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Fourth of July 1826 and the dying Adams at Quincy
The Fourth of July 1826 sees John Adams dying in Quincy beside his son John Quincy Adams while Thomas Jefferson, his comrade in the Revolution, nears the end of a famous friendship and correspondence. The piece reflects on their 1776 alliance, the drafting of the Declaration, and their later political estrangement and renewed letters. It then traces further Fourth of July deaths of presidents and notes Calvin Coolidge’s birth on July 4, 1872.
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Quincy
Mass
Adams
John Adams
United States
Washington, D. C
John Quincey Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Virginia
Continental Congress
Jefferson
Congress
House of Burgesses
Richard Henry Lee
Massachusetts
Republic
Washington
Benjamin Bush
Philadelphia
Thomas Randolph
Boston
George Washington
Ash Lawn
New York City
White House
James A. Garfield
Baltimore and Potomac
Charles J. Guiteau
Garfield
Elberon
Long Branch
N. J
Plymouth
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge