John Quincy Adams
American
Sixth President of the United States, son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father John Adams
- Mother Abigail Smith Adams
Sixth President of the United States, son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1767/07/11 | Abigail Smith Adams, the wife of John Adams, gives birth to a son, John Quincy Adams, at home. | Born | John Quincy Adams Birthplace | Quincy | John Quincy Adams' Birthday | ||
| 1775/06/17 | Abigail and John Quincy Adams watch the burning of Charlestown from the top of Penn's Hill in Braintree. Located at the corner of Franklin St and Viden Rd in Quincy, the Abigail Adams Cairn marks where they viewed the battle. | Witness | Quincy | Massachusetts | Battle of Bunker Hill | ||
| 1776/07/18 | Two boys, John Q Adams and William Cranch, about ages 8 and 10, wish to see Sheriff William Greenleaf read the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the State House. Much to their delight, two gentlemen raise them on their shoulders. | Witness | US Declaration of Independence | Old State House | Boston | ||
| 1815/00/00 | American diplomat John Quincy Adams and William H Prescott tour Hampton Court Palace. | Visitor | Hampton Court | Molesey | William H Prescott's 1815 Tour of England | ||
| 1818/12/24 | Americans and British delegates sign the Treaty of Ghent at the Hotel d'Hane-Steenhuyse in Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. | American Treaty Negotiator | Ghent | Flanders | Treaty of Gent | ||
| 1822/01/01 | John Q Adams journal: From the President's we went to General Van Ness's, and paid a wedding visit to his daughter, Ann, who was last week married to Arthur Middleton. We met among the company there Mr and Mrs Eutis, and Mr and Mrs Russell. | Well Wisher | Marriage of Ann Elbertina Van Ness and Arthur Middleton | ||||
| 1824/10/16 | Marquis de Lafayette is honored at what is heralded as, 'one of the most brilliant of banquets'. The Marquis spent several days at Gadsby's Tavern during his tour. | Companion | Panel from the Ballroom at Gadsby's Tavern, Alexandria, Virginia | Gadsby's Tavern | Alexandria | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | |
| 1825/08/09 | John Q Adams and Marquis de Lafayette visit James Monroe at Oak Hill. General Lafayette holds 6 month old Edmund Berkeley. | Companion | Oak Hill | Leesburg | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
| 1825/08/09 | President John Q Adams and former President James Monroe serve as godfathers to Maria Louisa, Will Mason's daughter. | Faith | Temple Hall, Leesburg | Leesburg | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
| 1825/09/06 | Lafayette celebrates his 68th birthday at a White House banquet with President John Q Adams. | US President | The White House | Washington, DC | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
| 1826/00/00 | When John Q Adams is President, he occupies one of the four large pews which had been used by Henry Clay at regular Sunday service. | Faith | St John's Church | Washington, DC | |||
| 1826/07/09 | In Baltimore, making their way to Quincy, John Quincy Adams and his son, John Adams II, learn of John Adams' death. | Grieving Son | 50th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence | ||||
| 1826/07/13 | John Q Adams and John II arrive at Peacefield. "I was not fully sensible of the change till I entered his bedchamber.... That moment was inexpressibly painful, and struck me as if it had been an arrow to my heart. My father and mother have departed." JQA | Life | The Old House at Peacefield | Quincy | |||
| 1826/09/00 | John Adams' household possessions are sold at auction. John Q Adams spends $28,000 buying much of his parents items. John Q Adams will inherit Peacefield and buy several parcels of land and the Adam's pew in the meetinghouse. | Home | The Old House at Peacefield | Quincy | |||
| 1826/11/13 | Dr Parmely presents himself as a dentist and President Adams takes the opportunity to have a decayed tooth drawn. Parmely also scaled off tartar from Adam's lower front teeth, and urged the drawing of another tooth, which Adams postponed till tomorrow. | Health | The White House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1826/11/14 | Tuesday - Dr Parmely came and completed his operations upon my teeth. He declined taking pay, but asked me for a recommendation. He is going soon to Charleston, SC, and will call again tomorrow. - John Q Adams' diary entry | Health | |||||
| 1827/00/00 | The cost of construction of the First Parish Church, except for the four columns, is a gift to the congregation from President John Q Adams. The total cost of construction will be $30,488.56. | Benefactor | United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Quincy | Quincy | |||
| 1833/11/08 | John Quincy Adams emerges from the Hightstown rail accident unharmed. | Passenger | Hightstown | New Jersey | Hightstown Rail Derailment | ||
| 1835/00/00 | John Quincy Adams visits the Arnolds. | Visitor | Wamsutta Club | New Bedford | |||
| 1837/03/00 | Ned's Point lighthouse begins operating in 1837. The station was built after shipbuilder Joseph Meigs and Congressman John Q Adams convince Congress to approve $5,000 for its construction. | Work | Ned Point Light | Mattapoisett | |||
| 1841/02/24 | John Quincy Adams Argues the Amistad Case before the US Supreme Court | Defence Attorney | Old Supreme Court Chamber | United States Capitol | United States v The Amistad | ||
| 1843/00/00 | The Arnolds host John Quincy Adams. | Guest | Wamsutta Club | New Bedford | |||
| 1843/10/29 | "Mr Fillmore offered us seats in his pew at the Unitarian Church, which we excepted. The preacher was Mr Hosmer - Matthew 6th, 31 - an excellent and eminent practical sermon" JQA | Faith | Austin-Ticor Building, Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | |||
| 1843/11/09 | Judge Jacob Burnet introduces the keynote speaker at the Cornerstone Ceremony for the original Cincinnati Observatory (lost) on Mount Ida, former President John Q Adams. | Dignitary | Holy Cross Monastery and Chapel | Cincinnati, OH | |||
| 1848/02/21 | John Quincy Adams suffers a stroke at his desk and fall into the arms of the congressman David Fisher of Ohio. | Health | The National Statuary Hall | United States Capitol | |||
| 1848/02/21 | Doctors treat John Quincy Adams with heroic medicine: mustard poultices, bloodletting and cupping on Adams' temples and the back of his neck. | Health | The National Statuary Hall | United States Capitol | |||
| 1848/02/23 | With his wife Louisa, at his side, John Quincy Adams dies in the Speaker's Office, a room adjoining the Hall of the House at the United States Capitol. | Died | The National Statuary Hall | United States Capitol | |||
| 1848/02/26 | A funeral for John Quincy Adams is held in the Hall of the House of Representatives of the United States. | In Memoriam | The National Statuary Hall | United States Capitol | |||
| 1848/02/26 | John Quincy Adams' funeral procession moves to the Congressional Burial-ground in Washington. After the obsequies, Adam's corpse is placed in the Public Vault. | In Memoriam | Public Vault, Congressional Cemetery, DC | Congressional Cemetery | |||
| 1848/03/06 | The 30 members of the 2nd Committee of Arrangements and John Quincy Adams' remains depart Congressional Cemetery for burial at his family burial ground in Quincy, Massachusetts. | In Memoriam | Public Vault, Congressional Cemetery, DC | Congressional Cemetery | |||
| 1848/03/11 | John Quincy Adams is buried at Hancock Cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts, where his original tomb remains. | In Memoriam | Hancock Cemetery | Quincy | |||
| 1852/12/10 | After Louisa Catherine Adams' death, her remains and those of John Quincy Adams are interred into the Adams Crypt at First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. | In Memoriam | United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Quincy | Quincy |
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