October 19: John Adams is born in Braintree ... Spring: The strain of public life affects Adams' health, and the family returns to Braintree. Adams travels frequently for his law practice ...

An extremely rare 17th century coin owned by Founding Father John Adams' family has sold for $2.52 ... outside more standard investments. 'The whole fabric of collecting has changed in the last ...

One of those four, John Quincy, would achieve the office of president. The other three lived ordinary lives in what has come to be regarded as an extraordinary family. Abigail Amelia Adams was ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...