A eulogy on the life and character of John Quincy Adams, delivered at the request of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in Fanueil Hall, on the 15th of April 1848 / by Edward Everett.

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A eulogy on the life and character of John Quincy Adams, delivered at the request of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in Fanueil Hall, on the 15th of April 1848 / by Edward Everett.

Holograph with corrections. Includes letter, 17 April 1848, Cambridge (Mass.) to [Jos. Buckingham, Samuel Doane, John Fray, Ezra Wilkinson and David Dewey] from Edward Everett acknowledging receipt of a letter requesting a copy of the eulogy for publication.

1 v. (42 p.) ; 32 cm.

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...