Items found in John Adams’s books

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'''Notes'''  
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Arrangement is by Adams call number. This list does not include stored pieces of broken spines, or actual parts of the books which have simply come detached. To see the title of the corresponding book, search the [http://catalog.mbln.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=bpl1#focus BPL Online Catalog] or the [http://www.johnadamslibrary.org John Adams Library website] by call number.
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Arrangement is by Adams call number; the page number following the call number denotes where in the book the item was found. This list does not include stored pieces of broken spines, or actual parts of the books which have simply come detached. To see the title of the corresponding book, search the [http://catalog.mbln.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=bpl1#focus BPL Online Catalog] or the [http://www.johnadamslibrary.org John Adams Library website] by call number.
John Adams is listed as both the creator and the recipient of items such as notes for himself that likely had no other intended audience. Unless any document is dated, no correlation is made between the date of the book and the date of the item found in the book, nor between Adams’s location and  the time of the book’s publication, etc.
John Adams is listed as both the creator and the recipient of items such as notes for himself that likely had no other intended audience. Unless any document is dated, no correlation is made between the date of the book and the date of the item found in the book, nor between Adams’s location and  the time of the book’s publication, etc.
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Summary: One paragraph of notes in Spanish. At head: “Marianan, Libro 28.c.12.p.725. 1505.”
Summary: One paragraph of notes in Spanish. At head: “Marianan, Libro 28.c.12.p.725. 1505.”
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New Call #: Adams 407
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Summary: Four advertisements from London publisher John Stockdale, including William Perry’s New Pocket English Dictionary, and Twenty-five Sermons by Jedidiah Morse.
Summary: Four advertisements from London publisher John Stockdale, including William Perry’s New Pocket English Dictionary, and Twenty-five Sermons by Jedidiah Morse.
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New Call #: Adams 408
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Summary: Includes maple and poplar of various sizes.
Summary: Includes maple and poplar of various sizes.
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New Call #: Adams 409
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Summary: Adams’s notes on Plutarch; in Greek. These items are available for viewing on the John Adams Library website.
Summary: Adams’s notes on Plutarch; in Greek. These items are available for viewing on the John Adams Library website.
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New Call #: Adams 410
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'''Adams call #: Adams 23.9 v. 1 p. 48-49'''
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'''Adams call #: 12.8 Folio after title page'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient:. Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 23 cm.
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Summary: Translation into English of dedication to John Adams, signed "Aug. 15th 1825 Jas. Wm. Jenks."
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New Call #: Adams 411
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'''Adams call #: 23.9 v. 1 p. 48-49'''
Type: AN
Type: AN
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Summary: Adams’s notes on Homer; in French.
Summary: Adams’s notes on Homer; in French.
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New Call #: Adams 412
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Summary: Preliminary matter which has come detached from volume; is annotated: “This Vol. was printed in 1775…”
Summary: Preliminary matter which has come detached from volume; is annotated: “This Vol. was printed in 1775…”
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New Call #: Adams 414
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Summary: Lengthy notes by Adams on the second volume of Ferguson.   
Summary: Lengthy notes by Adams on the second volume of Ferguson.   
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New Call #: Adams 415
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'''Adams call #: Adams 31.1 Folio p. 496'''
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'''Adams call #: 31.1 Folio p. 496'''
Type: AN
Type: AN
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Summary: Adam’s notes on Plato; in Greek.
Summary: Adam’s notes on Plato; in Greek.
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New Call #: Adams 416
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'''Adams call #: Adams 32.1 Folio p. 344'''
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'''Adams call #: 32.1 Folio p. 344'''
Type: AN  
Type: AN  
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Summary: Poem on small card; not in Adams’s handwriting.  
Summary: Poem on small card; not in Adams’s handwriting.  
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New Call #: Adams 417
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Summary: Appears to be notes by Charles Adams in regard to a case for his client Richard Roe, who was overpaid ₤1000.
Summary: Appears to be notes by Charles Adams in regard to a case for his client Richard Roe, who was overpaid ₤1000.
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New Call #: Adams 418
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Summary: Note entitled “Dower,” beginning, “Dower at Common law in the third part of all the lands…”
Summary: Note entitled “Dower,” beginning, “Dower at Common law in the third part of all the lands…”
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New Call #: Adams 419
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Summary: Adams makes various notes, including pen trials and mathematical equations; includes wax seal with “A” in middle.  
Summary: Adams makes various notes, including pen trials and mathematical equations; includes wax seal with “A” in middle.  
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New Call #: Adams 420
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Summary: Legal notes written by Lowell on behalf of his client, John Amory.
Summary: Legal notes written by Lowell on behalf of his client, John Amory.
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New Call #: Adams 421
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Summary: Two fragments of paper, one of which has partial names: “John Fran...”; “Minuty…”; and “William P?...”  
Summary: Two fragments of paper, one of which has partial names: “John Fran...”; “Minuty…”; and “William P?...”  
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New Call #: Adams 422
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Summary: Two separate fragmented notes, one from John Adams and one from John Quincy Adams, of legal notes. Also available online for viewing on the John Adams Library website.
Summary: Two separate fragmented notes, one from John Adams and one from John Quincy Adams, of legal notes. Also available online for viewing on the John Adams Library website.
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New Call #: Adams 423
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Summary: Advertisement for “William George, Perfumer, at the Civet Cat, the corner of Great Russell and Bridges-Streets, opposite Drury-Lane Playhouse.”
Summary: Advertisement for “William George, Perfumer, at the Civet Cat, the corner of Great Russell and Bridges-Streets, opposite Drury-Lane Playhouse.”
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New Call #: Adams 424
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Summary: Adams appears to be citing Junius’ letter to Mansfied, in a letter that begins “I see through your whole Life, one uniform Plan to enlarge the Power of the crown…”
Summary: Adams appears to be citing Junius’ letter to Mansfied, in a letter that begins “I see through your whole Life, one uniform Plan to enlarge the Power of the crown…”
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New Call #: Adams 425
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 x 20 cm. (fold.)
Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 x 20 cm. (fold.)
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Summary: Mathematical figures, sums, and geometric designs.
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New Call #: Adams 426
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'''Adams call #: Adams 92.6 Folio'''
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'''Adams call #: 92.6 Folio'''
Type: AN
Type: AN
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Summary: Commentary on Necker, not in Adams’s hand.
Summary: Commentary on Necker, not in Adams’s hand.
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New Call #: Adams 427
   
