John Quincy Adams: A Resource Guide
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Meet
Amazing Americans: John Quincy Adams
Designed for elementary and middle school students, America's
Library provides a variety of stories about John Quincy
Adams, including information on his service as a diplomat,
congressman, and secretary
of state.
African
American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
This exhibition showcases the incomparable African American
collections of the Library of Congress. It displays more
than 240 items, including books, government documents,
manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and
recordings. The exhibition includes a draft of John
Quincy Adams's brief delivered before the U.S. Supreme
Court in the Amistad
case.
American Treasures
of the Library of Congress
This exhibition provides unique insight into various aspects of American
history and culture. Objects displayed are organized according
to the three categories that Thomas Jefferson used for
his library: memory, reason, and imagination. The exhibition
includes the following documents pertaining to John Quincy
Adams:
The
Cultures and History of the Americas: The Jay I. Kislak Collection
at the Library of Congress
This exhibition features 50 highlights from the more
than 4,000 rare books, maps, documents, paintings, prints,
and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection
at the Library of Congress. It includes a letter from
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams to Don Francisco
Vives concerning the United
States-Florida boundary. In the Adams-Onis Treaty
of 1819, Adams
acquired Spanish Florida for $5 million and established
the southern and western boundaries of Louisiana and
the Spanish Territory.
Religion
and the Founding of the American Republic
This exhibit explores the role that religion played
in the founding of the American colonies, in the shaping
of early American life and politics, and in forming the
American Republic. It includes John
Quincy Adams's diary entry from
February 2, 1806, which describes a church service held
in the U.S. Supreme Court Chamber.
Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Search PPOC using the subject heading Adams,
John Quincy, 1767-1848 to find digital images related
to Adams such as prints, photographs, and political
cartoons. Search
all text fields in PPOC using the phrase John
Quincy Adams to locate additional images.
March 9
The Supreme Court issued a ruling on March 9, 1841,
freeing the remaining 35 survivors of the Amistad
mutiny. Former president John Quincy Adams represented
the Amistad Africans
in the Supreme Court case.
October
17
On October 17, 1823, President James Monroe wrote a
letter to his friend and Virginia neighbor Thomas Jefferson
seeking advice on foreign policy. Both Jefferson and
former president James Madison
recommended cooperation with Great Britain. However,
Monroe's Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, was more
cautious. Heeding Adams's advice, Monroe chose to pursue
a course independent of Great Britain. He outlined his
policy, later known as the "Monroe Doctrine," in
an address to Congress on December 2, 1823.
October
25
Abigail Smith married a young lawyer by the name of
John Adams on October 25, 1764.
Digital Reference Section Web Guides
Presidents
as Poets: Poetry Written by United States Presidents
Many presidents of the United States, including John
Quincy Adams,
have turned to poetry as an outlet for their feelings
and thoughts, or to explore the resources of the English
language.
Primary
Documents in American History
This site offers a list of some of the most important
documents in American history from 1763 to 1877. Each
document has a page with background information, links
to digital material associated with the documents, and
bibliographies for both adult and young readers. Some
of the documents contain information related to John
Quincy Adams, including the Treaty
of Ghent and the Monroe
Doctrine.
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