A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . he con-cluded an important commercial treatywith Prussia — thus accomplishing theobject of his mission. He was recallednear the close of his fathers administra-tion, and arrived in his native country inSeptember, ISOl. In 1S02, he was chosen by the Bostondistrict to the senate of Massachusetts,and soon after was elected by the legis-lature a senator in Congress for six yeai-s,from March 3, 1S03. He remained inthe senate of the United States, untilISOS, when he resigned. While in thesenate he received the appointment ofprofessor of rhet
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . he con-cluded an important commercial treatywith Prussia — thus accomplishing theobject of his mission. He was recallednear the close of his fathers administra-tion, and arrived in his native country inSeptember, ISOl. In 1S02, he was chosen by the Bostondistrict to the senate of Massachusetts,and soon after was elected by the legis-lature a senator in Congress for six yeai-s,from March 3, 1S03. He remained inthe senate of the United States, untilISOS, when he resigned. While in thesenate he received the appointment ofprofessor of rhetoric in Harvard Univer-sity, an oflice which he filled with dis-tinguished ability. In 1809, he was appointed by Presi-dent Madison, envoy extraordinary andminister plenipotentiary to the court ofRussia, where he rendered the most im-portant services to his country. By hisinfluence witli that court he inducedRussia to ofler her mediation betweenGreat Britain and the United States, inthe war of 1812, and when the propertime had arrived, he was placed by. 118 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. President Madison at the head of fivedistinsfuished commissioners to net^otiatea treaty of peace, which was concludedat Ghent, in 1814. Mr. Adams was thenassociated with Mr. Clay, and Mr. Gal-latin, to necTOtiate a commerical conven-tion with Great Britain, and was forth-with appointed minister plenipotentiaryto the court of St. James. While inEurope, in 1811, he was appointed as-sociate justice of the supreme court ofthe United States, which he declined. Peace being restored, he resided fortwo years as the representative of hiscountry at the court of Great the commencement of Mr. Mt)nroe6administration, in 1S17, he was calledhome to be secretai*i of state. For eightyears in the department of state, he wasthe guiding mind of that wise, peaceful,and prosperous administration. Thatmemorable administration was perhapsas ?much the administration of JohnQuincy Adams as it wa
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