   
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Summary: Geometric drawings and figures, likely by Adams.   
Summary: Geometric drawings and figures, likely by Adams.   
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New Call #: Adams 428
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'''Adams call #: 102.1 p. 153'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 5 x 14 cm.
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Summary: Appears to be a piece of scrap parchment used to mend a torn page (p.153); includes wax adhesive on both ends.
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New Call #: Adams 429
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'''Adams call #: 102.14'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Boston, Mass.
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Recipient: Unidentified (“Dear Sir.”)
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 30 x 18 cm.
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Summary: Letter to “Dear Sir” dated Jan. 2, 1789 discussing the resolve of March 7, 1781. Does not appear to be Adams’s writing.
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New Call #: Adams 430
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'''Adams call #: 102.15'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 2 items ; 26 x 7 cm.
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Summary: Autographed pieces of vellum removed from front hinges of book. Not in Adams’s hand.
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New Call #: Adams 431
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'''Adams call #: 110.3 v. 9 p. 254-255'''
'''Adams call #: 110.3 v. 9 p. 254-255'''
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Summary: Small piece of paper with various pen trials and signatures, including mathematical equations and names: “Mr. Elisha Blanchard,” “Goody Blake,” and “Dear Thomas.”
Summary: Small piece of paper with various pen trials and signatures, including mathematical equations and names: “Mr. Elisha Blanchard,” “Goody Blake,” and “Dear Thomas.”
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New Call #: Adams 432
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Summary: Appears to be a bill for $3.37 from Niles to Adams for his subscription to the Niles Weekly Register. Is broken in half.
Summary: Appears to be a bill for $3.37 from Niles to Adams for his subscription to the Niles Weekly Register. Is broken in half.
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New Call #: Adams 433
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Summary: Blank piece of folded paper.
Summary: Blank piece of folded paper.
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New Call #: Adams 434
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Summary: Appears to be portion of index from financial register (top right corner); has “TBA” written at top, probably by Adams.
Summary: Appears to be portion of index from financial register (top right corner); has “TBA” written at top, probably by Adams.
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New Call #: Adams 435
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Summary: Note card reading “The Cotillion Parties” and “Not Transferable.”
Summary: Note card reading “The Cotillion Parties” and “Not Transferable.”
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New Call #: Adams 437
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Summary: Note, in French, written on the back of a BPL call slip. Not from Adams.
Summary: Note, in French, written on the back of a BPL call slip. Not from Adams.
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New Call #: Adams 439
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'''Adams call #: 131.9'''
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Type: ALS
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Quincy, Mass.
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Recipient: Curtis, Nathaniel, 1774-1857.
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Place of receipt: Boston, Mass.
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 24 x 20 cm.
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Summary: Acknowledges and comments on the receipt of “Native wine” sent by John Adlum of Georgetown. Dated November 24, 1824.
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New Call #: Adams 439 (2)
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'''Adams call #: 131.9'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: St. Knightsbridge, Sloane.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 12 x 18 cm. 
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Summary: Presentation copy note to Adams from John Disney for ''Memoirs of the life and writings of Arthur Ashley Sykes D.D.''
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New Call #: Adams 439 (3)
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Summary: Publisher’s business card; reads “Geo. B. Bains & Sons, Manufacturers of Trunks, Bags and Satchels, 402 Market Street, Philadelphia.”
Summary: Publisher’s business card; reads “Geo. B. Bains & Sons, Manufacturers of Trunks, Bags and Satchels, 402 Market Street, Philadelphia.”
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New Call #: Adams 440
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Summary: Reads “Nouvelle Desev.”
Summary: Reads “Nouvelle Desev.”
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New Call #: Adams 441
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Summary: Letter from Cerisier to Adams, dated Aug. 10, 1786. In French; includes wax seal.  
Summary: Letter from Cerisier to Adams, dated Aug. 10, 1786. In French; includes wax seal.  
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New Call #: Adams 442
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Summary: Letter from Cerisier to Adams, dated Aout [Aug.] 10, 1786; in French.  
Summary: Letter from Cerisier to Adams, dated Aout [Aug.] 10, 1786; in French.  
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New Call #: Adams 443
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Summary: Notes in Spanish; appears to be Adams’s handwriting.
Summary: Notes in Spanish; appears to be Adams’s handwriting.
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New Call #: Adams 444
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Summary: Cardboard note card with handwritten name and address: “Mr. Channing No. 7 Codman Street Codman Square.”   
Summary: Cardboard note card with handwritten name and address: “Mr. Channing No. 7 Codman Street Codman Square.”   
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New Call #: Adams 445
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'''Adams call #: 160.10 preface'''
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'''Adams call #: 160.16 preface'''
Type: AN
Type: AN
