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In this concise biography, Parsons masterfully chronicles the dramatic and prolific career of one of America's most absorbing figures.

Presidents --- Adams, John Quincy, --- J. Q. A. --- A., J. Q. --- United States --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations

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Congress adjourned on 18 May 1852 for Louisa Catherine Adams's funeral, according her an honor never before offered a first lady. But her life and influence merited this extraordinary tribute. She had been first the daughter-in-law and then the wife of a president. She had assisted her husband as a diplomat at three of the major capitals of Europe. She had served as a leading hostess and significant figure in Washington for three decades. And yet, a century and a half later, she is barely remembered. A Travelled First Lady: Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams seeks to correct that oversight by sharing Adams's remarkable experiences in her own words. These excerpts from diaries and memoirs recount her early years in London and Paris (to this day she is the only foreign-born first lady), her courtship and marriage to John Quincy Adams, her time in the lavish courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg as a diplomat's wife, and her years aiding John Quincy's political career in Washington. Emotional, critical, witty, and, in the Adams tradition, always frank, her writings draw sharp portraits of people from every station, both servants and members of the imperial court, and deliver clear, well-informed opinions about the major issues of her day. Telling the story of her own life, juxtaposed with rich descriptions of European courts, Washington political maneuvers, and the continuing Adams family drama, Louisa Catherine Adams demonstrates why she was once considered one of the preeminent women of the nineteenth century.

Presidents' spouses --- Adams, Louisa Catherine, --- Adams, John Quincy, --- J. Q. A. --- A., J. Q. --- Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, --- Adams, Louisa, --- Adams , Louisa Catherine --- Adams, John Quincy --- United States --- Biography

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"In Heir to the Fathers, author Gary V. Wood examines the ideas that guided John Quincy Adams throughout his political career. For Wood, it is Adams's understanding of the Constitution of the United States that foregrounds a crucial link between the principles laid forth in the Declaration of Independence and the original intent of the Framers of the Constitution. Heir to the Fathers traces this link through an examination of Adams's celebrated essay, Jubilee of the Constitution, and most significantly, through his defense of a group of Africans who mutinied aboard the slave ship the Amistad. The contradictory relationship between what is stated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and the treatment of African slaves has been a persistent problem in any attempt to understand the legacy of freedom in the United States. Adams's argument before the Supreme Court, based on his interpretation of constitutional law, is an example of how this unique political mind comes to terms with this contradiction without abandoning the spirit of America's founding principles. Wood's discussion of Adams's political and intellectual life invites readers to reexamine the principles upon which the United States of America was founded. Heir to the Fathers is a salient addition to the study of constitutional law, history, and American political thought."--Jacket.

Constitutional history --- Slave insurrections --- Presidents --- United States - General --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Slavery --- Constitutional history, Modern --- Constitutional law --- Constitutions --- History --- Insurrections, etc. --- Adams, John Quincy, --- J. Q. A. --- A., J. Q. --- Political and social views. --- Amistad (Schooner) --- United States --- Politics and government --- Slave rebellions