Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Dates
- Existence: 1767-07-11 - 1848-02-23
Biography
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and 6th president of the United States (1825-1829)
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
W. Cameron Caswell and John Marshall Holcombe, Jr. collection
The collection consists of correspondence and legal documents bearing the signatures of United States presidents, vice-presidents, cabinet members, and other historical figures. Portraits and photographs of the presidents complete the collection.
Harry H. Ensign autograph collection
Miscellaneous autographs and letters of American political and cultural figures, among them John and John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Jefferson Davis, Horace Greeley, and Lydia Sigourney. Also included are eleven letters to James F. Babcock, editor of the New Haven Weekly Palladium, on politics (1840-1866) and seven letters (1866-1872) to R. P. Cowles in New Haven from prospective lecturers.
Fowler family papers
Fowler & Wells Portrait Posters for Physiognomy Lectures
A set of nineteen posters with 112 bust portraits depicting identified men and women, primarily authors, artists, scientists, monarchs, and religious and political leaders from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a group of idealized heads illustrating characteristics identified by phrenologists.
William Jackson papers
Letter: Washington, to Thomas W. T. Curtis, 1844 Jul 1
ALS, with envelope, regarding a poem written by Adams; his views on the abolition of slavery; and containing a list of pamphlets written by Adams which he is sending Curtis.
Accompanied by a manuscript poem in an unidentified hand.
Morse Family Papers
The principal figures in this collection are Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and his sons Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868). More than half of the collection is made up of correspondence (1779-1868) among members of the family. Also included are legal and financial papers, sermons by Jedidiah and Richard Cary Morse, travel journals, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs.
Pruden family papers
Benajah Ticknor papers
Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.
John Trumbull papers
The papers consist of correspondence, legal and financial records, and writings which document the artistic career, business ventures, and personal life of John Trumbull. The papers also include correspondence, diaries, and financial and legal records of other Trumbull family members and of related Huntington, Lanman, Silliman, and Wadsworth family members. Files of Theodore Sizer containing his research material and writings on John Trumbull are also in the papers.
United States presidents collection
Letters, legal documents, and other material created or signed by United States presidents.
Alfred White Van Sinderen Collection
The collection consists of letters of thirty-five presidents of the United States from George Washington to Lyndon B. Johnson. Each is represented by one letter written in office and one written after leaving office. There are also fifteen other letters either written by a United States president or relating to a United States president.