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Summary: Two lines of notes in French.  
Summary: Two lines of notes in French.  
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New Call #: Adams 446
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Summary: One line in Latin: “Donati Roma retis ac Recens.”
Summary: One line in Latin: “Donati Roma retis ac Recens.”
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New Call #: Adams 447
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Summary: Receipt, partially lost. Reads: “Received Quincy 182? Twenty Five Dollars in full for ?? in which he lives belonging to JQ?? $25.0.”
Summary: Receipt, partially lost. Reads: “Received Quincy 182? Twenty Five Dollars in full for ?? in which he lives belonging to JQ?? $25.0.”
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New Call #: Adams 448
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Summary: Various mathematical figures and the sentence “Paid more than I have.”
Summary: Various mathematical figures and the sentence “Paid more than I have.”
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New Call #: Adams 449
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Summary: Appears to be notes, in French, on Cornelissen. Not in Adams’s handwriting.
Summary: Appears to be notes, in French, on Cornelissen. Not in Adams’s handwriting.
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New Call #: Adams 450
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'''Adams call #: 173.21'''
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Type: Straight pin
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item ; 3 cm.
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Summary: One straight pin, likely to mark a page.
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New Call #: Adams 451
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Summary: Single page from The New-Harmony Gazette, dated April 5, 1826.  
Summary: Single page from The New-Harmony Gazette, dated April 5, 1826.  
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New Call #: Adams 452
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Summary: Sliver of paper reading “Sept.27 To Province for Stores” on one side and misc. pen trials on other side.  
Summary: Sliver of paper reading “Sept.27 To Province for Stores” on one side and misc. pen trials on other side.  
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New Call #: Adams 453
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Summary: List of items and their costs, such as “Glass 4:25” and Groceries 6:64.” The total sum is “16:53.” Appears to have been part of a longer note.
Summary: List of items and their costs, such as “Glass 4:25” and Groceries 6:64.” The total sum is “16:53.” Appears to have been part of a longer note.
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New Call #: Adams 454
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'''Adams call #: 201.5 v. 2 p. 142-143'''
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Type: TD
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 12 x 6 cm.
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Summary: Clipping of newspaper, irregular shape. Inscribed “Postmaster Quincy”
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New Call #: Adams 455
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'''Adams call #: 201.16 p. 930-931'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 3 x 19 cm.
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Summary: On one side Adams writes: “I am personally acquainted with AB the above deponent and believe him [?]ed to credit for his veracity as a Witness.” On other side: two mathematical equations.
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New Call #: Adams 456
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'''Adams call #: 203.8 v. 1 p. 18-19'''
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Type:
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 2 items ; 4 x 6 cm. (max.)
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Summary: Two blank pieces of loose paper.
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New Call #: Adams 457
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'''Adams call #: 221.30 v. 1 p. 2-3'''
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Type: DS
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 7 cm.
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Summary: Appears to be bookplate. Reads “From the Author”; inscribed at top, “Mr. Brooks Adams.”
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New Call #: Adams 458
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'''Adams call #: 230.1 v. 3 p. 344-345'''
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Type: Straight pin
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item ; 3 cm.
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Summary: One straight pin, likely to mark a page.
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New Call #: Adams 460
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'''Adams call #: 230.3'''
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Type: AD
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Creator: Pratt, John H.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Briesler, John Sr., Dr.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 10 x 17 cm. 
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Summary: Bill from Pratt to Briesler for tobacco, shaving supplies, and a palm leaf. Folder also includes small clipping of newspaper, approx. 4 x 6 cm, dated March 11, 1791.
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New Call #: Adams 461
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'''Adams call #: 232.1 inside binding'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 page) ; 20 x 13 cm.
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Summary: List of names, in categories “G,” “H,” and “I.” Partial list; the rest appears to be lost.
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New Call #: Adams 462
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'''Adams call #: 232.1 v. 21 p. 268-269'''
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Type: TD
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Creator: Cushing, Thomas Croade, 1764-1824.
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Place of creation: Salem, Mass.
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 8 x 10 cm.
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Summary: Newspaper clipping; in center: “The Salem Gazette: Published on Tuesdays and Fridays, Thomas C. Cushing, E. Street, Salem Massachusetts…”
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New Call #: Adams 463
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'''Adams call #: 234.3 v. 4 p. 315'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 6 x 10 cm.
