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What John Adams Thought About Cabot and the Convention

  Democratic-Republicans feared the Hartford Convention would lead to a confederation in New England.  So did John Adams.[1] A twenty-three year old Federalist visited Adams, then eighty years old.  He wanted letters of introduction to Jefferson and other Virginians.  John … Continue reading

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