Published in 1858, ten years after Adams collapsed on the floor of the House, this life was written by Josiah Quincy, a Massachusetts statesman and president of Harvard who knew him for decades. It follows Adams from his diplomatic youth through the presidency to his long, combative career in Congress, quoting extensively from his speeches and diaries.
A detailed contemporary portrait for anyone interested in the early republic and its most independent statesman. Download the free EPUB.