| Description |
.6 linear foot (1 box) |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Summary |
Collection consists of correspondence of the Adams sisters and other family members and friends, minutes, and financial papers. Correspondence contains information on social and economic conditions among women of Massachusetts and Rhode Island who worked in private homes as spinners, weavers, dressmakers, housekeepers, etc.; women who had shops; and women who taught school. Some letters depict religious activities in Massachusetts. Papers also include the minutes of the Medway, Mass. Social Debating Society and financial papers of Christopher Slocum. |
| Form |
Susan Adams letters, 1809-1834, available on microfilm; New York Public Library. |
| Biography |
Charlotte, Levina and Susan Adams were sisters who lived in Medway, Mass. during the first half of the 19th century. Charlotte married Christopher Slocum of New York and Levina married Cephus Taylor. Slocum's sister Esther married Rev. Lewis Pennell. |
| Indexes |
Finding aid available in repository. |
| Subject |
Adams family.
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Slocum family.
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Debates and debating -- Massachusetts -- 19th century.
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Women -- Employment -- Massachusetts -- 19th century.
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Women -- Massachusetts -- 19th century -- Social conditions.
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Massachusetts -- Religion -- 19th century.
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Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Adams, Susan, d. 1839.
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Pennell, Esther Slocum.
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Slocum, Charlotte Adams.
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Slocum, Christopher.
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Thayer, Cephus.
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Thayer, Levina Adams.
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Ware, Harriet.
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Ware, Myra.
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Social Debating Society (Medway, Mass.)
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| LCCN |
ms 68001015 |
| Standard no. |
*ZZ-16461 |
| Call No. |
MssCol 21
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| Research Call Number |
MssCol 21
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