John Quincy Adams portrait receipts, 1829-1830.

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John Quincy Adams portrait receipts, 1829-1830.

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Receipts, 1829-30, pertaining to a full-length portrait of U.S. President John Quincy Adams commissioned by Ward Nicholas Boylston to present to Harvard College, painted by Gilbert Stuart of Boston in 1825, and finished by Thomas Sully of Philadelphia in 1830. Includes receipts signed by frame maker John Doggett, Gilbert's friend Isaac P. Davis, and Gilbert's wife Charlotte Stuart, administrator of his estate. Also includes a receipt signed by Charles Francis Adams, the administrator of George Washington Adams's estate, for payment received from Ward Nicholas Boylston's estate.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

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American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams letters, 1844-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Doggett, John.

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Stuart, Charlotte Coates.

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Boylston, Ward Nicholas, 1749-1828

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Stuart, Gilbert, 1753-1828.

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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

Davis, Isaac P., 1771 or 1772-1855

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