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Person Detail: John Adams

General Information:
Full Name: John Adams
Biography:
(1735-1826) The second president of the United States. John Adams, who was also an eloquent political philosopher, wrote a number of essays, including his "A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Laws (1765), and he also kept a journal throughout his life. In 1797, while avoiding the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, Adams lived at his daughter's home in the Bronx, New York.
Life Events:
Year: 1735 Event: BIRTH (Unknown) County
John Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1735. 
Year: 1765 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Laws
Essay. 
Year: 1768 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
An Essay on Canon and Federal Law
Essay. 
Year: 1776 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Thoughts On Government: Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies
 
Year: 1784 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
History of the Dispute with America
Collection of essays. 
Year: 1787 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Defense of the Constitutions of the United States of America Against the Attacks of Mr. Turgot
 
Year: 1789 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Twenty-six Letters; upon Interesting Subjects Respecting the Revolution of America
 
Year: 1790 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Discourses on Davila
 
Year: 1797 Event: RESIDENCE Bronx County
Adams lived at his daughter's home in the Bronx, New York in 1797. 
Year: 1826 Event: DEATH (Unknown) County
John Adams died in Qunicy, Massachusetts, in 1826. 
Year: 1826 Event: INTERMENT (Unknown) County
John Adams is buried at United First Parish Church (also known as the Church of the Presidents) in Quincy, Massachusetts. 

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