Two Gentlemen crossing a ferry at Rhode Island in their way from Philadelphia to the Eastward, were stopped by Captain [James] Ayscough, who found several letters in their possession, which were transmitted to Admiral [Samuel] Graves; but I found an opportunity of copying two of them, and herewith send the copies to you,2 that you may see the real intentions of those miscreants who have misled his Majesty's subjects in North America to commit acts of open Rebellion; and that you may be no longer deceived by the artful publication of those Tories, or give credit to their professions of wishing for Accomodation. There is undoubted proof that both these letters are from Mr. John Adams, a Lawyer at Boston, and one of the Delegates in the Continental Congress.
1. Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle, Sept. 18 to Sept. 20, 1775.
2. The two letters under reference, in the handwriting of John Adams, were addressed respectively to Abigail Adams and James Warren. Adams' initials appear only on the letter to his wife.
