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Aug. 5, 2009

History: ‘It is high time that the country woke up to John and Abigail Adams,’ says Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

June 4, 2001

Intent on learning about American democracy, a group of Soviet political scientists several years ago made a pilgrimage to a large granite church here.

April 15, 1999

I’m impressed by David Franzoni’s visceral understanding of “black rage” (“Giving Credit Where It’s Due,” Calendar, Dec. 15) and by his courageous defense of John Quincy Adams--a man who, as Franzoni puts it, “sponsored unpopular ideals that got him reviled.”

Jan. 5, 1998

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June 28, 2011

AMERICA’S FIRST DYNASTY The Adamses, 1735-1918 by Richard Brookhiser The Free Press $25, 256 pages At a time when a certain sentimentalism is creeping into contemporary reconsiderations of the Founding Fathers, Richard Brookhiser’s new book about the Adams family comes as a bracing tonic.

Feb. 15, 2002

John Quincy Adams, descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, has died at age 64, family members announced Wednesday.

July 26, 1987

John Quincy Adams, descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, has died at age 64, family members announced Wednesday.

July 24, 1987

At the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Mass., you can visit a pair of houses where two presidents were born: John Adams, who led the country from 1797 to 1801, and his son, John Quincy Adams, who served as chief of state from 1825 to 1829.

Oct. 15, 2000

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May 7, 2007