American Memory Historical Collections
An
American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and
Other Printed Ephemera
The Printed Ephemera collection comprises 28,000 primary
source items dating from the seventeenth century to the
present and encompasses key events and eras in American
history. Search the
bibliographic records and the full text option to find
items related to John Quincy Adams, including an 1825 proclamation
announcing a treaty
with Colombia and a biographical
sketch from 1827.
Built
in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
This collection contains surveys of more than 363,000
measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written
histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and
sites dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century,
including John
Quincy Adams's birthplace in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Search this
collection to find additional historic sites related to
the Adams's family.
By
Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies,
1789-Present
This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents
and first ladies, including two images of John
Quincy Adams and one image of his wife, Louisa
Catherine Adams.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional
Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
This
collection contains a large selection of congressional
material related to John Quincy Adams's political career
as a diplomat,
U.S. senator, secretary of state, president, and member
of the House of Representatives. Search
this collection by date and publication to find materials
related to Adams.
- The Annals
of Congress provides the text of congressional
debates from Adams's service in the U.S. Senate (1803-8).
- The American
State Papers contains the legislative and executive
documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838,
covering the time period that Adams served as minister
to the Netherlands (1794-95), Prussia
(1797-1801), Russia (1809-14), and England (1815-17).
It also includes documents from his service as
a member of the commission that negotiated the
Treaty of Ghent in 1814, as well as secretary of state
(1817-25) and president (1825-29).
- The Register
of Debates provides the text of congressional
debates and presidential messages from Adams's presidency.
On February 9, 1825, Adams was chosen
president by
the House of Representatives after none of the other
candidates received a majority of the electors selected
by the states. This publication also contains Adams's First,
Second,
Third,
and Fourth Annual
Messages to Congress.
- The Congressional
Globe documents Adams's
service in the House of Representatives (1831-48). In 1836,
the House adopted a gag rule that prevented the
introduction of anti-slavery petitions. Adams led
the opposition to repeal the gag
rule, claiming it was unconstitutional. On December
3, 1844, the House of Representatives finally repealed
the gag rule by a vote
of 108 to 80.
- The United
States Statutes at Large contain the full text
of all the laws enacted and treaties ratified during
Adams's presidency, including the Tariff
Act of 1828, also known as the Tariff
of Abominations.
George
Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799
The complete George Washington Papers contain 11 items
to, from, or referring to John Quincy Adams. To find them,
go to the collection’s search
page, and search in both descriptive information and
full text on the exact phrase John Quincy Adams (do not
put quotation marks around the words).
Among the collection's
highlights is a February
20, 1797 letter from Washington to John Quincy
Adams's father, John Adams (second president of the United
States), recommending that Quincy Adams
be promoted as a diplomat.
"I
Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
This collection contains approximately 400 items relating
to presidential inaugurations, including John Quincy Adams's
inauguration in
1825.
The
James Madison Papers
The James Madison Papers contain more than 30 items to,
from, or referring to John Quincy Adams. To find them,
go to the collection’s search
page and search in both descriptive information and
full text on the exact phrase John Quincy Adams (do not
put quotation marks around the words).
Among the collection’s Adams-related materials
are:
- A letter from James Madison to Adams on October
16, 1810, concerning Adams's position as American
Minister to Russia.
- A letter from James Madison to Adams on June
7, 1819,
that references Alexander Hamilton's speech at the Constitutional
Convention.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
This collection presents 23 popular periodicals
digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation
Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress. Search
the bibliographic
records and the full
text options to find articles about John Quincy Adams,
including a biographical sketch of Adams in The
American Whig Review in 1845.
Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
This collection contains more than a
100 pamphlets and books concerning the difficult and
troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves
in the American colonies and the United States, including
John Quincy Adams's argument before the U.S. Supreme Court
in the Amistad
case in 1841.
Thomas
Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
The complete Thomas Jefferson Papers from the Manuscript
Division at the Library of Congress consists of approximately
27,000 documents. This is the largest collection of original
Jefferson documents in the world. Document types in the
collection include correspondence, commonplace
books, financial account books, and manuscript volumes.
The Jefferson Papers contain 24 items to, from, or referring
to John Quincy Adams, including a newspaper
clipping from
1815 that provides biographical information on Adams. To
find these documents, go to the collection’s search
page and
search on the exact phrase John Quincy Adams (do not put
quotation marks around the words).
Words
and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating
the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years
In honor of the Manuscript Division's centennial, its
staff selected approximately 90
representative documents spanning from the fifteenth
to the mid-twentieth centuries. The collection contains two
documents related to John Quincy Adams, including Henry
Clay's appointment as secretary of
state in 1825 and James
Monroe's letter to Thomas Jefferson
seeking foreign policy advice in 1823.
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