Federalist newspapers from Maine to Georgia reprinted the story ... other than Jefferson’s old friend and political rival John Adams. In letters to his sons Charles and John Quincy in January ...

October 19: John Adams is born in Braintree ... except private correspondence and books, is taxable. Only Georgia enforces it. July 14: John and Abigail's first child, Abigail Amelia ("Nabby ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. The presidency would belong to George Washignton, of course, but what office would suit ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic ...