Joseph J. Ellis is the author, most recently, of “The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents.” ...

John and Abigail Adams fully believed that “all men are ... Graham is ushering in a new point of access for scholars and history buffs, and — perhaps most importantly — educators and student ...

His son, John Quincy Adams, was sworn in as president on March 4, 1825. The Adams family holds a unique distinction in American history as the first father and son to both serve as president of ...

I have long been interested in Numa as an exemplary figure in the history of Western political thought from Cicero and St. Augustine to Machiavelli and Rousseau. In fact, John Adams had made a ...

John Adams, the bookish and brilliant Founding Father ... Congress to lead peace talks with Great Britain on this day in history, Sept. 27, 1779. "Alas!" wrote Adams in a letter to French diplomat ...

John Adams was cold. John Adams was wet. But John Adams was also determined. Having grown up in New England, he had known many chilly winters, but since he had left York on November 11 ...

Felix Lipov/Shutterstock While the elder John Adams had enthusiasm for ... Portolano commented in an article for The History of Science Society. Adams said, “It is with no feeling of pride ...

The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County is preserving the Governor John Wood Mansion, the History Museum on the Square, the 1835 Log Cabin, the Livery, the Lincoln Gallery displays ...

John Adams, my favorite president ... and “unwinnable” case became a defining moment in our nation’s legal history and a powerful victory for abolitionists. John Quincy argued that the ...