All posts tagged "John Quincy Adams"
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6.5K1Connecticut300 Years of New England Christmas
The New England Christmas started out as an ordinary work day for Puritans who frowned on the papist revelry of their Anglican...
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3.1K11MassachusettsJohn Quincy Adams, Slavery’s Enemy Til the End
John Quincy Adams collapsed on the floor of the House of Representatives on Feb. 23, 1848 and died two days later. After...
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7.6K10MassachusettsBattle of Bunker Hill Distresses Abigail Adams, 10 Miles Away
Abigail Adams just had to see the Battle of Bunker Hill for herself, despite her husband’s warnings that she and the children...
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3.2K3MassachusettsJune 13, 1825: President John Quincy Adams Nearly Drowns in Tiber Creek
On June 13, 1825, President Adams and his manservant, Antoine Michel Giusta, decided to paddle a canoe across the Tiber Creek, a tributary...
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25.5K19MassachusettsJoseph Warren Dies a Martyr in the Battle of Bunker Hill
Dr. Joseph Warren died a martyr’s death in the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. According to British Gen. Thomas Gage...
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35.3K41MassachusettsThe Maypole That Infuriated the Puritans
Had it not been for his May Day party with a giant Maypole, Thomas Morton might have established a New England colony...
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8.1K16MassachusettsJohn Adams Wishes Thomas Jefferson ‘Many Happy New Years’
On New Year’s Day 1812, former president John Adams picked up his quill pen at his home in Quincy, Mass., and wrote...
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13.7K14Business and LaborThe Middlesex Canal, New England’s Incredible Ditch
The Middlesex Canal, now largely forgotten, was a 27-mile waterway that drove the industrialization of the Merrimack Valley for 50 years starting...
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