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Title: Adams, John to Abigail Adams, 1782 December 4; No. 4 John Adams to Abigail Adams
Identifier(s): text:346247
Description: Dissuades her from joining him in Europe and informs her that today he wrote his resignation to Congress and will return home as soon as he receives an acceptance, and also that their son [John Quincy Adams] is now traveling from St. Petersburg, [Russia] and will accompany him home.; "Fourth Copy"
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826et al
Subject: Diplomacy; Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Date: 1782-12-04; 2022

Title: Les Presidents Des Etats-Unis.
Identifier(s): graphics:5012; APSimg3846; Graphics Number: M42-13-27
Description: Garvan Coll., No. 601.
Source: Print Collection (Garvan);
Subject: Portraits ; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Monroe, James, 1758-1831; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Date: n. d.

Title: Les Presidents Des Etats-Unis.
Identifier(s): graphics:5529; APSimg3846; Graphics Number: M42-13-27
Description: Black and white lithograph group portrait of the first six Presidents of the United States above an eagle.; Garvan Coll., No. 601.
Source: Print Collection (Garvan);
Subject: Portraits; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Monroe, James, 1758-1831; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Date: n. d.

Title: Adams, John to Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1813 April 18
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:170
Description: Expresses regret that Adams's sons and grandson expended their time as their father and grandfather did "in Diplomatick Dulness, where Knaves find fortune and honest Men Ruin"; comments that an act printed in [Benjamin] Ede's [Boston] Gazette, 13 Nov. 1775, regarding fitting out armed vessels to defend the coast of America is one of the most important documents in world history and the beginning of the destruction of Britain's domination of the sea; comments on a loan that was subscribed by [David] Parish and [Stephen] Girard; responds to a question in Rush's letter [of 10 April, regarding the present war]: "The Liberty of the Ocean is the Pretext, but the Power of the Union The Object."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml
Subject: Waging the War; Despotism; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations; ; ; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831; Boston Gazette
Date: 1813-04-18; 2020

Title: Adams, John to Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1813 April 18; No. 15 John Adams to Dr. Benjamin Rush
Identifier(s): text:346289
Description: Expresses regret that Adams's sons and grandson expended their time as their father and grandfather did "in Diplomatick Dulness, where Knaves find fortune and honest Men Ruin"; comments that an act printed in [Benjamin] Ede's [Boston] Gazette, 13 Nov. 1775, regarding fitting out armed vessels to defend the coast of America is one of the most important documents in world history and the beginning of the destruction of Britain's domination of the sea; comments on a loan that was subscribed by [David] Parish and [Stephen] Girard; responds to a question in Rush's letter [of 10 April, regarding the present war]: "The Liberty of the Ocean is the Pretext, but the Power of the Union The Object."
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831
Date: 1813-04-18; 2022