Adams Family Papers
Letter, 1855, from the U.S. Naval Academy to Samuel's sister Ada asking her to visit; paper, 1861, relating to Adams' medical exam; letters, 1861-1865, to Samuel's parents, telling of troop movements, describing his personal melancholy at the loss of life, his happiness on the death of Stonewall Jackson, and telling of the bloody battlefields; letter, 1866, discussing Samuel's impending marriage to Ruth and the furnishings for their home; two letters from George Meade, Oct. 17th and Oct. 19th, 1864; orders, 1863; promotion to brevet major, 1865; letter, Galveston, Texas, 1867, to Samuel's father; general orders #30, 1867, announcing Sam Adams' death; official correspondence, 1868, regarding Adams' remains; incomplete letters; letters received by S. Adams; papers of Charles C. Adams, 1849-1868; Charles C. Adams' Bible with appended notes; letter, 1860, to C.C. Adams from D. Brown; correspondence of Mrs. A.O. Adams, 1870.