Lawyer, statesman, president, gadfly, New Englander: John Adams was a lot of things, but boring wasn't one of them. Here are some interesting facts about Mr. Adams. 1. None of Adams’ family ...

He wrote to Abigail that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America." The ...

That was John Adams: a paradox of principle, born in 1735. He was a Harvard graduate and patriot who became America’s first vice president and second commander-in-chief. Adams ruled America amid ...

Achievement is most satisfying when the stakes are high. For the cast and creators of HBO’s “John Adams,” the miniseries version of David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning… ...

In dueling letters as part of the ongoing litigation over the city’s right-to-shelter mandate, Mayor Adams’ Law Department pushed the state to provide additional funding, personnel and … ...

John Adams was assigned the duty of negotiating peace with Great Britain in 1779, two years before George Washington's victory at Yorktown gave the envoy a position of strength.

America was not fully formed in 1770, but the nature and character of the soon-to-be nation—and the importance of the rule of law—were forged by a Boston lawyer who put his nascent political ...

Here are 10 fascinating and perhaps less known facts about John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Quincy's Winterfest: February vacation: Life-size dinosaurs, igloos, U2 cover band at Quincy's Winterfest ...

Adams' historical importance is often overlooked because he didn't keep copies of his own letters. Stacy Schiff's superb new biography explores his crucial role in inciting the American Revolution.

John Adams lacked George Washington's impressive height and powerful physical presence. He didn't have the ready wit, charm and inventiveness of Benjamin Franklin. He wasn't the obviously ...

John Adams, the nation’s first vice president, called it “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived.” In 1796, with George Washington’s endorsement, Adams ...

John Adams and Abigail Adams had six children together, four of whom lived to adulthood. One daughter, Susanna, died at the age of 1, while another daughter, Elizabeth, was stillborn in 1777. In ...