Abigail Adams
- eminent stingy merchant refused to sell coffee under 6 shillings per pound July 31, 1777 ⟨Boston, 1777⟩
an eminent stingy merchant, who is a bachelor, had a hogshead of coffee in his store, which he refused to sell under 6 shillings per pound
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. Abigail Adams's letter of July 31, 1777, explicitly states that 'an eminent stingy merchant, who is a bachelor, had a hogshead of coffee in his store, which he refused to sell under 6 shillings per pound,' which matches the claim's subject, predicate, and object exactly.
- qualifier_fidelity 0.95 pass — The claim is highly faithful to the passage qualifiers. The viewpoint (Abigail Adams), stance (asserts), sentiment (negative, conveyed through 'stingy'), time (July 31, 1777), and context (Boston, 1777) all accurately match the passage. The quote is verbatim and supports the claim. The only minor note is that valid_to is null in the claim's time structure, which is appropriate since the passage does not specify an end date, though this is not an error but rather correct handling of missing temporal information.
