On offer is a fascinating, historic, original manuscript letter written by an unknown elderly Baltimore man and likely a member of the Adams family and related to Thomas Boylston Adams (September 15, 1772 - March 13, 1832), the third and youngest son of John and Abigail (Smith) Adams in response to a request he write of his life and times in New York City. [The letter was part of a greater group from the Thomas Boylston Adams papers.] The writer relates what an active, involved and intelligent teenager and young man experienced in the heady historic days of New York City from 1791 to the turn ... View More...
On offer: ADAMS FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE: 1876-1920. Substantive archive of handwritten manuscript letters and postal cards by members of the Adams family. In all seven letters with covers, nine letters without covers; 13 autograph postal cards signed by Edward Adams from various locations; plus several miscellaneous pieces. Most are addressed to Mrs. John Q. Adams at Medford, Mass. from her children are as far flung as St. Louis, Missouri. This is an intimate look at a close family who are spread far and wide but are devoted to writing the matriarch of the family. Some of the many, many names an... View More...