COLLECTION GUIDES

1775-1856

Guide to the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Access to the originals is restricted. Users must use photocopies in the MHS Reading Room.


Collection Summary

Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence mostly written to John Adams during his vice presidency and presidency and a small number of letters written by Abigail Adams.

Collection Description

The Adams-Hull collection, 1775-1856, consists of correspondence mostly written to John Adams during his vice presidency and presidency and a small number of letters written by Abigail Adams. Subjects include political matters, 回复晚宴邀请和介绍信. Correspondents include Louisa Catherine Adams, John Quincy Adams, Elias Boudinot, John Jeffries, John Paul Jones, Robert Morris, Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, James Madison, Roger Sherman, Baron De Kalb, George Washington, and other notable political figures.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Catherine A. Hull, Dec. 2006.

Restrictions on Access

Access to the originals is restricted. Users must use photocopies in the MHS Reading Room.

Item List

Box 1Folder 1
[24 July] 1775

Samuel Chase to John Adams introducing George Lux. Chase was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Box 1Folder 2
2 Jan. 1778

Baron De Kalb to John Adams forwarding letters for Count DeBroglie at Valley Forge Camp. 德布罗意伯爵是一位君主主义者,他试图说服他,但没有成功 Lafayette not to come and assist the colonists in their fight for liberty. He 然后通过德·卡尔布把拉法耶特介绍给了巴黎的西拉斯·迪恩. Lafayette was commissioned a major-general in the Continental Army, as was De Kalb. De Kalb served under General Washington for a brief period during the winter at Valley Forge. 德卡尔布在战役中负伤并被英军俘虏 Camden, S.C., in 1780 and died three days later.

Box 1Folder 3
[5 Apr.] 1778

Prince de Poix, Philippe Louis Marc Antoine de Norilles to John Adams and Benjamin Franklin wishing to see them. He was eager to see Adams who was kind enough to bring him a letter from Lafayette. (In French).

Box 1Folder 4
7 Aug. 1779

Chevalier de la Luzerne to John Adams discussing individuals and hoping to see Adams at home or on the frigate where they will dine. Two months later, De La Luzerne arrived in the United States and replaced Gerard de Rayneval as French minister to the United States.

Box 1Folder 5
28 Feb. 1780

约翰·保罗·琼斯上尉给约翰·亚当斯的一封致谢信 approbation.

Box 1Folder 6
9 Oct. 1780

DeMolans to John Adams discussing the raising of a regiment of Hussars. (In French).

Box 1Folder 7
19 Aug. 1782

Pieter van Blieswyck, Conseiller Pensionnaire of Holland, to John Adams inviting him to his house in the morning. John Adams was in France at the time preparing to negotiate a loan from the Dutch based on apprehension and mistrust of French intentions in support of American independence.

Box 1Folder 8
[1783-1784]

[Gabriel de Mably] to "Monsieur le Comte [de Vergennes]", who was writing a og体育平台美利坚合众国宪法的小作品, "Septentrionale."

Box 1Folder 9
12 Jan. 1783

Duc de la Vauguyon to John Adams stating he'd be happy to meet before he leaves Paris. 他说他读了约翰·杰伊的一封信 recommended to him. 瓦古永是1781年至1783年法国驻海牙大使. (In French).

Box 1Folder 10
2 Feb. 1783

Phillip Mazzei to John Adams enclosing letters. Mazzei was a secret agent for the state of Virginia.

Box 1Folder 11
9 Feb. 1783

Joseph Reed to John Adams introducing Andrew Pettit. General Joseph Reed was, at one point during the Revolutionary War, aide-de-camp and secretary to General Washington. 他参加了战争中北方的每一次交战,都拒绝了 a commission and maintaining his volunteer status.

Box 1Folder 12
24 Feb. 1783

Count Sarsfield to John Adams wanting to change the date of a dinner that they had scheduled to a different date. Three weeks prior to this letter, Adams 给萨斯菲尔德寄了一封信,信中有一段著名的声明.

Box 1Folder 13
1 Mar. 1783

Antoine Court de Gebelin to John Adams offering the addressees tickets to the assembly at the Museum of Paris. Court de Gebelin wanted to introduce Adams to the assembly. 格伯林是共济会会员,也是著名的神秘主义者之一 the time. 他为美国国玺的设计做出了贡献. (In French).

Box 1Folder 14
30 Sep. 1783

[Alice] Izard to Abigail Adams enclosing a letter given to her by John Adams for Abigail while he was minister to Great Britain. Alice Izard was the wife of Ralph Izard, a member of the Continental Congress and senator from South Carolina.

Box 1Folder 15
13 Nov. 1783

Samuel Mather to John Adams accompanying a pamphlet. Samuel Mather was the son of Cotton Mather and was a clergyman.

