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Catalogue description THE ADAMS FAMILY OF LITCOTT, LANEAST, AND BADHARLICK, EGLOSKERRY
This record is held by Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)
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| Title: | THE ADAMS FAMILY OF LITCOTT, LANEAST, AND BADHARLICK, EGLOSKERRY |
| Description: |
Family and estate papers including correspondence and papers of John Couch Adams, astronomer, and William Grylls Adams, mathematician. DEEDS, LEASES AND ESTATE PAPERS Altarnun (Trerithick, Trewint, Spettigue), 1869-1900 Altarnun (Trerithick) and Lewannick (Hall Parks), c. 1880 Botus Fleming, St. Ive, Landrake, Saltash, 1660 Callington (shop in borough), 1752 Davidstow (Tremeale), 1612, 1660 Egloskerry (Badharlick), 1886-1902 (Little Skenish tithes), 1667, 1796 (Tregear), 1750-1807 (Estate papers), 1611-1908 Egloskerry (Badharlick) and Laneast (Bodgall), 1609, 1615 Egloskerry (Badharlick) and Tremayne (tithes), 1629 Gwennap (Cusgarne), 1906, 1910 St. Ive (Middle Hill), 1659, 1667 St. Juliot (Beeny), 1877-1900 Landrake (Brightor), 1645-1705 Laneast (Treroose) and St. Clether (Parklands and Underlanes), 1891-1921 Laneast (Bodgalla), 1634 (Trespearne), 1741 Lewannick (Trevell), 1775 Lewannick (Lamalla, Trevadlock) and Altarnun (Newton), 1834-1857 St. Stephen-by-Saltash (Home Park), 1908 Composite: Egloskerry (Badharlick) 1900-1913 St. Juliot (Beeny) 1900-1913 Laneast (Treroose) 1900-1913 Saltash 1900-1913 Out-county: Adams: Dorset (Broadstone), 1906-1908 London (Notting Hill Square), 1877-1882 Cozens: London (Whitefriars), 1670-1778 Berkshire (Charlton), 1605 Buckinghamshire (Calshopp), 1676/7 Lincolnshire (Somercotes), 1631 Plans (various), 1789-1882 PROBATE AND TESTAMENTARY William Adams, 1825 Tabitha Adams, 1866 Grace Couch Adams, 1891 John Couch Adams, 1889-1896 Eliza Adams, 1873-74 George Adams, 1908-1917 William Grylls Adams, 1910 Henry Prynn Andrew, 1913 John Baron, 1624 John Couch, 1805 Grace Couch, 1815 John Couch, 1815 Grace Couch, 1820 Mathew Cozen, 1653 David Cozen, 1673 Gideon Cozens, 1678 Jonathan Cozens, 1691 Margaret Cozens, 1717-1719 Elizabeth Cruse, 1656 Richard Hawke Dingle, 1887-88 Fanny Vickers Dingle, 1922 Thomas Dodson, 1669-1671 John Nicolls, 1884-1896 Eliza Nicolls, 1893 Charles Tilt, 1902-03 Nathaniel Trewbody, 1735 Margaret Trewbody, 1763 Joan Wyvell, 1658 PAPERS OF JOHN COUCH ADAMS Correspondence: To his family from school, 1831-38 To his family from Cambridge, 1839-1810 To J. C. A. from mother, 1832-1865 To J. C. A. from his brothers, 1836-1875 To J. C. A., various correspondents, c. 1835-1887 And undated Scientific papers: Manuscript notes Published articles, 1846-1903 Graphs and plans, 1825-1889 Miscellaneous Personal papers: Relating to career, 1828-1884 Obituary notices, etc., 1892-1932 Miscellaneous PAPERS OF WILLIAM GRYLLS ADAMS & FAMILY Correspondence: Letters to Wm. Grylls Adams, 1860-1915 From Wm. G. A. to Mary Dingle, 1852, 1865-69 From Mary D. to W. G. A. 1865-1969 From W. G. A. to Mary after mge, 1889-1897 To Mary from parents, cousins and friends, 1855-1894 To W. G. A. and May from Adams family 1881-1906 To Mary, various, 1360-1906 To Mary fr. dau. May 1891-1914 To W. G. A. jun. 1915, n.d. To Jn. Dingle A., 1902 To May, 1890-1943 Scientific papers Lecture notes, proofs of articles, letters, graphs Personal: Personal papers 1836-1869 Diaries and notebooks 1855-1867 Gen. papers, 1866-1915 Miscellaneous Papers re his children 1884-1936 Misc. printed papers and circulars Papers re other members of Adams family PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS & PRINTS Family photographs (identified) Family photographs (not identified) Scientific photographs Postcard views: Great Britain Postcard views: overseas Miscellaneous photographs, prints, negatives etc. |
| Date: | 1600 - 1945 |
| Held by: | Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office), not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 1288 Files |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Accession no. 2370 Adams family papers deposited by Dr. Q. M. F. Adams, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 9 March, 1978. |
| Custodial history: |
Adams's papers were collected up immediately after his death by Donald MacAlister, with the help of Mrs Adams, for the purpose of writing his biography. MacAlister had transcripts made of papers in the files at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and elsewhere, and collected material from Adams's friends and colleagues. In time other commitments, including moving to Scotland, caused MacAlister to abandon the idea of the biography. What happened to the papers then is not entirely clear. A mass of papers was given to St. John's by Mrs Adams shortly before her death and some rudimentary weeding and sorting was carried out on these. It seems likely that these papers were those that MacAlister had not used, including Mrs Adams's own diaries, and unimportant correspondence of Adams's. In the 1930s MacAlister's collection of papers were passed on to William Smart, who had taken up the idea of writing Adams's biography. Smart produced a Memoir for the Royal Astronomical Society for the anniversary of the discovery of Neptune in 1946, but never proceeded further. In 1959 he presented all the papers he had to St. John's (correspondence in Box 1). Subsequently all or most of these papers were unpacked and put into 19 boxes, letters being taken out of their envelopes and clipped to them with a plastic paper clip. No sorting or cataloguing beyond a single card for the collection was carried out. However, the remaining 10 boxes of the papers, probably those that came from Mrs Adams, were sorted and indexed, in some detail although very inaccurately and incompletely. The two sets of boxes were numbered in two different sequences: "Adams" and "Adams Papers". The detailed cataloguing of one part disguised from readers and staff alike the fact that the remainder were untouched. In 1990 MacAlister's neice, Mrs Horne, presented to the College some more papers which had stayed with the family by accident. These now form boxes 24 - 26. In 1996 the Royal Aeronautical Sociey offered the College the papers connected with the Newton Mss. Syndicate, which they had had since 1943, though they have no record of why, or where they came from. In the course of preparing material for the 150th Anniversary of the discovery of Neptune it was discovered that the majority of the papers were not sorted and were uncatalogued. In early 1997 work began, using the present database software, and was completed in February 1999. |
| Publication note: |
"Cornish Life" November 1979 p. 30: article on John Couch Adams by John Neale. |
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