Hancock displayed in his mansion the magnificent John Singleton Copley portrait of Adams that today hangs in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, a portrait Hancock most likely commissioned.

As John Adams wrote of Copley’s portraits, “You can scarcely help discoursing with them, asking questions and receiving answers.” Paul Revere at His Workbench (see cut) is a case in point.

The couple’s letters provide an extraordinary window on the revolt brewing 250 years ago. June 3, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. EDTToday at 5:45 a.m. EDT Warning: This graphic ...

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...