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-	==First Steps==	+	Welcome the John Adams Munscript Collection at the [http://www.bpl.org Boston Public Library] (BPL). The [http://www.bpl.org/research/rb/index.htm Rare Books and Manuscripts Department] (RBD) at the BPL has more than 200 manuscripts relating to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_adams second US President John Adams], including many of his letters, and the manuscripts found between the pages his [http://www.johnadamslibrary.org personal library] of 3,500 books (which is also at the BPL). This wiki is in progress, so please be patient. For more information or a login ID to edit this wiki, please contact a librarian listed below or the department at 617.536.5400 x4432.
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Welcome the John Adams Munscript Collection at the Boston Public Library (BPL). The Rare Books and Manuscripts Department (RBD) at the BPL has more than 200 manuscripts relating to the second US President John Adams, including many of his letters, and the manuscripts found between the pages his personal library of 3,500 books (which is also at the BPL). This wiki is in progress, so please be patient. For more information or a login ID to edit this wiki, please contact a librarian listed below or the department at 617.536.5400 x4432.

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