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and Esther; the admirable John , while still Minister to You may visit the site from 9 a.m. to recreational places of the of the United States 1800-181J, in 9 volumes; Great Britain, bought the house in Sep­ 5 p.m. every day from April 19 to Novem­ for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. Mont-Saint-Michel & Chartres; and an tember 1787 from the major's grandson, ber 10, with free guide service provided A superintendent, whose address is 135 American classic, The Education of Henry Leonard Vassall Borland, and on his return when facilities permit. The nominal ad­ Adams Street, Quincy, Mass. 02169, *s m * ADAMS * Adams. Since his death in 1918, several in 1788 took possession of the property. mission fee is waived for persons under immediate charge of the site. volumes of his letters, as charming as they During his Presidency he built the large 16 years of age, educational groups, and are informative, have been published. gabled ell containing the Long Room, East holders of the Federal Recreation Area , born at Quincy, June 24, Entry, and upstairs Study. In 1836, John Permit. National Historic Site 1848, was graduated from Quincy Adams added the passage along the Created in 1849, the Department of the in 1870. He served as his father's secretary north side of the house connecting the two ADMINISTRATION Interior—America's Department of Natu­ during the Arbitration. ells. In 1869, Charles Francis Adams ral Resources—is concerned with the Although a member of the added 30 feet to the kitchen ell for serv­ ADAMS MANSION was designated a na­ management, conservation, and develop­ Constitutional Convention of 1917, he ants' quarters, and the following year built tional historic site on December 9, 1946. ment of the Nation's water, wildlife, never sought for or held public office. He the stone library overlooking his grand­ This was made possible by the gift of the tne st mineral, forest, and park and recreational was the last of the family to occupy the old mother's garden, and, in 1873, one property to the Federal Government for resources. It also has major responsibili­ house at Quincy. Brooks Adams was the stable. The present entrance gates were that purpose by the ties for Indian and territorial affairs. author of The Emancipation of Massachusetts, added by Brooks Adams in 1906. Society. As the Nation's principal conservation of Civilisation and Decay, America's After his retirement from the Presidency On November 26, 1952, the name was agency, the Department works to assure Economic Supremacy, The New Empire, and in 1801, lived in the house the changed to Adams National Historic Site. that nonrenewable resources are developed Theory of Social Revolutions. He died in year round until his death in 182.6. John It contains 4.77 acres and includes the and used wisely, that park and recreational 1917. Quincy Adams and Charles Francis Adams house, library, garden, and stables. resources are conserved for the future, and made it their summer home, and many The site is administered by the National that renewable resources make their full summers were spent there by both Henry Park Service, U.S. Department of the contribution to the progress, prosperity, THE "OLD HOUSE' and Brooks Adams. Much of the furni­ Interior. and security of the United States—now and ture within the house reflects the diplo­ The National Park System, of which in the future. matic background of John, , this site is a unit, is dedicated to conserv­ THE HOUSE, first named by John Adams, and Charles Francis Adams, as each came ing the great historical, natural, and "," but to become known in the back with prized possessions from their family as the "Old House," was very dear various European missions. and very close to them. Shortly after his The continuity of life in the house is best father's death, John Quincy wrote: "My shown by the furnishings, as the various attachment to it, and the whole region objects are of successive periods—each gen­ round, is stronger than I have ever felt eration contributed something of itself and before;" Charles Francis, the younger, in each generation is remembered by what it his autobiography, wrote of how fond left. The house is not a "period piece" but he was of the "Old House" and what a house which, from 1788 to 192.7, clearly pleasant recollections clustered about it; shows the ever-changing style and taste of and Henry, in his Education, has left his its occupants. memories of the place. The oldest part of the house was built in 1731 by Maj. Leonard Vassall, wealthy ABOUT YOUR VISIT DINING ROOM. West Indian sugar planter, who had come The furnishings rep­ to Massachusetts some 8 years before. The resent all four gener­ ations of the family house then consisted of only the following ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE is on who occupied the rooms: on ground floor—the Paneled Adams Street, Newport Avenue, and Fur­ house. The portraits Room, West Entry, and Dining Room; on of George and nace Brook Parkway, Quincy, Mass., Martha Washing­ the second floor—2 bedrooms; and 3 about 8 miles south of . The house ton were painted by smaller rooms in the attic. The kitchen is on State Route 135 and adjacent to State Edward Savage in UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR iioi. To the right MASSACHUSETTS and servants' quarters were not attached Route 3. There is bus service to and from is a portrait of to the house. Boston. Edward Boylston.

