John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

Their son John Quincy Adams also later went on to be President. 'There aren't too many coins that can trace provenance back that far and the Adams family were collectors of coins,' Yegparian said.

This journey was, in part, guided by one of America’s earliest champions of liberty – John Adams, a man who shaped not only his own time but laid the foundations for justice that resonate today.

John Adams and John Quincy Adams were public figures who made significant contributions to the founding and expansion of the ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...