America in Class
There is a mighty Spirit in the Congress. But our People must be peaceable. Let them exercise [train] every day in the Week,if they Will, the more the better. Let them furnish themselves with Artillery, or Arms and Ammunition. Let them follow the Maxim (common saying expressing a principle of conduct),which you say they hold adopted "In Times of Peace, prepare for War." But let them avoid War, or if possible,if possible I say.
John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 17741A delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and John Adams described the frenzied proceedings to his wife,Abigail. "There is no opinion of submission here in anybody's...
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