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"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine." - 12 May 1780
Most extant books from John Adams's library are currently housed at the Boston Public Library. Deposited with the Boston Public Library in 1894, the John Adams Library includes over 2,700 volumes collected by the second president during his lifetime (1735-1826) as well as hundreds of additional books later donated by his family members (NB: Books printed after Adams’s death and added to the collection posthumously are not included in Adams's LT catalog). The first published list of Adams's complete deeded library was printed in 1823 in Deeds and other Documents Relating to the Several Pieces of Land, and to the Library Presented to the Town of Quincy by President Adams. This catalog included all volumes bequeathed by Adams in 1822, listing his total gift at 2,756 volumes.
One of the greatest private collections of its day, the Adams Library remains one of the largest original early American libraries still intact. This remarkable original collection of 3,510 books spans the fields of classics, literature, history, politics, government, philosophy, religion, law, science, mathematics, medicine, agriculture, language and linguistics, economics, and travel.
John Adams Books on Landscape, Garden, and Farm
The British fruit-gardener : and art of pruning : comprising, the most approved methods of planting and raising ...
Address of Jonathan Allen, Esq. president of the Berkshire Agricultural Society : delivered before the Berkshire ... John Adams Library copy inscribed on t.p.: 'His Esq. John Adams Quincy Mass.'
An essay on the natural history of Guiana, in South America : containing a description of many curious productions ...
General view of the agriculture in the county of Somerset : with observations on the means of its ...
Essays and notes on husbandry and rural affairs Agriculture, 8vo (Listed in Deeds as "Essays and Notes on Husbandry and Rural Affairs, by Bordley." )
The American museum, or Universal magazine : containing essays on agriculture, commerce, manufactures, politics, ... 8vo Vols 12
Advice to shepherds and owners of flocks, on the care and management of sheep : ... Agriculture, English, 8vo Bookplate on inside back cover: Th: Bradlee, 2d. Book binder, no. 7, Congress Street, Boston.
General view of the agriculture of the county of Northampton : with observations on the means of its improvement
A practical treatise of husbandry : wherein are contained, many useful and valuable experiments and observations ...
Communications to the Board of Agriculture : on subjects relative to the husbandry, and internal improvements ...
A treatise of fruit-trees John Adams' signature on title page: "John Adams."
Additional appendix to the outlines of the fifteenth chapter of the proposed general report from the Board of ... Agriculture Comprises six numbered reports, by George Fordyce, William Cullen, John Ingen-Housz, James Headrick, Dr. Guthrie and Richard Crawshay.
A system of vegetables : according to their classes, orders, genera, species, with their characters and differences 8vo Includes: 'An alphabetical catalogue of English and Scotch names of plants' with a separate t.p. dated 1784
The 'botanical society at Lichfield' consisted of 3 members only: Erasmus Darwin, Brooke (later Sir Brooke) Boothby, and John Jackson"
The gardeners kalendar : directing what works are necessary to be performed every month in the kitchen, fruit, and ... 8vo John Adams' signature on title page: "John Adams."
Observations on the different breeds of sheep and the state of sheep farming in the southern districts of Scotland
The experienced farmer : an entire new work, in which the whole system of agriculture, husbandry, and breeding of ...8vo Inscribed on pasted-in plate on inside front cover:
Natural history of the slug worm Inscribed on preliminary leaf: "Adams Library 1799 ..." Vols 1 & 2
General view of the agriculture of the county of Stafford : with observations on the means of its improvement 4to
Arator : being a series of agricultural essays, practical & political: in sixty-one numbers John Adams' signature (blotted) on title page: "J. Adams."
Horse-hoeing husbandry : or, An essay on the principles of vegetation and tillage. Designed to introduce a new method .. 8vo John Adams' signature on title page: "John Adams." Inscribed on first leaf: "85/"
Social Info General view of the agriculture in the county of Essex : with observations on the means of its improvement 8vo
Letters from His Excellency George Washington, president of the United States of America, to Sir John Sinclair, ... Inscribed on half t.p.: “For his Excellency John Adams- President of the United States of America with Sir John Sinclar’s compliments and as a mark of his esteem and regard. 5 June 1800.”
The American gazetteer : exhibiting, in alphabetical order, a much more full and accurate account, ...… by Jedidiah Morse "Read chiefly in the merican Gazeteers, which are a very valuable Magazine of american Knowledge." (Adams' Diary, 10 November 1766)
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