by Harlow Unger
Harlow Giles Unger. The French War Against America. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
———. Lafayette. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
———. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness . Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, Perseus Books Group, 2009.
———. Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren. 25 vols. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections, 1917.
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Social Life in the Early Republic. Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers, 1970.
Francis Wharton, ed. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States. 6 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889.
Joseph Wheelan. Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams’s Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress. New York: Public Affairs, 2008.
Edwin M. Wilson. The Congressional Career of Nathaniel Macon. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1900.
Barton H. Wise. The Life of Henry Wise of Virginia, 1806–1876. New York: Macmillan, 1899.
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
The Adams Family Papers
Adams Family CorrespondenceBoston Athenaeum Bostonian
Society Boston Public Library
The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: A Digital Collection
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Library of Congress
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston
Massachusetts State Archives
New England Historical and Genealogical Society
New York Historical
Society New York Public Library
Smithsonian Institution
NEWSPAPERS
American Citizen
Boston Evening Post
Boston Gazette
Boston News-Letter
Columbian Centinel
Congressional Globe
Independent Chronicle (Boston)
Massachusetts Centinel
Massachusetts Spy
National Intelligencer
New England Chronicle
Philadelphia Aurora
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
Dictionary of American Biography
The Encyclopedia of American Education
The Encyclopedia of American History
Encyclopedia Britannica
La grande encyclopédie
Webster’s American Biographies
Webster’s New Biographical Dictionary
Index
Abolition/slavery
and Amistad case
and Committee of Friends of the Right to Petition
and free speech
and Gag Rule
and petition, right of
and petitions from Pennsylvania Quakers
and union, dissolution of
Adams, Abigail “Abby” (née Brooks; wife of Charles Francis Adams)
and birth of daughter (Louisa Catherine Adams)
and birth of first son (John Quincy Adams II)
and birth of second son (Charles Francis Adams Jr.)
marriage of
Adams, Abigail “Nabby” (daughter of John Adams) (photo)
birth of
illness of
marriage of
Adams, Abigail (née Smith; wife of John Adams; mother of John Quincy Adams)
and Adams, Louisa Catherine, relationship between
and black cockade
and Bunker’s Hill, Battle of, witnessing of
burial place of
children of (see Adams, Abigail “Nabby”; Adams, Charles; Adams, John Quincy; Adams, Thomas Boylston)
death of
education of
and education of son
in England
family of
and family reunion after eight years
forebears of
and French Revolution
as grandparent
and household, dominant role in
and husband, separation from
and husband and son’s trip to France
in Paris
and sons, separation from
and trip home to Boston from Great Britain
Adams, Charles Francis, II (grandson of John Quincy Adams)
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (grandson of John Quincy Adams)
Adams, Charles Francis (son of John Quincy Adams) (photo)
as ambassador to Great Britain
birth of
and birth of daughter (Louisa Catherine Adams)
and birth of first son (John Quincy Adams II)
and birth of second son (Charles Francis Adams Jr.)
