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His own biography, as part of the “American Statesmen Series,” was written by his son, Charles Francis Adams, Jr. The American diplomat who was son of President John Quincy Adams, traveled in his youth with his parents to St. Petersburg when his father was the U.S. Minister to Russia. After reading law in the office of Daniel Webster, he ...
Charles Francis Adams fue un abogado, político, diplomático y escritor estadounidense.
Charles Francis Adams, born Aug. 18, 1807, was John Quincy’s youngest son. He started keeping a journal at the age of 13 and maintained it for 60 years. His own son, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., observed, “He took to diary writing early, and he took to it bad.”. John Adams lived in ‘the old house, down the hill,’ in Quincy, while John ...
His son, Charles Francis Adams (1807–86), continued the battle against slavery as a congressman and as a leader of the Free-Soil Party. During the Civil War he demonstrated his own diplomatic genius while U.S. minister to Great Britain, preventing British recognition of and possible alliance with the Confederacy.
The following is a letter from Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward, to Charles Francis Adams, Ambassador to England and in effect, the leader of the whole American diplomatic corps. Within the letter, Seward explains Lincoln’s rationale for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which was put into effect on January 1, 1863.
Charles Francis Adams IV (May 2, 1910 – January 5, 1999) was an American electronics industrialist, United States Naval officer, great-great grandson of the sixth President John Quincy Adams and great-great-great-grandson of the second President John Adams.
After suffering through two dismal seasons Adams secured an influx of talent through his purchase of the Western Canada Hockey League from the Patrick brothers in 1926 for $300,000. Included in the purchase were such future Hall of Fame players as Duke Keats, Harry Oliver, Frank Boucher, and Eddie Shore. Soon after, he invested $500,000.
