About this title: In these volumes the second decade of the sixty-year "diary of Charles Francis Adams," the third of the family's statesmen, is begun. As was true of the two earlier volumes of the Diary, the section appearing here has not before reached print.
Covering the period from Adams' marriage in September '829 to the end of 832, these volumes record th early years of his maturity during which he was seeking to find his vocation. Engaged in the day-to-day management of John Adams' business interests in Boston and, neverthess had no inclination toward commerce or the active practice of law. Son and ...
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Description: January 1820-September, 1829. ed. by Aida DiPace Donald and David Donald. 2 vols. 4to, cloth. Harvard UP, 1964. From the library of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. with his bookplate in each volume. read more
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