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Summary: Reads: “Back bar last Saturday night 25~ back feather oil fries out – cushions out stuffed with hair.”
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New Call #: Adams 464
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'''Adams call #: 235.9'''
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Type: TNS
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Creator: Ernst, Carl Wilhelm
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Place of creation: [Boston, Mass.]
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Recipient: Mr. Swift
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 x 21 cm.
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Summary: Discusses the loan of the Melish book, Ernst’s great admiration of it, and the importance of traveling.
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New Call #: Adams 465
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'''Adams call #: 240.8 v. 1 p. 439'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 3 x 5 cm.
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Summary: On one side: “1791 Thomas Boyle”; on other side:
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”Damper” and a series of numbers.
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New Call #: Adams 466
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'''Adams call #: 241.2 v. 1 p. 40-41'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 7 x 11 cm.
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Summary: Miscellaneous pen trials on both sides.
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New Call #: Adams 467
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'''Adams call #: 241.4 v. 1 p. 67'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 3 x 8 cm.
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Summary: Inscribed "Fr. Ad: Van derkep."
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New Call #: Adams 468
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'''Adams call #: 245.18 at title page'''
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Type: TN
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 8 cm.
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Summary: Typed inscription "Mr. Joseph Blunt."
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New Call #: Adams 469
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'''Adams call #: 250.10 p. 58-59'''
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Type: Straight pin
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item ; 3 cm.
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Summary: One straight pin, likely to mark a page.
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New Call #: Adams 470
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'''Adams call #: 251.11 v. 3 p. 392-393'''
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Type: AL
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Lovell Court, Pater Nosher Row, [England]
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Recipient: Mrs. Smith
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Place of receipt: London, [England]
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Physical description: 2 items (2 p. + envelope) ; 23 x 16 cm.
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Summary: Appears to be letter to Mrs. Smith, written by Adams on behalf of T. Quartermain, returning borrowed books.
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New Call #: Adams 472
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'''Adams call #: 252.11 at front'''
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Type: TD
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Creator: Curtis, John
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Place of creation: Philadelphia, Pa.
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 6 cm.
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Summary: Bookbinder’s plate, reading: “Books neatly bound and lettered by John Curtis, No. 43. North Fourth-street, Philadelphia.”
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New Call #: Adams 473
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'''Adams call #: 252.18 v. 1 p. 414-415 and v. 3 p. 416-417'''
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Type: Straight pin
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Creator: Unidentified
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Unidentified
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 2 items ; 3 cm.
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Summary: Two straight pins, likely to mark a page.
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New Call #: Adams 474
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'''Adams call #: 262.6'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 6 x 4 cm. 
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 +
Summary: On one side: “M. De Bresson” (six times); on other side: “…for pepper and peas…” and misc. numbers. 
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New Call #: Adams 476
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'''Adams call #: 274.1 1837a p. [14-15]'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 8 x 6 cm
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Summary: On one side: a list of dates from April through Feb.; on other side: “199.3” and “19.93” and “12.”
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New Call #: Adams 477
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'''Adams call #: 281.13 p. 207-208'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 18 cm.
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Summary: Misc. notes, including “Frozen Ink” and “Sinking from thought to thought.”
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New Call #: Adams 478
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'''Adams call #: 291.7 v. 3 p. 214'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 9 x 6 cm.
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Summary: Irregularly shaped fragment; includes date of “1782 July.”
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New Call #: Adams 479
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'''Adams call #: Unidentified'''
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Type: AN
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Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of creation: Unidentified
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Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Place of receipt: Unidentified
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Physical description: 2 items (2 p.) ; 18 x 11 cm. (max)
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Summary: Miscellaneous notes with unknown origin; on Robertson’s History of Charles V; second note dated 1734.
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New Call #: Adams 480