and death of father
and death threats against father
education of
and family reunion after eight years abroad
and family reunion after six years abroad
and father’s disappointment in
and father’s return to politics, dismay regarding
and Harvard College, conditional admission to
marriage of
as member of Massachusetts legislature
in St. Petersburg
and trip from St. Petersburg to France
Adams, Charles (son of John Adams)
birth of
death of
education of
at Harvard College
at University of Leyden
Adams, Elihu (brother of John Adams)
Adams, Fanny (granddaughter of John Quincy Adams)
Adams, George Washington (son of John Quincy Adams) (photo)
and alcoholism
birth of
death of
and death of grandfather
education of
and family reunion after eight years abroad
and family reunion after six years
and father’s disappointment in
at Harvard College
as overseer of family affairs
Adams, Henry (grandson of John Quincy Adams)(photo)
The Education of Henry Adams
Adams, John(son of John Quincy Adams) (photo)
and alcoholism
birth of
death of
and death of grandfather
and duel challenge, by Jarvis
education of
and family reunion after eight years abroad
and family reunion after six years
and father’s disappointment in
and Harvard College
and Harvard College, expulsion from
and humiliation of father
marriage of
Adams, John (father of John Quincy Adams)(photo)(photo)
accomplishments of
and Alien and Sedition Acts
as ambassador to France
as ambassador to Great Britain
in Amsterdam
birthplace of(photo)
and British orders to arrest
and British rule, anger over
burial place of
congressional leadership of
and Continental Army
at Continental Congress
death of
and Declaration of Independence
education of
and education of son
as emissary to France
and expulsion from Boston
and family reunion after eight years
as farmer, in retirement
and France, threat of war with
and Franklin, Benjamin
and French Revolution
as grandparent
and Great Britain, peace treaty (1783) with
in Great Britain
guardianship responsibilities of
in The Hague
and Harvard College
and Harvard Colle
ge, son’s admission to
as lawyer in Boston Massacre trial
and Louisiana Purchase
and Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
as Massachusetts representative
as minister plenipotentiary in The Hague
and nepotism, charges of
and nursing care
in Paris
personality of
and presidency, succession to
as president, and France, threat of war with
as president, and nepotism, charges of
as president, and Quasi-War
and presidential election (1800), defeat in
and presidential election victory of son
and Quasi-War
retirement home of(photo) (photo)
as secretary of war
and Supreme Court nomination of son
Thoughts on Government
and trip home from France
and trip home to Boston from Great Britain
and trip to France with son
as vice president
and Washington’s retirement as president
and wife, separation from
Adams, John Quincy
and abolition/slavery
and abolition/slavery, and Amistad case
and abolition/slavery, and Committee of Friends of the Right to Petition
and abolition/slavery, and free speech
and abolition/slavery, and Gag Rule
and abolition/slavery, and petition, right of
and abolition/slavery, and petitions from Pennsylvania Quakers
and abolition/slavery, and union, dissolution of
accomplishments of
and Adams Strip(map)
and Adams-Onis treaty
at age sixteen(photo)
at age twenty-nine(photo)
and Alexander I,
and Amistad case
and Anglo-American reconciliation
and Anglo-American treaty of commerce and maritime law, negotiations for
and Anglo-French War
and astronomical observatories
as attorney and counselor in U.S. Supreme Court
and bankruptcy in wife’s family
and bar exams
in Berlin
birth of
birthplace of(photo)
in Boston
and boundaries, extension of western, to Pacific Ocean
and boundaries, fixing northern, with Canada
and Bunker’s Hill, Battle of, witnessing of
business venture of
and censure and/or expel, congressional attempts to
as chairman of Committee on Manufacturers
and Chase, Samuel, impeachment of
and citizen committees, appointment to, in Boston
and civil war, prediction of
cold and forbidding manner of
and congressional obstructionism
as congressman
as congressman, after stroke
as congressman, and attempts to censure and/or expel
as congressman, and charges of treason against
as congressman, in later years
as congressman, popularity of
contacts of
death and burial of (photo)
and death of daughter
and death of father
and death of granddaughter
and death of son
and death threats against
and Democrats as new party
depression of
Dermot MacMorrogh
descendants of
diary of
and dueling, ban on
education of
estate of
failed presidency of, and political inactivity
and family reunion after eight years abroad
and family reunion after six years abroad
as “father of German studies in America,”
and father’s presidential defeat
and Federalist Party, abandonment of
as first American president to be photographed live
