HENRY ADAMS
\hˈɛnɹi ˈadəmz], \hˈɛnɹi ˈadəmz], \h_ˈɛ_n_ɹ_i_ ˈa_d_ə_m_z]\
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An American historian; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 16, 1838; grandson of J. Q. Adams. He was for some time editor of the North American Review, and professor of history in Harvard College. He wrote biographies of eminent public men: "The Life of Albert Gallatin" (1879); "John Randolph" (1882); - and studies of particular episodes of American history: "Documents Relating to New England Federalism" (1877). His principal work is the "History of the United States from 1801 to 1817", which constitutes an authoritative history of that period.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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