CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV
1778.
To Richard Henry Lee, January 1st
Military Affairs—­European Politics—­Articles
of Confederation—­Army Supplies.
To --------, January l0th
New...
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The colonial leader Samuel Adams (1722-1803) helped prepare the ground for the American Revolution by inflammatory newspaper articles and shrewd organizational activities.A fundamental change in Briti...
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Samuel Adams was, according to his cousin John Adams, "born and tempered a wedge of steel to split the knot of lignum vitae" that tied the colonies to Great Britain. Even his Loyalist critics testifie...
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Strictly speaking, Samuel Adams was not a journalist. That is, his principal occupation was not that of a reporter, editor, or publisher of newspapers. He was a prominent statesman in the era of the A...
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