He was a man of fair learning, and more than average accomplishment; not at all intolerant of opinions at issue with his own; in religion a Dissenter of the class still prevalent in New England: in his tastes scholarly and refined, not ill read in general literature, prone to social enjoyments, a reasonably good critic of what he saw, altogether an excellent example of the class of men out of whom the fathers and founders of that great republic sprang... -Charles Dickens, in summing up the character of Samuel Curwen This unabridged two-volume edition of Samuel Curwen's journal supersedes the...
He was a man of fair learning, and more than average accomplishment; not at all intolerant of opinions at issue with his own; in religion a Dissenter ...
Andrew Oliver John Quincy Adams Andrew, Jr. Oliver
The publication of "Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife" makes available a record which both affords unique visual documentation of the most varied political career in American history and exemplifies the work of the principal American portraitists from the days of Copley and Stuart to the dawn of the Daguerrean era. Included in the volume's 159 illustrations are all the known life portraits, busts, and silhouettes of John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams, along with important replicas, copies, engravings, and representative likenesses of their siblings.
The book is organized...
The publication of "Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife" makes available a record which both affords unique visual documentation of the mos...
