urn:taro:utexas.cah.00671 A Guide to the Charles Francis Adams Letters, 1858 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Adams, Charles Francis Charles Francis Adams Letters 1858 Materials are written in English. 3 leaves Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Charles Francis Adams was born in 1807 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Quincy Adams and the grandson of John Adams. Included are two letters belonging to Charles Francis Adams. Biographical Note

Charles Francis Adams was born in 1807 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Quincy Adams and the grandson of John Adams. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, the United States Congress and as United States Minister to Great Britain. Adams also ran unsuccessfully for Vice-president with Martin Van Buren. He died in 1886 and is buried in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Scope and Contents

Two letters, one from Adams to J. Colburn [?] to reserve “a copy of the work of Mr. Hickox,” and one from Solomon Lincoln to Boston historian John Wingate Thornton (1818-1878) requesting that Thornton examine some publications once belonging to Mrs. Adams’ father and others.

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Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886. Preferred Citation

Charles Francis Adams Letters, 1858, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2J102 Letters