Adams' second stay in France was disastrous ... he accomplished little during his five years there. In 1788 John and Abigail sailed for home, traveling as a couple at long last.

John Adams was many things ... Nevertheless, he managed to avoid a retaliatory war with France through diplomacy. Adams was the first president to take up residence in the President’s House (the ...

There is currently no memorial to John ... with France. When he was defeated, he set the precedent for the peaceful transfer of power to another political party. His son, John Quincy Adams ...

France and England signed a peace treaty ... pen of none other than Jefferson’s old friend and political rival John Adams. In letters to his sons Charles and John Quincy in January of 1794 ...

President John Adams ... and disease, Adams encouraged all citizens to spend the day praying for “the safety and prosperity” of the nation in the looming crisis with France.

They had plenty to tell one another during the months (sometimes years) that John was away from home ... not Samuel Adams -- the "famous Adams" -- John laments being anonymous in France, in ...