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The Resource John Quincy Adams : the critical years, 1785-1794, by Robert A. East

John Quincy Adams : the critical years, 1785-1794, by Robert A. East

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"When John Quincy Adams spoke of a 'critical period' in his commencement address at Harvard College in July 1787, he justified later historians in their use of the phrase. The young graduate said that the problems facing America in this critical period demanded public faith, and he argued that a country's greatness is related to the maintenance of its credit. That young Adams was undergoing a critical period of his own in these years may be seen in his private history. It is a story of trial and error and controversy in the life of a young man on his way to greatness. Only a few months after making his nationalistic commencement address he became opposed to the federal plan for national reform itself. (When reminded of this long afterwards, he was to label it a lesson in humiliation.) Several years later his controversial newspaper writings on the 'rights of man' were to help precipitate political factions on a nation-wide scale. Other of his early writings supported a distinctively American viewpoint on the turbulent subject of foreign affairs"--Preface, page 7
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eng
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1 online resource.
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Title from content provider
Contents
  • Return to Braintree
  • Winter in Haverhill
  • Harvard College
  • Graduation in Cambridge
  • Legal studies in Newburyport
  • Romance on the North Shore
  • The rights of man in Boston
  • The law and the drama
  • Neutrality and l'envoi
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John Quincy Adams : the critical years, 1785-1794
Title
John Quincy Adams
Title remainder
the critical years, 1785-1794
Statement of responsibility
by Robert A. East
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
"When John Quincy Adams spoke of a 'critical period' in his commencement address at Harvard College in July 1787, he justified later historians in their use of the phrase. The young graduate said that the problems facing America in this critical period demanded public faith, and he argued that a country's greatness is related to the maintenance of its credit. That young Adams was undergoing a critical period of his own in these years may be seen in his private history. It is a story of trial and error and controversy in the life of a young man on his way to greatness. Only a few months after making his nationalistic commencement address he became opposed to the federal plan for national reform itself. (When reminded of this long afterwards, he was to label it a lesson in humiliation.) Several years later his controversial newspaper writings on the 'rights of man' were to help precipitate political factions on a nation-wide scale. Other of his early writings supported a distinctively American viewpoint on the turbulent subject of foreign affairs"--Preface, page 7
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VT2
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1909-2001
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East, Robert A.
Dewey number
  • 973.5/5/092
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
E377
LC item number
.E2 1962
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Adams, John Quincy
  • Presidents
  • Adams, John Quincy
  • Adams, John Quincy
  • Presidents
  • United States
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John Quincy Adams : the critical years, 1785-1794, by Robert A. East
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Publication
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Title from content provider
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Return to Braintree -- Winter in Haverhill -- Harvard College -- Graduation in Cambridge -- Legal studies in Newburyport -- Romance on the North Shore -- The rights of man in Boston -- The law and the drama -- Neutrality and l'envoi
Control code
1021253989
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1021253989
Label
John Quincy Adams : the critical years, 1785-1794, by Robert A. East
Publication
Note
Title from content provider
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Return to Braintree -- Winter in Haverhill -- Harvard College -- Graduation in Cambridge -- Legal studies in Newburyport -- Romance on the North Shore -- The rights of man in Boston -- The law and the drama -- Neutrality and l'envoi
Control code
1021253989
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1021253989

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