The American's Own Book

The Declaration, the Constitution, the life of every signer, and every President's inaugural from Washington to Pierce — the patriotic shelf of an American parlor of 1855, complete in one volume.

John Adams,

3 pages in this part of The American's Own Book.

John Adams,

THE second President of the United States, was born at Braintree, Mass., October 30, 1735. He graduated at Harvard University in 1755; and…

John Adams,: State

In 1777, he was chosen commissioner to the court of Versailles, in the place of Mr. Dean, who was recalled. It is said that at this time he…

John Adams,: Carmarthen

In a letter to Mr. Jay, Mr. Adams gives the following graphic and interesting account of his public reception by the king: "At one, on…

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