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Adams wrote later of his part in the trial: "The Part I took in Defense of Captn. Preston and the Soldiers, procured me Anxiety and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most galant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life, and one of the best Pieces of Service I eyer rendered my Country. Judgment of Death against those Soldiers would have been as foul a Stain upon this Country as the Executions of the Quakers or Witches, anciently. As the Evidence was, the verdict of the Jury was exactly right...
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