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Adams, Alvin, 1804-1877 print view role Collector dates 1804-1877 city Watertown state MA other cities Andover, VT; Boston, MA; sex M historical notes Alvin Adams was an art collector and businessman who owned his own shipping and banking company "Adams & Co" and "Adams Express Company." According to The Art Treasures of America, Adams owned works by L. Bakalowicz, C. Bewer, A. Bierstadt, E. Boutibonne, G. Brenner, M. Calisch, W. Camphausen, C. Dell'Aquia, C. Detti, A. Dieffenbach, A. Dillens, H. Herzog, Thos. Hill, E. Jacobs, S. Jacobsen, D. T. Jamin, J. G. Meyer von Bremen, Moeslager, Erskine Nicol, A. Piot, J. F. Portaels, J. Robie, A. Romako, P. A. Rump, A. F. A. Schenck, A. Schreyer, J. Tissot, E. Verboekhoven, J. G. Vibert, and D. Webb. decades of activity 1860-1870 1870-1880 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:28 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Boston Athenaeum Library of the Boston Athenæum George Loring Brown Letter, 1870 March 12, South Boston, to Alvin Adams, Boston. see details... Boston Athenaeum Library of the Boston Athenæum Louis Agassiz Letter, 1871 Sept. 1, Cambridge, to Alvin Adams, Boston. see details... Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives Charles Edward Rand Letters, 1852-1857. see details... Boston Athenaeum Library of the Boston Athenæum James Thomas Fields Letter, 1865 Jan. 17, Boston, to Alvin Adams. see details... Boston Athenaeum Library of the Boston Athenæum James A. Dix Letter, ca. 1865, Boston, to Alvin Adams. see details... «  back