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The Other John Adams, 1705-1740. By BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses. 2003. 207 pp. 35 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-8386-3986-0.
It is not hard to understand why the 'other' John Adams, a New Englander who flourished several decades before the celebrated political leader of that name, remains obscure even among early Americanists. Very little is known about Adams's early life or family background. Trained at Harvard as a Congregationalist clergyman, the other Adams served only briefly as an ordained...
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