• We I IM4 0-UI-4W Reprint 1968 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Ofnci Washington, D.C. 20402- Price 5 cents tary of State, negotiating with for to St. Petersburg in and was to re­ ADAMS FAMILY GENEALOGY the cession of the . He took member incidents of 's return to ADAMS prominent part in the recognition of the Paris in 1815. He graduated from Harvard JOHN ADAMS American Republics. Declaring that College in 1825 and was admitted to the 1735-1826 NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE "the American continents are no longer practice of law in 1829, after spending Second President of the United States (1797-1801) subjects for any new European colonial some weeks in the office of . establishments," Adams was jointly re­ That same year he married Abigail Brown, sponsible with the President for the daughter of Peter Chardon Brooks of 1767-1848 The home of four generations of the Adams family—distinguished in promulgation of the . Boston. After serving in the Massachu­ In 1825, he took the oath of office as Sixth President of the United States (1825-1829) public service, in literature, and in the life of this Nation. setts Legislature, he was, in 1848, nomi­ sixth President of the United States. Re­ nated for Vice President on the Free Soil CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS tiring to Quincy in 1829, where he planned ticket as running mate with Van Buren. to write history, he was within 2 years Elected to Congress in 1858, and again in 1807-1886 NLIKE most historic shrines that Active against the Stamp Act and early elected to Congress, where he served con­ i860, he was the following year chosen by Minister to Great Britain (1861-1868) tinuously for 17 years. He was the only U memorialize a single event or a great concerned in the patriotic cause, John President Lincoln as Minister to the Court President to become a member of the na­ individual, ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORIC Adams was to demonstrate his moral of St. James, a post held by his father and tional House of Representatives after a SITE stands as a living memorial to four courage by defending the British Captain, grandfather before him. As Minister JOHN QUINCY ADAMS CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS BROOKS ADAMS term in the . On February generations of one family, a family that Thomas Preston, charged with murder in he served his country with distinction 21, 1848, at the age of 81 he was stricken 1833-1894 1835-1915 1838-1918 1848-1927 played a foremost part in shaping the des­ the Boston "Massacre." In 1774, he was throughout the trying years of the Civil on the floor of the House, literally dying tiny of America. Distinguished in public chosen one of the delegates from Massa­ War. Resigning in 1868, he declined the at his post. life and in our national literature, men of chusetts to the First Continental Congress. presidency of and re­ each of these generations left their stamp After fighting began at Lexington he took JOHN ADAMS STUDY. The disk was used by four generations of the family. The celestial and terrestrial globes were used tired to Quincy. He returned to CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS , The Works of John Adams in civic affairs of Quincy, he served on the on the history of the United States. a leading part in the Second Continental by John Quincy Adams. The chair in the corner is where John Adams died. as one of the arbitrators who passed upon 10 volumes, together with an admirable State commission which planned a system Congress, headed the movement for inde­ CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, son of the the Alabama Claims at . He wrote biography of his grandfather, and pub­ of parks and public reservations in the JOHN ADAMS sixth President, was born August 18, 1807. on history for the North American Review, pendence, and was largely responsible for ing for independence and foreign recog­ nary knowledge of Europe. During his lished his father's diary under the title vicinity of Boston. For 24 years he was a At the age of 2 he was taken by his father published the letters of his grandmother, HERE, WHEN not at the seat of govern­ the choice of Washington as Commander nition. Together with Franklin and Jef­ father's ministry to Great Britain, he re­ Memoirs of John Quincy Adams. He died member of the Board of Governors of ment, lived John Adams, first Vice Presi­ in Chief of the Army. Chosen as one of ferson, he selected E Pluribus Unum (One turned to America and graduated from on November 21, 1886. Harvard University. He was author of dent and second President of the United the to draft the Declara­ Out of Many) for the motto on the seal of Harvard College in 1787. In 1794, Wash­ Three Episodes of Massachusetts History; The States. John Adams was born on October tion of Independence, he was, in Jefferson's