Manuscripts
Correspondence, Documents and Manuscripts, 1781-1807
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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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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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Documents, manuscripts, and correspondence
Manuscripts
Letters, manuscripts, documents (including Connecticut and Ohio land deeds document personal and business affairs of the Adamses and their relatives, chiefly concerning land transactions; everyday life in Ohio in the middle of the nineteenth century; genealogy.
mssHM 79415-79479
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Correspondence & Documents
Manuscripts
This collection is an excellent research resource for an English military and diplomatic family in the 19th century; specifically the period covering the Napoleonic Wars and British diplomatic influence in Europe and Central America. Though there is a strong family connection to Jamaica, there is no material in the collection related to Jamaica, slavery or Edward Long's belief in polygenism.
mssHM 77353-77554
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[Duncomb, David]. Letter to Thomas Adams, of Alnwick
Manuscripts
Kingston, Jamaica. (2 p.). Note: a copy in the hand of Thomas Adams; the original sent to William Tate, Mar. 15, 1797.
HM 83660
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Manuscripts, Documents and Correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection contains 208 semi-cataloged items housed in two boxes (with one oversize volume). The majority of the collection deals with Alice Parsons Millard's estate and assets at the time of her death. There are documents and five volumes of inventories of the house and "museum," as well as 52 inventory note cards. These inventories list items (including furniture, books, etc.) owned by the Millards and often include the price they paid for it and/or the price for which they sold it. There is also a twelve-page, typed memoir of Alice Parsons Millard by Lucille V. Miller (1984). The correspondence includes 31 pieces, sixteen of which were written by Alice Parsons Millard. Many of the letters and postcards were written while Alice was abroad. One of her letters is to her client, collector Estelle Doheny. A number of her letters were to the Vanderhoef family, particularly Francis Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr. and his mother, Cornelia Young Vanderhoef. Ten letters by Alice Parsons Millard's secretary, Gertrude E. Treat, revolve around Alice's failing health, death, and the distribution of her estate. The photographs consist of 57 black and white photographs (and two negatives) of the following: the Millard's Highland Park house, the exterior and interior of "La Miniatura," the house's exhibits, the South Pasadena House, and three gates Alice contemplated purchasing while in London. There are also several personal photographs of Alice Parsons Millard, George Millard and various family members. There are five pieces of ephemera including Alice Parsons Millard's passport (1926) and copies of three of her obituaries (1938).
mssMillard papers