This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Fourth of July Echoes in Adams Jefferson Legacy
On July 4 1826 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other in Massachusetts and Virginia, ending a famed friendship and a civil rights era debate. Their joint enterprise in drafting the Declaration of Independence shaped a new nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Quincy
Mass
Adams
John Adams
United ‘States
Washington, D
John Quincy Adams
United States
Man
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Virginia
Continental Congress
Jefferson
Congress
House of Burgesses
Richard Henry Lee
Republic
Washington
Benjamin Rush
Philadelphia
New York City
James’ Monroe
Prince, Street
Old Virginia
Ash Lawn
Chareee
University of Virginia
George Washington
New York
City
White House
James A. Garfield
Baltimore and Potomac
Charles J. Guiteau
Garfield
Elberon
Long Branch
N. J
Plymouth
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge