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John Quincy Adams

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by Harlow Unger


  Harlow Giles Unger. The French War Against America. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

  ———. Lafayette. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

  ———. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness . Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, Perseus Books Group, 2009.

  ———. Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

  Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren. 25 vols. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections, 1917.

  Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Social Life in the Early Republic. Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers, 1970.

  Francis Wharton, ed. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States. 6 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889.

  Joseph Wheelan. Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams’s Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress. New York: Public Affairs, 2008.

  Edwin M. Wilson. The Congressional Career of Nathaniel Macon. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1900.

  Barton H. Wise. The Life of Henry Wise of Virginia, 1806–1876. New York: Macmillan, 1899.

  MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS

  The Adams Family Papers

  Adams Family CorrespondenceBoston Athenaeum Bostonian

  Society Boston Public Library

  The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: A Digital Collection

  Houghton Library, Harvard University

  Library of Congress

  Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston

  Massachusetts State Archives

  New England Historical and Genealogical Society

  New York Historical

  Society New York Public Library

  Smithsonian Institution

  NEWSPAPERS

  American Citizen

  Boston Evening Post

  Boston Gazette

  Boston News-Letter

  Columbian Centinel

  Congressional Globe

  Independent Chronicle (Boston)

  Massachusetts Centinel

  Massachusetts Spy

  National Intelligencer

  New England Chronicle

  Philadelphia Aurora

  GENERAL REFERENCES

  Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations

  Dictionary of American Biography

  The Encyclopedia of American Education

  The Encyclopedia of American History

  Encyclopedia Britannica

  La grande encyclopédie

  Webster’s American Biographies

  Webster’s New Biographical Dictionary

  Index

  Abolition/slavery

  and Amistad case

  and Committee of Friends of the Right to Petition

  and free speech

  and Gag Rule

  and petition, right of

  and petitions from Pennsylvania Quakers

  and union, dissolution of

  Adams, Abigail “Abby” (née Brooks; wife of Charles Francis Adams)

  and birth of daughter (Louisa Catherine Adams)

  and birth of first son (John Quincy Adams II)

  and birth of second son (Charles Francis Adams Jr.)

  marriage of

  Adams, Abigail “Nabby” (daughter of John Adams) (photo)

  birth of

  illness of

  marriage of

  Adams, Abigail (née Smith; wife of John Adams; mother of John Quincy Adams)

  and Adams, Louisa Catherine, relationship between

  and black cockade

  and Bunker’s Hill, Battle of, witnessing of

  burial place of

  children of (see Adams, Abigail “Nabby”; Adams, Charles; Adams, John Quincy; Adams, Thomas Boylston)

  death of

  education of

  and education of son

  in England

  family of

  and family reunion after eight years

  forebears of

  and French Revolution

  as grandparent

  and household, dominant role in

  and husband, separation from

  and husband and son’s trip to France

  in Paris

  and sons, separation from

  and trip home to Boston from Great Britain

  Adams, Charles Francis, II (grandson of John Quincy Adams)

  Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (grandson of John Quincy Adams)

  Adams, Charles Francis (son of John Quincy Adams) (photo)

  as ambassador to Great Britain

  birth of

  and birth of daughter (Louisa Catherine Adams)

  and birth of first son (John Quincy Adams II)

  and birth of second son (Charles Francis Adams Jr.)

  and death of father

  and death threats against father

  education of

  and family reunion after eight years abroad

  and family reunion after six years abroad

  and father’s disappointment in

  and father’s return to politics, dismay regarding

  and Harvard College, conditional admission to

  marriage of

  as member of Massachusetts legislature

  in St. Petersburg

  and trip from St. Petersburg to France

  Adams, Charles (son of John Adams)

  birth of

  death of

  education of

  at Harvard College

  at University of Leyden

  Adams, Elihu (brother of John Adams)

  Adams, Fanny (granddaughter of John Quincy Adams)

  Adams, George Washington (son of John Quincy Adams) (photo)

  and alcoholism

  birth of

  death of

  and death of grandfather

  education of

  and family reunion after eight years abroad

  and family reunion after six years

  and father’s disappointment in

  at Harvard College

  as overseer of family affairs

  Adams, Henry (grandson of John Quincy Adams)(photo)

