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John Adams was born on October 19 (old style), 1735, near Boston, Mass., in the portion of the town of Braintree which has since been incorporated as Quincy. He was fourth in descent from Henry Adams, who fled from persecution in Devonshire, England, and settled in Massachusetts about 1630. Another of his ancestors was John Adams, a founder of the Plymouth Colony in 1620. Entered Harvard College in 1751, and graduated therefrom four years later. Studied the law and taught school at Worcester; was admitted to the bar of Suffolk County in 1758. In 1768 removed to Boston,. | A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1 A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by Edited by James D. Richardson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 of 4 of Volume 1 John Adams Author Edited by James D. Richardson Release Date January 31 2004 EBook 10894 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JOHN ADAMS Produced by Juliet Sutherland David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS. BY JAMES D. RICHARDSON A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 2 John Adams March 4 1797 to March 4 1801 John Adams John Adams was born on October 19 old style 1735 near Boston Mass. in the portion of the town of Braintree which has since been incorporated as Quincy. He was fourth in descent from Henry Adams who fled from persecution in Devonshire England and settled in Massachusetts about 1630. Another of his ancestors was John Adams a founder of the Plymouth Colony in 1620. Entered Harvard College in 1751 and graduated therefrom four years later. Studied the law and taught school at Worcester was admitted to the bar of Suffolk County in 1758. In 1768 removed to Boston where he won distinction at the bar. In 1764 married Abigail Smith whose father was Rev. William Smith and whose grandfather was Colonel Quincy. In 1770 was chosen a representative from Boston in the legislature of Massachusetts. In 1774 was a member of the Continental Congress and in 1776 was the adviser and great supporter of the Declaration of Independence. The same year was
