Life and public services of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, with the eulogy delivered before the Legislature of New York

MR. ADAMS' LAST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC AT BOSTON--HIS HEALTH--LECTURES ON HIS JOURNEY TO WASHINGTON--REMOTE CAUSE OF HIS DECEASE--STRUCK WITH PARALYSIS--LEAVES QUINCY FOR WASHINGT...

MR. ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION--REFUSES TO REMOVE POLITICAL OPPOSERS FROM OFFICE--URGES THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS--APPOINTS COMMISSIONERS TO THE CONGRESS OF PANAMA--HI...

MR. ADAMS TAKES HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS--HIS POSITION AND HABITS AS A MEMBER--HIS INDEPENDENCE OF PARTY--HIS EULOGY ON THE DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON--HIS ADVOCACY OF THE...

MR. ADAMS' FIRMNESS IN DISCHARGE OF DUTY--HIS EXERTIONS IN BEHALF OF THE AMISTAD SLAVES--HIS CONNEXION WITH THE SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST--TOUR THROUGH CANADA AND NEW YORK--HIS RECEPT...

CHARGES OF CORRUPTION AGAINST MR. CLAY AND MR. ADAMS--MR. ADAMS ENTERS UPON HIS DUTIES AS PRESIDENT--VISIT OF LA FAYETTE--TOUR THROUGH THE UNITED STATES--MR. ADAMS DELIVERS HIM...

James Monroe was the last of the illustrious line of Presidents whose claims to that eminent station dated back to the revolution. A grateful people had conferred the highest ho...

HENRY ADAMS, the founder of the Adams family in America, fled from ecclesiastical oppression in England, and joined the Colony at a very early period, but at what precise time i...

In the meantime, during the years 1836 and 1837, the public mind in the Northern States, became fully aroused to the enormities of American slavery--its encroachments on the rig...

MR. ADAMS APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE--ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES--PUBLIC DINNERS IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON--TAKES UP HIS RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON--DEFENDS GEN. JACKSON IN THE FL...

MR. ADAMS' MULTIPLIED ATTAINMENTS--VISITED BY SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN--HIS REPORT ON WEIGHTS AND MEASURES--HIS POETRY--ERECTS A MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF HIS PARENTS--ELECTED MEMBER...

Mr. Adams presented himself at the Hague, as Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, in the summer or fall of 1794. Ten years before, he was there with his father--a lad,...

The patriarchs John Adams and Thomas Jefferson still lingered on the shores of time. The former had attained the good old age of 90 years, and the latter 82. Mrs. Adams, the ven...

MR. ADAMS' ARRIVAL AT ST. PETERSBURG--HIS LETTERS TO HIS SON ON THE BIBLE--HIS RELIGIOUS OPINIONS--RUSSIA OFFERS MEDIATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES--PROCEEDS...

John Quincy Adams returned to the United States from his first foreign embassy, in 1801. During the stormy period of his father's administration, and the ensuing presidential ca...

he heard Mr. Windham and Mr. Fox speak of them as the best thing that had been written, and as one of the best pieces of reasoning and style they had ever read."

After leaving the University, young Adams entered the office of Theophilus Parsons, who was then in the practice of law at Newburyport, and who afterwards for so many years fill...

man, lately deceased. A lady wrote to inquire whence they came. Mr. Adams informed her, and added, that they could not be adequately translated in less than seven words in Engli...

Mr. Adams' Last Appearance in Public at Boston--His Health--Lectures on his Journey to Washington--Remote Cause of his Decease--Struck with Paralysis--Leaves Quincy for Washingt...

Mr. Adams' firmness in discharge of duty--His exertions in behalf of the Amistad Slaves--His connection with the Smithsonian Bequest--Tour through Canada and New York--His recep...

Mr. Adams' Administration--Refuses to remove political opposers from office--Urges the importance of Internal Improvements--Appoints Commissioners to the Congress of Panama--His...

Mr. Adams takes his seat in Congress--His Position and Habits as a Member-- His Independence of Party--His Eulogy on the Death of ex-President James Madison--His advocacy of the...

Mr. Adams' arrival at St. Petersburg--His Letters to his Son on the Bible-- His Religious Opinions--Russia offers Mediation between Great Britain and the United States--Proceeds...

Mr. Adams' multiplied attainments--Visited by Southern Gentlemen--His Report on Weights and Measures--His Poetry--Erects a Monument to the memory of his Parents--Elected Member...

Mr. Adams appointed Secretary of State--Arrives in the United States-- Public Dinners in New York and Boston--Takes up his Residence in Washington--Defends Gen. Jackson in the F...

Charges of Corruption against Mr. Clay and Mr. Adams--Mr. Adams enters upon his duties as President--Visit of La Fayette--Tour through the United Slates--Mr. Adams delivers him...