Adams, John, 1735-1826
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
James Barron Papers (I)
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B27
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel...
Dates:
1766-1899
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Edward Coles Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 C68
Scope and Contents
Typescript copies of letters and extracts, written by Edward Coles (1786-1868), who held the positions of secretary to President James Madison and Governor of Illinois. Subjects covered by the letters include James Madison and the War of 1812; Madison's not emancipating his slaves at his death; the claiming of public lands by individual states; the estate of James Monroe; Andrew Jackson; Thomas Jefferson's authorship of the Ordinance of 1787; and Jefferson's relationship with John Adams....
Dates:
1814-1857
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Page Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 94 P14
Scope and Contents
Correspondence (11 letters) of members of the John Page (1744-1808) family of "Rosewell," Gloucester County, Va. regarding local, national, and international politics, the American Revolution, family news (Lowther and Page families), the semaphore, and fashion. Correspondents include Mann Page, Jr., Margaret (Lowther) Page, John Page, St. George Tucker, Stevens Thomson Mason, David Meade Randolph, Henry Tazewell, Philip (Filippo) Mazzei and George Weedon. Subjects also include John Adams,...
Dates:
1777-1822
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
George Wythe Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 W99
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters, 1781-1783, from George Wythe, Williamsburg, Va. , one to John Adams and another to Thomas Jefferson concerning the use of the College of William and Mary as a hospital. Also includes a magazine article about Wythe; newspaper copy of William Munford's oration at Wythe's funeral; correspondence, 1921, of Robert M. Hughes concerning a monument for Wythe's grave; a form book of Peter Tinsley, clerk of the High Court of Chancery which gives "Forms of Injunctions," Forms of...
Dates:
1779-1927
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- Typescripts 3
- Correspondence 2
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 2
- Anti-slavery movements 1
- Buckingham County (Va.)--History 1
- Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807 1
- College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
- Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 1
- Continential Congress 1
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States 1
- Declaration of Independence 1
- Dueling--Virginia 1
- Fashion -- History 1
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History 1
- House of Burgesses 1
- Inventions--History--United States 1
- Legal documents 1
- Manuscripts (document genre) 1
- Ordinance of 1787. 1
- Patents--United States 1
- Photographs 1
- Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 1
- United States--History--War of 1812 1
- United States--Lawyers 1
- United States--Politics and Government 1
- United States. Navy--History--19th century 1
- United States. Navy--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 1
- Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty 1
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
- Virginia. High Court of Chancery. Richmond District 1
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History 1
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