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John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and the Quasi-War with France
John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and the Quasi-War with France David Loudon General University Honors Professor Robert Griffith, Faculty Advisor American University, Spring 2010 1 John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and the Quasi-War with France Abstract This paper examines the split of the Federalist Party and subsequent election defeat in 1800 through the views of John Adams and Alexander Hamilton on the Quasi-War with France. More specifically, I will be focusing on what caused their split on the French issue. I argue that the main source of conflict between the two men was ideological differences on parties in contemporary American politics. While Adams believed that there were two parties in America and his job was to remain independent of both, Hamilton saw only one party (the Republicans), and believed that it was the goal of all “real” Americans to do whatever was needed to defeat that faction. This ideological difference between the two men resulted in their personal disdain for one another and eventually their split on the French issue. Introduction National politics in the early American republic was a very uncertain venture. The founding fathers had no historical precedents to rely upon. The kind of government created in the American constitution had never been attempted in the Western World; it was a piecemeal system designed in many ways more to gain individual state approval than for practical implementation. Furthermore, while the fathers knew they wanted opposition within their political system, they rejected political parties as evil and dangerous to the public good. This tension between the belief in opposition and the rejection of party sentiment led to confusion and high tensions during the early American republic. -
A Massachusetts Yankee in the Court of Charleston Jasper Adams, College President in Antebellum South Carolina” Historical Journal of Massachusetts Volume 35, No
Gerald Vaughn, “A Massachusetts Yankee in the Court of Charleston Jasper Adams, College President in Antebellum South Carolina” Historical Journal of Massachusetts Volume 35, No. 2 (Summer 2007). Published by: Institute for Massachusetts Studies and Westfield State University You may use content in this archive for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the Historical Journal of Massachusetts regarding any further use of this work: [email protected] Funding for digitization of issues was provided through a generous grant from MassHumanities. Some digitized versions of the articles have been reformatted from their original, published appearance. When citing, please give the original print source (volume/ number/ date) but add "retrieved from HJM's online archive at http://www.westfield.ma.edu/mhj. A Massachusetts Yankee in the Court of Charleston: Jasper Adams, College President in Antebellum South Carolina By Gerald Vaughn Massachusetts clergyman and educator Jasper Adams (1793-1841) was among the line of notable descendants of Henry Adams (1583- 1646), who fled persecution in England circa 1630 and settled on a farm in the Braintree area, then part of Boston. The most notable of Henry Adams’s descendants include U.S. presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, William Howard Taft, and Calvin Coolidge, and Vice-President Richard Cheney. John Adams erected a monument in Henry Adams’s honor in Quincy, Massachusetts. Jasper Adams grew to manhood in Massachusetts. His travels in adult life took him from Massachusetts to South Carolina, where he gained his renown. While his career was spent mostly in the south he was a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at Boston, and a Corresponding Member of the Massachusetts’ Historical Society. -
Abigail Adams, Letters to from John Adams and John Quincy Adams
___Presented, and asterisked footnotes added, by the National Humanities Center for use in a Professional Development Seminar___ Mass. Hist. Soc. Mass. Hist. Soc. ABIGAIL ADAMS LETTERS TO HER SON JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 20 March 1780 Abigail Adams 26 December 1783 John Quincy Adams In Letters of Mrs. Adams, The Wife of John Adams, ed., Charles Francis Adams 3d. edition, Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. 20 March, 1780. MY DEAR SON, Your letter, last evening received from Bilboa,* relieved me from much anxiety; for, having a day or two before received letters from your papa, Mr. Thaxter,1 and brother, in which packet I found none from you, nor any mention made of you, my mind, ever fruitful in conjectures, was instantly alarmed. I feared you were sick, unable to write, and your papa, unwilling to give me uneasiness, had concealed it from me; and this apprehension was confirmed by every person’s omitting to say how long they should continue in Bilboa. Your father’s letters came to Salem, yours to Newburyport, and soon gave ease to my anxiety, 10 at the same time that it excited gratitude and thankfulness to Heaven, for the preservation you all experienced in the imminent dangers which threatened you. You express in both your letters a degree of thankfulness. I hope it amounts to more than words, and that you will never be insensible to the particular preservation you have experienced in both your voyages. You have seen how inadequate the aid of man would have been, if the winds and the seas had not been under the particular government of * John Quincy Adams (13) and his younger brother Charles sailed to Europe in late 1779 with their father, John Adams, who had been appointed special envoy to Europe during the American Revolution. -
Signers of the United States Declaration of Independence Table of Contents
