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Tag: Bruce Laing

A Revolutionary Guest: John Adams’ Letters From Ipswich

July 1, 2021January 2, 2025 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Woodcut of John Adams

John Adams visited Ipswich many times during his tenure as the Boston representative to the colonial legislature from 1770 to 1774.

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