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International Affairs International Affairs
International Affairs Sources Security and Expansion.American foreign policy before the mid twentieth century was generally isolationist. The United States avoided alliances or entanglements with other nations. This does not mean that diplomacy was passive. Rather... Read more
Molly Dewson Molly Dewson
DEWSON, MARY WILLIAMS 1874-1962 S OCIAL WORKER SUFFRAGIST, DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER Childhood and Education Mary Dewson, known as Molly, grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts, the youngest of six children. Because of her father's poor health, her mother became the backbone... Read more
Charles Francis Adams (economist) Charles Francis Adams (economist)
Charles Francis Adams 1835-1915, American economist and historian, b. Boston; son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-86). In the Civil War he fought at Antietam and Gettysburg and was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers. Adams became a railroad expert after the war, writing Chapters of Erie ... Read more
Josiah Quincy (1744-75) Josiah Quincy (1744-75)
Josiah Quincy , 1744-75, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Boston. An outstanding lawyer, he wrote a series of anonymous articles for the Boston Gazette in which he opposed the Stamp Act and other British colonial policies. Nevertheless, Quincy, along with John Adams, defended the... Read more
Quincy Quincy
Quincy 1 City (1990 pop. 39,681), seat of Adams co., W Ill., on a bluff above the Mississippi; inc. 1839. It is a trade, industrial (steel parts), and distribution center in a grain and livestock area. The city and county were named for John Quincy Adams . Quincy has a good harbor and was an... Read more
John Adams John Adams
John Adams 1735-1826, 2d President of the United States (1797-1801), b. Quincy (then in Braintree), Mass., grad. Harvard, 1755. John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams , founded one of the most distinguished families of the United States; their son, John Quincy Adams , was also President. Early... Read more
Braintree Braintree
Braintree town (1990 pop. 33,836), E Mass., a suburb of Boston; inc. 1640. Metal, rubber, and paper are among its manufactures. Braintree included Quincy (birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams ) until 1792 and Randolph until 1793. John Hancock and Gen. Sylvanus Thayer ,... Read more
Brooks Adams Brooks Adams
Brooks Adams 1848-1927, American historian, b. Quincy, Mass.; son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-86). His theory that civilization rose and fell according to the growth and decline of commerce was first developed in The Law of Civilization and Decay (1895). Adams applied it to his own... Read more
Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton 1908?-2002, African-American vibraphonist and bandleader, b. Louisville, Ky. When his family moved to Chicago c.1916, the young Hampton began playing drums in a newsboys' band. He moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and became a drummer in saxophonist Les Hite's band. Encouraged by... Read more
John McLean John McLean
John McLean , 1785-1861, American political figure and jurist, b. Morris co., N.J. His family moved to Ohio, where he studied law, was admitted (1807) to the bar, and practiced in Lebanon. He served in the House of Representatives (1813-16), was an associate justice of the Ohio supreme court... Read more

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