Abigail Adams tells her son that he must become a “Cicero”, that in times of need, of great disaster, his courage and other virtues will awaken. As a citizen of the United States, he carries the responsibility of protecting the nation which his ancestors have worked hard to establish, ...
John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848) President John Quincy (John Quincy) Adams Born 11 Jul 1767 in Braintree, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts BayAncestors Son of John Adams and Abigail Quincy (Smith) Adams Brother of Abigail Amelia (Adams) Smith, Susanna Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston ...
John Quincy Adams agreed to join their lawyers, defended them in court and won their freedom. They didn't have to return to their owners, which would have meant their certain death.
In the letter he suggested that there was a connection between the Protestant ideas that Adams's Puritan ancestors brought to New England and the ideas behind their resistance to the Stamp Act. In the former he explained that the opposition of the colonies to the Stamp Act was because the ...
I live here in Maui, which is the land of my ancestors. My great great great grandparents come from Maui and she sings about one of my favorite towns, Waimea. It’s like a love song [that] talks about the misty rain of Waimea, the cold, crisp weather. And then w...
John Jay was descended from French and Dutch colonists in New York. Jay's ancestors first settled in New York during the late-1600s. Jay's family became quite successful. His grandfather and father established a successful merchant business in the region....
The thing that was most unusual when they found John Singleton Copley letters was that he seemed to be a well educated man. Peter Pelham, his step father, educated him not only what he would've learned in school but he also taught him art. Peter taught him how to use paintbrushes and ...
Very little has happened in the past which has not some immediate practical lessons for us; and when we study history in order to profit by the experience of our ancestors, to find out wherein they succeeded and wherein they failed, in order that we may emulate their success and avoid ...
I just might note here that it is my opinion that the Spaulding manuscript "may" have been used by Rigdon, but that he (Spaulding) had no idea of producing a book of scripture.To him it was a novel! The fact that they were unable to get a single one of the handwriting experts to...
African Americans, one of the largest of the many ethnic groups in theUnited States. African Americans are mainly of African ancestry, but many have non-Black ancestors as well. African Americans are largely the descendants of enslaved people who were brought from their African homelands by force...