Documents
A copy of the agreement drawn up between John O. Whitehouse, Charles Rowland, and Samuel Adams whereby said partners have formed themselves together for the purpose of shipping goods to California. Describes the terms of contract. 1/23/49
Designates Samuel Adams a government mail agent. 4/30/1853
Postmaster General awards Adams free passage to New York as agent of the department.5/26/1853
Letters
Samuel Adams to Philemela Adams; New York City, 1/20/1849
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Samuel Adams to Philemela Adams; Rio de Janeiro, 3/20/1849
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Samuel Adams to Philemela Adams; San Francisco, with note appended dated May 15am 5/14/1850
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J. Wm. (?) Campbell to Dr. Samuel Adams, 7/14/1853
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Misc. Papers
Contents of the May, 1853 mail from San Francisco to New York for steamers Golden Gate and Georgia; transfer of some mail to steamers Crescent City and Falcon.
Letters
Mrs. Adams to son Samuel; Winthrop, Me., 1/14/1852
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Mrs. Adams to son Samuel; Winthrop, Me., 2/4/1852
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Miss Jennie Brown to pupil Samuel Adams; Salem, Mass., 5/13/1852
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Misc. Papers
Receipts for payment of school tuition for the Adams children; report card for his son George from the City College of San Francisco. Religious awards of merit to Samuel Adams and his son Samuel G., 1/2/1852 - 4/1/1861
Various letters and covers from Susie G. Job of Walpole, Mass. to Mrs. Adams, 8/14/1899 - 10/6/1901
Includes various family records and newspaper clippings, including one of Adams' death in 1888 and of the death of his Son Samuel G. in 1891; a fragment of a land-company letterhead; handwritten copies of 2 addresses by Geo. E. Young
Contains a single newspaper clipping of an 1899 graduating class in which a relative of Mrs. Adams played a part.
Comprises the two volumes of Adams' journal and typewritten and longhand copies of the journal.