Samuel Adams Papers
name: label: Author
content: Adams, Sam
label: Donor
content: Hollingsworth, Robert K.
label: Names
content: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
place: label: Place
content: Fredericksburg (Va.)
label: Place
content: Gettysburg (Pa.)
label: Place
content: Antietam (Md.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Surgeons -- United States
label: Topic
content: Antietam, Battle of, Md.,1862
label: Topic
content: Assassinations
label: Topic
content: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
label: Topic
content: Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va.,1862
label: Topic
content: Civil war -- United States
label: Topic
content: Medical sciences
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Robert K. Hollingsworth on September 26, 2013.
creator: label: Author
content: Adams, Sam
setName: label: See more items in
content: Samuel Adams Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Samuel Adams Papers document a surgeon's perspective on several major battles and events occurring during the United States Civil War.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel Adams was born in Maine around 1839, and was a surgeon for the Union Army during the United States Civil War. Adams enlisted on April 16, 1862 as an assistant surgeon, and was commissioned into the U.S. Army Medical Staff as part of the regular Army. Adams received two promotions by brevet during the war to Captain and then to Major. He was present during the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, and died of yellow fever on September 9,1867 in Galveston, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1862-1933
label: Date
content: bulk 1862-1865
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1310
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Medical notes
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Compact discs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: Supplemental Documentation, 1862-1933, undated

Series 2: Civil War Letters, 1862-1865 (bulk 1862-1863)

Series 3: Medical Papers, undated

Series 4: Miscellaneous Documents, 1861 July 16, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Chelsea M. Bucklin, intern, 2015; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Series 1: Supplemental Documentation, contains a compact disc with transcriptions for all of the handwritten letters, medical papers, notes, and genealogical information.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Heitman, Francis Bernard.  -- Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 -- . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903.

The Seventh Census of the United States -- , 1850. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1853.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Medical notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 1860-1870
label: Genre/Form
content: Compact discs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is divided into four series and includes letters and other papers of the Civil War surgeon Samuel Adams, as well as two CDs containing scans of the letters and transcriptions, and other documentation. The letters were sent to Adams's family and were written from the sites of major battles of the Civil War, including Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. One letter mentions Lincoln's assassination. The collection contains medical papers written by Adams, a military pass, and a list of "maxims" written by Adams's body servant, WIlliam. Additionally, genealogical information connecting the collection donor to Samuel Adams, transcriptions of all handwritten documentation, and a copy of Grandfather to Grandson, which is a collection of letters written by the donor's great-grandfather during the Great Depression, are included.