Current revision as of 20:41, 28 February 2007

Notes

Arrangement is by Adams call number; the page number following the call number denotes where in the book the item was found. This list does not include stored pieces of broken spines, or actual parts of the books which have simply come detached. To see the title of the corresponding book, search the BPL Online Catalog or the John Adams Library website by call number.

John Adams is listed as both the creator and the recipient of items such as notes for himself that likely had no other intended audience. Unless any document is dated, no correlation is made between the date of the book and the date of the item found in the book, nor between Adams’s location and the time of the book’s publication, etc.


Abbreviations Used


AD: Autograph document

ADS: Autograph document signed

AL: Autograph letter

ALS: Autograph letter signed

ANS: Autograph note signed

DS: Document note

DNS: Document note signed

LS: Letter signed

TD: Typed document

TDS: Typed document signed

TLS: Typed letter signed



Adams call #: 11.1 Folio p. 725

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm. (note: 3 blank pages)

Summary: One paragraph of notes in Spanish. At head: “Marianan, Libro 28.c.12.p.725. 1505.”

New Call #: Adams 407


Adams call #: 12.1 Folio p. 564

Type: Publisher’s advertisements

Creator: Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814.

Place of creation: London, England.

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 4 item (8 p.) ; 25 x 15 cm. (max.)

Summary: Four advertisements from London publisher John Stockdale, including William Perry’s New Pocket English Dictionary, and Twenty-five Sermons by Jedidiah Morse.

New Call #: Adams 408


Adams call #: 12.6 v. 3 Folio

Type: Leaves

Creator: N/A

Place of creation: Unidentified ; probably New England

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 14 leaves ; 26 x 17 cm. (max.)

Summary: Includes maple and poplar of various sizes.

New Call #: Adams 409


Adams call #: 12.6 v. 3 Folio p. 506-507

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (6 p.) ; 21 x 13 cm.

Summary: Adams’s notes on Plutarch; in Greek. These items are available for viewing on the John Adams Library website.

New Call #: Adams 410


Adams call #: 12.8 Folio after title page

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient:. Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 23 cm.

Summary: Translation into English of dedication to John Adams, signed "Aug. 15th 1825 Jas. Wm. Jenks."

New Call #: Adams 411


Adams call #: 23.9 v. 1 p. 48-49

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17 x 9 cm.

Summary: Adams’s notes on Homer; in French.

New Call #: Adams 412


Adams call #: 23.10 v. 1 Folio first leaf

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: N/A

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 29 x 22 cm.

Summary: Preliminary matter which has come detached from volume; is annotated: “This Vol. was printed in 1775…”

New Call #: Adams 414


Adams call #: 23.11 v. 2 Folio p. 158-159

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm.

Summary: Lengthy notes by Adams on the second volume of Ferguson.

New Call #: Adams 415


Adams call #: 31.1 Folio p. 496

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

Summary: Adam’s notes on Plato; in Greek.

New Call #: Adams 416


Adams call #: 32.1 Folio p. 344

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 9 x 12 cm.

Summary: Poem on small card; not in Adams’s handwriting.

New Call #: Adams 417


Adams call #: 32.2 v. 14 Folio

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, Charles?

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 2 items (2 p.) ; 25 x 19 cm. (max)

Summary: Appears to be notes by Charles Adams in regard to a case for his client Richard Roe, who was overpaid ₤1000.

New Call #: Adams 418


Adams call #: 52.2 v. 2 Folio p. 132-33

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm. (fold.)

Summary: Note entitled “Dower,” beginning, “Dower at Common law in the third part of all the lands…”

New Call #: Adams 419


Adams call #: 52.2 v.2 Folio p. 314-315

Type: ANS

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Quincy, Mass.

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 13 x 20 cm.

Summary: Adams makes various notes, including pen trials and mathematical equations; includes wax seal with “A” in middle.

New Call #: Adams 420


Adams call #: 52.2 v. 3 Folio p. 24-25

Type: ANS

Creator: Lowell, John, 1743-1802.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm.

Summary: Legal notes written by Lowell on behalf of his client, John Amory.

New Call #: Adams 421


Adams call #: 62.8 Folio p. 98-99

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 2 items (2 p.) ; 16 x 6 cm. (max.)

Summary: Two fragments of paper, one of which has partial names: “John Fran...”; “Minuty…”; and “William P?...”

New Call #: Adams 422


Adams call #: 62.10 Folio p. [8]-1

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 items (2 p.) ; 18 x 16 cm. (max.)

Summary: Two separate fragmented notes, one from John Adams and one from John Quincy Adams, of legal notes. Also available online for viewing on the John Adams Library website.

New Call #: Adams 423


Adams call #: 71.4 Folio

Type: TD

Creator: George, William.

Place of creation: [London, England]

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 x 38 cm.

Summary: Advertisement for “William George, Perfumer, at the Civet Cat, the corner of Great Russell and Bridges-Streets, opposite Drury-Lane Playhouse.”

New Call #: Adams 424


Adams call #: 82.1 Folio v.1, at t.p.

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 15 cm.

Summary: Adams appears to be citing Junius’ letter to Mansfied, in a letter that begins “I see through your whole Life, one uniform Plan to enlarge the Power of the crown…”

New Call #: Adams 425


Adams call #: 91.5 Folio before “Table of All Kings…”

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 x 20 cm. (fold.)

Summary: Mathematical figures, sums, and geometric designs.

New Call #: Adams 426


Adams call #: 92.6 Folio

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm.

Summary: Commentary on Necker, not in Adams’s hand.

New Call #: Adams 427


Adams call #: 92.8 Folio p. 272-273

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (4 p.) ; 12 x 19 cm.

Summary: Geometric drawings and figures, likely by Adams.

New Call #: Adams 428


Adams call #: 102.1 p. 153

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 5 x 14 cm.

Summary: Appears to be a piece of scrap parchment used to mend a torn page (p.153); includes wax adhesive on both ends.

New Call #: Adams 429


Adams call #: 102.14

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Boston, Mass.

Recipient: Unidentified (“Dear Sir.”)

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 30 x 18 cm.

Summary: Letter to “Dear Sir” dated Jan. 2, 1789 discussing the resolve of March 7, 1781. Does not appear to be Adams’s writing.

New Call #: Adams 430


Adams call #: 102.15

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 2 items ; 26 x 7 cm.

Summary: Autographed pieces of vellum removed from front hinges of book. Not in Adams’s hand.

New Call #: Adams 431


Adams call #: 110.3 v. 9 p. 254-255

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 12 x 9 cm.

Summary: Small piece of paper with various pen trials and signatures, including mathematical equations and names: “Mr. Elisha Blanchard,” “Goody Blake,” and “Dear Thomas.”

New Call #: Adams 432


Adams call #: 110.3 v. 12 p. 138-139

Type: AD

Creator: Niles, William Ogden, d. 1857.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 items (1 p.) ; 5 x 20 cm.

Summary: Appears to be a bill for $3.37 from Niles to Adams for his subscription to the Niles Weekly Register. Is broken in half.

New Call #: Adams 433


Adams call #: 110.3 v. 13 p. 96-97

Type: N/A

Creator: None

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm.

Summary: Blank piece of folded paper.

New Call #: Adams 434


Adams call #: 110.3 v. 18 p. 158-159

Type: TD

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 14 x 11 cm.

Summary: Appears to be portion of index from financial register (top right corner); has “TBA” written at top, probably by Adams.

New Call #: Adams 435


Adams call #: 112.2 v. 1 p. 20-21

Type: TD

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 7 x 11 cm.

Summary: Note card reading “The Cotillion Parties” and “Not Transferable.”

New Call #: Adams 437


Adams call #: 122.2 Folio p. 114-155

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 13 x 8 cm.

Summary: Note, in French, written on the back of a BPL call slip. Not from Adams.

New Call #: Adams 439


Adams call #: 131.9

Type: ALS

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Quincy, Mass.

Recipient: Curtis, Nathaniel, 1774-1857.

Place of receipt: Boston, Mass.

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 24 x 20 cm.

Summary: Acknowledges and comments on the receipt of “Native wine” sent by John Adlum of Georgetown. Dated November 24, 1824.

New Call #: Adams 439 (2)


Adams call #: 131.9

Type: AN

Creator: St. Knightsbridge, Sloane.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 12 x 18 cm.

Summary: Presentation copy note to Adams from John Disney for Memoirs of the life and writings of Arthur Ashley Sykes D.D.

