Elizabeth Coombs Adams papers, 1894-1913 bulk: 1894-1895.

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Elizabeth Coombs Adams papers, 1894-1913 bulk: 1894-1895.

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Letters and notes written by Elizabeth Coombs Adams, 1894-95, to her cousin Charles Francis Adams and his son John Adams. Letters and notes pertain to Adams family history and paintings, miniatures, and artifacts collected, including some items now held by the Massachusetts Historical Society. Also includes a letter written by Charles Francis Adams, while lecturing in London and Oxford, England, to his daughter-in-law Marion Morse Adams in Lincoln, Mass., 29 Oct. 1913.

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

Adams, Marion Morse, 1878-1959.

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Adams family

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Adams, Elizabeth Coombs, 1808-1903.

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Adams, John, 1875-1964

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