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From: Walter <>
Subject: Re: [ADAMS-L] letter
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:04:39 -0500


Janet:
Good evening and thanks. My Adams come out of PA and back to
Brooklyn Conn. This may help.
Walt



----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Duffield <>
Date: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:45 pm
Subject: [ADAMS-L] letter

>
> This is a letter I transcribed that I recently received a copy of:
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> 1809 Vine Street Philadelphia Jan 3, 1889
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> James B Adams Esq
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> My verry dear Sir I am shure you will excuse me for
> addressing you Strangers as we are to each other I have just
> received a letter dated Providence R.I. of you making enquiries
> from a Mrs A.E.A. Linesey spoke who is a second cousin of mine her
> grandfather on her fathers side was Abija Adams of Lwyern Warren
> Co NY. My grandfather was his brother named Silas Adams of Milton
> Saratoga Co N.Y. The above named old gentlemen were the sons of
> Peter Adams of Brooklyn of Windham Conn- I suspect your and my
> grandfather were brothers if I can be of any service to you I will
> be glad to serve you I laid my grandfather away in the cold
> ground in Milton N.Y. in 1854 at 97 years of age I left that
> town in which I was born came here in 1869 I will be 80 years old
> on the 24 day of the coming March
>
> My health is most excellent I came here when I had 4 sons that
> were in the government Service during the war on the medicall
> staff they they stopt in Philadelphia at the close of the war one
> a doctor the others merchants they were all young one has died the
> others are here yet all verry busy men and successful in business
> as for myself I am retired and live easy with my wife and daughter
> at the above No- Now I hope you and I spring from the same family
> tree but if it turns out to be otherwise I am shure there is no
> hurt done so you take this for what it is worth please reply
>
> Happy New Year to you
>
> Truly your Nevrnon Thomas
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> Janet Whitney Duffield
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