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?tr APPLI-WOOD'S ?tr /.MtRICAN.^EVOLUTIONARY 7/AR , yERIES The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams WithlixtractsfromHis Correspondence*StatePapers, and Politicallissays William VincentWells The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams With Extractsfrom His Correspondence, State Papers, andPoliticalEssays WilliamVincentWells APPLEWOOD BOOKS M Bedford assachusetts y ThetJfeandPublicSendeesofSamuelAdams was originallypublishedin 1865 9781429017589 W^k AmericanRevolutionary ^ERIES lhankyouforpurchasinganAp—plewoodbook.Applewood reprintsAmerica'slivelyclassics booksfromthepastthat arestill ofinterest ro modern readers. This facsimilewas printed using many new technologies together to bring ourtradition-boundmissiontoyou.Applewood'sfacsimile editionofthisworkmayincludelibrarystamps,scribbles, andmarginnotesastheyexistintheoriginalbook.These interestinghistorical artifactscelebratetheplacethebook wasreadorthepersonwhoreadthebook.Inadditionto theseartifacts,theworkmayhaveadditionalerrorsthatwere eitherintheoriginal,inthedigitalscans,orintroducedas wepreparedthebookforprinting.Ifyoubelievethework hassucherrors,pleaseletusknowbywritingto usatthe addressbelow. Forafreecopyofourcurrentprintcatalogfeaturingour bestsellingbooks,writeto: APPLEWOODBOOKS P.O.Box365 Bedford,MA01730 Formorecompletelistings,visitusonthewebat: awb.com PreparedforpublishingbyHP THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF SAMUEL ADAMS, BEING ANARRATIVEOF HISACTS ANDOPINIONS, ANDOFHISAGENCY INPRODUCINGANDFORWARDINGTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WITH EXTRACTSFROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE, STATE PAPERS, ANDPOLITICALESSAYS. BY WILLIAM WELLS. V. VOL. I. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1865. EnteredaccordingtoActofCongress,intheyear1865,by WILLIAM V. WELLS, intheCierk'sOfficeoftheDistrictCourtoftheSouthernDistrictofNewYork. UniversityPress:Welch,Bigelow,&Co., Cambridge. AS ATESTIMONIALOFAFFECTIONANDESTEEM, THESE VOLUMES ARERESPECTFULLYINSCRIBEDTO GEORGE A. SIMMONS, Esq., OFROXBURY,MASS., BYHISSINCEREANDLIFE-LONG FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. INTRODUCTION An eminent statesman has said,that auLife of Samuel Adams istheoneniche remainingtobefilled in American biography." It-willnotbequestioned that,considering his entire self-devotion to the welfare of his countrymen, to- getherwith the oblivionwhich has enshrouded all but his merename,anattemptatrestorationisasmuchanecessity to thosewho reverevirtue and exalted patriotismasitisa dutyweowetohismemory. "If," wrote John Adams, in 1819, "the American Revolution wasablessing,andnotacurse,the nameand character ofSamuel Adamsoughttobepreserved. Itwillbearastrictandcritical ex- aminationevenbytheinveterate malice ofhis enemies. Asyste- maticcoursehas been pursuedfor thirty yearsto run him down. His merits and services and sacrifices and sufferings are beyond allcalculation." Circumstances have for many years prevented the pro- duction of a work, towrite which completely,it has been asserted, would be to repeat the story of the Revolution. Anditisperhaps better thatithas been so long deferred. Withthe additionalfactswhichtime has brought to light, itis likely that inaccuracies in a book written forty years agomightnowbediscovered. Placed nearertothe statue, the biographer would not have clearly discerned its true
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