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He had an interest in coins, and in shells, publishing in 1823, his Conchological Tables; his private collection, which he later sold, contained 3,000 different species. He also collected fossils and minerals; the former were presented by him to the museum at Newcastle, and the latter to the university of Durham.
Adamson was a close friend of Thomas Dibdin the antiquary and bibliophile.
As well as his work as a solicitor, he was secretary of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company.
He died on on 27 Sept. 1855.
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