Life and public services of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, with the eulogy delivered before the Legislature of New York

WITH THE EULOGY DELIVERED BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK. - BY WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

WITH THE EULOGY DELIVERED BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK. - BY WILLIAM H. SEWARD. - "THIS IS THE END OF EARTH—I AM CONTENT."

STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, 216 WILLIAM: STREET, N.Y. - TO THE - FRIENDS OF EQUAL LIBERTY - AND HUMAN RIGHTS - THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,

PREFACE.

THE LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. - CHAPTER I. - THE ANCESTRY, BIRTH, AND CHILDHOOD, OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

CHAPTER II. - JOHN QUINCY ADAMS STUDIES LAW—HIS PRACTICE—ENGAGES IN PUBLIC LIFE—APPOINTED MINISTER TO THE HAGUE.

CHAPTER III. - MR. ADAMS TRANSFERRED TO BERLIN—HIS MARRIAGE—LITERARY PURSUITS—TRAVELS IN SILESIA—NEGOTIATES TREATIES WITH SWEDEN AND PRUSSIA—RECALLED TO THE UNITED STATES.

CHAPTER IV. - MR. ADAMS' RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES—ELECTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE—APPOINTED U. S. SENATOR—SUPPORTS MR. JEFFERSON—PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES—APPOINTED MINISTER TO RUSSIA.

CHAPTER V. - MR. ADAMS' ARRIVAL AT ST. PETERSBURG—HIS LETTERS TO HIS SON ON THE BIBLE—HIS RELIGIOUS OPINIONS—RUSSIA OFFERS MEDIATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES—PROCEEDS TO GHENT TO NEGOTIATE FOR PEACE—VISITS PARIS—APPOINTED MINISTER AT ST. JAMES—ARRIVES IN LONDON.

CHAPTER VI. - MR. ADAMS APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE—ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES—PUBLIC DINNERS IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON—TAKES UP HIS RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON—DEFENDS GEN. JACKSON IN THE FLORIDA INVASION—RECOGNITION OF SOUTH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE—GREEK REVOLUTION.