Life and career Born in Philadelphia in 1704, Allen was the son of William Allen, sr., a successful Philadelphia merchant of Scotch-Irish…

John Quincy Adams, (1767-1848), 6th President of the United States. He was the son of John Adams, 2nd president. Independence and Union…

Overview Among those who signed the Declaration of Independence, and were conspicuous in the revolution, there existed, of course, a great diversity…

John Adams, Jr., the eldest of three sons, was born on October 30, 1735 (October 19, 1735 Old Style, Julian calendar), in…

Abigail Adams was born November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, to Elizabeth Quincy Smith and Reverend William Smith, pastor of Weymouth’s First Church. Like…

Ladies and Gentlemen I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states.…