Manuscripts

Thomas Adams letter to Granville Sharp

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1794, April 8.
Call number: mssHM 83693
Creator: Adams, Thomas(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd, November 2018.

Adams, Thomas, of Alnwick. Letter to Mr. ----- Godwin

Manuscripts

Lime Street, London, Eng. (1 p.). Draft letter. Followed by additional draft letters & an account to: David Ross ; Duncomb & Pownall (Firm) ; copy of David Ross, approx. 1716…, account with the estate of B. Adams, 1796-1800 ; the whole: 4 p.

HM 83665

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Benjamin Adams and Thomas Adams collection

Manuscripts

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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Thomas Adams papers

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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John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Richard Rush :

Manuscripts

Letter expressing Adams' views on aristocracy as natural, that inequalities of influence exist in nature, must be levelled by law; also discusses the "privileged order of beauty" and the example of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Item is bound with an engraved portrait of Adams and an auction or sale advertisement of the Adams letter.

mssHM 21696

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Granville Sharp Pattison, Baltimore, letter to Thomas Jefferson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed; endorsed by Jefferson. (2 pages)

HM 9264

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Granville Sharp Pattison, Baltimore, letter to Thomas Jefferson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed; endorsed by Jefferson. Incomplete, last page only. (1 page)

HM 9241

Thomas Adams letter to Granville Sharp

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