[23] John Adams' Diary, October 27, 1772; John Adams' Works, Vol. II page 26; Letters to Bernard December 3, 1771.
[24] "Letters of Mrs. Adams." Memoirs, XXIX.
[25] Hosmer, Life of Hutchinson, page 82.
[26] Hutchinson's History, Vol. III., pages 294-295.
[27] M. A. History, Vol. XXV., page 437.
[28] This letter was purchased at the E. H. Leffingwell sale of January 6, 1891, for $185, by the city of Boston, and can be seen at the city clerk's office. In connection with this see "Life of Samuel Adams," by his great-grandson, William V. Wells, Vol. I., pages 35-38. Here he emphatically denies that bonds or sureties were given by collectors. Evidently he had not consulted Boston Town Records, 1767, page 9, when it was voted that Samuel Adams' bond "shall be put in Suit," and when bonds and sureties were required of his successor, neither could he have known of the existence of this letter.
[29] "History of Boston," Samuel T. Drake, page 778.
[30] "Life of Thomas Hutchinson," page 162.
[31] "Life of Hutchinson," page 195.
[32] His. Mass. Bay, page 207.