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Category Archives: John Quincy Adams
Abigail Adams: On Virtue, Duty and Manners
Abigail Smith Adams was a Puritan born and raised. Abigail Adams: Intellectual Puritan Abigail Smith (1744-1818) was born to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy of Weymouth, MA, a family peppered with Congregational clergy. Her father was a minister of solid … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams nephew William Shaw, Abigail and John Adams, Abigail Smith Adams, American history, Charles Adams, Colonial history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Historian Paul Nagel, history, John Adams, John Adams' sons, John Quincy Adams, The upbringing of Abigail Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, US history
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John Quincy Adams: Weights and Measures
The Constitution of the United States mandated that Congress develop a standardized system of weights and measures – back in 1787. Early Attempts at Uniformity No one argued with the importance of uniformity of measuring things – from the purity … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Adams, PResident George Washington, President James Monroe, Presidential history, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Sharon Selin, the history of weights and measures, US history, weights and measures, White House history
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John Quincy Adams and Anne Royall
The curmudgeon and the public nuisance: an odd couple. John Quincy Adams When John Quincy Adams became President in 1825, there were few who could match his stellar credentials: A cosmopolitan European education, Harvard graduate, legislative appointments and a long … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Anne Royall, Author John Forney, books by Anne Royall, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, JA anecdotal history, John Quincy Adams, Journalist Anne Royall, JQ Adams, JQ Adams swims in the river, President John Quincy Adams, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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JQ Adams and the Honeymoon Disappointment
John Quincy Adams was a 30-year-old diplomat when he married. JQ the Diplomat John Quincy Adams was a recent graduate of Harvard College when George Washington became president in 1789. He had received an exceptional education during the 8 years he … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Catherine Nuth Johnson, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, history, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Joshua Johnson, JQ Adams, JQA, Louisa Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, PResident George Washington, President John Adams, Presidential history, the childhood of John Quincy Adams, US history, Vice President John Adams, White House history
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Louisa Adams, Neglected First Lady
No one had a better resume for becoming a First Lady than Louisa Catherine Adams. Louisa: Englishwoman of High Standing Louisa Catherine Johnson was born in England and well educated in a convent school in Paris. Her American father had … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Charles Francis Adams, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Louisa Adams, George Washington Adams, history, John Adams, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Mrs. John QUincy Adams, Presidential history, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, US history, White House history
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John Quincy Adams: When The People Cheered
John Quincy Adams was a brilliant man of many substantive accomplishments. Popularity was not one of them. JQA: A Spectacular Upbringing By the time John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was twenty-one, he was arguably the most cosmopolitan man of his generation … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams, Henry Clay, history, John Adams, John Q. Adams, John Quincy Adams, JQA, Louisa Catherine Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, President James Monroe, President John Quincy Adams, Presidential history, Secretary of State JQ Adams, The character of John Quincy Adams, The Presidential Campaign of 1824, US history, White House history, William Crawford
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Mrs. Adams, Dr. Physick, and Her Unmentionable Problem
Louisa Catherine Adams: A Brief Medical History Louisa Catherine Adams (1775-1852), London born and Paris educated, was raised to be exactly what she would become: a perfect consort for a man of distinction. John Quincy Adams was the US minister … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Dr. Philip Physick, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Louisa Adams, history, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Mrs. John QUincy Adams, nineteenth century surgery, Philip Syng Physick, Thomas Johnson, US history
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