Tom Welch, tour guide at Church of Presidents in Quincy, has heart-warming story of international sympathy and the Adams ...

When the Civil War broke out, members of the Adams family in Hamilton County went with the Union. Hamilton Adams joined the Sixth Mounted Infantry that was organized in Chattanooga, and his son, James ...

Listen to the article read by the author. Editor’s Note: This is another in an occasional series of articles Governing is publishing this year by Clay Jenkinson on some of the less well-known ...

The mayor of Quincy wants to create a presidential library in the city for former president John Adams. The country's second president granted his books and papers to the people of Quincy in a deed in ...

Dazzled by the sights and sounds of Paris in 1778, John Quincy Adams, at the time almost a teenager, dashed off a quick note home. “My Pappa enjoins it upon me to keep a journal, or a diary, of the ...

The early history of the United States abounds in colorful personalities and provides fertile ground for historical writing. Biographies of individuals such as Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Andrew ...

John Adams, the Founding Father whose intellect, passion and political philosophy fueled American independence and gave shape to constitutional governments now found around the world, became the first ...