. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . eresting happenings. Hereold Grandsire John, the first Adams, lived and died; here John OuincyAdams made his home, and delighted to work on his farm in overalls anda straw hat, like any other farmer, just as ready to receive a distinguishedvisitor in his working clothes as if he were in the White House itself. They crossed the Presidents Bridge, which spans the railroad, andentered the grounds now known as the old Charles Francis Adams place ;they stood beneath the great trees, rested on the n
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . eresting happenings. Hereold Grandsire John, the first Adams, lived and died; here John OuincyAdams made his home, and delighted to work on his farm in overalls anda straw hat, like any other farmer, just as ready to receive a distinguishedvisitor in his working clothes as if he were in the White House itself. They crossed the Presidents Bridge, which spans the railroad, andentered the grounds now known as the old Charles Francis Adams place ;they stood beneath the great trees, rested on the narrow piazza, visited themodern stables and the long greenhouses, and walked about the wide fieldsthat stretched in the rear of the quaint gambrel-roofed house. Then they slowly sauntered back to the center of the town, and as theytook the train for Boston, tired, but full of a new regard for these oldfathers of the republic, Bert echoed Uncle Toms sentiment and said: I guess you were right, Uncle Tom. Ouincy granite may be endur-ing, but these Ouincy men will outlast it —both in name and ADAMS ACADEMY, by John Adams, and built on the site of John Hancocks birthplace. CHAPTER III IN THE OLD COLONY From Plymouth to Duxbury— The Puritan Captain— The Webster Farm— Marshficld By the Sea — Daniel Websters Story— The Home ofa Great American.
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