first political controversy of
and Floridas, acquisition of
and Floridas, and Jackson, Andrew
forebears of
and foreign colonization in Americas (see also Monroe Doctrine)
and France, threat of war with
and free speech
and French Revolution
and Gag Rule
as grandparent
and Great Britain, military alliance with
and Great Britain, peace treaty (1783) with
in Great Britain
in The Hague, as visitor
and Hamilton/Burr duel, and murder indictment
and Hammond, George
and Harvard College, admission to
and Harvard College, admission to, arbitrary denial of
and Harvard College, admission to, preparation for
and Harvard College, entrance examinations at
and Harvard College, graduation from
and Harvard College, interview at
at Harvard College, as professor
at Harvard College, as student
as head of commission to negotiate end to War of 1812,
and housing, in London
and housing, in St. Petersburg
and housing, in Washington
inaugural address of
and Jackson, Andrew, and Floridas
and Jackson, Andrew, and honorary degree
and Jackson, Andrew, ridicule by
and Jay Treaty
and Jefferson, Thomas, dinners with
and Jefferson, Thomas, newspaper articles assailing
and Lafayette, Marquis de, as guest at White House
language skills of
and Latin American independence from Spain
law practice of
and law study, in Newburyport
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory
Letters from Silesia
Letters of Publicola
and Louisiana Purchase
and Madison, James, chess games with
marital engagement of
marital estrangement of
and marriage, fiftieth anniversary of
marriage of
and Mexico, war with
as minister in The Hague
as minister plenipotentiary to Great Britain
as minister plenipotentiary to Lisbon
as minister plenipotentiary to Prussia
as minister plenipotentiary to Russia
as minister to Great Britain
as minister to Holland
as minister to Lisbon, and nepotism, charges of
as minister to Prussia
and Monroe, James, eulogy for
and Monroe, James, reelection of
and Monroe Doctrine
and Napoléon I, and invasion of Russia
and national scientific institution
and nepotism, charges of
and neutrality
and newspaper articles assailing Paine and Jefferson
and nomination to Supreme Court, refusal of
and nullification
and Oregon coast, Russian claim to
as out of touch with America
and Paine, Thomas, newspaper articles assailing
and parents’ advice/criticism/expectations/praise
parents of (see Adams, Abigail; Adams, John)
in Paris
and party affiliations, independent
and patronage
and personal humiliation
and petition, right of
and Pickering, Timothy, father’s dismissal of
poetry of
and political dissent, right of
popularity of, as congressman
precociousness of
as president(photo)
and presidential campaign, refusal to actively participate in
and presidential elect
ion (1824)
and presidential election (1824), and “corrupt bargain” charges
and presidential election (1824), Clay, Henry, and shift of votes to
and presidential election (1824), victory in
and presidential election (1828)
and presidential election (1828), defeat in
and presidential reelection campaign (1828)
and Quasi-War
and religion
Report on Weights and Measures
as representative of whole nation
and retirement, plans for
rhetorical tactics of
salary of
and scientific interests
as secretary and translator for American minister Francis Dana, in St. Petersburg
as secretary of state (photo)
in semiretirement
and Shays’s Rebellion
and silk worms, breeding, as president
and social life, at Harvard College
and social life, in Berlin
and social life, in London
and social life, in New England
and social life, in New York
and social life, in St. Petersburg
and social life, in Sweden
and social life, in Washington
as son of president, and nepotism, charges of
and sons, disappointment in scholastic achievement and behavior of
and sons, separation from
and son’s duel challenge by Jarvis
as Speaker pro tem, to organize committee membership
speech of, as basis for Emancipation Proclamation
and State Department Library
in state senate, and anticorruption campaign
and stroke
and studies in Holland
and studies in London
and studies in St. Petersburg
and support for brother’s wife and children
and support for son’s wife and children
and Supreme Court, cases before
and Supreme Court nomination, refusal of
and Texas, annexation of
and Texas, independence of
and treason, congressional charges of
and Treaty of Ghent
and trip home from France
and trip to England
and trip to federal capital (New York)
and trip to federal capital (Philadelphia)
and trip to France (as child)
and trip to Quincy, to visit aging father
and trip to Quincy, to visit parents
and trip to Russia
and trip to Silesia
and trip to St. Petersburg
and union, dissolution of
at University of Leyden
as U.S. senator
as U.S. senator, and disagreements with colleagues
as U.S. senator, resignation of
and War of 1812,
and Washington, George, retirement of
and weights and measures, system of