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Showing posts with label Francis Dana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Francis Dana. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

“The Child whom you used to lead out into the common”

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In April 1785, seventeen-year-old John Quincy Adams had finished his first job, as secretary and translator for American minister Francis...
Friday, October 21, 2016

Abigail Adams at a Birthday Ball in Boston

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In February 1797, the U.S. of A. made plans to celebrate George Washington ’s last birthday as President. Some parts of the country were a...
Monday, February 09, 2015

Missing Stamp Act Sources

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Yesterday I quoted an extract from Jared Ingersoll ’s letter of 11 Feb 1765, about the House of Commons debate over the Stamp Act , as i...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

The End of the Constitutional Telegraphe

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When we left off with John S. Lillie on Tuesday , he was feeling triumphant about the election of Thomas Jefferson as President in 1800....
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Henrikson on J. Q. Adams and the Ghent Treaty, Quincy, 30 Apr.

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John Quincy Adams entered the American diplomatic service in 1781 at the age of fourteen. He was the French -speaking secretary of Franc...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Twitter Feed, 9-16 June 2010

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RT @KevinLevin: "Myths That Should By Now Be History" from your friends at Colonial Williamsburg bit.ly/9eL9Q9 #historyteacher # ...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Quizzing John Adams: The Answers

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Yesterday I offered thumbnail descriptions of four dramatic moments in episode 3 of the John Adams miniseries , and asked which of them ne...