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Massachusetts gentlemen demand Adams state true facts
A Boston dated letter to John Quincy Adams calls for a full, precise statement of the charges that he claimed Massachusetts leaders in 1808 sought dissolution of the Union and a separate Confederation. The signatories deny any such design and seek evidence supporting the assertion, urging public judgment.
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Boston
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Massachusetts
National Intelligencer
Adams
Great Britain
Congress
Maine
Kirst
I. G. OTIS
ISRAEL TIGANDIKE
F. U W. PERKINS
WILLIAM PRESCOTT
DANIEL SARGENT
JOHN LOWELL
WILLIAM SULLIVAN
CHARLES JACKSON
WARREN DUTTON
BENJAMIN PICKMAN
HENRY CABOT
George Cabot
C. C. PARSONS
Theophilus Parsons
d. FRANKLIN DEXTER
Samuel Dexter