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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Henry Adams letters to various correspondents (MS Am 1766): Guide.


"creator" Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Title: Henry Adams letters to various correspondents,
Dates: 1881-1947.
Abstract: Letters from American author and historian Henry Adams to his niece and others.
Extent: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Language: Collection materials are in English.
Identification: MS Am 1766
Location: b

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*65M-39. Gift of Mrs. Ward Thoron, 191 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts; received: 1965 September 3.

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Henry Adams Letters to Various Correspondents (MS Am 1766). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

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Adams was an American historian and author.

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Letters address personal finance issues, wedding presents to family members, and Adams' thoughts after his wife died. Adams also writes about past and present pesidents and politics, the Marbury versus Madison U.S. Supreme court case, replies to his friends' solicitations for books, dinner invitations, living in Washington D.C., and travels through Mexico and Shropshire, England.

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