Box 1Folder 16
30 Nov. 1783

Benjamin Lincoln to John Adams regarding Major Jackson.

Box 1Folder 17
[1784]

Benjamin Vaughan to Mr. Wall requesting admission to Shelburne House for Abigail Adams and her son and daughter. Vaughan practiced medicine in Maine.

Box 1Folder 18
[1784]

Mrs. Bingham to Abigail Adams announcing a call.

Box 1Folder 19
20 Mar. 1784

Thomas Mifflin circular letter sent to a committee transmitting an act of Congress. 米夫林是联邦宪法的杰出签署人 Pennsylvania. This is a manuscript copy and not signed by Mifflin.

Box 1Folder 20
19 June 1784

皮尔庞特在英国时向约翰·亚当斯请求贷款.

Box 1Folder 21
14 Mar. 1785

Marquis de Lafayette to John and Abigail Adams inviting them to dinner. On a printed invitation.

Box 1Folder 22
8 Apr. 1785

John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, to John Adams declining a dinner invitation. Sackville was the English ambassador to France, 1784-1789.

Box 1Folder 23
10 May 1785

Marquis de Lafayette to John and Abigail Adams inviting them to dinner. On a printed invitation.

Box 1Folder 24
21 Aug. 1785

Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson regarding William Loughton Smith about European and American politics, and the departure of Benjamin Franklin.

Box 1Folder 25
[Oct. 1785]

[理查德]普莱斯给约翰·亚当斯附有保险单.

Box 1Folder 26
23 Dec. 1785

David Ramsay to John Adams introducing Captain Coupar, who was carrying 1,500 copies of Ramsay's recently published work, The History of the Revolution of South Carolina.

Box 1Folder 27
11 Feb. 1786

天堂致阿比盖尔·亚当斯感谢你的礼物.

Box 1Folder 28
22 July 1786

Robert Morris, J. Swanwick, and Thomas Willing to John Adams in legal documents relating to the death of Samuel Inglis. Willing, Morris, and Swanwick was one of Philadelphia's leading merchant companies.

Box 1Folder 29
4 Nov. 1787

[托马斯]布兰德·霍利斯致阿比盖尔·亚当斯附有一套印刷品. Thomas Brand, a noted art collector, bibliophile, and antiquarian, was often a host to John Adams when Adams was minister to England, 1786-1787.

Box 1Folder 30
24 Nov. 1787

John Rutledge to John Adams introducing his eldest son. Rutledge was a delegate to the Continental Congress, established the state government of South Carolina, served as its governor, and was the second chief justice of the United States, 1795.

Box 1Folder 31
7 Apr. 1788

托马斯·布兰德·霍利斯致信阿比盖尔·亚当斯.

Box 1Folder 32
[May 1788]

Abigail Adams to Mrs. Byag recommending Ann Reynolds, a servant.

Box 1Folder 33
[1789]

伯克致信约翰·亚当斯,拒绝了他的晚宴邀请.

Box 1Folder 34
[1789]

乔治·克莱默对约翰·亚当斯说,他谢绝了吃饭的邀请. George Clymer was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania.

Box 1Folder 35
[1789-1790]

彼得·西尔维斯特对约翰·亚当斯说,他拒绝了晚宴的邀请.

Box 1Folder 36
[1789-1797]

[托马斯·都铎]塔克给约翰·亚当斯预约.

Box 1Folder 37
15 June 1789

Richard Peters to John Adams regarding an invitation, the new government, the residence of Congress, and Montesquieu. Peters was a member of the Continental Congress and state legislator and judge from Pennsylvania.

Box 1Folder 38
28 July 1789

Robert Morris to John Adams declining an invitation. Morris was a signer of 《og体育平台》的起草者和战争的资助者.

Box 1Folder 39
3 Aug. 1789

(耶利米)沃兹沃斯致约翰·亚当斯接受晚宴邀请. 沃兹沃斯是一名独立战争将军和国会议员.

Box 1Folder 40
15 Aug. [1789]

(本杰明)亨廷顿致接受晚宴邀请的约翰·亚当斯.

Box 1Folder 41
15 Aug. 1789

[詹姆斯]舒尔曼对约翰·亚当斯说,拒绝邀请他共进晚餐.

Box 1Folder 42
16 Aug. [1789]

[罗杰]谢尔曼致信约翰·亚当斯,拒绝邀请他共进晚餐. Sherman was a member of the Continental Congress and worked on drafting the Declaration of Independence. 亚当斯非常钦佩他,说他是“一个老的 清教徒,像天使一样诚实,对美国的事业一样坚定 Independence as Mount Atlas."

Box 1Folder 43
21 Aug. [1789]

(约翰)哈索恩对约翰·亚当斯说,他接受了赴宴的邀请.

