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George James Adams papers (Ms.2010.021)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146


Collection Overview

Title: George James Adams papers
Date range: 1795-1890
Creator: Adams, George James, 1812-1888
Extent: 15 linear feet
Abstract: These papers span much of George James Adams’s long career as a textile manufacturer at various mills in Rhode Island and chief agent at the Narragansett Print Works. Included are personal, family, and business correspondence, invoices and receipts, inventories, payroll and supply lists, deeds and contracts, and photographs. A large set of letters are from Thomas P. Richmond, a banker of Bristol, Rhode Island, probably affiliated with the Bank of Bristol. They communicate Richmond’s strong abolitionist feelings and include descriptions of slave uprisings such as the insurrection on the ship La Amistad in 1839, meetings of abolitionist societies, etc. Also discussed are Richmond’s other interests, including phrenology, electricity, epidemiology, mesmerism, animal magnetism, and ships.
Language of materials: English.
Repository: John Hay Library , Special Collections
Collection number: Ms.2010.021