The second volume of the sixth president's diaries starts with his election to the presidency by the House of Representatives and concludes with his defense of the African mutineers of the Amistad before the Supreme Court.
The diary of John Quincy Adams is one of the most extraordinary works in American literature. Begun in 1779 at the age of twelve and kept more or less faithfully until his death almost 70 years later, and totaling some fifteen thousand closely-written manuscript pages, it is bot…
The diary of John Quincy Adams is one of the most extraordinary works in American literature. Begun in 1779 at the age of twelve and kept more or less faithfully until his death almost 70 years later, it is both an unrivaled record of historical events and personalities from the…
El segundo volumen de los diarios de John Quincy Adams, sexto presidente de los Estados Unidos, comienza en el momento de su elección a la Presidencia y concluye con su defensa ante la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos de los esclavos negros amotinados en el buque Amistad en 1…
The diary of John Quincy Adams is one of the most extraordinary works in American literature. Begun in 1779 at the age of twelve and kept more or less faithfully until his death almost 70 years later, it is both an unrivaled record of historical events and personalities from the…
The second volume of the sixth president's diaries starts with his election to the presidency by the House of Representatives and concludes with his defense of the African mutineers of the Amistad before the Supreme Court.