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Creator: Adams, George James, 1812-1888 Remove filter Adams, George James, 1812-1888 Format: Invoices -- Rhode Island -- 19th century Remove filter Invoices -- Rhode Island -- 19th century Format: Sample books Remove filter Sample books Institution: Brown University Special Collections Remove filter Brown University Special Collections Subject: Cotton textile industry -- New York (State) -- New York Remove filter Cotton textile industry -- New York (State) -- New York
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Adams (George James) papers
Formal title:
George James Adams papers
Extent:
15 linear feet
Date range:
1795-1890
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.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2010.021

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