, Francis, 1783-1852--Correspondence
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Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
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Correspondence
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United States
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Massachusetts
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1 volume (82 pages) ; 26 cm.
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