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Encyclopedia > Charles Adams

Charles F. Adams (1876–1947) was the first owner of the Boston Bruins (1924–1925) and owner of one of the United States largest grocery store chains. Born in Newport, he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960.








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Charles Francis Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words)
Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, US congressman, ambassador
Charles Francis Adams (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the Union Pacific Railroad
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AllRefer.com - Charles Francis Adams, 1835–1915, American economist and historian (Historians, U.S., Biography) - ... (366 words)
Adams became a railroad expert after the war, writing Chapters of Erie (1871), which exposed the corrupt financing of the Erie RR, and Railroads: Their Origin and Problems (1878).
Adams was made chairman of the government directors of the Union Pacific in 1878 and became president in 1884, but he was ousted by the forces of Jay Gould in 1890.
Adams served 24 years on the Harvard Board of Overseers and was president (1895–1915) of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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