Scope and Contents
The Johnson Family Papers consist of correspondence, wills, diplomas, marriage certificates, obituaries, photographs, genealogical notes and family histories, land grant certificates, military documents, a book of autographs, and other papers and documents of the Johnson and related families, direct descendants of the Adams family.
The earliest correspondence concerns the relations between Abigail Adams and her daughter-in-law Sarah Adams, and among other members of the family, including John Adams and John Quincy Adams, Susan B. Adams, Charles Thomas Clark, and various members of the Adams, Johnson, and Savage families. Other documents refer to George Washington, Aaron Burr, Martin Van Buren, and James Monroe. The collection contains much material concerning the genealogy and history of several related families, with reference to their participation in numerous political and social events. The papers include discussion of family relations and matrimony, genealogy, domestic arrangements and social life, family properties and holdings, family political and military history, and other matters. The family was located chiefly in Utica, New York.
Documents are signed by George Washington and James Monroe; genealogies pertain to members of the Johnson, Adams, Smith, Bosch, Het, Quincy, Fowle, Boylston, Shepard, Norton, and Bass families.
Includes letters of daughter-in-law Sarah Adams, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Charles Adams, Susan B. Adams, Charles Thomas Clark, Abigail Louisa Smith Johnson, Belinda Clarkson, Alexander B. Johnson, Arthur B. Johnson, Aaron Burr, John Savage, Daniel B. Tompkins, Martin Van Buren, Edward Savage, Mary Ann Smith, Louisa C. Smith, Eliza Thompson, Samuel Nelson, Eliza A. Hunt, Mary Ann Savage Hunt, Ward Hunt, and other members of the Johnson, Adams, and Savage families.
Dates
- 1776-1937.
Creator
- Johnson family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Restrictions on use:
Researchers may view one folder at a time.
Extent
1.9 cubic feet. (1.9 cubic feet.)
Abstract
The Johnson Family Papers consist of correspondence, wills, diplomas, marriage certificates, obituaries, photographs, genealogical notes and family histories, land grant certificates, military documents, a book of autographs, and other papers and documents of the Johnson and related families, direct descendants of the Presidential Adams family. The family was located chiefly in Utica, New York.
SERIES LIST
- Genealogy/Family History
- Boes 4, 5, 7
- Photographs
- Box 4
- Miscellaneous Adams, Savage, and Johnson Family Items
- Boxes 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
- Documents Not Related to the Adams, Savage, and Johnson Families
- Box 3
- Presidential Signatures
- Boxes 5, 4, 6, 11
Separated Materials
Publications Removed From Collection 4928 - To Be Cataloged Separately:
- Bible. Philadelphia: John Thompson and Abraham Small, 1798.
- Cornell, Mary Emily. The Autobiography of M.E. Cornell. Ithaca, New York: The Cayuga Press, 1929.
- Horace. The Works of Horace. 2 volumes. Edinburgh: J. Dickson and C. Elliot, 1783.
- Icones Biblicae. Strassburg: 1625-30.
- Johnson, A. B. Deep Sea Soundings and Explorations of the Bottom. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1861.
- Miller, Samuel F. The Supreme Court of the United States: A Series of Biographies. Washington, D.C.: W. H. Barnes and Co., 1877.
- Ovid. Metamorphosis. Amsterdam (?): 1675.
- The Salem Book. Salem, New York: Salem Review Press, 1896.
- Wyman, T. B. Genealogy of the Name and Family of Hunt. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1862-63.
- Zorn, Walter Lewis. The Descendants of the Presidents of the United States of America. Monroe, Michigan: Walter Lewis Zorn, 1954.
Physical Description
Correspondence, wills, diplomas, a field book, an examination, obituaries, marriage certificates, photographs, a book of autographs, pay rolls, land grant certificates, military documents, genealogical notes, family histories and records, books, and other documents of the Johnson family.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Lisa Sasaki
- Date completed:
- 1996
- EAD encoding:
- Mireille Lee, June 2000
- Date modified:
- Fredrika Loew, January 2019
General
Letters in this collection have been digitized. Links to the digital images can be seen in Series IV.
- Adams family.
- Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
- Adams, Charles.
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Adams, John, 1735-1826.
- Adams, Sarah, 19th century.
- Adams, Susan B., 19th century.
- Bass family.
- Bosch family.
- Boylston family.
- Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
- Clark, Charles Thomas.
- Clarkson, Belinda.
- Families -- Massachusetts -- Quincy.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Utica.
- Fowle family.
- Hair -- Specimens
- Het family.
- Hunt, Eliza A.
- Hunt, Mary Ann Savage.
- Hunt, Ward.
- Johnson, A. B. (Alexander Bryan), 1786-1867.
- Johnson, Abigail Louisa Smith.
- Johnson, Alexander Smith, 1817-1878.
- Johnson, Arthur B.
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831.
- Nelson, Samuel.
- Norton Brothers.
- Photographs.
- Quincy (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.
- Quincy family.
- Savage family.
- Savage, Edward.
- Savage, John.
- Shepard family.
- Smith family.
- Smith, Louisa C.
- Smith, Mary Ann.
- Thompson, Eliza.
- Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825.
- Utica (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Lisa Sasaki
- Date
- June 2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu