ContentsContainer List Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886) Adams, Charles Francis (1835-1915), correspondence, 1899-1911 Adams, Henry (1838-1918), correspondence, 1863, 1894, 1914 Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Adams, Louisa Catherine (1775-1852) |
Adams Family PapersA Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of CongressPrepared by Nan Thompson Ernst2000
Scope and Content NoteThe Adams Family Papers span the years 1776 to 1948 with the bulk dated 1794-1846. Chiefly comprising correspondence of John Quincy Adams, the collection also includes correspondence and other material relating to Abigail Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), Charles Francis Adams (1835-1915), Henry Adams, John Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, and Samuel Adams. Henry Adams included his address to the American Historical Association in a letter dated 1894 to Herbert Baxter Adams. Many of the items are transcripts, photocopies, and other reproductions. Some of the twentieth century items are explanatory cover letters or printed material. Other correspondents include Joseph Blunt, Alexander Hill Everett, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Robert Welsh, Jr. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents The papers are arranged alphabetically by name of family member. Return to the Table of Contents Container ListAdams, Abigail (1744-1818)Correspondence, 1790, 1796, 1800, 1813-1815Lock of hair, undatedAdams, Charles Francis (1807-1886)CorrespondenceMiscellaneous, 1851-1853, 1862, 1873Seward, William H., to Adams, draft with notes, 1861Adams, Charles Francis , correspondence, (1835-1915) 1899-1911 (3 folders)Adams, Henry , correspondence, (1838-1918)1863, 1894, 1914Adams, John (1735-1826)Correspondence, 1776-1817, 1826, 1948 (2 folders)MiscellanyCommission to Seth Lewis, 1800Facsimiles of Adams's signature, newspaper clipping, 1938Will and tombstone inscription, undatedAdams, John Quincy (1767-1848)Correspondence1801-1830 (6 folders)1831-1838, 1846, undated (3 folders)MiscellanyAccount of the debate on the annexation of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives, fragment, 1838Deed to Richard Morsell and receipts for payment for land in Washington, D.C., 1840-1847Land grantsOrmsby, Robert, 1826Rood, William, 1826Letter announcing release of Adams from post as resident minister to the Batavian Republic, signed by Timothy Pickering, 1797“Livre d’or de la Bibliotheque de la Ville de Graned,” copy of page containing Adams’s signature, 1814Print from engraved portrait, with signature, undatedRemarks to Congress at the death of William Soden Hastings, holograph, , with note by Mary Earle, 1842 1864Seal impression made by great-granddaughter, Abigail Adams, 1896Sketches of Adams and other negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent, 1815Adams, Louisa Catherine (1775-1852)Correspondence, 1832-1836, 1848Miscellany“The Indestructible Church,” leaflet concerning church where Louisa and John Quincy Adams were married, 1941Poems, 1827, undatedAdams, Samuel , correspondence, (1722-1803)1775-1789Return to the Table of Contents |
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