John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...

JOHN ADAMS We met in Paris right before the pandemic ... with images that have meant something to him. It was everything: pictures of sculpture, photographs, travel magazines, paintings.

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...