On the Fourth of July in 1826, former U.S. President John Adams died at his family farm in Quincy, Massachusetts. At first glance, John Adams’ death may not seem so unusual, as the retired politician ...

Adams wrote to neighbor Ellen Maria Brackett on Dec. 14, 1824. Hulton Archive. The autographed letter from the Founding Father and former president is clearly its most valuable artifact.

Graham grew up in Cowley, Wyoming, a town with fewer than 900 residents, close to the Montana border. His father was in the Navy, and so the family moved around, but they called Wyoming home.

A descendant of former President John Adams says he should be in charge of a trust established by Adams nearly 200 years ago and the trust’s beneficiary should no longer be the Woodward School ...

History: 'It is high time that the country woke up to John and Abigail Adams,' says Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Recovering a 'Fusty' President From Obscurity - Los Angeles Times ...

An intimate letter from President John Adams to a young bride, known only to one American family for 200 years, sold for $40,000 as part of a "friendship album." ...

The Adams family’s commitment to these principles did not end with John Adams. His son, John Quincy Adams, carried his father’s torch into an era marked by one of our nation’s most painful ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — When a 300-year-old home of eight generations of distant cousins to President John Adams was researched for New Hampshire’s Register of Historic Places, family members ...

Abigail Adams (1744-1818), American first lady, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams. Portrait, Mather Brown, 1785. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images ...

NEW YORK -- In the winter of 1825, former president John Adams was of anxious mind as he wrote to his son, John Quincy: "My dear son, Never did I feel so much solemnity as upon this occasion. The ...

A descendant of former President John Adams says he should be in charge of a trust established by Adams nearly 200 years ago and the trust's beneficiary should no longer be the Woodward School for ...