ADAMS, SAMUEL

born Sept. 27 [Sept. 16, old style], 1722, Boston died Oct. 2, 1803, Boston politician of the American Revolution, leader of the Massachusetts "radicals," who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-81) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was later lieutenant governor (1789-93) and governor (1794-97) of Massachusetts. Additional reading For a general introduction to the period of the Revolution, its causes, developments, and the people, see Stewart Beach, Samuel Adams: The Fateful Years, 1764-1776 (1965); and Cass Canfield, Samuel Adams's Revolution, 1765-1776 (1976). Biographies include Ralph Volney Harlow, Samuel Adams, Promoter of the American Revolution: A Study in Psychology and Politics (1923, reprinted 1975); John C. Miller, Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda (1936, reissued 1960); and Paul Lewis (Noel Bertram Gerson), The Grand Incendiary (1973).