Subject:  American Minute - Mar. 27 - John Adams' son, grandson & great grandson
Date:  Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:07:56 -0500
American Minute with Bill Federer

March 27

President John Adams' son, John Quincy Adams, was U.S. Minister to
Russia.

In September 1811, John Quincy Adams wrote from St. Petersburg to
his son, Charles:

"My dear Son...You mentioned that you read to your aunt a chapter in
the Bible...every evening."

John Quincy Adams continued:

"This information gave me real pleasure; for so great is my
veneration for the Bible, and so strong my belief, that when duly
read and meditated on, it is of all books in the world, that which
contributes most to make men good, wise, and happy-that the earlier
my children begin to read it...the more lively and confident will be
my hopes that they will prove useful citizens of their country."

This correspondence was published after his death as "Letters of
John Quincy Adams to his son, on the Bible and its Teachings."

President John Quincy Adams' grandson, Henry Adams, was an American
historian, writing from his unique perspective the 9-volume work
"History of the United States."

Henry Adams, who died MARCH 27, 1918, wrote:

"The Pilgrims of Plymouth, the Puritans of Boston, the Quakers of
Pennsylvania, all avowed a moral purpose, and began by making
institutions that consciously reflected a moral idea."



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