Microfilms of the Adams papers : owned by the Adams Manuscript Trust and deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Imprint:Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society, 1954-1959.
Description:608 microfilm reels ; 35 mm
Language:English
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Format: Microform
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1390100
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Other uniform titles:Contents of the microfilm reels of the Adams papers.
Other authors / contributors:Adams Manuscript Trust, Boston.
Massachusetts Historical Society.
Language / Script:Researchers seeking to cite/quote from the microfilm edition of the Adams-Jefferson correspondence should submit a request for formal permission notification through the Massachusetts Historical Society's Portal1791 at http://www.masshist.org/library/permissions
Notes:Contains the papers, public and private, of President John Adams (1735-1826), President John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), together with the papers of their wives and children.
Accompanied by a printed guide, entitled: "[Contents of the microfilm reels of the Adams papers]" (pts. <1-3> ; 27 cm.) published: Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society, 1954-
Open to research.
Microfilm of originals in the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston, Mass.
Massachusetts Historical Society; Boston, Mass.
Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note:Collection guide available on the Massachusetts Historical Web site at http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0279
Reel guide (Z6621.M4A5) available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
Other form:Online version: Microfilms of the Adams papers. Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society, 1954-1959
Standard no.:MSS10165
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. John Adams, Diary, 18 November 1755-5 July 1771 (reels 1-88 : Microfilm 10,849)
  • pt. 2. John Adams, Letterbook, 16 May 1776-8 February 1778 (reels 89-179 : Microfilm 10,944)
  • pt. 3. John Adams, Miscellany (reels 180-342 : Microfilm 11,095)
  • pt. 4. Letters received and other loose papers, chronologically arranged, 1639-1889 (reels 343-399 : Microfilm 11,602, reels 400-466 : Microfilm 11,861, reels 467-608 : Microfilm 11,988).