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  1. 1966 — US. Vinyl —. LP, Album, Stereo. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Portrait Of John Williams" on Discogs.

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  3. Portrait of John Williams by John Williams released in 1982. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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    • Prologue
    • A Loyal Subject
    • Boom and Bust
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    John Williams was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1751. Both of his parents were from well-connected Connecticut River Valley families. John's father, Elijah, was the son of the Reverend John Williams. It was this older John who was captured along with his entire family and many others in a devastating raid on Deerfield by the French and their ...

    John had grown up as a British subject. He had witnessed his father's loyalty to Great Britain, including military service. As a student at Harvard and then a young lawyer in Salem, he was aware of the escalating protests against Parliament's colonial policies. Like his neighbors Elihu Ashley and Jonathan Judd of Southampton, John may have felt dis...

    Two years later, the war was ending at last. John may have felt a surge of optimism as he recorded transaction after transaction throughout the fall of 1883 in the day book for his store. Friends and neighbors came to buy, eager to make up for lost time and replenish their homes, farms and businesses with goods that had been either unavailable or t...

    Like many other former Loyalists, John Williams adapted to the new political climate following the ratification of the new United States Constitution in 1789. He represented the town in the General Court for several more terms, acted as Register of Deeds, and served continuously as a Justice of the Peace from 1791 until his death. John was less for...

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  5. 1985 — Denmark. Vinyl — LP, Album, Stereo. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Portrait of John Williams" on Discogs.

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  6. Portrait believed to be of John Williams, c. 1707 John Williams (10 December 1664 – 12 June 1729) [ citation needed ] was a New England Puritan minister who was the noted pastor of Deerfield from 1688 to his death.

  7. The Reverend John Williams (1664-1729) was the spiritual and intellectual leader of Deerfield, Massachusetts, at the time of the 1704 raid. He was educated at Harvard College and had social connections to the power structure of Massachusetts. This portrait of a clergyman is believed to be said Williams.

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