[Footnote 58: Francis Allison, D. D., was pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, as well as Vice Provost and
Professor of Moral Philosophy in the college then recently established
in that city. He came from Ireland in 1735, and died highly respected on
the 28th of November, 1777.]
[Footnote 59: This is the last of Mr. Adams's letters during his first
visit to Philadelphia. On the 28th he left that city. The Congress had
adjourned on the 21st.]