New Call #: Adams 439 (3)


Adams call #: 132.6 p. 172-173

Type: TD

Creator: Geo. B. Bains & Sons.

Place of creation: Philadelphia, Pa.

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 3 x 6 cm.

Summary: Publisher’s business card; reads “Geo. B. Bains & Sons, Manufacturers of Trunks, Bags and Satchels, 402 Market Street, Philadelphia.”

New Call #: Adams 440


Adams call #: 141.22a p. 24-25

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 12 cm.

Summary: Reads “Nouvelle Desev.”

New Call #: Adams 441


Adams call #: 150.12 v. 1 from flyleaf

Type: ALS

Creator: Cerisier, Antoine-Marie, 1749-1828.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: The Hague

Physical description: 1 item (4 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm.

Summary: Letter from Cerisier to Adams, dated Aug. 10, 1786. In French; includes wax seal.

New Call #: Adams 442


Adams call #: 150.12 v. 2

Type: ALS

Creator: Cerisier, Antoine-Marie, 1749-1828.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: The Hague

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 22 x 13 cm.

Summary: Letter from Cerisier to Adams, dated Aout [Aug.] 10, 1786; in French.

New Call #: Adams 443


Adams call #: 150.20 p. 202-203

Type: AD

Creator: [Adams, John, 1735-1826.]

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 9 x 10 cm.

Summary: Notes in Spanish; appears to be Adams’s handwriting.

New Call #: Adams 444


Adams call #: 150.20 p. 280-281

Type: AD

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 5 x 8 cm.

Summary: Cardboard note card with handwritten name and address: “Mr. Channing No. 7 Codman Street Codman Square.”

New Call #: Adams 445


Adams call #: 160.16 preface

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 x 11 cm.

Summary: Two lines of notes in French.

New Call #: Adams 446


Adams call #: 160.18 inside front cover

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 11 x 15 cm.

Summary: One line in Latin: “Donati Roma retis ac Recens.”

New Call #: Adams 447


Adams call #: 170.5 v. 2 p. 422-[1]

Type: AD

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Quincy, Mass.

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 8 x 9 cm.

Summary: Receipt, partially lost. Reads: “Received Quincy 182? Twenty Five Dollars in full for ?? in which he lives belonging to JQ?? $25.0.”

New Call #: Adams 448


Adams call #: 172.1 v. 2 before first flyleaf

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 3 x 9 cm.

Summary: Various mathematical figures and the sentence “Paid more than I have.”

New Call #: Adams 449


Adams call #: 173.4 tipped in at front

Type: ANS

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 x 12 cm.

Summary: Appears to be notes, in French, on Cornelissen. Not in Adams’s handwriting.

New Call #: Adams 450


Adams call #: 173.21

Type: Straight pin

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item ; 3 cm.

Summary: One straight pin, likely to mark a page.

New Call #: Adams 451


Adams call #: 181.3 inside front cover

Type: TD (Newspaper fragment)

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: New-Harmony, Ind.

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 31 x 25 cm

Summary: Single page from The New-Harmony Gazette, dated April 5, 1826.

New Call #: Adams 452


Adams call #: 193.7 p. 92-93

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 1 x 12 cm.

Summary: Sliver of paper reading “Sept.27 To Province for Stores” on one side and misc. pen trials on other side.

New Call #: Adams 453


Adams call #: 200.2 v. 1 p. 112-113

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 9 x 6 cm.

Summary: List of items and their costs, such as “Glass 4:25” and Groceries 6:64.” The total sum is “16:53.” Appears to have been part of a longer note.

New Call #: Adams 454


Adams call #: 201.5 v. 2 p. 142-143

Type: TD

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 12 x 6 cm.

Summary: Clipping of newspaper, irregular shape. Inscribed “Postmaster Quincy”

New Call #: Adams 455


Adams call #: 201.16 p. 930-931

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 3 x 19 cm.

Summary: On one side Adams writes: “I am personally acquainted with AB the above deponent and believe him [?]ed to credit for his veracity as a Witness.” On other side: two mathematical equations.

New Call #: Adams 456


Adams call #: 203.8 v. 1 p. 18-19

Type:

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 2 items ; 4 x 6 cm. (max.)

Summary: Two blank pieces of loose paper.

New Call #: Adams 457


Adams call #: 221.30 v. 1 p. 2-3

Type: DS

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 7 cm.

Summary: Appears to be bookplate. Reads “From the Author”; inscribed at top, “Mr. Brooks Adams.”

New Call #: Adams 458


Adams call #: 230.1 v. 3 p. 344-345

Type: Straight pin

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item ; 3 cm.

Summary: One straight pin, likely to mark a page.

