Description: A private, non-profit educational and cultural organization established to preserve and share heritage of Samuel Adams.
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Samuel Adams Heritage Society
Unlike many famous revolution figures who were quite wealthy and had vested interest in American independence through their business and political careers, Samuel Adams was practically broke during his best political years. Not having to gain personally made Adams even more genuine in his beliefs that America must be independent from Britain. Read more >>
Samuel lived his early life in the house on Purchase Street, facing the Boston Harbor. With only fifteen thousand of population Boston was a very different city then. >>