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The Roots of Adam R. Boyce, Williamstown, VT:
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1. Adams History: A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, MA and his Descendants..., 403, His cousin, President John Adams, declared him to have been of "incorruptible integrity," "the very soul of the Revolution," and that the appointment of Washington to the command of the army was due to him. Rufus Choate pronounced him "the matchless orator," and though none of his orations have come down to us, we know what they were.
2. Adams History: A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, MA and his Descendants..., p. 400, "He has been described as a man of greater learning and force than any of his contemporaries, but of ungovernable temper and undue self-esteem. His services to his country were of inestimable value."
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