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Democracy and Esther; the admirable History John Adams, while still Minister to You may visit the site from 9 a.m. to recreational places of the United States 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 Brooks Adams, born at Quincy, June 24, Entry, and upstairs Study. In 1836, John Permit. National Historic Site 1848, was graduated from Harvard College 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 Alabama Claims Arbitration. ells. In 1869, Charles Francis Adams ral Resources—is concerned with the Although a member of the Massachusetts 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 Adams Memorial 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 Law 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, John Adams 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, John Quincy, 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 "Peacefield," 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 Boston. 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. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • 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 Spain for to St. Petersburg in Russia and was to re ADAMS FAMILY GENEALOGY the cession of the Floridas. He took member incidents of Napoleon's return to ADAMS prominent part in the recognition of the Paris in 1815. He graduated from Harvard JOHN ADAMS Latin 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 Daniel Webster. establishments," Adams was jointly re That same year he married Abigail Brown, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 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 Monroe Doctrine. 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 intellectual 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 HENRY ADAMS BROOKS ADAMS term in the White House. 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 Harvard University 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 Europe CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS Abigail 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 Geneva. He wrote biography of his grandfather, and pub of parks and public reservations in the JOHN ADAMS sixth President, was born August 18, 1807.