Chapter 1

In the House of Representatives 225

Index 309

ILLUSTRATIONS

John Quincy Adams Frontispiece

From the original painting by John Singleton Copley, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Autograph from the Chamberlain collection, Boston Public Library.

The vignette of Mr. Adams's home in Quincy is from a photograph. Page William H. Crawford 107

From the painting by Henry Ulke, in the Treasury Department at Washington.

Autograph from the Chamberlain collection, Boston Public Library.

Stratford Canning 149

After a drawing (1853) by George Richmond. Autograph from "Life of Stratford Canning."

Henry A. Wise 291

From a photograph by Brady, in the Library of the State Department at Washington.

Autograph from the Chamberlain collection, Boston Public Library.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (p. 001)