Cranch family papers, 1749-1882.

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Cranch family papers, 1749-1882.

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Correspondence and other papers of Richard Cranch, William Cranch and other Cranch family members, 1749-1882. Papers of Richard Cranch include retained copies of letters to his brother and sister-in-laws John and Abigail Adams in Europe, 1780-86; and letters, copies and excerpts 1778-83, sent by John Adams concerning negotiations for peace and other topics. Also includes a draft of a letter to James Elworthy in England introducing Abigail and her daughter 1784; correspondence with Jeremy Belknap 1781, David Carlisle, 1797-98, and Edward Pope, 1802; and correspondence with Col. Thomas Johnson, 1805 about land owned by the Cranch and Adams families in Salem, Vermont. Papers of William Cranch include letters from members of the Adams family, 1781-97 including letters from John Quincy Adams to his cousin describing Delft, Netherlands, 1781 and Newburyport, Mass., 1790; a letter from John Adams to William Cranch, 14 March 1790 praising the usefulness of the Bar Association; and letters from Abigail Adams, 5 July, 15 Nov. 1797. Also, letters to his father Richard Cranch, 1806. Collection also includes some papers of Christopher Pearse Cranch 1835-82; and Cranch family genealogical information including an undated memoranda about "Mr. Trist's" will containing information about the Cranch family. Also, a copy of a letter from Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson replying to a letter of condolence on the death of Abigail Adams Smith, 29 Sept. 1813; and poems written by John Quincy Adams, 1788, 1837.

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