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Samuel Adams papers
- Title
- Samuel Adams papers, 1760-1803.
- Author
- Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | r. 6 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *ZL-308 r. 6 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | r. 5 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *ZL-308 r. 5 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | r. 4 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *ZL-308 r. 4 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | r. 3 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *ZL-308 r. 3 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | r. 2 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *ZL-308 r. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | r. 1 | Mixed material | By appointment only | *ZL-308 r. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | folder (oversize) 5 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 folder (oversize) 5 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | folder (oversize) 4 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 folder (oversize) 4 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | folder (oversize) 3 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 folder (oversize) 3 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | folder (oversize) 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 folder (oversize) 2 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | folder (oversize) 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 folder (oversize) 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | box 7 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 box 7 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | box 6 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 box 6 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | box 5 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 box 5 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | box 4 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 box 4 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | box 3 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 box 3 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | box 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 box 2 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 20 box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- 2.25 linear feet (7 boxes, 5 oversize folders)
- 6 microfilm reels.
- Summary
- The Adams papers contain letters to Adams and drafts of letters by him, chiefly on public affairs; as well as manuscripts of addresses, petitions, committee minutes, resolutions, and other documents. Much of Adams’ correspondence is with notable figures of the period in America and Europe including John Adams, Samuel Cooper, Christopher Gadsden, Horatio Gates, Elbridge Gerry, Joseph Hawley, Thomas Jefferson, Arthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee, James Lovell, Thomas Paine, and James Warren. There are also letters (1778-1781) to Adams’ wife, Elizabeth Wells Adams, on family matters, as well as letters neither to nor from Adams.
- Subjects
- United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783
- United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
- Adams family
- Politicians
- Boston Committee of Correspondence
- United States > History > 1783-1815
- Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
- Governors > Massachusetts
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States > Continental Congress
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Surrogates must be used in lieu of original documents.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Entire collection available on microfilm;
- Entire collection available as digital images.
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Purchased by the Lenox Library from the Estate of George Bancroft in 1893.
- Biography (note)
- Samuel Adams (1722-1803) was an American revolutionary and post-revolutionary era political leader.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Calendar to the Adams papers covering the years 1760 to 1803, made by George D. Curtis circa 1902;
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 20
- OCLC
- NYPW96-A56
- Author
- Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
- Title
- Samuel Adams papers, 1760-1803.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Access
- Surrogates must be used in lieu of original documents.
- Additional Formats
- Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-308.Entire collection available as digital images.Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Biography
- Samuel Adams (1722-1803) was an American revolutionary and post-revolutionary era political leader. Adams served as lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts from 1789 to 1793, and was governor from 1794 to 1797.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Indexes
- Calendar to the Adams papers covering the years 1760 to 1803, made by George D. Curtis circa 1902; available as George Bancroft Collection volumes 176 and 177.
- Source
- Purchased by the Lenox Library from the Estate of George Bancroft in 1893.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Politicians.
- Added Author
- Adams, Elizabeth Wells.Adams, John, 1735-1826.Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805.Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806.Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794.Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Warren, James, 1726-1808.
- LCCN
- ms 70001689
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 20