SIGNERS OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 56 Men Who Risked It All Life, Family, Fortune, Health, Future Compiled by Bob Hampton First Edition - 2014 1 SIGNERS OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTON Page Table of Contents………………………………………………………………...………………2 Overview………………………………………………………………………………...………..5 Painting by John Trumbull……………………………………………………………………...7 Summary of Aftermath……………………………………………….………………...……….8 Independence Day Quiz…………………………………………………….……...………...…11 NEW HAMPSHIRE Josiah Bartlett………………………………………………………………………………..…12 William Whipple..........................................................................................................................15 Matthew Thornton……………………………………………………………………...…........18 MASSACHUSETTS Samuel Adams………………………………………………………………………………..…21 John Adams………………………………………………………………………………..……25 John Hancock………………………………………………………………………………..….29 Robert Treat Paine………………………………………………………………………….….32 Elbridge Gerry……………………………………………………………………....…….……35 RHODE ISLAND Stephen Hopkins………………………………………………………………………….…….38 William Ellery……………………………………………………………………………….….41 CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman…………………………………………………………………………..……...45 Samuel Huntington…………………………………………………………………….……….48 William Williams……………………………………………………………………………….51 Oliver Wolcott…………………………………………………………………………….…….54 NEW YORK William Floyd………………………………………………………………………….………..57 Philip Livingston…………………………………………………………………………….….60 Francis Lewis…………………………………………………………………………....…..…..64 Lewis Morris………………………………………………………………………………….…67 -
Massachusetts Historical Society, Adams Papers Editorial Project
Narrative Section of a Successful Application The attached document contains the grant narrative of a previously funded grant application, which conforms to a past set of grant guidelines. It is not intended to serve as a model, but to give you a sense of how a successful application may be crafted. Every successful application is different, and each applicant is urged to prepare a proposal that reflects its unique project and aspirations. Prospective applicants should consult the application guidelines for instructions. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to consult with the NEH Division of Research Programs staff well before a grant deadline. Note: The attachment only contains the grant narrative, not the entire funded application. In addition, certain portions may have been redacted to protect the privacy interests of an individual and/or to protect confidential commercial and financial information and/or to protect copyrighted materials. Project Title: Adams Papers Editorial Project Institution: Massachusetts Historical Society Project Director: Sara Martin Grant Program: Scholarly Editions and Translations Program Statement of Significance and Impact The Adams Papers Editorial Project is sponsored by and located at the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS). The Society’s 300,000-page Adams Family Papers manuscript collection, which spans more than a century of American history from the Revolutionary era to the last quarter of the nineteenth century, is consulted during the entire editing process, making the project unique among large-scale documentary editions. The Adams Papers has published 52 volumes to date and will continue to produce one volume per year. Free online access is provided by the MHS and the National Archives. -
EXTENSIONS of REMARKS 34159 EXTENSIONS of REMARKS AVIATION SAFETY and NOISE Millions of People Around Major Airports
November 29, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34159 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS AVIATION SAFETY AND NOISE millions of people around major airports. It On October 22 the Senate passed H.R 2440, would also weaken the incentives for replace striking the provisions of the House ini REDUCTION ACT ment of aircraft with new technology air tiated b111 and substituting for them the planes that could offer even more noise relief provisions of S. 413, the Senate "noise bill". to the millions of Americans who are ex I am advised the Senate has already ap HON. NORMAN Y. M!NETA posed daily to unacceptable levels of aircraft pointed conferees in anticipation of a con OF CALIFORNLA noise. ference on H.R. 2440. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3. By authorizing some $300 mi111on in In expressing the Administration's opposi excess of the President's budget for FY 1980, tion to H.R. 3942, I outlined a number of Thursday, November 29, 1979 an increase which ls unwarranted, the bill objectionable features of the b1ll. The pro e Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, I ha;ve would be infiationary. In any event, as you visions of H.R. 2440, as passed by the Senate, asked the White House for a clear sig know, the House already acted to establish a.ire comparable in many respects to those an obligations limit on the airport devel undesirable fiseal and environmental provi nal that legislation rolling back the fieet opment program for 1980 at a level which is sions of H.R. 3942 to which we are opposed; noise rule would be vetoed. -
