Continental Congressman. Signer of the Articles of Confederation. His first political position was as a clerk of Henrico County. Adams had extensive business interests in England and traveled there to attend to them in 1763, but returned to Virginia at the start of the American Revolution. He was chairman of the New Kent County Committee of Safety in 1774, and signed the Articles of Association on May 27 of that year. Adams was chosen as a delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779. He was a Virginia State senator from 1783 until 1786. Adams died on his estate, Cowpasture.
Continental Congressman. Signer of the Articles of Confederation. His first political position was as a clerk of Henrico County. Adams had extensive business interests in England and traveled there to attend to them in 1763, but returned to Virginia at the start of the American Revolution. He was chairman of the New Kent County Committee of Safety in 1774, and signed the Articles of Association on May 27 of that year. Adams was chosen as a delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779. He was a Virginia State senator from 1783 until 1786. Adams died on his estate, Cowpasture.
