Letters to Arthur Adams, 1885-1891.

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Letters to Arthur Adams, 1885-1891.

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Five letters written by Henry Adams to his nephew Arthur Adams. Four of the letters were written while Henry was in Washington, D.C., 1885; and one while Henry was in Papeete, Tahiti, 1891, describing the landscape, weather, and other observations of Tahiti.

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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...

Adams, Arthur G., 1877-1949.

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