SAMUEL ADAMS.
True Copy—Attest,
JOHN AVERY, jun. Sec'ry.
God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts!
1796
TO THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
JANUARY 19, 1796.
[Independent Chronicle, January 21, 1796, two texts are in the
Massachusetts Archives.]
FELLOW CITIZENS,
I CANNOT but congratulate you upon the many blessings which the bountiful hand of Providence has bestowed upon us since your adjournment.