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.

Samuel Adams

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

Samuel Adams

THE memories of few men will perhaps be cherished, by their posterity, with a more jealous and grateful admiration than those of the…

Samuel Adams: Boston

In 1765, he was chosen a representative to the General Court of the State, from the town of Boston. Here he soon made himself conspicuous…

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