Henry Adams papers, 1843-1938 (inclusive), [microform].

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Henry Adams papers, 1843-1938 (inclusive), [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122333214

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, research materials, and a fragmentary diary. The correspondence primarily includes letters to and from members of the Adams family, though friends and prominent individuals are also represented. Among the research and writing materials is a notebook on the cathedral of Chartres.

36 reels.

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6683212

Yale University Library

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Adams family (Quincy, Mass.)

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In 1720, John Adams Sr. purchased a farm in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. He was the father of the second U.S. President, John Adams Jr., and grandfather of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams....

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

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Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...