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However, the bulk of the collection consists of miscellaneous canceled checks, promissory notes and receipts (1873-1912) generated by Adams' eldest son Joseph Adams(b. 1845) as executor of his father's estate. Also present are photocopies (obtained by the previous owner of this collection) of John Adams's last will and death certificate, and a partial typescript the 1850 federal census enumeration of the Adams family.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu01037#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu01037","ead_ssi":"viu_viu01037","_root_":"viu_viu01037","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu01037","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu01037.xml","title_ssm":["John Adams Family Papers \n          1842-1943"],"title_tesim":["John Adams Family Papers \n          1842-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["11078"],"text":["11078","John Adams Family Papers \n          1842-1943","1265 items","Folder contents are arranged chronologically.","This collection, 1,265 items, 1842 (1872-1912) 1943 (one\n         Hollinger box), consists of the papers of the family of \n          John Adams (ca. 1816/1825-1873), a\n         prosperous Richmond free black contractor and plasterer,\n         described by one historian as the owner of \"the largest number\n         of separate pieces of property held by a free [antebellum]\n         Negro in the entire state.\" Some of these items offer glimpses\n         of his civic and familial experiences as a free black in a\n         slave society. However, the bulk of the collection consists of\n         miscellaneous canceled checks, promissory notes and receipts\n         (1873-1912) generated by Adams' eldest son \n          Joseph Adams (b. 1845) as executor of his\n         father's estate. Also present are photocopies (obtained by the\n         previous owner of this collection) of \n          John Adams 's last will and death\n         certificate, and a partial typescript the 1850 federal census\n         enumeration of the \n          Adams family .","Evidence of Adams's immediate family and its kinship\n         network, extended families, and acquaintances are evident and\n         primary sources such as census returns and city directories\n         confirm many aspects of the family's existence. It represents\n         a long-term contribution to our understanding of the black\n         urban experience during slavery, insights on African-American\n         life in nineteenth-century \n          Richmond, Virginia , and, by extension,\n         spotlights the activities of antebellum, Civil War, and\n         postwar black Southerners.","John Adams was born in \n          Virginia but it is unknown when he settled\n         in \n          Richmond . He was a self-employed\n         plasterer and building contractor whose family consisted of\n         his wife \n          Octavia (b. 1829),\n         sons \n          Joseph (b. 1845) and\n          John (b. 1847/1849)\n         and daughters \n          Alice (b. 1848/1849)\n         and \n          Deborah (ca.\n         1850-1860?). The family residence was 227 West Leigh Street.\n         Apparently, Adams was a slaveholder; in 1864 a Confederate\n         soldier named Gerard successfully sued him because Adam's\n         female slave, a washerwoman, died before returning the\n         soldier's laundry to him. Shortly before the slave's death she\n         gave her possessions (including Gerard's clothing) to Adams,\n         who then sold them.","Adams died on January 14, 1873 due to erysipelas (strep\n         infection); in his January 8 will (\"suffering from impaired\n         vision . . . said will was read Slowly and distinctly to him\")\n         he named his eldest son Joseph as executor of his estate and\n         bequeathed approximately six houses, eleven property lots and\n         cash to his wife Octavia and children (Joseph, John H., and \n          Alice E. Patterson ), two sisters ( \n          Josephine Bull and \n          Mary Chapman ) and a brother-in-law, \n          Walter Swann (?). Adams, who invested\n         heavily in real estate, was frequently described as \"wealthy\";\n         according to the \n          Richmond Daily Whig his estate was worth $25,000 to $30,000.","John Adams is represented in the\n         collection by various financial and legal items chiefly\n         pertaining to property transactions in \n          Henrico County and the cities of \n          Richmond and \n          Petersburg : suits, estate papers,\n         promissory notes, indentures, contracts, deeds, stocks, tax\n         records, insurance policies, orders and payments for building\n         supplies. However, he was frequently in financial difficulties\n         for failing to pay for property purchases, repay loans, and\n         other debts.","His papers are filed in two folders. The first, \" \n          John Adams : Miscellaneous Financial \u0026\n         Legal Papers\" (1842-1876 \u0026 1910) includes: a property\n         contract, March 7, 1842; Richmond hustings court judgements\n         against Adams (July 25, 1842, February 27 and 29 May 1847);\n         building contracts (August 7, 1858, May 17, 1859, ante 1861,\n         and December 11, 1872); a deed of \n          Thomas and \n          Mary Hill for their sale of a \n          Petersburg lot to Adams, 1867; and four\n         stock certificates ( \n          Continental Insurance Company ),\n         1870-1871. The second folder, \" \n          John Adams : Financial \u0026 Legal Papers\n         re administration of his estate\" (1872-1878) includes: a\n         photocopy of Adams's January 8, 1873 last will and testament;\n         his January 14, 1873 death certificate; a January 15, 1873\n         receipt for the digging of Adams' grave at the \n          Union Mechanic's Burying Ground ; an April\n         8, 1873 doctor's receipt for medical treatment of Adams during\n         his final illness; an April 10, 1873 lawyer's receipt for\n         writing Adams' will; and a pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1873.","Octavia Adams , widow of John Sr., is\n         represented by 12 items, 1874-1887, in one folder containing a\n         pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1876; a\n         letter to her, 1887; and various items pertaining to payment\n         of taxes and her husband's estate.","Joseph Adams , eldest child and son of \n          John Adams , is represented by the\n         majority of documents in this collection (1867-1912, ca. 900\n         items) consisting of four folders indicative of some of his\n         professional and civic activities and duties as executor of\n         his father's estate. Items include: an 1867 invitation to the\n         \"1st Annual [banquet?] of the Union Aid\" from \n          Mary Goodall ; a day book/account book of\n         his plastering work, 1869-1879; a \n          Freedman's Savings and Trust Company bank\n         book, 1873-1874; receipts of \n          A. S. Lee (1875-1876) and \n          William M. Ledley (1874) for delivery of\n         building supplies including lime, plaster, and bricks; a\n         February 4, 1880 receipt from two school teachers noting\n         payment of 50 cents \"for the schooling of \n          Joe Adams \" (son of Joseph) and a May 12,\n         1882 teacher's letter complaining about his son John's bad\n         behavior and requesting that he be given \"a good whipping\";\n         two items pertaining to his bankruptcy case, March 23, 1881;\n         receipts and related items regarding the purchase of a piano\n         from \n          Walter D. Moses \u0026 Company , 1896;\n         Masonic lodge items 1896-1900; notification of \n          Richmond Charitable Union Board meetings,\n         ante May 7, 1901; a \n          Richmond Memorial Association form letter\n         appealing for funds to construct a fence around \"our\n         cemeteries near \n          Barton Heights , \" 1905; and other items\n         related to plastering work and the purchase of city lots. Also\n         present is a folder of fire Insurance policies and renewal\n         certificates for Adams' property (1855-1877) and a folder of\n         canceled checks, receipts, and promissory notes from various \n          Richmond banks : \n          Mechanics Savings Bank (1903-1912); \n          Planter's National Bank (1868, 1873-1879);\n          National Bank of Virginia (1873-1874); \n          Richmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company (1876-1878); and, the \n          State Bank of Virginia (1872-1877).","Cora Ann Adams , wife of Joseph, is\n         represented in the collection by financial and legal papers\n         (1879-1910; 141 items) which include: two deeds in which her\n         husband purchased property as her trustee to whom she later\n         gives permission to sell, 1883-1884; a bank book ( \n          State Bank of Virginia ), 1891-1895;\n         canceled checks from the \n          State Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (1890-1896) and the \n          City Bank of Richmond , (1902-1910); and,\n         miscellaneous receipts and canceled promissory notes.","John H. Adams , second son of \n          John Adams , is represented by ten\n         miscellaneous receipts (1874 and 1876). He worked as a\n         plasterer, graduated from \n          Lincoln University , and later served on \n          Richmond 's common council. In November\n         1895 the Richmond \n          Planet reported his marriage to \n          Tisha Banister in \n          Danville, Virginia .","Also present in this collection are items of the \n          Isaac A. Goddin family of \n          Richmond including various property\n         transactions, 1859-1860 \u0026 1872-1873, and a 1872 document\n         in which \n          Harriet Goddin empowers \n          Deborah Allen \"with the care, custody and\n         control of my daughter \n          Margaret Goddin until my said daughter\n         arrives at the age of eighteen years or marries.