John Adams: Revolutionary Writings, 1755-1775

Propelled by the power of his pen and the clarity of his judgment an ambitious young provincial lawyer named John Adams became a major figure in the American Revolution This first of two volumes gathering his essential writings to includes the complete newspaper exchange between Novanglus Adams and Massachusettensis Loyalist Daniel Leonard as well as extensive diary excerpts and characteristically frank personal letters-many to his dearest friend Abigail-that convey the excitement and danger of the mounting crisis with Britain from the Stamp Act riots of to the Boston Massacre and Tea Party to the First Continental Congress where Adams became a leader of the patriot cause A companion volume carries the story forward to the Pace Treaty of