Box 1Folder 44
21 Aug. [1789]

[Roger] Sherman to John Adams confirming an appointment.

Box 1Folder 45
21 Aug. 1789

(詹姆斯)杰克逊致约翰·亚当斯接受晚宴邀请.

Box 1Folder 46
1 Sep. [1789]

[潘恩]温盖特对约翰·亚当斯说,他拒绝了吃饭的邀请. Wingate was a clergyman, legislator, and jurist from New Hampshire.

Box 1Folder 47
1 Sep. [1789]

(理查德)巴塞特致约翰·亚当斯接受晚宴邀请. Bassett was one of the first senators from Delaware.

Box 1Folder 48
1 Sep. 1789

(威廉·)麦克雷致信约翰·亚当斯,拒绝邀请他共进晚餐.

Box 1Folder 49
1 Sep. 1789

(威廉·)帕特森致约翰·亚当斯接受晚宴邀请.

Box 1Folder 50
2 Sep. [1789]

托马斯·菲茨西蒙斯致约翰·亚当斯接受晚宴邀请. Fitzsimmons was active in the Constitutional Convention and was a member of the first House of Representatives.

Box 1Folder 51
5 Sep. 1789

[亨利]温库普致约翰·亚当斯接受晚宴邀请.

Box 1Folder 52
23 Sep. 1789

Henry Knox to John Adams accepting an invitation. General Knox was responsible for the Continental forces in the northern states, served with 华盛顿在福吉谷任职,他是美国第一任战争部长 Washington.

Box 1Folder 53
1 Oct. 1789

[Franco Petrus] Van Berckel to John Adams declining a dinner invitation.

Box 1Folder 54
24 Nov. [1789]

Note from George Washington, [in Tobias Lear's hand], to John and Abigail Adams offering a ticket for his box at the theater.

Box 1Folder 55
7 Jan. 1790

John Jeffries to John Adams regarding a book and offering his friendship and support. 杰弗里斯是马萨诸塞州出生的医生和科学家 loyalist serving as a surgeon for the British during the Revolutionary War. After the war, he was an early pioneer of ballooning and its use in scientific research.

Box 1Folder 56
9 Jan. 1790

[Hannah] Jeffries to Abigail Adams informing her that she is leaving the continent.

Box 1Folder 57
[Mar. 1790]

Hannah Jeffries to Abigail Adams regarding a conveyance of letters to England.

Box 1Folder 58
22 June [1790]

保罗·安德烈亚尼伯爵致约翰·亚当斯接受晚宴邀请. Andreani wrote the first New York travelogue in 1790, Along the Hudson and Mohawk.

Box 1Folder 59
23 June [1790]

[Alexander] Hamilton to John Adams accepting an invitation to dinner with a list of dinner guests attending.

Box 1Folder 60
12 Dec. [1790]

选自阿比盖尔·亚当斯手中的国会会议记录.

Box 1Folder 61
1 Feb. [1791]

鲁弗斯·金致接受晚宴邀请的约翰·亚当斯. King was a member of the Continental Congress.

Box 1Folder 62
18 June 1792

John Ewing to John Adams introducing Samuel Miller. Ewing was a Presbyterian minister and served as professor, trustee, and provost of the University of Pennsylvania.

Box 1Folder 63
5 July 1793

[Jedidiah] Morse to John Adams presenting a set of his American Universal Geography. Morse is called the father of American geography. (In French).

Box 1Folder 64
5 Feb. 1794

Joseph Priestly to John Adams introducing Henry Waney.

Box 1Folder 65
7 Oct. 1795

Samuel Otis to John Adams regarding Bachelor's Hall. Otis was a delegate to the Continental Congress and secretary of the United States Congress for the first seventeen years.

Box 1Folder 66
12 Nov. 1795

Henry Knox to John Adams introducing Captain Roberts.

Box 1Folder 67
17 Aug. 1797

John Briesler to Abigail Adams regarding yellow fever in Philadelphia.

Box 1Folder 68
5 June 1798

John Sinclair to John Adams enclosing a copy of his book. Sir John Sinclair was a member of the British House of Commons, economist, financier, and expert on scientific agriculture.

Box 1Folder 69
29 Sep. 1798

詹姆斯·沙利文向约翰·亚当斯道歉.

Box 1Folder 70
3 Nov. [1798]

Harrison Gray Otis to John Adams regarding Mr. Horry. Otis was a Massachusetts attorney and member of Congress.

Box 1Folder 71
3 Dec. 1798

乔舒亚·约翰逊给约翰·亚当斯寄去一个要寄的包裹.

Box 1Folder 72
[1800]

Memorials of the citizens of Washington to John Adams recommending William Cranch as commissioner of the city of Washington.

