Note 241 — Chapter I · (continued 2)

Prefiguring, as John Adams said, the Declaration of Rights in 1774, and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Wells's Adams, i. 501, where it is printed; John Adams's Works, ii. 514; Haven in Thomas, ii. p. 622. Franklin's preface to the English edition of the Rights is in his Works, iv. 381. Cf. Francis Maseres's Occasional Essays (London, 1809). The proceedings of Boston, Oct. 28th and Nov. 20th, were also printed. The letters of John Andrew from Boston begin at this time (Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., viii. 316-412).