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Manuscripts
The collection is made up of account books, notes, articles of agreement, and correspondence.
mssHM 81300-81396
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Manuscripts
The collection is made up of account books, notes, articles of agreement, and correspondence. The three account books include a postage posted volume and two cash account books (1764-1766). The three articles of agreement are drafts of agreements regarding land in Blanchland and Hexham (1772). Also included are 15 notes kept by Thomas Adams regarding his two favorite dogs: William the Lion and Sancho (1792-1806). There are ninety pieces of correspondence (1793-1795) between Thomas Adams, George Wood, Clayton & Walters, Kirton & Grey, Edward Blonk and Robert Hopper Williamson. The correspondence deals with the possible enclosure of Allendale and Hexhamshire Commons. The Crewe Trust (Adams was their lawyer, George Wood was their agent) was disputing this action and wanted to make sure they did not lose out when the lands were enclosed. Many of the letters deal with the attempt to bring all the parties together to discuss the subject, but to no avail. The correspondence includes the letters received by Adams, as well as kept drafts of his replies.
mssHM 81300-81396
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The majority of the material in the collection concerns the financial interests of Benjamin Adams and Thomas Adams in Jamaica. Benjamin Adams was owed a significant sum by Jamaican landowner George Noble. Upon Noble's death (ca. 1790), Adams entered into proceedings via attorneys James Corne Pownall and David Duncomb to recover his debt. The process was severely complicated by the revelation that the cane plantation overseen by Noble, known as the Lottery Estate in Trelawney, Jamaica, was not actually owned by him. After Benjamin Adams' death in 1792, the affair was taken up by the executor of his will, his brother Thomas Adams. The collection consists of autograph letters and copies, statements of bills and accounts, estate dealings and promissory notes; included is correspondence with, among others, William Cruden, William Morton Pitt and David Ross.
mssHM 83630-83688
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Gray's Inn (London, England)
HM 81396
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An autograph, signed draft letter from Thomas Adams to Granville Sharp; the letter is a retained copy, heavily corrected and annotated. An extensive letter which covers multiple topics including the militia, legal matters, political business, estate business (Adams lists the many trees he has planted on his Eshott Hall estate), and the African Prince John Henry Granville Naimbanna, who died in 1793.
mssHM 83693
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This collection contains 200 items of the family of Phinehas Adams of Connecticut and Ohio. The bulk of this collection contains letters, manuscripts, documents including Connecticut and Ohio land deeds, documents, personal and business affairs of the Adams and their relatives, chiefly concerning land transactions; everyday life in Ohio in the middle of the 19th century. There are also genealogy notes relating to the Adams and Bennett family in ephemera; 1 map; and several printed items.
mssHM 79415-79479