Adams, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1910-1999

Resident of Auburn, Me.; graduate of Bowdoin College, 1912.

From the description of Charles F. Adams diaries, 1963-1972. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154690061

Resident of Auburn, Me.; graduate of Bowdoin College. O'Brien was an antiquarian bookseller and book collector in Portland, Me.

From the description of Charles F. Adams correspondence with Francis M. O'Brien, 1946-1978. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 489260213

Charles Francis Adams was born in 1807 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Quincy Adams and the grandson of John Adams. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, the United States Congress and as United States Minister to Great Britain. Adams also ran unsuccessfully for Vice-president with Martin Van Buren. He died in 1886 and is buried in Quincy, Massachusetts.

From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams Letters, 1858, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)