Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Dates:
Birth 1722-09-27
Death 1803-10-02
Active 1722
Active 1803
Active 1844
Active 1846
Birth 1770
Active 1770
Active 1775
Americans
English, English,

Biographical notes:

Epithet: of Add MS 36068

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x0001d1

Continental Congressman; of Boston, Mass.; graduated Harvard in 1740; leading spirit behind the Boston Tea Party; signer of Declaration of Independence; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, 1789-1794; governor of Massachusetts, 1794-1797.

From the description of Samuel Adams correspondence, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495860836

Epithet: farmer, of (?) Glestynan, county Waterford

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x000115

Samuel Adams was tax collector for Boston during this time.

From the description of Receipt, 1762 March 8. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155866354

Adams was an organizer of the Sons of Liberty, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Massachusetts.

From the description of LS, 1782 June 7 : Commonwealth of Massachusetts, In Senate, to Aaron Wood, Boxford. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14194502

Continental congressman and governor of Massachusetts.

From the description of Samuel Adams papers, 1635-1826. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131897

Samuel Adams (1722-1803) was an American revolutionary and post-revolutionary era political leader. Adams served as lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts from 1789 to 1793, and was governor from 1794 to 1797.

From the guide to the Samuel Adams papers, 1635-1826, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Revolutionary statesman and patriot; signer of the Declaration of Independence; governor of Massachusetts, 1794-97.

From the guide to the Samuel Adams letters, 1776-1793, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

American Revolutionary leader.

From the description of Samuel Adams papers, 1783-1797. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 173203734

Samuel Adams (1722-1803) was an American revolutionary and post-revolutionary era political leader.

Adams served as lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts from 1789 to 1793, and was governor from 1794 to 1797.

From the description of Samuel Adams papers, 1635-1826. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580881

Biographical Note

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.

From the guide to the Samuel Adams Papers, 1635-1826, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Epithet: Governor of Massachusetts

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x000116

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Subjects:

  • Boston Port Bill, 1774
  • Civil supremacy over the military
  • Clothing and dress
  • Corn
  • Debtor and creditor
  • Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
  • Governor
  • Governors
  • Household supplies
  • Jewish merchants
  • Men's clothing
  • Real property
  • Shipping
  • State rights
  • States' rights (American politics)
  • Tailoring

Occupations:

  • Lieutenant governors
  • Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
  • Governor
  • Politicians

Places:

  • MA, US
  • MA, US
  • MA, US
  • 00, US
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Boston (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • New Hampshire (as recorded)
  • Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (as recorded)
  • Houghton-le-Spring, Durham (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Hunslet, Yorkshire (as recorded)
  • Hunslet, Yorkshire (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Maryland, N. America (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Morvill, Shropshire (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Monasterevin, Kildare (as recorded)
  • Stapleton, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
  • Boston (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)

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