Sept 7 1776, Abigail Adams writes letter to John Adams. Mentions poisoning - plan to poison the waters of the City.

WATCH THE DRINKING WATER???

"By their fears betray their Hopes" but How they should ever take it into their Heads that you was poisond at New York a fortnight before that we heard any thing of that villans Zedwitz plan of poisoning the waters of the City, I cannot tell. https:// www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760907aa