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See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

ADAMS  , a city of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., situated at the junction of the N. and S. branches of the Hoosac river, and the Boston & Maine (at the W. terminus of the Hoosac Tunnel) and the Boston & Albany railways, in the extreme N.W. part of the state . Pop . (1905) 22,150; (1910) 22,019 . Area, 19.9 sq. m . In the city are the villages of North Adams, Greylock and Blackinton . Within the city limits are a natural bridge across Hudson Brook, 50-6o ft. high, and ruins of Fort Massachusetts, which was captured in 1746 by French and Indians under the command of Pierre Francois de Rigaud, Chevalier de Vaudreuil (1704-1772) . North Adams is the seat of a state Normal School (1897) . Among its manufactures are cotton (especially print) and woollen goods, and boots and shoes . In 1900 the factory products of the city were valued at $10,941,495, and in 1905 at $8,035,705 . North Adams secured incorporation as an independent township in 1878 . Township government was abandoned and city government was organized in 1895; in 1900 part of Williamstown was annexed .