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Lady Adams, "A.A.A."
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Manuscripts
The "California Gold Rush Fleet Encyclopedia of Vessels Sailing from the East Coast of the United States and Canada for San Francisco, December 7, 1848-December 31, 1849" comprises individual histories of 762 ships as well as various subject files, arranged in alphabetical order. Goodman records a broad spectrum of information derived from a variety of sources about the multitude of Gold Rush vessels. The bulk of the manuscripts are photocopies and some are heavily annotated in the author's hand. Some histories include hand colored illustrations of maps and ships. They were written and edited between 1970-1991.
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Letters addressed to Lady Adams deal chiefly with life in England during World War II. Written by her friends and family, the letters contain detailed, personal reactions of living in a war-torn country. Correspondents include John William Adamson and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell. Boxes 1-4 contain 488 pieces dating from 1938 to the middle of 1942. Box 5 dates from 1911-1939 and consists of 60 items of correspondence between Sir John and Lady Adams and Cornelius Van Hemert Engert and his family.
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Lincoln's Inn, London. (3 p.). Copy.
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Lady Smith is a long time friend and writes of family and the fright of the air raids.
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