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Tag Archives: John Adams II
JQA: The First Trip to Russia
John Quincy Adams was fourteen years old and incredibly bright. First…Naming Rights It has been fashionable lately to name one’s offspring as if it came out of a Scrabble box. But for centuries many people considered it a time-honored tradition … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Charles Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Francis Dana, George Washington Adams, history, John Adams, John Adams II, John Adams in Holland, John Q. Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Quincy Adams in 1778, Linguistic skills of John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Presidential history, US history
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Abigail Adams, Mater Familias.
Abigail Adams raised four children of her own. She eventually raised nearly a dozen more as part of her extended family. Abigail’s Immediate Family Circle The four children born to John and Abigail Smith Adams were not a stellar bunch. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams brother William Smith, Abigail Adams Smith, Abigail Adams' grandchildren, Abigail Adams' niece Louisa Smith, Abigail Adams' sister Elizabeth Shaw, Abigail Louisa Adams, Abigail Smith Adams, Adams' nephew Billy Shaw, American history, Charles Adams, Col. Wm. Smith, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, George Washington Adams, history, John Adams, John Adams II, John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, Nabby Adams, Presidential families, Presidential history, Sally Smith Adams, Susanna Adams, The Boston Athenaeum, Thomas Boylston Adams, White House history, William (Billy) Shaw
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Louisa Adams, Neglected First Lady
No one had a better resume for becoming a First Lady than Louisa Catherine Adams. Louisa: Englishwoman of High Standing Louisa Catherine Johnson was born in England and well educated in a convent school in Paris. Her American father had … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Charles Francis Adams, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Louisa Adams, George Washington Adams, history, John Adams, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Mrs. John QUincy Adams, Presidential history, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, US history, White House history
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The White House Nellie Weddings
White House Weddings Before Ulysses S. Grant was even born, there had been weddings in the White House. During James Madison’s administration, Dolley Madison’s widowed sister married her second husband, Thomas Todd. Some years later, James Monroe’s daughter Maria Hester … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged Algernon Sartoris, American history, Dolley Madison, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Ellen Wrenshall Grant, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Family history, Grant son-in-las Sartoris, history, James Madison, James Monroe, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, Julia Grant, Maria Hester Monroe, Nell Wilson McAdoo, Nellie Grant, Nellie Grant Sartoris, President Grant, President U.S. Grant, President Woodrow Wilson, Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Weddings in the White House, White House history, White House weddings, William G.McAdoo, Woodrow Wilson
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The Adams Sorrow: The Second Generation
John Quincy Adams was never a teetotaler. The eldest son of John and Abigail could even be considered a heavy drinker. The Second Adams Generation Having spent his formative years in the great capitals of Europe, John Quincy Adams … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Charles Francis Adams, Death of George Washington Adams, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Louisa Adams, George Washington Adams, history, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, JQ Adams, JQA, Louisa Adams' niece Mary Hellen, Louisa Catherine Adams, Mary Hellen Adams, Presidential history, The family of JQ Adams, US history, US Presidents, White House history
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