. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . 4-, fm. 14 PRbS/DENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. =, - ■ .^^4«S?-»Sflf-^iSS»fffi5fi^i?!S!B:°> V ^. OHN ADAMS, the secondPresident of the UnitedStates, 1797 to 1801, wasborn in the present town,._ of Quinc_v, then a portion2* of Braintree, Massachu-setts, October 30, 1735. Hisfather was a farmer of mod-erate means, a worthy andindustrious man. He wasa deacon in the church, andwas very desirous of giinghis son a collegiate educa-tion, hoping that he wouldbecome a minister of thejospel. But, as up to thistime, the age of fourteen, hehad
. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . 4-, fm. 14 PRbS/DENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. =, - ■ .^^4«S?-»Sflf-^iSS»fffi5fi^i?!S!B:°> V ^. OHN ADAMS, the secondPresident of the UnitedStates, 1797 to 1801, wasborn in the present town,._ of Quinc_v, then a portion2* of Braintree, Massachu-setts, October 30, 1735. Hisfather was a farmer of mod-erate means, a worthy andindustrious man. He wasa deacon in the church, andwas very desirous of giinghis son a collegiate educa-tion, hoping that he wouldbecome a minister of thejospel. But, as up to thistime, the age of fourteen, hehad been onlya play-boy in the fields and forests, he hadno taste for books, he chose farming. Onbeing set to work, however, by his fatherout in the field, the very first day con-verted the boy into a lover of books. Accordingly, at the age of sixteen heentered Harvard College, and graduated in1755, at the age of twenty, highly esteemedfor integrity, energy and ability. Thus,having no capital but his education, hestarted out into the stormy world at a timeof great political exxitement, as France andEngland were then engaged in their greatseven-years strugg
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