After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the Illinois Legislature to create “Adams County”, with their founding ...

However, John Quincy Adams, unlike his father, enjoyed a second act in public life. Elected to Congress as a representative from Massachusetts in 1830, he became known as a staunch antislavery ...

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the administration of President James Monroe, his reputation might differ from what it has become. John Quincy’s principal biographer, Samuel ...

QUINCY ‒ The new park honoring the nation's sixth president John Quincy Adams is projected to be finished by late August or September, according to project planners, who recently provided an ...

John Quincy Adams, 11 Jul 1767 - 23 Feb 1848 Exhibition Label Sixth president, 1825–1829 On March 16, 1843, Philip Haas made at least three daguerreotype portraits of former U.S. President John Quincy ...

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 ...

Details on the new John Quincy Adams park. The small urban park will sit on a property of .12 acres. It's key attraction will be a statue of the sixth president designed by Russian American ...

Details on the new John Quincy Adams park. The small urban park will sit on a property of .12 acres. It's key attraction will be a statue of the sixth president designed by Russian American ...

The Adams family’s commitment to these principles did not end with John Adams. His son, John Quincy Adams, carried his father’s torch into an era marked by one of our nation’s most painful ...

Yet his eldest son, John Quincy Adams, followed in his father’s footsteps, serving the young republic as a diplomat and a member of Congress, and was part of the American delegation that ...

John Quincy Adams, 11 Jul 1767 - 23 Feb 1848 Credit Line Owner: Edmund Quincy Date 1820-30 Object number 134.1939 Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply Type ... Politics and ...