Research Catalog

Title

Samuel Adams papers, 1760-1803.

Author

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide and digital images

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• 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.

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 > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Governors > Massachusetts
• Adams family
• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
• Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
• United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783
• United States > History > 1783-1815
• Boston Committee of Correspondence
• Politicians
• 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.

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NYPL Digital Collections

Collection guide and digital images

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