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

British mathematician and astronomer John C. Adams was born in in Cornwall. The first to predict the existence of Neptune, he ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Books & the Arts / The composer is an undeniable part of the classical music canon. Does that change the meaning of his ...

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 ...

John Marshall, in late January 1801. The following day, Adams finalized the appointment of the man who would become one of the most consequential Chief Justices in American history and a key ...

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 ...