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Guide to Adams Resources on this Site
The Adams Family Papers manuscript collection comprises
over a quarter million documents, including letters and diaries, of several generations of Adamses, (to learn more
about the collection, please visit the Library section of this site).
Due to the incredible volume of manuscripts, only a selection of the Adams Family Papers are available online. The MHS has
also developed several online exhibitions and other resources based on these collections. For information about the documentary
edition featuring published selections from the manuscript collection, please visit
The Adams Papers editorial project website.
Digital Editions of the Papers of the Adamses
In one, easily accessible resource you will find the content of the previously printed editions of the Revolutionary-era Adams Papers and, forthcoming, the Winthrop Papers, two long-standing documentary editions prepared at the Massachusetts Historical Society. This digital edition includes all text of the historical documents, all editorial text, and a single index with consolidated entries for the 16 printed Adams Papers indexes.
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The Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive
This searchable digital collection presents images of manuscripts and digital transcriptions from the Adams Family Papers including correspondence between
John and Abigail Adams, the diary of John Adams, and the autobiography of John Adams.View Online
The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: A Digital Collection
This digital collection presents images of the 51 volumes of John Quincy Adams's diary in the Adams Family Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Adams began keeping his diary, more than 14,000 pages, in 1779 at the age of twelve and continued until shortly before his death in 1848.
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John Adams: The Letters behind the HBO Miniseries
In connection with the HBO miniseries John Adams, this site
presents images and transcriptions of selected letters from the Adams Family
Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The letters provided
the historical background for David McCullough's Pulitzer-Prize winning
biography and the miniseries.
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John Quincy Adams: One President's Adolescence
This digital collection is a document-based directed study featuring ordinary and extraordinary letters, diary entries, and parental advice
from JQA's early years. The content and curriculum for this exhibit was prepared by Robert Baker, teacher at Needham High School
and 2001 Swensrud Fellow.
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The Adams Papers editorial project
The editorial project devoted to publishing a comprehensive edition of the manuscripts of President John Adams and
three generations of his family. Visit The Adams Papers to learn
about the published volumes and the
microfilm edition.
The Adams Papers web pages also include a
suggested reading list that may be of use to researchers.
The Adams Papers editorial project has also produced the following online resources:
- Selected Manuscripts
Selections include Abigail Adams's famous "remember the ladies" letter and John Adams's Copy of the
Declaration of Independence, ante 28 June 1776.
- Time Line
This time line follows the Adams family from the birth of John Adams in Braintree, Mass. in 1735, through the
American Revolution, the Continental Congress of 1776, the presidencies of John Adams and John Quincy Adams,
and other events up to the death of Abigail Adams in 1889.
- Genealogy
This genealogy of Adams family members is illustrated with paintings, daguerreotypes, and other images.
- Biographical Sketches
Presenting biographical sketches from three generations of Adamses including John Adams, Abigail Smith Adams,
John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, and Charles Francis Adams.
- Quotations
This collection includes notable quotations from John Adams and Abigail Adams taken from correspondence and other writings.
Links
There is a wealth of material pertaining to the Adamses available other places on the internet.
Adams Papers editorial project has collected a
list of other websites that may be useful in your research.
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Guide to Adams Resources on this Site
