CHAPTER I.
The ancestry, birth, and childhood,
of John Quincy Adams.
The Puritan Pilgrims of the May-Flower landed on Plymouth
Rock, and founded the Colony of Massachusetts, on
the 21st day of Decembe...
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872), American statesman, is noted for his staunch opposition to the spread of slavery and for his handling of foreign affairs as a member of Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet duri...
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