References.—General Works: same as for Chapter XIII.
Special Works: same as for Chapter XIII., with the addition of: J. T. Morse, John Adams (“American Statesmen”); C. F. Adams, John Adams. See also the collected writings of John Adams; and E. D. Warfield, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
| [113] | Born at Braintree, Massachusetts, October 31, 1735; died at Quincy, once part of Braintree, July 4, 1826. He practiced law and took active part in agitation against the Stamp Act; wrote much against British treatment of colonies; served prominently in First and Second Continental Congresses; did much to secure the adoption of the Declaration of Independence; sent as Commissioner to France, 1777; negotiated Dutch loan, 1780; Minister to Holland, 1781; one of the negotiators of the Treaty of Paris, 1783; Minister to Great Britain, 1785; returned to America, 1788; Vice President, 1789–1797; President, 1797–1801; lived in retirement at Quincy till his death. |
| [114] | Born in South Carolina, 1746; died, 1825. Attorney-general in South Carolina, and member of the Provincial Congress, 1775; fought as major at Brandywine, Germantown, and Charleston; member of the Federal Convention of 1787; was sent on mission to France in 1796; in response to efforts of the French to bribe the envoys, gave utterance to the phrase, “millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute”; was Federalist candidate for Vice President in 1800, and for President in 1804 and 1808. |
United States in 1800