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1 giorno fa · In 1870, Charles Francis built the first presidential library in the United States, to honor his father. The Stone Library includes over 14,000 books written in twelve languages. The library is located at Peacefield (the "Old House") at Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts .
4 giorni fa · [116] Charles Francis Adams Sr., the American ambassador to Britain during the Civil War, argued later that "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life among the Lowly, published in 1852, exercised, largely from fortuitous circumstances, a more immediate, considerable and dramatic world-influence than any other book ever printed."
2 giorni fa · Charles Francis Adams, Jr. chronicled the peculiar use and misuse of the resources of Erie for the purpose of financial gain of the board (1869; see also Gordon 1988). The misuses of Erie resources resulted in many of the modern rules for sale and purchase of stocks and bonds.
1 giorno fa · At the heart of the rebuilt World Trade Center site in Downtown Manhattan lies the 9/11 Memorial, two square reflecting pools representing the fallen Twin
23 ore fa · On October 6, 1796, Gadsby leased the City Hotel from John Wise, now the site of Gadsby's Tavern Museum in Alexandria. [3] The tavern quickly became the center for community events, from the George Washington birthnight ball to dancing assemblies to meetings of local clubs, particularly the Alexandria Jockey Club of which Gadsby was a benefactor. [4]
1 giorno fa · James Sullivan, a state court judge in Massachusetts and colleague of John Adams, was often sympathetic to those who thought women and non-elite men should have a voice in the new nation’s government. Adams disagreed, explaining to Sullivan why women and the poor should be excluded.
5 giorni fa · As early as October 1863, the U.S. minister to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, protested that the British must take responsibility for the damages caused by British-built Confederate raiders, but he conceded that his government would be willing to submit the matter to arbitration.