\" According to\n         the 1860 census \n          Isaac Goddin was a sixty-one year-old\n         white male notary public and land agent who owned real estate\n         worth $40,000; his wife, fifty-five year-old \n          Eliza Ann , had a net worth of $14,000 in\n         personal and real estate holdings.","A folder of miscellaneous financial and legal papers\n         (1845-1943; 11 items) includes: an indenture regarding the\n         sale of property held in trust for the children of \n          Nancy Smith , a \n          Richmond \"free woman of color,\" 1845;\n         deeds of \n          Richmond property sold to \n          Robert Ryland , 1856; an 1862 property\n         deed; two stock certificates (the \n          Masonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia ) belonging to \n          B. W. Langston , 1904 \u0026 1906, and a\n         1943 form letter from the \n          Federated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory on the correction of 1942 \n          Richmond tax assessments.","The final folder is of miscellaneous items (1850,\n         1871-1889, 1930, n.d.; 13 items) including a photocopy of a\n         partial typescript the 1850 federal census enumeration (#741)\n         of the \n          Adams family ; a calling card bearing \n          John Adams ' name, 1871; a blank indenture\n         form for the \n          Directors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond , ca. 1870s; rules and\n         regulations of the \n          Richmond Water Department , 1882;\n         commencement programs, \n          Richmond Normal School , 1888-1889;\n         printed item \"A Protest\" regarding a religious dispute\n         resulting from the \n          Virginia Baptist State Convention ,\n         Lexington, 1899; and two 1930 postcards addressed to a Miss \n          Essie Adams .","","University of Virginia. 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However, the bulk of the collection consists of\n         miscellaneous canceled checks, promissory notes and receipts\n         (1873-1912) generated by Adams' eldest son \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1845) as executor of his\n         father's estate. Also present are photocopies (obtained by the\n         previous owner of this collection) of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e's last will and death\n         certificate, and a partial typescript the 1850 federal census\n         enumeration of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAdams family\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvidence of Adams's immediate family and its kinship\n         network, extended families, and acquaintances are evident and\n         primary sources such as census returns and city directories\n         confirm many aspects of the family's existence. It represents\n         a long-term contribution to our understanding of the black\n         urban experience during slavery, insights on African-American\n         life in nineteenth-century \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and, by extension,\n         spotlights the activities of antebellum, Civil War, and\n         postwar black Southerners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ebut it is unknown when he settled\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e. He was a self-employed\n         plasterer and building contractor whose family consisted of\n         his wife \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Octavia Adams\"\u003eOctavia\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1829),\n         sons \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Joseph Adams\"\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1845) and\n         \u003cpersname normal=\"John Adams\"\u003eJohn\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1847/1849)\n         and daughters \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Alice Adams\"\u003eAlice\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1848/1849)\n         and \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Deborah Adams\"\u003eDeborah\u003c/persname\u003e(ca.\n         1850-1860?). The family residence was 227 West Leigh Street.\n         Apparently, Adams was a slaveholder; in 1864 a Confederate\n         soldier named Gerard successfully sued him because Adam's\n         female slave, a washerwoman, died before returning the\n         soldier's laundry to him. Shortly before the slave's death she\n         gave her possessions (including Gerard's clothing) to Adams,\n         who then sold them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdams died on January 14, 1873 due to erysipelas (strep\n         infection); in his January 8 will (\"suffering from impaired\n         vision . . . said will was read Slowly and distinctly to him\")\n         he named his eldest son Joseph as executor of his estate and\n         bequeathed approximately six houses, eleven property lots and\n         cash to his wife Octavia and children (Joseph, John H., and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Patterson\u003c/persname\u003e), two sisters ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJosephine Bull\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Chapman\u003c/persname\u003e) and a brother-in-law, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Swann\u003c/persname\u003e(?). Adams, who invested\n         heavily in real estate, was frequently described as \"wealthy\";\n         according to the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Daily Whig\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehis estate was worth $25,000 to $30,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003eis represented in the\n         collection by various financial and legal items chiefly\n         pertaining to property transactions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003eand the cities of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e: suits, estate papers,\n         promissory notes, indentures, contracts, deeds, stocks, tax\n         records, insurance policies, orders and payments for building\n         supplies. However, he was frequently in financial difficulties\n         for failing to pay for property purchases, repay loans, and\n         other debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis papers are filed in two folders. The first, \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e: Miscellaneous Financial \u0026amp;\n         Legal Papers\" (1842-1876 \u0026amp; 1910) includes: a property\n         contract, March 7, 1842; Richmond hustings court judgements\n         against Adams (July 25, 1842, February 27 and 29 May 1847);\n         building contracts (August 7, 1858, May 17, 1859, ante 1861,\n         and December 11, 1872); a deed of \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Thomas Hill\"\u003eThomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Hill\u003c/persname\u003efor their sale of a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003elot to Adams, 1867; and four\n         stock certificates ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eContinental Insurance Company\u003c/corpname\u003e),\n         1870-1871. The second folder, \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e: Financial \u0026amp; Legal Papers\n         re administration of his estate\" (1872-1878) includes: a\n         photocopy of Adams's January 8, 1873 last will and testament;\n         his January 14, 1873 death certificate; a January 15, 1873\n         receipt for the digging of Adams' grave at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion Mechanic's Burying Ground\u003c/corpname\u003e; an April\n         8, 1873 doctor's receipt for medical treatment of Adams during\n         his final illness; an April 10, 1873 lawyer's receipt for\n         writing Adams' will; and a pew rental notice, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrace Street Baptist Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eOctavia Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of John Sr., is\n         represented by 12 items, 1874-1887, in one folder containing a\n         pew rental notice, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrace Street Baptist Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1876; a\n         letter to her, 1887; and various items pertaining to payment\n         of taxes and her husband's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, eldest child and son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, is represented by the\n         majority of documents in this collection (1867-1912, ca. 900\n         items) consisting of four folders indicative of some of his\n         professional and civic activities and duties as executor of\n         his father's estate. Items include: an 1867 invitation to the\n         \"1st Annual [banquet?] of the Union Aid\" from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Goodall\u003c/persname\u003e; a day book/account book of\n         his plastering work, 1869-1879; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFreedman's Savings and Trust Company\u003c/corpname\u003ebank\n         book, 1873-1874; receipts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. S. