Charles Francis Adams Sr.
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Charles Francis Adams Sr. was an American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat. As United States Minister to the United Kingdom during the American Civil War, Adams was crucial to Union efforts to prevent British recognition of the Confederate States of America and maintain European neutrality to the utmost extent. Adams also featured in national and state politics before and after the Civil War.
Adams in 1861
Van Buren/Adams campaign poster
Mr. and Mrs. Adams on the porch at Peacefield in Quincy, photographed by Marion Hooper Adams
Portrait of Adams in 1867 by William Morris Hunt
John Quincy Adams II
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John Quincy Adams II was an American politician who represented Quincy in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1866 to 1867, 1868 to 1869, 1871 to 1872, and from 1874 to 1875.
Adams as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
A portrait of Fanny Crowninshield by Samuel Worcester Rowse.
Illustration accompanying Adams's biography in 1913's Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 1