The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914/Volume I

by John Fiske, James Parton, Daniel C. Gilman and Robert C. Winthrop

From the painting by Gilbert Stuart in the Boston Athenæum

CONTENTS

	PAGE
George Washington
⁠By Robert C. Winthrop	1
John Adams
⁠By John Fiske	61
Thomas Jefferson
⁠By James Parton	109
James Madison
⁠By John Fiske	157
James Monroe
⁠By Daniel C. Gilman	193
John Quincy Adams
⁠By John Fiske	217
Andrew Jackson
⁠By John Fiske	251

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

GEORGE WASHINGTON  From the painting by Gilbert Stuart in the Boston Athenæum

Frontispiece

Facing Page

FAC-SIMILE OF THE LAST PAGE OF LETTER FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO JAMES MADISON

30

GEORGE WASHINGTON  From the painting, 1790, by John Trumbull, in the City Hall, New York

38

GEORGE WASHINGTON  Bust of the Statue by Houdon in the Capitol, Richmond, Va.

48

WASHINGTON'S HOME AT MOUNT VERNON

58

JOHN ADAMS  From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, now in the possession of his great-grandson

64

HOUSES AT BRAINTREE, MASS., IN WHICH JOHN ADAMS AND HIS SON WERE BORN

74

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM JOHN ADAMS TO JUDGE WILLIAM CRANCH

96

THOMAS JEFFERSON  From the painting by Mather Brown. Owned by Henry Adams, Washington, D. C.

112

MONTICELLO, NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.; THE HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON  Now owned by Hon. Jefferson M. Levy, New York

128

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON TO MRS. MARGARET HARRISON SMITH

144

JAMES MADISON  From the painting by Gilbert Stuart. Owned by T. Jefferson Coolidge

160

|- |FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM JAMES MADISON TO MRS. MARGARET HARRISON SMITH |align="right" valign="bottom"| 178 |- |colspan="2"|

MONTPELIER, PIEDMONT, VA., THE HOME OF JAMES MADISON  Now owned by Col. William Dupont

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JAMES MONROE  From the painting by John Vanderlyn in the City Hall, New York

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|- |FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM JAMES MONROE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA |align="right" valign="bottom"|206 |- |colspan="2"|

OAK HILL, NEAR LEESBURG, VA., THE HOME OF JAMES MONROE  Now owned by Mr. Henry Fairfax

210

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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS  From the painting by Edward Dalton Marchant in the N. Y. Historical Society

220

|- |FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TO CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS |align="right" valign="bottom"|226 |- |HOUSE AT QUINCY, MASS., IN WHICH THE TWO PRESIDENTS, JOHN ADAMS AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, LIVED |align="right" valign="bottom"|242 |- |colspan="2"|

ANDREW JACKSON  From the painting by Thomas Ball

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|- |FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM ANDREW JACKSON TO JAMES KNOX POLK |align="right" valign="bottom"|274 |- |THE HERMITAGE, NEAR NASHVILLE, TENN., THE HOME OF ANDREW JACKSON |align="right" valign="bottom"|304 |- |colspan="2"|

PORTRAITS OF THE LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE FROM 1789 TO 1837

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THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES

1789-1914

BY

JOHN FISKE, CARL SCHURZ, ROBERT C. WINTHROP, GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS, GEORGE BANCROFT, JOHN HAY, AND MANY OTHERS

EDITED BY

JAMES GRANT WILSON

ILLUSTRATED

Volume I

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1914