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1875-1876) and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam M. Ledley\u003c/persname\u003e(1874) for delivery of\n         building supplies including lime, plaster, and bricks; a\n         February 4, 1880 receipt from two school teachers noting\n         payment of 50 cents \"for the schooling of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Adams\u003c/persname\u003e\" (son of Joseph) and a May 12,\n         1882 teacher's letter complaining about his son John's bad\n         behavior and requesting that he be given \"a good whipping\";\n         two items pertaining to his bankruptcy case, March 23, 1881;\n         receipts and related items regarding the purchase of a piano\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWalter D. Moses \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1896;\n         Masonic lodge items 1896-1900; notification of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Charitable Union Board\u003c/corpname\u003emeetings,\n         ante May 7, 1901; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Memorial Association\u003c/corpname\u003eform letter\n         appealing for funds to construct a fence around \"our\n         cemeteries near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBarton Heights\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" 1905; and other items\n         related to plastering work and the purchase of city lots. Also\n         present is a folder of fire Insurance policies and renewal\n         certificates for Adams' property (1855-1877) and a folder of\n         canceled checks, receipts, and promissory notes from various \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond banks\u003c/geogname\u003e: \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMechanics Savings Bank\u003c/corpname\u003e(1903-1912); \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePlanter's National Bank\u003c/corpname\u003e(1868, 1873-1879);\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1873-1874); \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876-1878); and, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1872-1877).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCora Ann Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, wife of Joseph, is\n         represented in the collection by financial and legal papers\n         (1879-1910; 141 items) which include: two deeds in which her\n         husband purchased property as her trustee to whom she later\n         gives permission to sell, 1883-1884; a bank book ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e), 1891-1895;\n         canceled checks from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890-1896) and the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCity Bank of Richmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1902-1910); and,\n         miscellaneous receipts and canceled promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, second son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, is represented by ten\n         miscellaneous receipts (1874 and 1876). He worked as a\n         plasterer, graduated from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLincoln University\u003c/corpname\u003e, and later served on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e's common council. In November\n         1895 the Richmond \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePlanet\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ereported his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTisha Banister\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDanville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this collection are items of the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac A. Goddin\u003c/persname\u003efamily of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eincluding various property\n         transactions, 1859-1860 \u0026amp; 1872-1873, and a 1872 document\n         in which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarriet Goddin\u003c/persname\u003eempowers \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDeborah Allen\u003c/persname\u003e\"with the care, custody and\n         control of my daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Goddin\u003c/persname\u003euntil my said daughter\n         arrives at the age of eighteen years or marries.\" According to\n         the 1860 census \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Goddin\u003c/persname\u003ewas a sixty-one year-old\n         white male notary public and land agent who owned real estate\n         worth $40,000; his wife, fifty-five year-old \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Ann\u003c/persname\u003e, had a net worth of $14,000 in\n         personal and real estate holdings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of miscellaneous financial and legal papers\n         (1845-1943; 11 items) includes: an indenture regarding the\n         sale of property held in trust for the children of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e\"free woman of color,\" 1845;\n         deeds of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty sold to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Ryland\u003c/persname\u003e, 1856; an 1862 property\n         deed; two stock certificates (the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMasonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e) belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. W. Langston\u003c/persname\u003e, 1904 \u0026amp; 1906, and a\n         1943 form letter from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory\u003c/corpname\u003eon the correction of 1942 \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003etax assessments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe final folder is of miscellaneous items (1850,\n         1871-1889, 1930, n.d.; 13 items) including a photocopy of a\n         partial typescript the 1850 federal census enumeration (#741)\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAdams family\u003c/famname\u003e; a calling card bearing \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e' name, 1871; a blank indenture\n         form for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDirectors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e, ca. 1870s; rules and\n         regulations of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Water Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1882;\n         commencement programs, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Normal School\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1888-1889;\n         printed item \"A Protest\" regarding a religious dispute\n         resulting from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Baptist State Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         Lexington, 1899; and two 1930 postcards addressed to a Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEssie Adams\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1,265 items, 1842 (1872-1912) 1943 (one\n         Hollinger box), consists of the papers of the family of \n          John Adams (ca. 1816/1825-1873), a\n         prosperous Richmond free black contractor and plasterer,\n         described by one historian as the owner of \"the largest number\n         of separate pieces of property held by a free [antebellum]\n         Negro in the entire state.\" Some of these items offer glimpses\n         of his civic and familial experiences as a free black in a\n         slave society. However, the bulk of the collection consists of\n         miscellaneous canceled checks, promissory notes and receipts\n         (1873-1912) generated by Adams' eldest son \n          Joseph Adams (b. 1845) as executor of his\n         father's estate. Also present are photocopies (obtained by the\n         previous owner of this collection) of \n          John Adams 's last will and death\n         certificate, and a partial typescript the 1850 federal census\n         enumeration of the \n          Adams family .","Evidence of Adams's immediate family and its kinship\n         network, extended families, and acquaintances are evident and\n         primary sources such as census returns and city directories\n         confirm many aspects of the family's existence. It represents\n         a long-term contribution to our understanding of the black\n         urban experience during slavery, insights on African-American\n         life in nineteenth-century \n          Richmond, Virginia , and, by extension,\n         spotlights the activities of antebellum, Civil War, and\n         postwar black Southerners.","John Adams was born in \n          Virginia but it is unknown when he settled\n         in \n          Richmond . He was a self-employed\n         plasterer and building contractor whose family consisted of\n         his wife \n          Octavia (b. 1829),\n         sons \n          Joseph (b. 1845) and\n          John (b. 1847/1849)\n         and daughters \n          Alice (b. 1848/1849)\n         and \n          Deborah (ca.