  The Education of Henry Adams

  Adams, John(son of John Quincy Adams) (photo)

  and alcoholism

  birth of

  death of

  and death of grandfather

  and duel challenge, by Jarvis

  education of

  and family reunion after eight years abroad

  and family reunion after six years

  and father’s disappointment in

  and Harvard College

  and Harvard College, expulsion from

  and humiliation of father

  marriage of

  Adams, John (father of John Quincy Adams)(photo)(photo)

  accomplishments of

  and Alien and Sedition Acts

  as ambassador to France

  as ambassador to Great Britain

  in Amsterdam

  birthplace of(photo)

  and British orders to arrest

  and British rule, anger over

  burial place of

  congressional leadership of

  and Continental Army

  at Continental Congress

  death of

  and Declaration of Independence

  education of

  and education of son

  as emissary to France

  and expulsion from Boston

  and family reunion after eight years

  as farmer, in retirement

  and France, threat of war with

  and Franklin, Benjamin

  and French Revolution

  as grandparent

  and Great Britain, peace treaty (1783) with

  in Great Britain

  guardianship responsibilities of

  in The Hague

  and Harvard College

  and Harvard Colle
ge, son’s admission to

  as lawyer in Boston Massacre trial

  and Louisiana Purchase

  and Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

  as Massachusetts representative

  as minister plenipotentiary in The Hague

  and nepotism, charges of

  and nursing care

  in Paris

  personality of

  and presidency, succession to

  as president, and France, threat of war with

  as president, and nepotism, charges of

  as president, and Quasi-War

  and presidential election (1800), defeat in

  and presidential election victory of son

  and Quasi-War

  retirement home of(photo) (photo)

  as secretary of war

  and Supreme Court nomination of son

  Thoughts on Government

  and trip home from France

  and trip home to Boston from Great Britain

  and trip to France with son

  as vice president

  and Washington’s retirement as president

  and wife, separation from

  Adams, John Quincy

  and abolition/slavery

  and abolition/slavery, and Amistad case

  and abolition/slavery, and Committee of Friends of the Right to Petition

  and abolition/slavery, and free speech

  and abolition/slavery, and Gag Rule

  and abolition/slavery, and petition, right of

  and abolition/slavery, and petitions from Pennsylvania Quakers

  and abolition/slavery, and union, dissolution of

  accomplishments of

  and Adams Strip(map)

  and Adams-Onis treaty

  at age sixteen(photo)

  at age twenty-nine(photo)

  and Alexander I,

  and Amistad case

  and Anglo-American reconciliation

  and Anglo-American treaty of commerce and maritime law, negotiations for

  and Anglo-French War

  and astronomical observatories

  as attorney and counselor in U.S. Supreme Court

  and bankruptcy in wife’s family

  and bar exams

  in Berlin

  birth of

  birthplace of(photo)

  in Boston

  and boundaries, extension of western, to Pacific Ocean

  and boundaries, fixing northern, with Canada

  and Bunker’s Hill, Battle of, witnessing of

  business venture of

  and censure and/or expel, congressional attempts to

  as chairman of Committee on Manufacturers

  and Chase, Samuel, impeachment of

  and citizen committees, appointment to, in Boston

  and civil war, prediction of

  cold and forbidding manner of

  and congressional obstructionism

  as congressman

  as congressman, after stroke

  as congressman, and attempts to censure and/or expel

  as congressman, and charges of treason against

  as congressman, in later years

  as congressman, popularity of

  contacts of

  death and burial of (photo)

  and death of daughter

  and death of father

  and death of granddaughter

  and death of son

  and death threats against

  and Democrats as new party

  depression of

  Dermot MacMorrogh

  descendants of

  diary of

  and dueling, ban on

  education of

  estate of

  failed presidency of, and political inactivity

  and family reunion after eight years abroad

  and family reunion after six years abroad

  as “father of German studies in America,”

  and father’s presidential defeat

  and Federalist Party, abandonment of

  as first American president to be photographed live

  first political controversy of

  and Floridas, acquisition of

  and Floridas, and Jackson, Andrew

  forebears of

  and foreign colonization in Americas (see also Monroe Doctrine)

