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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009099
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The papers of Samuel Adams, continental congressman and governor of Massachusetts, were given to the Library of Congress by James B. Wilbur in 1926.
The collection was housed and described prior to 1950. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The originals of this collection are held by the New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel Adams is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Samuel Adams are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site, and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Samuel Adams Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Date | Event |
| 1722, Sept. 27 | Born, Boston, Mass. |
| 1740 | Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1743 | M.A., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1756-1764 | Brewer and tax collector, Boston, Mass. |
| 1765-1774 | Member, Massachusetts general court |
| 1774-1781 | Member, Continental Congress |
| 1776 | Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| 1779 | Member, Massachusetts state constitutional convention |
| 1781 | President, Massachusetts state senate |
| 1788 | Member, Massachusetts state constitutional
convention Unsuccessful candidate for election to the first U.S. Congress |
| 1789-1794 | Lieutenant governor of Massachusetts |
| 1794-1797 | Governor of Massachusetts |
| 1803, Oct. 2 | Died, Boston, Mass. |
The papers of Samuel Adams (1722-1803) span the years 1635-1826 and consist of reproductions of originals in the New York Public Library documenting Adams’s political career in Massachusetts and some family matters. Included is correspondence, speeches, petitions, committee records, public documents relating to Massachusetts, and pseudonymous articles submitted to Boston newspapers and attributed to Samuel Adams. A considerable amount of material does not pertain directly to Adams, either as writer or recipient.
Notable correspondents or individuals represented in the collection include John Adams, John Burgoyne, Christopher Gadsden, Horatio Gates, Elbridge Gerry, Nathanael Greene, Thomas Jefferson, Arthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Paine, and James Warren.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOX 1 | 1635, Oct.-1769, Feb. 1 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | 1769, Feb. 13-1770, Dec. 31 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | 1771, Jan. 1-1773, Feb. 15 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | 1773, Jan. 6-1774, Jan. 8 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | 1774, Jan. 25-June 6 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | 1774, June 30-1775, Jan. 19 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | 1775, Jan. 29-Dec. 9 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | 1775, Dec. 19-1776, May 31 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | 1776, June 2-Dec. 31 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 10 | 1777, Jan. 1-Dec. 22 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 11 | 1778, Jan. 1-Aug. 25 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 12 | 1778, Sept. 1-1779, Mar. 31 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 13 | 1779, Apr. 1-Dec. 24 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 14 | 1780, Jan. 4-Dec. 31 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 15 | 1781, Jan. 8-1782, Nov. 21 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 16 | 1783, Jan. 29-Dec. 22 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 17 | 1784, Jan. 30-1787, Dec. 3 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 18 | 1788, June 5-1793, Nov. 30 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 19 | 1794, Jan, 17-1826, Jan.9, undated | ||||||||||||
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