\n         1850-1860?). The family residence was 227 West Leigh Street.\n         Apparently, Adams was a slaveholder; in 1864 a Confederate\n         soldier named Gerard successfully sued him because Adam's\n         female slave, a washerwoman, died before returning the\n         soldier's laundry to him. Shortly before the slave's death she\n         gave her possessions (including Gerard's clothing) to Adams,\n         who then sold them.","Adams died on January 14, 1873 due to erysipelas (strep\n         infection); in his January 8 will (\"suffering from impaired\n         vision . . . said will was read Slowly and distinctly to him\")\n         he named his eldest son Joseph as executor of his estate and\n         bequeathed approximately six houses, eleven property lots and\n         cash to his wife Octavia and children (Joseph, John H., and \n          Alice E. Patterson ), two sisters ( \n          Josephine Bull and \n          Mary Chapman ) and a brother-in-law, \n          Walter Swann (?). Adams, who invested\n         heavily in real estate, was frequently described as \"wealthy\";\n         according to the \n          Richmond Daily Whig his estate was worth $25,000 to $30,000.","John Adams is represented in the\n         collection by various financial and legal items chiefly\n         pertaining to property transactions in \n          Henrico County and the cities of \n          Richmond and \n          Petersburg : suits, estate papers,\n         promissory notes, indentures, contracts, deeds, stocks, tax\n         records, insurance policies, orders and payments for building\n         supplies. However, he was frequently in financial difficulties\n         for failing to pay for property purchases, repay loans, and\n         other debts.","His papers are filed in two folders. The first, \" \n          John Adams : Miscellaneous Financial \u0026\n         Legal Papers\" (1842-1876 \u0026 1910) includes: a property\n         contract, March 7, 1842; Richmond hustings court judgements\n         against Adams (July 25, 1842, February 27 and 29 May 1847);\n         building contracts (August 7, 1858, May 17, 1859, ante 1861,\n         and December 11, 1872); a deed of \n          Thomas and \n          Mary Hill for their sale of a \n          Petersburg lot to Adams, 1867; and four\n         stock certificates ( \n          Continental Insurance Company ),\n         1870-1871. The second folder, \" \n          John Adams : Financial \u0026 Legal Papers\n         re administration of his estate\" (1872-1878) includes: a\n         photocopy of Adams's January 8, 1873 last will and testament;\n         his January 14, 1873 death certificate; a January 15, 1873\n         receipt for the digging of Adams' grave at the \n          Union Mechanic's Burying Ground ; an April\n         8, 1873 doctor's receipt for medical treatment of Adams during\n         his final illness; an April 10, 1873 lawyer's receipt for\n         writing Adams' will; and a pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1873.","Octavia Adams , widow of John Sr., is\n         represented by 12 items, 1874-1887, in one folder containing a\n         pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1876; a\n         letter to her, 1887; and various items pertaining to payment\n         of taxes and her husband's estate.","Joseph Adams , eldest child and son of \n          John Adams , is represented by the\n         majority of documents in this collection (1867-1912, ca. 900\n         items) consisting of four folders indicative of some of his\n         professional and civic activities and duties as executor of\n         his father's estate. Items include: an 1867 invitation to the\n         \"1st Annual [banquet?] of the Union Aid\" from \n          Mary Goodall ; a day book/account book of\n         his plastering work, 1869-1879; a \n          Freedman's Savings and Trust Company bank\n         book, 1873-1874; receipts of \n          A. S. Lee (1875-1876) and \n          William M. Ledley (1874) for delivery of\n         building supplies including lime, plaster, and bricks; a\n         February 4, 1880 receipt from two school teachers noting\n         payment of 50 cents \"for the schooling of \n          Joe Adams \" (son of Joseph) and a May 12,\n         1882 teacher's letter complaining about his son John's bad\n         behavior and requesting that he be given \"a good whipping\";\n         two items pertaining to his bankruptcy case, March 23, 1881;\n         receipts and related items regarding the purchase of a piano\n         from \n          Walter D. Moses \u0026 Company , 1896;\n         Masonic lodge items 1896-1900; notification of \n          Richmond Charitable Union Board meetings,\n         ante May 7, 1901; a \n          Richmond Memorial Association form letter\n         appealing for funds to construct a fence around \"our\n         cemeteries near \n          Barton Heights , \" 1905; and other items\n         related to plastering work and the purchase of city lots. Also\n         present is a folder of fire Insurance policies and renewal\n         certificates for Adams' property (1855-1877) and a folder of\n         canceled checks, receipts, and promissory notes from various \n          Richmond banks : \n          Mechanics Savings Bank (1903-1912); \n          Planter's National Bank (1868, 1873-1879);\n          National Bank of Virginia (1873-1874); \n          Richmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company (1876-1878); and, the \n          State Bank of Virginia (1872-1877).","Cora Ann Adams , wife of Joseph, is\n         represented in the collection by financial and legal papers\n         (1879-1910; 141 items) which include: two deeds in which her\n         husband purchased property as her trustee to whom she later\n         gives permission to sell, 1883-1884; a bank book ( \n          State Bank of Virginia ), 1891-1895;\n         canceled checks from the \n          State Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (1890-1896) and the \n          City Bank of Richmond , (1902-1910); and,\n         miscellaneous receipts and canceled promissory notes.","John H. Adams , second son of \n          John Adams , is represented by ten\n         miscellaneous receipts (1874 and 1876). He worked as a\n         plasterer, graduated from \n          Lincoln University , and later served on \n          Richmond 's common council. In November\n         1895 the Richmond \n          Planet reported his marriage to \n          Tisha Banister in \n          Danville, Virginia .","Also present in this collection are items of the \n          Isaac A. Goddin family of \n          Richmond including various property\n         transactions, 1859-1860 \u0026 1872-1873, and a 1872 document\n         in which \n          Harriet Goddin empowers \n          Deborah Allen \"with the care, custody and\n         control of my daughter \n          Margaret Goddin until my said daughter\n         arrives at the age of eighteen years or marries.\" According to\n         the 1860 census \n          Isaac Goddin was a sixty-one year-old\n         white male notary public and land agent who owned real estate\n         worth $40,000; his wife, fifty-five year-old \n          Eliza Ann , had a net worth of $14,000 in\n         personal and real estate holdings.","A folder of miscellaneous financial and legal papers\n         (1845-1943; 11 items) includes: an indenture regarding the\n         sale of property held in trust for the children of \n          Nancy Smith , a \n          Richmond \"free woman of color,\" 1845;\n         deeds of \n          Richmond property sold to \n          Robert Ryland , 1856; an 1862 property\n         deed; two stock certificates (the \n          Masonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia ) belonging to \n          B. W. Langston , 1904 \u0026 1906, and a\n         1943 form letter from the \n          Federated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory on the correction of 1942 \n          Richmond tax assessments.","The final folder is of miscellaneous items (1850,\n         1871-1889, 1930, n.d.; 13 items) including a photocopy of a\n         partial typescript the 1850 federal census enumeration (#741)\n         of the \n          Adams family ; a calling card bearing \n          John Adams ' name, 1871; a blank indenture\n         form for the \n          Directors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond , ca. 1870s; rules and\n         regulations of the \n          Richmond Water Department , 1882;\n         commencement programs, \n          Richmond Normal School , 1888-1889;\n         printed item \"A Protest\" regarding a religious dispute\n         resulting from the \n          Virginia Baptist State Convention ,\n         Lexington, 1899; and two 1930 postcards addressed to a Miss \n          Essie Adams ."