Items found in John Adams’s books

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Notes

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 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.”

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.

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.

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.

Adams call #: Adams 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.

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…”

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.

Adams call #: Adams 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.

Adams call #: Adams 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.

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.

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…”

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.

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.

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?...”

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.

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.”

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…”

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:

Adams call #: Adams 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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.”

Adams call #: 160.10 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.

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

Adams call #: Adams 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”

Adams call #: Adams 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.

Adams call #: Adams 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.