John Adams Papers

Collection — Container: MS Adams

Call Number: MS Adams

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection that was created with letters from the Mellen Chamberlain, Americana, and English Civilization collections and contains 61 letters written by John Adams before he was President, primarily to Dr. Benjamin Rush. In addition, there are three letters written to Adams and 15 others either written about him or in which he is mentioned. In addition, there are 82 items that were removed from the inside of Adams's books (approximately 35 of those are notes written in Adams's hand) that make up the remainder of the collection.

Dates

1764-1906

Creator

Adams, John (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

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Extent

180.00 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Arranged in four series:

Series 1 Letters written by John Adams

Series 2 Letters written to John Adams

Series 3 Letters written about John Adams

Series 4 Items removed from John Adams's books

Related Materials

Additional manuscripts related to John Adams, including correspondence and documents in Adam's hand, are held elsewhere in the manuscript collections of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department. A selection of these were cataloged and digitized as part of the American Revolutionary War Manuscripts project and are available through The Internet Archive.