Throughout my life, I have learned that we each get but one true choice: what we are willing to give our lives for. Alongside ...

When Mary Jefferson died in 1804, Abigail wrote Thomas a chilly condolence letter in which she described herself as one “who once took pleasure in subscribing herself your friend.” John Adams ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character ... As an antidote to his grief, Jefferson joined John Adams and Benjamin Franklin in Paris in 1784 on a commission to negotiate commercial treaties.

Thomas Jefferson, the third president, was born on April 13, 1743. Several years ago, my wife Louise and I had celebrated by ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...

With the aid of his clandestine patron Thomas Jefferson, Scottish "scandalmonger" James Callender launched a print campaign against President John Adams that would make the election of 1800 one ...

There is currently no memorial to John Adams ... Declaration of Independence and recommended that Thomas Jefferson write the draft. In 1783, Adams helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which ...