John Adams
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A lawyer and political activist prior to the Revolution, Adams was devoted to the right to counsel and presumption of innocence. He defied anti-British sentiment and successfully defended British soldiers against murder charges arising from the Boston Massacre. Adams was a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress and became a leader of the revolution. He assisted Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and was its primary advocate in Congress. As a diplomat he helped negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain and secured vital governmental loans. Adams was the primary author of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which influenced the United States Constitution, as did his essay ''Thoughts on Government''.
Adams was elected to two terms as vice president under President George Washington and was elected as the United States' second president in 1796. He was the only president elected under the banner of the Federalist Party. Adams's term was dominated by the issue of the French Revolutionary Wars, and his insistence on American neutrality led to fierce criticism from both the Jeffersonian Republicans and from some in his own party, led by his rival Alexander Hamilton. Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, and built up the Army and Navy in the undeclared naval war with France. He was the first president to reside in the White House.
In his bid in 1800 for reelection to the presidency, opposition from Federalists and accusations of despotism from Jeffersonians led to Adams losing to his vice president and former friend Jefferson, and he retired to Massachusetts. He eventually resumed his friendship with Jefferson by initiating a continuing correspondence. He and Abigail started the Adams political family, which includes their son John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. John Adams died on July 4, 1826 – the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. New Englanders Adams and his son are the only presidents of the first twelve who never owned slaves. Historians and scholars have favorably ranked his administration. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1789New-York, John Fenno, 1789.64 p. 18 cm. -
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Published 1850Boston, Little, Brown, 1850-56 [v. 1, '56]10 v. fronts. (v. 1-2, 5, 7-10) plates, ports., facsims. (part fold.) 23 cm. -
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Published 1841Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841.1 online resource (2 volumes) : frontispiece (portrait)LLMC Digital
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Published 1852Boston, Little, Brown, 1852-1865.1 online resource (10 volumes) frontispieces (volumes 1-2, 5, 7-10) facsimiles, plates, portraits.LLMC Digital
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Published 1823London : Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823.ix, 265 p. : ill., maps. -
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Published 1870Albany, N.Y., J. Munsell, 1870.2 p. ̋., 291 p. front., double map. 24 cm.Other Authors: “...Adams, John, 1735-1826...”
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Published 1823Hartford, S. Andrus, 1823.x, [2], [13]-392 p. pl., 2 port. (incl. front.) 22 cm.Other Authors: “...Adams, John, 1735-1826...”
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