Box 1Folder 73
20 June 1800

Justus Henry Christian Helmuth给John Adams的一封请愿书. Helmuth was a Lutheran minister in Philadelphia, served as professor of German 他是宾夕法尼亚大学的教授,也是美国律师协会的成员 Philosophical Society.

Box 1Folder 74
13 June 1801

约瑟夫·威拉德写信给约翰·亚当斯邀请他参加毕业典礼. Willard was president of Harvard University.

Box 1Folder 75
22 June 1801

John Sinclair to John Adams.

Box 1Folder 76
[16 Dec. 1802]

Abigail Adams letter to a committee regarding tests for vaccinations of smallpox. 日期不详,但可能是在爱德华·詹纳发现 smallpox vaccination and application in England, 1788.

Box 1Folder 77
17 July 1809

Elias Boudinot to John Adams requesting an appointment. Boudinot was a 革命政治家和大陆会议成员.

Box 1Folder 78
19 Jan. 1811

George W. 欧文给约翰·亚当斯确认了一个包裹. Erving was an American diplomat during the Jefferson and Madison administrations.

Box 1Folder 79
16 Aug. 1811

Benjamin Stoddert to John Adams regarding a call. Stoddert was the first secretary of the Navy.

Box 1Folder 80
[post 1814]

[温斯洛普]萨金特向约翰·亚当斯送还康涅狄格州的小册子. Sargent was secretary of the Territory Northwest of Ohio and was appointed by Adams in 1798 as the first governor of the Mississippi Territory.

Box 1Folder 81
12 Oct. 1816

James Madison to John Adams regarding Dr. Freeman and his appreciation of Adams's opinion of the Madison administration.

Box 1Folder 82
5 Dec. 1816

Abigail Adams to Benjamin Rush introducing Mr. Coleman.

Box 1Folder 83
[ante 4 Apr. 1818]

[纳撒尼尔]鲍迪奇对约翰·亚当斯说. Bowditch was a noted astronomer and mathematician.

Box 1Folder 84
10 Apr. 1819

乔纳斯·普拉特给亚历山大·约翰逊og体育平台律师资格的信. Jonas Platt was a member of Congress from New York.

Box 1Folder 85
18 Dec. 1819

雅各布·布朗致约翰·亚当斯og体育平台约西亚·昆西作品的信.

Box 1Folder 86
28 July 1821

John Adams to Thomas Dawes recalling Adams's education. Thomas Dawes was a judge in Massachusetts.

Box 1Folder 87
24 Aug. 1821

John T. og体育平台参加哈佛毕业典礼的事. Kirkland was president of Harvard University.

Box 1Folder 88
12 Jan. 1822

爱德华·埃弗雷特就埃弗雷特的讲座给约翰·亚当斯写信.

Box 1Folder 89
18 July 1822

Mrs. Derby to John Adams accompanying a journal of Mr. Forster Coffin.

Box 1Folder 90
June 1825

Samuel L. Southard to John Quincy Adams introducing Mr. Harvey Lindsley. Southard served as a senator, secretary of the Navy, and governor of New Jersey.

Box 1Folder 91
6 Sep. 1825

拉法耶特侯爵向玛丽·凯瑟琳·海伦(亚当斯)讲述他的故事 departure.

Box 1Folder 92
8 Nov. 1842

John Quincy Adams to Mrs. Griswold enclosing a poem.

Box 1Folder 93
26 Dec. 1846

Louisa C. 为约翰·昆西·亚当斯的健康问题致信玛丽·路易莎·亚当斯 信封上有约翰·昆西·亚当斯的签名.

Box 1Folder 94
29 Oct. 1856

James Buchanan to Mary C. Adams thanking her for her support in the presidential election.

Box 1Folder 95
Undated

Abigail Adams to her sister regarding Mrs. Welch.

Box 1Folder 96
Undated

Mde. 致约翰·亚当斯因为她的缘故拒绝了邀请 health.

Box 1Folder 97
Undated

7月5日,约西亚·昆西致信约翰·亚当斯,讨论在昆西举行的庆祝活动. Josiah Quincy III was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, mayor of Boston, and president of Harvard University.

Box 1Folder 98
Undated

John Quincy Adams envelopes, all addressed by him and bearing his signature. Two are addressed to his father, John Adams, and the other to Miss Mary Louise Adams.

Box 1Folder 99
Undated

Vedro. 写给上校的身份不明的西班牙语便条说 captain in a port has been consulted about a problem. At the end of the letter, 维德罗说了什么“敌人控制的大使馆”."

Preferred Citation

Adams-Hull collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Access Terms

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Persons:

Adams family.
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852.
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810.
Madison, James, 1751-1836.
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Subjects:

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.