Pen & Parchment: the Continental Congress
Adams National Historical Park National Park Service U.S. Department of Interior PEN & PARCHMENT INDEX 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 a Letter to Teacher a Themes, Goals, Objectives, and Program Description a Resources & Worksheets a Pre-Visit Materials a Post Visit Mterialss a Student Bibliography a Logistics a Directions a Other Places to Visit a Program Evaluation Dear Teacher, Adams National Historical Park is a unique setting where history comes to life. Our school pro- grams actively engage students in their own exciting and enriching learning process. We hope that stu- dents participating in this program will come to realize that communication, cooperation, sacrifice, and determination are necessary components in seeking justice and liberty. The American Revolution was one of the most daring popular movements in modern history. The Colonists were challenging one of the most powerful nations in the world. The Colonists had to decide whether to join other Patriots in the movement for independence or remain loyal to the King. It became a necessity for those that supported independence to find ways to help America win its war with Great Britain. To make the experiment of representative government work it was up to each citi- zen to determine the guiding principles for the new nation and communicate these beliefs to those chosen to speak for them at the Continental Congress. Those chosen to serve in the fledgling govern- ment had to use great statesmanship to follow the directions of those they represented while still find- ing common ground to unify the disparate colonies in a time of crisis. This symbiotic relationship between the people and those who represented them was perhaps best described by John Adams in a letter that he wrote from the Continental Congress to Abigail in 1774. -
Cultural Landscapes Centennial Poster Series
National Park Service CULTURAL U.S. Department of the Interior LANDSCAPES Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, IA Birthplace of Herber Hoover, 1931 | Grant Wood Cultural Landscapes are geographic areas that represent the combined works of nature FINDYOURLANDSCAPE | CENTENNIAL POSTER SERIES and people. Nearly 1000 cultural landscapes This series encompasses are preserved across the national park system. all seven regions of the national park system #FindYourPark landscape in a park near you. and a variety of cultural Share with us your experience. Learn more at landscapes through nps.gov/culturallandscapes landscape art. National Park Service CULTURAL U.S. Department of the Interior FINDYOURLANDSCAPE nps.gov/culturallandscapes LANDSCAPES | NORTHEAST REGION The Old House at Peacefeld | Adams National Historical Park, MA Portrait of the Old House in 1849 | Godfrey N. Frankenstein | From the Adams National Historical Park museum collection [ADAM 8451] Godfrey Frankenstein’s oil painting of the Old House in Quincy, Today, nearly fourteen acres of the Adams’ property in Quincy are Massachusetts captures the appearance of the presidential home, preserved by the National Park Service. outbuildings, and landscape at mid-century, a year after the death Painter Godfrey Frankenstein (1820–73) came from a gifted family of of the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams. The German immigrants. He became the frst president of the Cincinnati property was home to four generations of the Adams family from Academy of Arts in 1841 and gained notoriety for his depictions of 1787 to 1927. During 140 years of Adams family ownership, the Niagara Falls. Frankenstein’s Portrait of the Old House in 1849 is on site evolved from a working farm of cultivated felds, fruit orchards, display in the Old House at Adams National Historical Park opposite his meadows, marshlands, and woodlands to a country estate with 1849 Birthplaces of the Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. -
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Book Reviews 307 Pressly deserves praise for his accomplishment in pre- senting this survey of intellectual history, and for providing the student and general reader with a useful summary of the major literature of the Civil War. And, considering the world in which Pressly writes, it is a matter of moment to have this important reminder that honest men may differ in their interpretations of events. Earlham College Harold M. Hyman The Writing of American History. By Michael Kraus. (Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, 1953, pp. x, 386. Index. $5.50.) American historiography began with the Norse sagas but with the Spanish historians there began a chain of narration that links with our own day, and Richard Hakluyt was to write volumes about imperial expansion before the English began their colonization of America. With this introduction Michael Kraus takes up the historians of the first settle- ments-John Smith, William Bradford, John Winthrop, and on through the Mathers. The chapters that follow, in the main, proceed chronologically : The Era of Colonialism ; The Growing National Spirit: 1750-1800 ; Gathering the Records- Awaiting the National Historian ; Patriots, Romantics-and Hildreth; Francis Parkman; The Rise of the “Scientific School” ; Henry Adams ; The Nationalist School ; The Imperial School of Colonial History ; The Frontier and Sectional Histor- ians ; Biography ; and Contemporary Trends. In 1891 James Franklin Jameson published a sketch of American historical writing, carrying his study to the 1880’s. In 1917 John Spencer Bassett published his The Middle Group of American Historians, chiefly concerned with Sparks, Bancroft, and Peter Force. Not until 1937 when Michael Kraus published his A History of American History was any survey of the whole field of American historical writing available. -
