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The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

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To -. My Dear Sir/

To Archibald Campbell.1 Sir To Horatio Gates. Dear Sir Vote Of Town Of Boston.

To John Burgoyne.1 Sir To Daniel Roberdeau.1 Sir

To Francis Lightfoot Lee. [boston, -, 1778.] My Dear Sir

To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Sir-

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy "an American" To The Earl Of Carlisle And Others.

To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To James Warren. My Dear Sir/

To Samuel Phillips Savage. My Dear Friend

To Peter Thacher.1 My Dear Sir

To James Warren. My Dear Sir To James Bowdoin.

To Hannah Adams.1 My Dear Daughter To John Bradford. My Dear Sir

To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To Samuel Phillips Savage. Dr Sr To -. My Dear Sir/

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To William Cooper. My Dear Sir To Samuel Phillips Savage. My Dear Sir

To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy To John Adams. My Dear Sir/

My Dear Sir To -. Manifesto Of The Continental Congress.

To Samuel Phillips Savage. My Dear Sir,- To James Warren. My Dear Sir

Resolution Of The Continental Congress. To Samuel Phillips Savage. My Good Old Friend

To Jeremiah Powell.1 Sir/ To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy,

To The Council Of Massachusetts. Sir,- To James Bowdoin. My Dear Sir

To John Winthrop. My Dear Sir

To Samuel. Cooper. My Dear Sir

To Charles Chauncy. Reverend & Much Esteemed Sir

1779 To Samuel Cooper. My Dear Sir

To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To Samuel Cooper. My Dear Sir

To Samuel Cooper. My Dear Sir To Jonathan Trumbull. Sir

To John Winthrop. My Dear Sir To Samuel Allyne Otis. Dear Sir

To James Warren. My Dear Sr

To The Board Of War At Boston. Gentn To Samuel Cooper. My Dear Sir

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To John Adams. To Benjamin Austin. My Dear Sir

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To James Lovell. To James Lovell. To James Lovell.

To The President Of The Council Of Massachusetts. Sir To John Pitts. My Dear Sir

To Samuel Cooper. My Dear Friend

To Solomon Lovell.1 Sir/ To The President Of The Council Of Massachusetts. Sir

To Henry Jackson.1 Sir To Horatio Gates. My Dear Sir

To Elbridge Gerry. My Dear Sir, To Elbridge Gerry And James Lovell. Gentlemen/

To The House Of Representatives Of Massachusetts.

1780 To The Governor Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations. Sir To John Adams. My Dear Sir

To John Morin Scott.1 Sir To James Lovell. My Dear Sir

To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. To John Adams. My Dear Sir/

To James Lovell. My Dear Sir

To John Adams. My Dear Sir

Article Signed "vindex."

To James Bowdoin. Sir To John Fellows.1 Sir

To The Marquis De La Fayette. My Dear Marquise

To John Adams. Philadelphia July 10 1780. My Dear Sir To Hannah Adams. My Dear Hannah

To James Bowdoin. To John Lowell.

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To James Warren. My Dear Sir To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Sir To Samuel Cooper. My Dear Sir

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To James Warren. Philade Novr 20 1780 My Dear Sir

To Thomas Wells.1 My Dear Mr Wells

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy To Elbridge Gerry.

To John Adams. My Dear Sir

To John Adams. My Dear Sir-

To John Scollay. My Dear Sir

1781 To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Sir

To John Pitts. My Dear Sir To James Warren. My Dear Sir

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy

To Mrs. Adams. My Dear Betsy Article, Unsigned.

To Caleb Davis1 Dear Sir /

Article, Unsigned.

To Samuel Cooper. My Dear Sir My Honord Friend

My Honord Friend

To John Adams.1 My Dear Sir

To John Adams. My Dear Sir

1782 My Dear Sir To John Lowell. My Dear Sir,-

To John Lowell. My Dear Sir,- To Arthur Lee.