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Continental Insurance Company","Union Mechanic's Burying Ground","Grace Street Baptist Church","Freedman's Savings and Trust Company","Walter D. Moses \u0026 Company","Richmond Charitable Union Board","Richmond Memorial Association","Mechanics Savings Bank","Planter's National Bank","National Bank of Virginia","Richmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company","State Bank of Virginia","Lincoln University","Masonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia","Federated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory","Directors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond","Richmond Water Department","Richmond Normal School","Virginia Baptist State Convention","Adams family","John Adams","Joseph Adams","Octavia","Joseph","John","Alice","Deborah","Alice E. Patterson","Josephine Bull","Mary Chapman","Walter Swann","Thomas","Mary Hill","Octavia Adams","Mary Goodall","A. S. Lee","William M. Ledley","Joe Adams","Cora Ann Adams","John H. Adams","Tisha Banister","Isaac A. Goddin","Harriet Goddin","Deborah Allen","Margaret Goddin","Isaac Goddin","Eliza Ann","Nancy Smith","Robert Ryland","B. W. Langston","Essie Adams"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Continental Insurance Company","Union Mechanic's Burying Ground","Grace Street Baptist Church","Freedman's Savings and Trust Company","Walter D. Moses \u0026 Company","Richmond Charitable Union Board","Richmond Memorial Association","Mechanics Savings Bank","Planter's National Bank","National Bank of Virginia","Richmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company","State Bank of Virginia","Lincoln University","Masonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia","Federated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory","Directors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond","Richmond Water Department","Richmond Normal School","Virginia Baptist State Convention"],"famname_ssim":["Adams family"],"persname_ssim":["John Adams","Joseph Adams","Octavia","Joseph","John","Alice","Deborah","Alice E. Patterson","Josephine Bull","Mary Chapman","Walter Swann","Thomas","Mary Hill","Octavia Adams","Mary Goodall","A. S. Lee","William M. Ledley","Joe Adams","Cora Ann Adams","John H. Adams","Tisha Banister","Isaac A. Goddin","Harriet Goddin","Deborah Allen","Margaret Goddin","Isaac Goddin","Eliza Ann","Nancy Smith","Robert Ryland","B. W. Langston","Essie Adams"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":13,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:31:30.577Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu01037","ead_ssi":"viu_viu01037","_root_":"viu_viu01037","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu01037","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu01037.xml","title_ssm":["John Adams Family Papers \n          1842-1943"],"title_tesim":["John Adams Family Papers \n          1842-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["11078"],"text":["11078","John Adams Family Papers \n          1842-1943","1265 items","Folder contents are arranged chronologically.","This collection, 1,265 items, 1842 (1872-1912) 1943 (one\n         Hollinger box), consists of the papers of the family of \n          John Adams (ca. 1816/1825-1873), a\n         prosperous Richmond free black contractor and plasterer,\n         described by one historian as the owner of \"the largest number\n         of separate pieces of property held by a free [antebellum]\n         Negro in the entire state.\" Some of these items offer glimpses\n         of his civic and familial experiences as a free black in a\n         slave society. However, the bulk of the collection consists of\n         miscellaneous canceled checks, promissory notes and receipts\n         (1873-1912) generated by Adams' eldest son \n          Joseph Adams (b. 1845) as executor of his\n         father's estate. Also present are photocopies (obtained by the\n         previous owner of this collection) of \n          John Adams 's last will and death\n         certificate, and a partial typescript the 1850 federal census\n         enumeration of the \n          Adams family .","Evidence of Adams's immediate family and its kinship\n         network, extended families, and acquaintances are evident and\n         primary sources such as census returns and city directories\n         confirm many aspects of the family's existence. It represents\n         a long-term contribution to our understanding of the black\n         urban experience during slavery, insights on African-American\n         life in nineteenth-century \n          Richmond, Virginia , and, by extension,\n         spotlights the activities of antebellum, Civil War, and\n         postwar black Southerners.","John Adams was born in \n          Virginia but it is unknown when he settled\n         in \n          Richmond . He was a self-employed\n         plasterer and building contractor whose family consisted of\n         his wife \n          Octavia (b. 1829),\n         sons \n          Joseph (b. 1845) and\n          John (b. 1847/1849)\n         and daughters \n          Alice (b. 1848/1849)\n         and \n          Deborah (ca.\n         1850-1860?). The family residence was 227 West Leigh Street.\n         Apparently, Adams was a slaveholder; in 1864 a Confederate\n         soldier named Gerard successfully sued him because Adam's\n         female slave, a washerwoman, died before returning the\n         soldier's laundry to him. Shortly before the slave's death she\n         gave her possessions (including Gerard's clothing) to Adams,\n         who then sold them.","Adams died on January 14, 1873 due to erysipelas (strep\n         infection); in his January 8 will (\"suffering from impaired\n         vision . . . said will was read Slowly and distinctly to him\")\n         he named his eldest son Joseph as executor of his estate and\n         bequeathed approximately six houses, eleven property lots and\n         cash to his wife Octavia and children (Joseph, John H., and \n          Alice E. Patterson ), two sisters ( \n          Josephine Bull and \n          Mary Chapman ) and a brother-in-law, \n          Walter Swann (?). Adams, who invested\n         heavily in real estate, was frequently described as \"wealthy\";\n         according to the \n          Richmond Daily Whig his estate was worth $25,000 to $30,000.","John Adams is represented in the\n         collection by various financial and legal items chiefly\n         pertaining to property transactions in \n          Henrico County and the cities of \n          Richmond and \n          Petersburg : suits, estate papers,\n         promissory notes, indentures, contracts, deeds, stocks, tax\n         records, insurance policies, orders and payments for building\n         supplies. However, he was frequently in financial difficulties\n         for failing to pay for property purchases, repay loans, and\n         other debts.","His papers are filed in two folders. The first, \" \n          John Adams : Miscellaneous Financial \u0026\n         Legal Papers\" (1842-1876 \u0026 1910) includes: a property\n         contract, March 7, 1842; Richmond hustings court judgements\n         against Adams (July 25, 1842, February 27 and 29 May 1847);\n         building contracts (August 7, 1858, May 17, 1859, ante 1861,\n         and December 11, 1872); a deed of \n          Thomas and \n          Mary Hill for their sale of a \n          Petersburg lot to Adams, 1867; and four\n         stock certificates ( \n          Continental Insurance Company ),\n         1870-1871. The second folder, \" \n          John Adams : Financial \u0026 Legal Papers\n         re administration of his estate\" (1872-1878) includes: a\n         photocopy of Adams's January 8, 1873 last will and testament;\n         his January 14, 1873 death certificate; a January 15, 1873\n         receipt for the digging of Adams' grave at the \n          Union Mechanic's Burying Ground ; an April\n         8, 1873 doctor's receipt for medical treatment of Adams during\n         his final illness; an April 10, 1873 lawyer's receipt for\n         writing Adams' will; and a pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1873.","Octavia Adams , widow of John Sr., is\n         represented by 12 items, 1874-1887, in one folder containing a\n         pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1876; a\n         letter to her, 1887; and various items pertaining to payment\n         of taxes and her husband's estate.","Joseph Adams , eldest child and son of \n          John Adams , is represented by the\n         majority of documents in this collection (1867-1912, ca. 900\n         items) consisting of four folders indicative of some of his\n         professional and civic activities and duties as executor of\n         his father's estate. Items include: an 1867 invitation to the\n         \"1st Annual [banquet?] of the Union Aid\" from \n          Mary Goodall ; a day book/account book of\n         his plastering work, 1869-1879; a \n          Freedman's Savings and Trust Company bank\n         book, 1873-1874; receipts of \n          A. S. Lee (1875-1876) and \n          William M. Ledley (1874) for delivery of\n         building supplies including lime, plaster, and bricks; a\n         February 4, 1880 receipt from two school teachers noting\n         payment of 50 cents \"for the schooling of \n          Joe Adams \" (son of Joseph) and a May 12,\n         1882 teacher's letter complaining about his son John's bad\n         behavior and requesting that he be given \"a good whipping\";\n         two items pertaining to his bankruptcy case, March 23, 1881;\n         receipts and related items regarding the purchase of a piano\n         from \n          Walter D. Moses \u0026 Company , 1896;\n         Masonic lodge items 1896-1900; notification of \n          Richmond Charitable Union Board meetings,\n         ante May 7, 1901; a \n          Richmond Memorial Association form letter\n         appealing for funds to construct a fence around \"our\n         