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Adamses shine in American history through four generations
The Adams family, established around 1686 in Massachusetts, produced notable leaders from John Adams to John Quincy Adams and Charles Francis Adams. The piece traces their rise from modest beginnings to influence in diplomacy, politics, and culture, ending with Charles Francis Adams as secretary of the navy and a reflection on enduring legacy.
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America
Lees
Harrisons
James Truslow Adams
Virginia Adams
Massachusetts
Adams
Little, Brown and Company
Boston
Henry Adams
England
New World
Braintree
John Adams
Traintree
Susanna Hoylston
United States
Boylston
John
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Owas
Congress
New England
France
John Quincy Adams
Court of St. James
Russia
Paris
London
Harvard
Washington
Tague
Portugal
Prussia
Russi
Monroe
Spain
Florida
Jackson
Kohim
Virginia
Plymouth
Republic
Charles Francis Adams
John Quincy
Union
Lincoln
Seward
Lord Russell
Alabama —Claims Commission
Great Britain
Charles Francis
Ile
Kansas City Stockyards Association
Union Pacific Railroad
Mont St. Michel
Chartres
Quincy
Charles
Francis
John’ Quincy