DONOVAN, Timothy Paul. HENRY ADAMS and BROOKS ADAMS: the SEARCH for a LAW
This dissertation has beenmicrofilmed exactly asreceived Mic 60-5186 DONOVAN, Timothy Paul. HENRY ADAMS AND BROOKS ADAMS: THE SEARCH FOR A LAW. The University of Oklahoma, Ph.D., 1960 History, general University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GRADUATE COLLEGE HENRY ADAMS AND BROOKS ADAMS: THE SEARCH FOR A LAIV A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY TIMOTHY PAUL DONOVAN Norman, Oklahoma i960 HENRY ADAMS AND BROOKS ADAMS; THE SEARCH FOR A LAW APPROVED BY c : A , bvL'iZ ^2if7S^ DISSERTATION COMMITTEE TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. AMERICA AND AMERICAN HISTORY.... ..................... 1 II. HENRY ADAMS: THE SEARCH .............................. 25 III. BROOKS ADAMS: THE SEARCH ............................ 63 INTERLUDE .................... 99 IV. HENRY ADAMS: THE LAW ................................. IO8 V. BROOKS ADAMS: THE L A W ................................ I38 INTERLUDE .......................................... 16? VI. THE ADAMSES AND THE AMERICAN DREAM ................. 175 VII. THE ADAMSES AND AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY ............. 211 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................... 222 iix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to express his deep gratitude to Dr. John S. Ezell who first showed him the fascination of intel lectual history and who was of immeasurable aid in the direction of the dissertation. I would also like to thank Dr. Donnell M. Owings who read the first draft and made many valuable suggestions. Thanks are due to the other members of the committee, Dr. Herbert J. Ellison, Dr. Cortez A. M. Ewing, and Dr. William E. Livezey for their advice and counsel. A special debt is owed to Dr. Bert James Loewenberg of Sarah Lawrence College who by correspondence and interview directed the author's attention to the significance of Henry and Brooks Adams. -
Crisis and Constitution
Pilgrim Theological Seminary AMH 241.1 The Creation of a New Republic Study Resources Welcome to The Creation of a Republic. The purpose of this program of study is to help students develop an understanding of American History from the time of the American Revolution until the mid 1800's. We have made a sincere effort to select and organize the following learning resources in a way that will help you understand important concepts in the development of our nation and to help you master key terms, events, and the names of people and places. There are six areas of study that we will be exploring; each area corresponds to a chapter in the recommended textbook. First Area of Study: Toward the War for American Independence (1754-1776) Second Area of Study: The American People and the American Revolution (1775-1783) Third Area of Study: Crisis and Constitution (1776-1789) Fourth Area of Study: The Early Republic (1789-1824) Fifth Area of Study: The Opening of America (1815-1850) Sixth Area of Study: The Rise of Democracy (1824-1840) Learning Resources The primary learning resource for our study is: US: A Narrative History, Volume 1: To 1877, 5th Edition; Authors: James West Davidson, Historian; Brian DeLay, Christine Leigh Heyrman, Mark H Lytle,Michael B Stoff, Softcover, 400 pages. © McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009, ISBN-13 9780073385662 The textbook is supplemented by an Online Learning Center. The OLC provides helpful educational resources specifically related to the individual Area of Study guides we have provided. Please visit the OLC to familiarize yourself with its resources. -
Silence Over Their Tombs
Wickstrom 1 Silence Over Their Tombs: A Microhistory of American Perceptions of Alcoholism in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Using the Adams Family Papers A Senior Project presented to the Faculty of the History Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Murphy In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in History By Lucy Wickstrom June 2020 Wickstrom 2 Abstract The perception of alcohol addiction in the United States of America has changed numerous times throughout the nation’s history, with people accepting it as a mere part of life in the colonial era before preachers and thinkers began to denounce it as a vice and a moral failure. The influential writings of respected patriot Dr. Benjamin Rush, however, initiated a fundamental shift in the way that Americans understood alcoholism, as he was the first to make the argument that it was a disease beyond the control of its sufferers. This paper uses the example of the famous Adams family to illustrate this shift in thought, since both of John Adams’s younger sons, Charles and Thomas, died from complications related to alcoholism. By examining the writings of the family left behind in the Adams Family Papers, as well as other relevant primary documents, I argue that the Adams family was influenced by changing societal ideas as they addressed Thomas’s struggles quite differently from the way they had Charles’s decades earlier. Wickstrom 3 Introduction On March 17, 1777, John Adams wrote a letter to his third child and middle son, Charles.