cemeteries near \n          Barton Heights , \" 1905; and other items\n         related to plastering work and the purchase of city lots. Also\n         present is a folder of fire Insurance policies and renewal\n         certificates for Adams' property (1855-1877) and a folder of\n         canceled checks, receipts, and promissory notes from various \n          Richmond banks : \n          Mechanics Savings Bank (1903-1912); \n          Planter's National Bank (1868, 1873-1879);\n          National Bank of Virginia (1873-1874); \n          Richmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company (1876-1878); and, the \n          State Bank of Virginia (1872-1877).","Cora Ann Adams , wife of Joseph, is\n         represented in the collection by financial and legal papers\n         (1879-1910; 141 items) which include: two deeds in which her\n         husband purchased property as her trustee to whom she later\n         gives permission to sell, 1883-1884; a bank book ( \n          State Bank of Virginia ), 1891-1895;\n         canceled checks from the \n          State Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (1890-1896) and the \n          City Bank of Richmond , (1902-1910); and,\n         miscellaneous receipts and canceled promissory notes.","John H. Adams , second son of \n          John Adams , is represented by ten\n         miscellaneous receipts (1874 and 1876). He worked as a\n         plasterer, graduated from \n          Lincoln University , and later served on \n          Richmond 's common council. In November\n         1895 the Richmond \n          Planet reported his marriage to \n          Tisha Banister in \n          Danville, Virginia .","Also present in this collection are items of the \n          Isaac A. Goddin family of \n          Richmond including various property\n         transactions, 1859-1860 \u0026 1872-1873, and a 1872 document\n         in which \n          Harriet Goddin empowers \n          Deborah Allen \"with the care, custody and\n         control of my daughter \n          Margaret Goddin until my said daughter\n         arrives at the age of eighteen years or marries.\" According to\n         the 1860 census \n          Isaac Goddin was a sixty-one year-old\n         white male notary public and land agent who owned real estate\n         worth $40,000; his wife, fifty-five year-old \n          Eliza Ann , had a net worth of $14,000 in\n         personal and real estate holdings.","A folder of miscellaneous financial and legal papers\n         (1845-1943; 11 items) includes: an indenture regarding the\n         sale of property held in trust for the children of \n          Nancy Smith , a \n          Richmond \"free woman of color,\" 1845;\n         deeds of \n          Richmond property sold to \n          Robert Ryland , 1856; an 1862 property\n         deed; two stock certificates (the \n          Masonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia ) belonging to \n          B. W. Langston , 1904 \u0026 1906, and a\n         1943 form letter from the \n          Federated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory on the correction of 1942 \n          Richmond tax assessments.","The final folder is of miscellaneous items (1850,\n         1871-1889, 1930, n.d.; 13 items) including a photocopy of a\n         partial typescript the 1850 federal census enumeration (#741)\n         of the \n          Adams family ; a calling card bearing \n          John Adams ' name, 1871; a blank indenture\n         form for the \n          Directors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond , ca. 1870s; rules and\n         regulations of the \n          Richmond Water Department , 1882;\n         commencement programs, \n          Richmond Normal School , 1888-1889;\n         printed item \"A Protest\" regarding a religious dispute\n         resulting from the \n          Virginia Baptist State Convention ,\n         Lexington, 1899; and two 1930 postcards addressed to a Miss \n          Essie Adams .","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Continental Insurance Company","Union Mechanic's Burying Ground","Grace Street Baptist Church","Freedman's Savings and Trust Company","Walter D. Moses \u0026 Company","Richmond Charitable Union Board","Richmond Memorial Association","Mechanics Savings Bank","Planter's National Bank","National Bank of Virginia","Richmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company","State Bank of Virginia","Lincoln University","Masonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia","Federated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory","Directors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond","Richmond Water Department","Richmond Normal School","Virginia Baptist State Convention","Adams family","John Adams","Joseph Adams","Octavia","Joseph","John","Alice","Deborah","Alice E. Patterson","Josephine Bull","Mary Chapman","Walter Swann","Thomas","Mary Hill","Octavia Adams","Mary Goodall","A. S. 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However, the bulk of the collection consists of\n         miscellaneous canceled checks, promissory notes and receipts\n         (1873-1912) generated by Adams' eldest son \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Adams\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1845) as executor of his\n         father's estate. Also present are photocopies (obtained by the\n         previous owner of this collection) of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e's last will and death\n         certificate, and a partial typescript the 1850 federal census\n         enumeration of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAdams family\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvidence of Adams's immediate family and its kinship\n         network, extended families, and acquaintances are evident and\n         primary sources such as census returns and city directories\n         confirm many aspects of the family's existence. It represents\n         a long-term contribution to our understanding of the black\n         urban experience during slavery, insights on African-American\n         life in nineteenth-century \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and, by extension,\n         spotlights the activities of antebellum, Civil War, and\n         postwar black Southerners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003ewas born in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ebut it is unknown when he settled\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e. He was a self-employed\n         plasterer and building contractor whose family consisted of\n         his wife \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Octavia Adams\"\u003eOctavia\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1829),\n         sons \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Joseph Adams\"\u003eJoseph\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1845) and\n         \u003cpersname normal=\"John Adams\"\u003eJohn\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1847/1849)\n         and daughters \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Alice Adams\"\u003eAlice\u003c/persname\u003e(b. 1848/1849)\n         and \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Deborah Adams\"\u003eDeborah\u003c/persname\u003e(ca.\n         1850-1860?). The family residence was 227 West Leigh Street.\n         Apparently, Adams was a slaveholder; in 1864 a Confederate\n         soldier named Gerard successfully sued him because Adam's\n         female slave, a washerwoman, died before returning the\n         soldier's laundry to him. Shortly before the slave's death she\n         gave her possessions (including Gerard's clothing) to Adams,\n         who then sold them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdams died on January 14, 1873 due to erysipelas (strep\n         infection); in his January 8 will (\"suffering from impaired\n         vision . . . said will was read Slowly and distinctly to him\")\n         he named his eldest son Joseph as executor of his estate and\n         bequeathed approximately six houses, eleven property lots and\n         cash to his wife Octavia and children (Joseph, John H., and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice E. Patterson\u003c/persname\u003e), two sisters ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJosephine Bull\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Chapman\u003c/persname\u003e) and a brother-in-law, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Swann\u003c/persname\u003e(?). Adams, who invested\n         heavily in real estate, was frequently described as \"wealthy\";\n         according to the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Daily Whig\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehis estate was worth $25,000 to $30,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003eis represented in the\n         collection by various financial and legal items chiefly\n         pertaining to property transactions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHenrico County\u003c/geogname\u003eand the cities of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e: suits, estate papers,\n         promissory notes, indentures, contracts, deeds, stocks, tax\n         records, insurance policies, orders and payments for building\n         supplies. However, he was frequently in financial difficulties\n         for failing to pay for property purchases, repay