[2] "Three months after this (during the second quarter), the Selectmen
procured lodgings for me at Dr. Nahum Willard's. This physician had
a large practice, a good reputation for skill, and a pretty library.
Here were Dr. Cheyne's works, Sydenham, and others, and Van Swieten's
Commentaries on Boerhaave. I read a good deal in these books, and
entertained many thoughts of becoming a physician and surgeon."--_The
Works of JOHN ADAMS, edited by CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS_--Vol. II., p. 7.
[3] The Works of John Adams--Vol. II., page 9.
[4] The Works of John Adams--Vol. II., p. 145.
[5] This picture is engraved in the "The Life and Works," Vol. II.,
Frontispiece. We are obliged to guess at the age when it was taken,
since we find no hint concerning it--indeed no reference to the picture
any where in the book.
[6] "The American nettle-tree. One of these is still to be seen growing
out of the top of the rock at this place."--_Ed. The Life and Works._
[7] "This is the mansion afterwards purchased by the writer, in which he
lived from the date of his last return from Europe until his death in
1826.--_Ib._
[8] This tree still remains in fine condition on Milton Hill.--_Ed.
The Life and Works._
[9] The Life and Works--Vol. II., p. 136-138.
[10] The Life and Works--Vol. II., p. 255.
=Patrick Henry.=
[Illustration: Patrick Henry fac-simile of letter]
[Illustration: Residence of Patrick Henry, Va.]