Adams (JOHN the second President)
JOHN, the second President of the United States; was born at Brain- JOHN ADAMS tree, near Boston, on Oct. 19, 1735. He practiced as a lawyer, and, in 1770, he was one of the selectmen deputed by the several towns of the province, who met in convention at Boston. In 1773, he became a member of the Council of State. He advocated and seconded the Declaration of Independence. In 1780 he represented the United States in Holland, and in 1782 co-operated with Franklin and the other American commissioners in negotiating a treaty of peace with England. In 1785 he became the first Min- In ister Residentiary to the court of St. James, and stayed in England till 1788. and In 1789, when Washington was elected President, he was made Vice-President, and in 1793 had the same office again conferred upon him. In 1797, on the retirement of Washington, he was chosen President, and at the close of his term of four years, being defeated for remajority of eight votes, ma election by a given to his Democratic adversary, Jefferson, he retired from public life, and died at Quincy, July 4, 1826. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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Adams (SAMUEL an American statesman)
SAMUEL, an American statesman and Revolutionary patriot; born in Boston, Mass., in 1722. He was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1765, was a delegate to the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and a signer of the Declaration ration of Independence. He was active in framing the constitution of his native State, which he served as President of the Senate, Lieutenant-Governor (1789-1794), and Governor (1794-1797). He was zealous for popular rights, and fearless in his opposition to monarchism. He died in 1803.
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Adams (Town of Massachusetts)
a town of Massachusetts in Berkshire co. which includes three villages. It is about 16 miles N. of Pittsfield and is on the Boston and Albany railroad and on the Hoosic river. Mount Greylock, the highest elevation in Massachusetts, is within the town limits. There is a public library, many churches, a statue of William McKinley and a Quaker meeting house. The town has manufactories of cotton and woolen goods, and paper and lime products. Pop. (1910) 13,026; (1920) 12,967.
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Adams (V)
HENRY CARTER, an American editor; born in Davenport, Ia., in 1851. He graduated from Iowa College in 1874 and afterward studied at Johns Hopkins University and in Berlin and Paris. After graduating from Andover Theological Seminary in 1875, he was appointed lecturer on political science in Cornell University in 1880 and in 1887 became professor of political economy and finance at the University of Michigan. He was director of the Division of Transportation in the eleventh census and from 1887 to 1911 was statistician of the Interstate Commerce Commission, being during the same period also in charge of the Division of Statistics and Accounts of that commission. From 1913 to 1916 he acted as financial adviser to the Chinese Republic. He was a member of many economic societies and received honorary degrees from Iowa College, University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University. He wrote "Taxation in the United States, 1787 to 1816" (1884); "Public Debts" (1887); "Description of Industry" (1918); "American Railway Accounting" (1918).
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Adams (VI)
MAUDE KISKADDEN, an American actress; born at Salt Lake City, Nov. 11, 1872; daughter of an actress who was leading woman of a stock company in that city, under the stage name of Adams. At 16 years of age Miss Adams joined E. H. Sothern's company in the "Midnight Bell"; afterward she was in Charles Frohman's stock company, and later supported John Drew. She made a great success in many plays from the pen of Sir J. M. Barrie, notably in The "Little Minister" and "Peter Pan." She has also essayed successfully some Shakespearean parts and the title rôles in Rostand's "L'Aiglon" and "Chantecler."
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Adams (VII)
SAMUEL HOPKINS, an American writer; born in Dunkirk, N. Y., in 1871. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1891 and at once began newspaper work in New York. From to 1905 he was a member of the editorial staff of "McClure's Magazine." He wrote ," an exposé "The Great American Fraud of the patent medicine business (1906); "The Clarion" (1914); "Our Square and the People in It" (1917), and contributed many stories and articles to newspapers and magazines.
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Adams, William Taylor
William Taylor (1822-1897), an American editor and author, better known by his pseudonym of Oliver Optic. He was a teacher for many years in Boston. He wrote many stories of travel and adventure for young people. Young American Abroad, Starry Flag Series, Riverdale Series, and Onward and Upward are among them. He founded and edited Oliver Optic's Magazine.
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Addane of the Lake
A monster that figures in the Mabinogi legend of Peredur. Peredur obtains a magic stone which renders him invisible, and he thus succeeds in slaying this monster, which had daily killed the inhabitants of the palace of the King of Tortures.
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Adding Machines
contrivances designed to simplify and facilitate the making of arithmetical computations. In recent years they have been greatly improved. They include cash registers, and mulelectric tabulating machines, tiplying and dividing machines. Practically all banks and most large business concerns are now supplied with some form of these labor-saving devices.
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Addis Abeba
the chief city and capital of Abyssinia, in the province of Shoa. It is situated in an elevated country nearly 10,000 feet high. The town is practically without streets and is intersected by deep ravines. It contains the royal palace, which is a pretentious but flimsy structure, and is the seat of several schools. The permanent population is about 50,000. The treaty between Italy and Abyssinia was signed in this city on Oct. 26, 1896. By its terms Italy resigned her claims to a protectorate over the country.
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Addison (CHRISTOPHER British statesman)
CHRISTOPHER, British statesman; born June 19, 1869, was educated at Trinity College, and pursued medical studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He became a lecturer on anatomy, and wrote many works on medical subjects. In 1914 he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, and in the Coalition Cabinet of Lloyd George was made Minister of Munitions. Later, he was appointed minister in charge of reconstruction.
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