loans, and\n         other debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis papers are filed in two folders. The first, \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e: Miscellaneous Financial \u0026amp;\n         Legal Papers\" (1842-1876 \u0026amp; 1910) includes: a property\n         contract, March 7, 1842; Richmond hustings court judgements\n         against Adams (July 25, 1842, February 27 and 29 May 1847);\n         building contracts (August 7, 1858, May 17, 1859, ante 1861,\n         and December 11, 1872); a deed of \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Thomas Hill\"\u003eThomas\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Hill\u003c/persname\u003efor their sale of a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003elot to Adams, 1867; and four\n         stock certificates ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eContinental Insurance Company\u003c/corpname\u003e),\n         1870-1871. The second folder, \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e: Financial \u0026amp; Legal Papers\n         re administration of his estate\" (1872-1878) includes: a\n         photocopy of Adams's January 8, 1873 last will and testament;\n         his January 14, 1873 death certificate; a January 15, 1873\n         receipt for the digging of Adams' grave at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion Mechanic's Burying Ground\u003c/corpname\u003e; an April\n         8, 1873 doctor's receipt for medical treatment of Adams during\n         his final illness; an April 10, 1873 lawyer's receipt for\n         writing Adams' will; and a pew rental notice, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrace Street Baptist Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eOctavia Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, widow of John Sr., is\n         represented by 12 items, 1874-1887, in one folder containing a\n         pew rental notice, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrace Street Baptist Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1876; a\n         letter to her, 1887; and various items pertaining to payment\n         of taxes and her husband's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, eldest child and son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, is represented by the\n         majority of documents in this collection (1867-1912, ca. 900\n         items) consisting of four folders indicative of some of his\n         professional and civic activities and duties as executor of\n         his father's estate. Items include: an 1867 invitation to the\n         \"1st Annual [banquet?] of the Union Aid\" from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Goodall\u003c/persname\u003e; a day book/account book of\n         his plastering work, 1869-1879; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFreedman's Savings and Trust Company\u003c/corpname\u003ebank\n         book, 1873-1874; receipts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. S. Lee\u003c/persname\u003e(1875-1876) and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam M. Ledley\u003c/persname\u003e(1874) for delivery of\n         building supplies including lime, plaster, and bricks; a\n         February 4, 1880 receipt from two school teachers noting\n         payment of 50 cents \"for the schooling of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Adams\u003c/persname\u003e\" (son of Joseph) and a May 12,\n         1882 teacher's letter complaining about his son John's bad\n         behavior and requesting that he be given \"a good whipping\";\n         two items pertaining to his bankruptcy case, March 23, 1881;\n         receipts and related items regarding the purchase of a piano\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWalter D. Moses \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1896;\n         Masonic lodge items 1896-1900; notification of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Charitable Union Board\u003c/corpname\u003emeetings,\n         ante May 7, 1901; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Memorial Association\u003c/corpname\u003eform letter\n         appealing for funds to construct a fence around \"our\n         cemeteries near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBarton Heights\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" 1905; and other items\n         related to plastering work and the purchase of city lots. Also\n         present is a folder of fire Insurance policies and renewal\n         certificates for Adams' property (1855-1877) and a folder of\n         canceled checks, receipts, and promissory notes from various \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond banks\u003c/geogname\u003e: \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMechanics Savings Bank\u003c/corpname\u003e(1903-1912); \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePlanter's National Bank\u003c/corpname\u003e(1868, 1873-1879);\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1873-1874); \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(1876-1878); and, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e(1872-1877).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCora Ann Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, wife of Joseph, is\n         represented in the collection by financial and legal papers\n         (1879-1910; 141 items) which include: two deeds in which her\n         husband purchased property as her trustee to whom she later\n         gives permission to sell, 1883-1884; a bank book ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e), 1891-1895;\n         canceled checks from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(1890-1896) and the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCity Bank of Richmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1902-1910); and,\n         miscellaneous receipts and canceled promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, second son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e, is represented by ten\n         miscellaneous receipts (1874 and 1876). He worked as a\n         plasterer, graduated from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLincoln University\u003c/corpname\u003e, and later served on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e's common council. In November\n         1895 the Richmond \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePlanet\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ereported his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTisha Banister\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDanville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso present in this collection are items of the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac A. Goddin\u003c/persname\u003efamily of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eincluding various property\n         transactions, 1859-1860 \u0026amp; 1872-1873, and a 1872 document\n         in which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarriet Goddin\u003c/persname\u003eempowers \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDeborah Allen\u003c/persname\u003e\"with the care, custody and\n         control of my daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Goddin\u003c/persname\u003euntil my said daughter\n         arrives at the age of eighteen years or marries.\" According to\n         the 1860 census \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIsaac Goddin\u003c/persname\u003ewas a sixty-one year-old\n         white male notary public and land agent who owned real estate\n         worth $40,000; his wife, fifty-five year-old \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Ann\u003c/persname\u003e, had a net worth of $14,000 in\n         personal and real estate holdings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of miscellaneous financial and legal papers\n         (1845-1943; 11 items) includes: an indenture regarding the\n         sale of property held in trust for the children of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e\"free woman of color,\" 1845;\n         deeds of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty sold to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Ryland\u003c/persname\u003e, 1856; an 1862 property\n         deed; two stock certificates (the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMasonic Association of Richmond,\n         Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e) belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. W. Langston\u003c/persname\u003e, 1904 \u0026amp; 1906, and a\n         1943 form letter from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederated Committee of The Civic Associations of the\n         Annexed Territory\u003c/corpname\u003eon the correction of 1942 \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003etax assessments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe final folder is of miscellaneous items (1850,\n         1871-1889, 1930, n.d.; 13 items) including a photocopy of a\n         partial typescript the 1850 federal census enumeration (#741)\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAdams family\u003c/famname\u003e; a calling card bearing \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Adams\u003c/persname\u003e' name, 1871; a blank indenture\n         form for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDirectors of the Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans\n         of the City of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e, ca. 1870s; rules and\n         regulations of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Water Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1882;\n         commencement programs, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRichmond Normal School\u003c/corpname\u003e, 1888-1889;\n         printed item \"A Protest\" regarding a religious dispute\n         resulting from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Baptist State Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         Lexington, 1899; and two 1930 postcards addressed to a Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEssie Adams\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1,265 items, 1842 (1872-1912) 1943 (one\n         Hollinger box), consists of the papers of the family of \n          John Adams (ca. 1816/1825-1873), a\n         prosperous Richmond free black contractor and plasterer,\n         described by one historian as the owner of \"the largest number\n         of separate pieces of property held by a free [antebellum]\n         Negro in the entire state.