Adams, Samuel

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1. A political leader at the time of the American Revolutionary War. From the time of the Stamp Act to the Declaration of Independence, he was the most effective organizer in Massachusetts of opposition to British rule.

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Adams was a brewer and a cousin of John Adams.

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Adams, Samuel

Unlike his cousin John Adams, Samuel cared more about swaying men behind the scenes than about taking credit for posterity.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022

In fact, with the exception of John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson, the strongest men in political life were in the Federal Convention.

From A Short History of the United States by Channing, Edward

Adams, Samuel, 60, 109, 124-126, 132, 142, 147.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

Other and renowned names, by written or spoken eloquence, coöperated effectively, splendidly, to the grand result,—Samuel Adams, Samuel Chase, Jefferson, Henry James Otis in an earlier stage.

From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)

Adams, Samuel, 49, 57, 59, 60, 162, 175, 176.

From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe