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Welcome the John Adams Manscript 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.

The Boston Public Library: John Adams Manuscript Collection

Overview

Abstract

The Boston Public Library, and specifically the Rare Books Department (RBD), has a significant interest in the second US President John Adams, his personal library, and manuscripts. The RBD houses Adams’s personal library of more than 3,500 books (all individually cataloged), as well as approximately 60 letters written by Adams, X written to him, X written about him, and 75 items found from inside Adams’s books (approximately 35 of those in Adams’s hand).

Access

Open.

Usage Restrictions & Privileges

Readers are required to fill out an RBD registration form before entering the Reading Room. All users must have a Boston Public Library card or a courtesy card and a valid picture ID. Additional identification may be required, such as a driver's license, university or business identification card, a letter of introduction from a university or a research library, etc.

Readers are required to check all personal property. Only loose paper, pencil(s), and laptops are permitted in the Reading Room.

If possible, readers are asked to examine the finding aid for the collection, make an appointment, and fill out call slips for each item to be consulted prior to coming to the Reading Room.

Provenance

This is an artificially constructed collection based on intellectual content; the provenance of each item varies.