\" Some of these items offer glimpses\n         of his civic and familial experiences as a free black in a\n         slave society. However, the bulk of the collection consists of\n         miscellaneous canceled checks, promissory notes and receipts\n         (1873-1912) generated by Adams' eldest son \n          Joseph Adams (b. 1845) as executor of his\n         father's estate. Also present are photocopies (obtained by the\n         previous owner of this collection) of \n          John Adams 's last will and death\n         certificate, and a partial typescript the 1850 federal census\n         enumeration of the \n          Adams family .","Evidence of Adams's immediate family and its kinship\n         network, extended families, and acquaintances are evident and\n         primary sources such as census returns and city directories\n         confirm many aspects of the family's existence. It represents\n         a long-term contribution to our understanding of the black\n         urban experience during slavery, insights on African-American\n         life in nineteenth-century \n          Richmond, Virginia , and, by extension,\n         spotlights the activities of antebellum, Civil War, and\n         postwar black Southerners.","John Adams was born in \n          Virginia but it is unknown when he settled\n         in \n          Richmond . He was a self-employed\n         plasterer and building contractor whose family consisted of\n         his wife \n          Octavia (b. 1829),\n         sons \n          Joseph (b. 1845) and\n          John (b. 1847/1849)\n         and daughters \n          Alice (b. 1848/1849)\n         and \n          Deborah (ca.\n         1850-1860?). The family residence was 227 West Leigh Street.\n         Apparently, Adams was a slaveholder; in 1864 a Confederate\n         soldier named Gerard successfully sued him because Adam's\n         female slave, a washerwoman, died before returning the\n         soldier's laundry to him. Shortly before the slave's death she\n         gave her possessions (including Gerard's clothing) to Adams,\n         who then sold them.","Adams died on January 14, 1873 due to erysipelas (strep\n         infection); in his January 8 will (\"suffering from impaired\n         vision . . . said will was read Slowly and distinctly to him\")\n         he named his eldest son Joseph as executor of his estate and\n         bequeathed approximately six houses, eleven property lots and\n         cash to his wife Octavia and children (Joseph, John H., and \n          Alice E. Patterson ), two sisters ( \n          Josephine Bull and \n          Mary Chapman ) and a brother-in-law, \n          Walter Swann (?). Adams, who invested\n         heavily in real estate, was frequently described as \"wealthy\";\n         according to the \n          Richmond Daily Whig his estate was worth $25,000 to $30,000.","John Adams is represented in the\n         collection by various financial and legal items chiefly\n         pertaining to property transactions in \n          Henrico County and the cities of \n          Richmond and \n          Petersburg : suits, estate papers,\n         promissory notes, indentures, contracts, deeds, stocks, tax\n         records, insurance policies, orders and payments for building\n         supplies. However, he was frequently in financial difficulties\n         for failing to pay for property purchases, repay loans, and\n         other debts.","His papers are filed in two folders. The first, \" \n          John Adams : Miscellaneous Financial \u0026\n         Legal Papers\" (1842-1876 \u0026 1910) includes: a property\n         contract, March 7, 1842; Richmond hustings court judgements\n         against Adams (July 25, 1842, February 27 and 29 May 1847);\n         building contracts (August 7, 1858, May 17, 1859, ante 1861,\n         and December 11, 1872); a deed of \n          Thomas and \n          Mary Hill for their sale of a \n          Petersburg lot to Adams, 1867; and four\n         stock certificates ( \n          Continental Insurance Company ),\n         1870-1871. The second folder, \" \n          John Adams : Financial \u0026 Legal Papers\n         re administration of his estate\" (1872-1878) includes: a\n         photocopy of Adams's January 8, 1873 last will and testament;\n         his January 14, 1873 death certificate; a January 15, 1873\n         receipt for the digging of Adams' grave at the \n          Union Mechanic's Burying Ground ; an April\n         8, 1873 doctor's receipt for medical treatment of Adams during\n         his final illness; an April 10, 1873 lawyer's receipt for\n         writing Adams' will; and a pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1873.","Octavia Adams , widow of John Sr., is\n         represented by 12 items, 1874-1887, in one folder containing a\n         pew rental notice, \n          Grace Street Baptist Church , 1876; a\n         letter to her, 1887; and various items pertaining to payment\n         of taxes and her husband's estate.","Joseph Adams , eldest child and son of \n          John Adams , is represented by the\n         majority of documents in this collection (1867-1912, ca. 900\n         items) consisting of four folders indicative of some of his\n         professional and civic activities and duties as executor of\n         his father's estate. Items include: an 1867 invitation to the\n         \"1st Annual [banquet?] of the Union Aid\" from \n          Mary Goodall ; a day book/account book of\n         his plastering work, 1869-1879; a \n          Freedman's Savings and Trust Company bank\n         book, 1873-1874; receipts of \n          A. S. Lee (1875-1876) and \n          William M. Ledley (1874) for delivery of\n         building supplies including lime, plaster, and bricks; a\n         February 4, 1880 receipt from two school teachers noting\n         payment of 50 cents \"for the schooling of \n          Joe Adams \" (son of Joseph) and a May 12,\n         1882 teacher's letter complaining about his son John's bad\n         behavior and requesting that he be given \"a good whipping\";\n         two items pertaining to his bankruptcy case, March 23, 1881;\n         receipts and related items regarding the purchase of a piano\n         from \n          Walter D. Moses \u0026 Company , 1896;\n         Masonic lodge items 1896-1900; notification of \n          Richmond Charitable Union Board meetings,\n         ante May 7, 1901; a \n          Richmond Memorial Association form letter\n         appealing for funds to construct a fence around \"our\n         cemeteries near \n          Barton Heights , \" 1905; and other items\n         related to plastering work and the purchase of city lots. Also\n         present is a folder of fire Insurance policies and renewal\n         certificates for Adams' property (1855-1877) and a folder of\n         canceled checks, receipts, and promissory notes from various \n          Richmond banks : \n          Mechanics Savings Bank (1903-1912); \n          Planter's National Bank (1868, 1873-1879);\n          National Bank of Virginia (1873-1874); \n          Richmond Banking and Insurance\n         Company (1876-1878); and, the \n          State Bank of Virginia (1872-1877).","Cora Ann Adams , wife of Joseph, is\n         represented in the collection by financial and legal papers\n         (1879-1910; 141 items) which include: two deeds in which her\n         husband purchased property as her trustee to whom she later\n         gives permission to sell, 1883-1884; a bank book ( \n          State Bank of Virginia ), 1891-1895;\n         canceled checks from the \n          State Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (1890-1896) and the \n          City Bank of Richmond , (1902-1910); and,\n         miscellaneous receipts and canceled promissory notes.","John H. Adams , second son of \n          John Adams , is represented by ten\n         miscellaneous receipts (1874 and 1876). He worked as a\n         plasterer, graduated from \n          Lincoln University , and later served on \n          Richmond 's common council. In November\n         1895 the Richmond \n          Planet reported his marriage to \n          Tisha Banister in \n          Danville, Virginia .","Also present in this collection are items of the \n          Isaac A. 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