New Call #: Adams 460


Adams call #: 230.3

Type: AD

Creator: Pratt, John H.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Briesler, John Sr., Dr.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 10 x 17 cm.

Summary: Bill from Pratt to Briesler for tobacco, shaving supplies, and a palm leaf. Folder also includes small clipping of newspaper, approx. 4 x 6 cm, dated March 11, 1791.

New Call #: Adams 461


Adams call #: 232.1 inside binding

Type: AN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 page) ; 20 x 13 cm.

Summary: List of names, in categories “G,” “H,” and “I.” Partial list; the rest appears to be lost.

New Call #: Adams 462


Adams call #: 232.1 v. 21 p. 268-269

Type: TD

Creator: Cushing, Thomas Croade, 1764-1824.

Place of creation: Salem, Mass.

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 8 x 10 cm.

Summary: Newspaper clipping; in center: “The Salem Gazette: Published on Tuesdays and Fridays, Thomas C. Cushing, E. Street, Salem Massachusetts…”

New Call #: Adams 463


Adams call #: 234.3 v. 4 p. 315

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 6 x 10 cm.

Summary: Reads: “Back bar last Saturday night 25~ back feather oil fries out – cushions out stuffed with hair.”

New Call #: Adams 464


Adams call #: 235.9

Type: TNS

Creator: Ernst, Carl Wilhelm

Place of creation: [Boston, Mass.]

Recipient: Mr. Swift

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 27 x 21 cm.

Summary: Discusses the loan of the Melish book, Ernst’s great admiration of it, and the importance of traveling.

New Call #: Adams 465


Adams call #: 240.8 v. 1 p. 439

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 3 x 5 cm.

Summary: On one side: “1791 Thomas Boyle”; on other side: ”Damper” and a series of numbers.

New Call #: Adams 466


Adams call #: 241.2 v. 1 p. 40-41

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 7 x 11 cm.

Summary: Miscellaneous pen trials on both sides.

New Call #: Adams 467


Adams call #: 241.4 v. 1 p. 67

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 3 x 8 cm.

Summary: Inscribed "Fr. Ad: Van derkep."

New Call #: Adams 468


Adams call #: 245.18 at title page

Type: TN

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 8 cm.

Summary: Typed inscription "Mr. Joseph Blunt."

New Call #: Adams 469


Adams call #: 250.10 p. 58-59

Type: Straight pin

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item ; 3 cm.

Summary: One straight pin, likely to mark a page.

New Call #: Adams 470


Adams call #: 251.11 v. 3 p. 392-393

Type: AL

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Lovell Court, Pater Nosher Row, [England]

Recipient: Mrs. Smith

Place of receipt: London, [England]

Physical description: 2 items (2 p. + envelope) ; 23 x 16 cm.

Summary: Appears to be letter to Mrs. Smith, written by Adams on behalf of T. Quartermain, returning borrowed books.

New Call #: Adams 472


Adams call #: 252.11 at front

Type: TD

Creator: Curtis, John

Place of creation: Philadelphia, Pa.

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 6 cm.

Summary: Bookbinder’s plate, reading: “Books neatly bound and lettered by John Curtis, No. 43. North Fourth-street, Philadelphia.”

New Call #: Adams 473


Adams call #: 252.18 v. 1 p. 414-415 and v. 3 p. 416-417

Type: Straight pin

Creator: Unidentified

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Unidentified

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 2 items ; 3 cm.

Summary: Two straight pins, likely to mark a page.

New Call #: Adams 474


Adams call #: 262.6

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 6 x 4 cm.

Summary: On one side: “M. De Bresson” (six times); on other side: “…for pepper and peas…” and misc. numbers.

New Call #: Adams 476


Adams call #: 274.1 1837a p. [14-15]

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 8 x 6 cm

Summary: On one side: a list of dates from April through Feb.; on other side: “199.3” and “19.93” and “12.”

New Call #: Adams 477


Adams call #: 281.13 p. 207-208

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (1 p.) ; 4 x 18 cm.

Summary: Misc. notes, including “Frozen Ink” and “Sinking from thought to thought.”

New Call #: Adams 478


Adams call #: 291.7 v. 3 p. 214

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 1 item (2 p.) ; 9 x 6 cm.

Summary: Irregularly shaped fragment; includes date of “1782 July.”

New Call #: Adams 479


Adams call #: Unidentified

Type: AN

Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of creation: Unidentified

Recipient: Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Place of receipt: Unidentified

Physical description: 2 items (2 p.) ; 18 x 11 cm. (max)

Summary: Miscellaneous notes with unknown origin; on Robertson’s History of Charles V; second note dated 1734.

New Call #: Adams 480

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