NORMAL - President John Adams liked books. And it turns out he tended to scratch notes in them. The habit, illustrated repeatedly in the weathered pages of Adams' 3,500-book collection, has given ...
QUINCY – Mayor Thomas Koch said he would "absolutely" pursue legal action against the Boston Public Library if the organization doesn't agree to return the personal library of John Adams to Quincy, ...
A rare artifact signed by President John Adams is among a collection of historical memorabilia from the estate of two Boston antique dealers that will be auctioned off in Amesbury next month. The ...
Got any old notes or correspondence tucked away in the dusty drawer of some ancient desk? The Raab Collection — a family-owned business dealing in historic signatures and letters — has announced the ...
Last week I struggled to find a passage from David McCullough’s John Adams and lamented the difficulty of searching books for key excerpts online (see Googling John Adams). This week I found the ...
If you have not had the opportunity to see the HBO production of John Adams, you missed a very good account of an interesting period in American history. David McCullough did an excellent job ...
As WAR spread down the coast and the threat grew total, it became apparent even to the Tories that the character of Congress had changed. From a temporary convention which, on adjournment, voted to ...