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The Adams Family

Series: January 29, February 5,19
Workshop: January 24, 31

Join us for a workshop and series of programs highlighting the Adams Family and the Society's best-known manuscript collection. Detailed list

Portrait of John Adams

Adams Resources

WWI Photograph

Exhibition

Exhibition

Detail of the declaration of independence.

Collection Highlights


Object of the Month MHS Gallery Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr

Building Closed: President's Day
Monday, 16 February 2015

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Events

Early American History Seminar

Panel Discussion: Slavery in Early Massachusetts

5:15PM Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Brown Bag

Everyday Laureates: Community Poetry in New England, 1865-1900

12:00PM Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Author Talk; Adams Series

The Adams Series - Program Two: Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the ...

6:00 pm program with 5:30 reception 6:00PM Thursday, 5 February 2015
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