the United States. In the new government ington commissioned him Minister to the THE FOURTH GENERATION Life of Richard Henry Dana; Studies: Mili­ 19, 1735, graduated from Harvard College words, "the pillar of its support on the under the Constitution he was elected Vice , and during his father's Presi­ tary and Diplomatic ijyj-186}; Lee at Appo- in 1755, and admitted to the bar in 1758. floor of Congress.'' After Burgoyne's sur­ President and during both of Washington's dency he was Minister to . In THE ELDEST of the four sons of Charles matox; the life of his father, Charles He took a keen interest in town affairs and render at Saratoga he was chosen commis­ terms presided over the Senate of the 1803, he was elected to the United States Francis Adams was John Quincy. Born in Francis Adams, in The American Statesman wrote on public matters for the news­ sioner to and with his 10-year-old United States. Elected to the Presidency Senate, where he was to show his inde­ 1833, he served on Governor Andrew's Series; and an autobiography. He died on papers. In 1764, he married Abigail, son, John Quincy, sailed for Europe in in 1796, Adams served with great ability pendence of mind by his support of Jeffer­ staff in the Civil War and was a leader of March 20, 1915. daughter of Rev. William and Elizabeth February of 1778. and, fortunately for the country, despite son's embargo as an alternative to war. his party in Massachusetts. Though con­ Henry Adams was born February 16, (Quincy) Smith of Weymouth, Mass. Later he was commissioned Minister the clamour of many of the leaders of his Under President Madison he became, in sidered for a post in President Cleveland's 1838. After graduation from Harvard Mrs. Adams was a remarkable woman, Plenipotentiary to Holland and succeeded own party, prevented a war with France. 1809, Minister to Russia, where, on friend­ cabinet he did nothing to encourage it. College he studied civil law in and who, throughout her life, proved a tower in securing loans from that country. To­ In 1801, he retired to his home in Quincy, ly terms with Tsar Alexander I, he wit­ He died in 1894. began his travels, which were to carry him of strength to her husband. Her sprightly gether with Franklin and Jay, on Septem­ but never lost his keen interest in public nessed many stirring events. He refused a Charles Francis Adams, Jr., born May about the world for many years to come. letters give wonderful pictures of the times ber 3, 1783, he signed the peace treaty with questions as is attested by his voluminous nomination to the Supreme Court of the 27, 1835, was graduated from Harvard Col­ Serving as his father's secretary in Wash­ and the stirring events she witnessed, rang­ Great Britain that recognized the inde­ correspondence. He lived to see his son United States, remained in Europe as one lege in 1856. Serving in the Union Army ington during the winter of 1860-61, he ing from her account of the Battle of pendence of the United States. The fol­ elected to the Presidency, and passed of the peace commissioners, and, on De­ THE LONG ROOM. throughout the Civil War, he rose to the accompanied him to where he con­ Bunker Hill, vivid descriptions of resi­ lowing summer Mrs. Adams joined him at away on July 4, 182,6, the same day that cember 14, 1814, signed the Treaty of This room was the scent of three golden rank of colonel, commanding a Negro regi­ tinued to assist his father throughout the dence in France and England, and her diffi­ Paris and accompanied him to London. died. , which ended the . He wedding anniversa­ ment. Riding at its head, he was the first latter's ministry to Great Britain. Re­ culties as the first mistress of the White In 1785, he was appointed Envoy to the was in Paris to witness Napoleon's tri­ ries. The portraits to enter Richmond after Lee evacuated the turning in 1868, he taught history at Har­ House, to her domestic concerns in umphal return from Elba, the prelude to shown are Abigail Court of St. James, where he remained JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Adams, John city. Mustered out in June 1865, he re­ vard for 7 years and edited the North Ameri­ Quincy. She is the only woman in our until 1788. Throughout these trying Waterloo. Adams next went to England Quincy Adams, ceived the brevet of brigadier general. In can Review. He was the author of biogra­ John Adams, and history who has been the wife of one times there was no one who played a more JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, born on , as Minister to the Court of St. James. In 1884, he became the President of the Union phies of , John Randolph, 1817, he became President Monroe's Secre­ Charles Francis President and the mother of another. important part than John Adams in fight- 1767, from childhood gained an extraordi­ Adams. Pacific Railroad. For years, active in the and Lodge; two novels,