  and France, threat of war with

  and free speech

  and French Revolution

  and Gag Rule

  as grandparent

  and Great Britain, military alliance with

  and Great Britain, peace treaty (1783) with

  in Great Britain

  in The Hague, as visitor

  and Hamilton/Burr duel, and murder indictment

  and Hammond, George

  and Harvard College, admission to

  and Harvard College, admission to, arbitrary denial of

  and Harvard College, admission to, preparation for

  and Harvard College, entrance examinations at

  and Harvard College, graduation from

  and Harvard College, interview at

  at Harvard College, as professor

  at Harvard College, as student

  as head of commission to negotiate end to War of 1812,

  and housing, in London

  and housing, in St. Petersburg

  and housing, in Washington

  inaugural address of

  and Jackson, Andrew, and Floridas

  and Jackson, Andrew, and honorary degree

  and Jackson, Andrew, ridicule by

  and Jay Treaty

  and Jefferson, Thomas, dinners with

  and Jefferson, Thomas, newspaper articles assailing

  and Lafayette, Marquis de, as guest at White House

  language skills of

  and Latin American independence from Spain

  law practice of

  and law study, in Newburyport

  Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory

  Letters from Silesia

  Letters of Publicola

  and Louisiana Purchase

  and Madison, James, chess games with

  marital engagement of

  marital estrangement of

  and marriage, fiftieth anniversary of

  marriage of

  and Mexico, war with

  as minister in The Hague

  as minister plenipotentiary to Great Britain

  as minister plenipotentiary to Lisbon

  as minister plenipotentiary to Prussia

  as minister plenipotentiary to Russia

  as minister to Great Britain

  as minister to Holland

  as minister to Lisbon, and nepotism, charges of

  as minister to Prussia

  and Monroe, James, eulogy for

  and Monroe, James, reelection of

  and Monroe Doctrine

  and Napoléon I, and invasion of Russia

  and national scientific institution

  and nepotism, charges of

  and neutrality

  and newspaper articles assailing Paine and Jefferson

  and nomination to Supreme Court, refusal of

  and nullification

  and Oregon coast, Russian claim to

  as out of touch with America

  and Paine, Thomas, newspaper articles assailing

  and parents’ advice/criticism/expectations/praise

  parents of (see Adams, Abigail; Adams, John)

  in Paris

  and party affiliations, independent

  and patronage

  and personal humiliation

  and petition, right of

  and Pickering, Timothy, father’s dismissal of

  poetry of

  and political dissent, right of

  popularity of, as congressman

  precociousness of

  as president(photo)

  and presidential campaign, refusal to actively participate in

  and presidential elect
ion (1824)

  and presidential election (1824), and “corrupt bargain” charges

  and presidential election (1824), Clay, Henry, and shift of votes to

  and presidential election (1824), victory in

  and presidential election (1828)

  and presidential election (1828), defeat in

  and presidential reelection campaign (1828)

  and Quasi-War

  and religion

  Report on Weights and Measures

  as representative of whole nation

  and retirement, plans for

  rhetorical tactics of

  salary of

  and scientific interests

  as secretary and translator for American minister Francis Dana, in St. Petersburg

  as secretary of state (photo)

  in semiretirement

  and Shays’s Rebellion

  and silk worms, breeding, as president

  and social life, at Harvard College

  and social life, in Berlin

  and social life, in London

  and social life, in New England

  and social life, in New York

  and social life, in St. Petersburg

  and social life, in Sweden

  and social life, in Washington

  as son of president, and nepotism, charges of

  and sons, disappointment in scholastic achievement and behavior of

  and sons, separation from

  and son’s duel challenge by Jarvis

  as Speaker pro tem, to organize committee membership

  speech of, as basis for Emancipation Proclamation

  and State Department Library

  in state senate, and anticorruption campaign

  and stroke

  and studies in Holland

  and studies in London

  and studies in St. Petersburg

  and support for brother’s wife and children

  and support for son’s wife and children

  and Supreme Court, cases before

  and Supreme Court nomination, refusal of

  and Texas, annexation of

  and Texas, independence of

  and treason, congressional charges of

  and Treaty of Ghent

  and trip home from France

  and trip to England

  and trip to federal capital (New York)

  and trip to federal capital (Philadelphia)

  and trip to France (as child)

  and trip to Quincy, to visit aging father

  and trip to Quincy, to visit parents

  and trip to Russia

  and trip to Silesia

  and trip to St. Petersburg

  and union, dissolution of

  at University of Leyden

  as U.S. senator

  as U.S. senator, and disagreements with colleagues

  as U.S. senator, resignation of

  and War of 1812,

  and Washington, George, retirement of

  and weights and measures, system of

 

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