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Adams family papers, 1687-1939.
BANC MSS 81/96 z
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Adams family papers, 1687-1939Creator/Contributor:
Adams family., creatorAbstract:
Include two letters, 1697-1700, by Richard Adams, Chester, England, to his brother, Francis, in Boston re shipment of weaving
equipment and wool to Massachusetts; diary of Mary Carver Adams, Oct. 1856, re her travels from Washington, D.C., to New York
and sailing from thence to New Orleans; diary of her sister, Alice, for 1867, recording social life in Washington, D.C. and
her trip to Europe; scrapbook kept by Cora B. Taylor (later Mrs. James Barry Adams) while in Rome, with calling cards, menus,
programs and letters, including three from John B. Jackson; obituary clippings for James Barry Adams, 1939.
Date:
1687 (issued)Subject:
n-us-dc -- e-it--- -- n-us-maAdams, Mary Carver -- d. 1860
Adams, Alice M -- 1841-
Adams, Cora Berenice McGaw Taylor -- 1876-
Jackson, John Brinckerhoff -- 1862-1920
Adams, Richard
Adams, Francis
Taylor, Cora B
Adams, James Barry -- d. 1939
Textile industry -- Massachusetts
Family archives
Textile fabrics -- Massachusetts
Europe -- Description and travel
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
Note:
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1981.027--PIC)
Type:
Diaries.Scrapbooks.
Theater programs.
Physical Description:
1 box (.4 linear ft.).
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 81/96 z