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- Creator
- Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819
- Call number
- MssCol 19
- Physical description
- .3 linear feet (1 box); 3 microfilm reels
- Preferred Citation
- Samuel Adams papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Samuel Adams (1745-1819) was an American physician who served during the U.S. Revolutionary War. Collection consists of Adams's diary and miscellaneous papers. Diary describes his early life in Connecticut, colonial army service, job as a teacher, study of medicine, practice in Massachusetts and Maine, role as a surgeon in the Continental Army, and tavern keeping, 1792-1796. Diary is particularly significant for details of his medical practice including obstetrical cases. Miscellaneous papers include notes on anatomy, army commissions, commonplace book, and some correspondence.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, 1941Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Anatomy -- Study and teaching
- Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- Ipswich
- Medicine -- Practice
- Medicine -- Study and teaching
- Medicine, Military -- United States
- Obstetrics -- Practice
Places
- United States -- Armed Forces
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Medical care
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Researchers must use microfilm.
Alternative form available
Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library *ZL-307