Research Catalog

Title

Samuel Adams Wells letter and document relating to Samuel Adams.

Author

Wells, Samuel Adams

Publication

1826 and undated.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Allen, Joseph, 1749-1827

Description

.01 linear feet (1 folder).

Summary

Samuel Adams Wells (1787-1840) was a merchant and insurance-company executive who wrote a manuscript biography of his grandfather, the Revolutionary-Era politician Samuel Adams (1722-1803). The collection contains Samuel Adams Wells' autograph draft letter dated Boston, 1826 January 9, to the Honorable Jos. [Joseph] Allen, an American politician and nephew of Samuel Adams, at Worcester, Massachusetts (4 pages); also, Wells' undated copy of the 1694 will of Joseph Adams Sr. of Braintree (4 pages), initialled and endorsed by Wells. Wells transcribed the will from a copy once kept by John Adams, bearing his comment praising Samuel Adams. Wells' letter to Allen asks questions regarding Samuel Adams' ancestry and his participation in political events.

Subjects

• Biographers
• Wills
• Correspondence
• Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Wills.

Note

• Formerly part of the Samuel Adams Papers.

Access (note)

• Apply to the Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

• Lenox Library from the Estate of George Bancroft

Call Number

MssCol 185468

OCLC

1260634416

Author

Wells, Samuel Adams, creator.

Title

Samuel Adams Wells letter and document relating to Samuel Adams.

Production

1826 and undated.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Restricted Access

Apply to the Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source

Purchased by the Lenox Library from the Estate of George Bancroft, 1893.

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Occupation

Biographers.

Added Author

Allen, Joseph, 1749-1827, Correspondent.

Research Call Number

MssCol 185468

MssCol 185468