ADAMS, SAMUEL

(1722-1803), an American statesman, was 6. at Boston, Ma achusetts, U.S.A., and_ graduated at Harvard College, 1740. He took the popular side in the disturbances caused by the Stamp Act, 1765, and in the same year was made a member of the legislature of Ma achusetts. He signed the Declaration of Independence, 1776, and governor until 1797, of Ma achusetts. He devoted his life to the cause of the independence of America, and wrote political e ays. He was called the American Cato.’ Stewart Edward White), Death, Average Jones, ‘ Lonesome Cove, The Clarion, Little Mi Grouch. The Unspeakable Perk, Our Square and the People in It, and other novels. Also a frequent contributor to magazines,