Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkDerby, Miller, 1849 - 404 páginas This book is a biography of John Quincy Adams, United States Senator, Congressman from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. |
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... voted he was to this important charge , and with what true philosophy he conducted it , may be seen by the following letter written about that time by him , to Mrs. Adams : " Human nature , with all its infirmities and depravation , is ...
... voted he was to this important charge , and with what true philosophy he conducted it , may be seen by the following letter written about that time by him , to Mrs. Adams : " Human nature , with all its infirmities and depravation , is ...
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... votes . The result was the appointment of Mr. Jay as Minister to Spain , and of John Adams as Minister to the Court of St. James . He was instructed to insist on the inde- pendence of the United States . The younger Adams again attended ...
... votes . The result was the appointment of Mr. Jay as Minister to Spain , and of John Adams as Minister to the Court of St. James . He was instructed to insist on the inde- pendence of the United States . The younger Adams again attended ...
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... voted a small addition . All the linen besides . I shall not pre- tend to keep more than one pair of horses for a carriage , and one for a saddle . Secretaries , servants , wood , charities , which are de- manded as rights , and the ...
... voted a small addition . All the linen besides . I shall not pre- tend to keep more than one pair of horses for a carriage , and one for a saddle . Secretaries , servants , wood , charities , which are de- manded as rights , and the ...
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... vote he ever gave in a legislative body . While in the Massachusetts Senate , the Federalists were the dominant party . It was the custom in that State , to choose the whole of the Governor's Council from the party which had the ...
... vote he ever gave in a legislative body . While in the Massachusetts Senate , the Federalists were the dominant party . It was the custom in that State , to choose the whole of the Governor's Council from the party which had the ...
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... vote to that measure . . On a certain occasion , Mr. Adams was asked , " What are the recognized principles of ... voted against it . Yet when the measure had been legally consummated , he yielded it his support . In passing laws for the ...
... vote to that measure . . On a certain occasion , Mr. Adams was asked , " What are the recognized principles of ... voted against it . Yet when the measure had been legally consummated , he yielded it his support . In passing laws for the ...
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