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John Q. Adams, 6th President of the United States / On stone by A. Newsam ; P.S. Duval, Lith. Philada.

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John Q. Adams, 6th President of the United States / On stone by A. Newsam ; P.S. Duval, Lith. Philada.

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John Quincy Adams, bust portrait, facing right.
Copyright by C.S. Williams.

John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington. "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."

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01/01/1846
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Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886, lithographer
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Library of Congress
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