149215341588160716201754-60 Sam ·In early1768,S& 1803)wrote the Letter and sent legislature.This without represe self-governanc making governo independent of tSamuel Adams • In early 1768, Samuel Adams (1722– 1803) wrote the Massachusetts Circular Letter and sent copies to every colonial legislature. This letter denounced taxation without representation and the threat to self–governance posed by Parliament’s making governors and royal officials independent of the legislatures