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By John Adams
The Revolution was in the Minds of the People, and this was effected, from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen Years before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington.
- Source
- John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 24 August 1815, August 24, 1815 · The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 8, pp. 682-684
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- Founders Online, National Archives (Adams and Jefferson correspondence)
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From a letter John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson from Quincy on August 24, 1815. The sentences before it ask "What do We mean by the Revolution? The War? That was no part of the Revolution. It was only an Effect and Consequence of it."