Whittemore, Henry (comp.).

History of the Adams Family, with Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Descendants of the Several American Ancestors, Including Collateral Branches.

New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1893. First edition. Large 8vo. 84 pp. Portrait plates and illustrations; some manuscript additions and markings. Begins with the 17th-century New England and Massachusetts Bay ancestors of John and John Quincy Adams, among others, and continues through the 19th century. Ownership signature and book label of Lucretia Perry Osborn on the front wrapper; Osborn (1858-1930) was the wife of Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935), for 25 years president of the American Museum of Natural History. Very good. Original plain cream wrappers (soiled). (9906). Item #63207

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