To Arthur Lee. 1783 To Arthur Lee.

To The Selectmen Of Boston. March 10 1783 Gentlemen To Arthur Lee. Dr Sr

To Benjamin Lincoln. My Dear Sir

To Horatio Gates. My Dear Sir To Elbridge Gerry.1 My Dear Sir,

To John Adams. My Dear Sir

1784 To John Adams. My Dear Sir/ To Elbridge Gerry. My Dear Sir

To John Adams. My Dear Sir

To John Adams. Dear Sir To Elbridge Gerry. My Dear Sir,

To Elbridge Gerry. My Dear Sir,

To Noah Webster. Sir

1785 To Richard Henry Lee. My Honord Friend

To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Sir To John Adams. Dear Sir

To John Adams. My Dear Sir To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Sir.

1786 To John Adams. Dear Sir To John Adams. My Dear Sir

1787 To Richard Henry Lee My Dear Sir

1789 To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Friend To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. Mr. President,-

To Richard Henry Lee. Dear Sir

To Elbridge Gerry. My Dear Sir

To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Sir To Richard Henry Lee. My Dear Sir

To John Adams. Dear Sir

To John Adams. My Dear Sir

1794 To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. January 17, 1794. Fellow-citizens Of The Two Branches Of The Legislature,

Samuel Adams. Proclamation. February 19, 1794 A Proclamation For A Day Of Public Fasting, Humiliation, And Prayer.

Samuel Adams. To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. May 31, 1794. Fellow-citizens!

Samuel Adams. To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. June 4, 1794. Gentlemen Of The Senate And House Of Representatives,

Samuel Adams. To Jeremy Belknap. Sir,

To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. June 3, 1795. Fellow Citizens,

Samuel Adams. 1796 To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. January 19, 1796. Fellow Citizens,

Samuel Adams. To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. May 31, 1796. Fellow Citizens,

Samuel Adams. Proclamation. October 6, 1796 By The Governor. A Proclamation For A Day Of Public Thanksgiving.

Samuel Adams. To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. November 17,1796.

Samuel Adams. 1797 To The Legislature Of Massachusetts. January 27, 1797. Friends And Fellow-citizens,

Friends And Fellow-citizens,

Proclamation. March 20, 1797. By The Governor, A Proclamation For A Day Of Solemn Fasting And Prayer.

To Thomas Jefferson. My Dear Friend 1802 To Thomas Paine Sir,-

your friend,

TO JOHN ADAMS.

[MS., Adams Papers, Quincy; a draft is in the Samuel Adams Papers, Lenox Library; the text with variations is in John Adams, Works, vol. vi., pp. 420-426, W. V. Wells, Life of Samuel Adams, vol. iii., pp. 308-314; cf. Department of State, Bureau of Rolls and Library, Bulletin No. 8, p. 16. Certain texts give the date as November 20.]

BOSTON Novemr 25th 1790

MY DEAR SIR

I lately received your Letter of the 18th of October.--The Sentiment, and observations contained in it demand my attention.

A Republic, you tell me, is a Government in which "the People have an essential share in the sovereignty;" Is not the whole sovereignty, my friend, essentially in the People? Is not Government designed for the Welfare and happiness of all the People? and is it not the uncontroulable essential right of the People to amend, and alter, or annul their Constitution, and frame a new one, whenever they shall think it will better promote their own welfare, and happiness to do it? That the Sovereignty resides in the People is a political doctrine which I have never heard an American Politician seriously deny. The Constitutions of the American States reserve to the People the exercise of the rights of Sovereignty; by the annual, or biennial elections of their Governours, Senators, & Representatives; and by empowering their own Representatives to impeach the greatest officers of the State, before the Senators who are also chosen by themselves.

We the people is the stile of the federal Constitution. They adopted it; and conformably to it, they delegate the exercise of the Powers of Government to particular persons, who, after short intervals resign their Powers to the People, and they will re-elect them, or appoint others, as1 they think fit.