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| The Adams Chronicles | | 1975 | Boston: WGBH | |
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| The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and Daughters | Nagel, Paul C. | 1987 | New York: Oxford University Press | |
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| Adamses at Home | Nagel, Paul C. | 1987 | Americana 15.4 (1987) | |
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| Adventures of a Nobody | Adams, Louisa Catherine | 1840 | : privately published | This is an autobiographical sketch, begun by Louisa Catherine Adams in 1840. If it was published, it was privately published. It can be found today in the Masachusetts Historical Society, on Reel 269 of the Adams Family Papers ("Louisa Catherine Adams, Miscellany"). |
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| American First Ladies | Watson, Robert P., ed. | 2006 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | |
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| American National Biography | Carnes, Mark C., and John A. Garraty, eds. | 1999 | New York: Oxford University Press | The American National Biography was originally published in 24 volumes. It is updated semi-annually. The print edition contains biographies of Americans who died before 1955. The on-line, subscription version, contains those who died after 1955. |
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| American Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1612, and the Exile That Saved American Independence | | 2013 | Nashville: Thomas Nelson | Author Jane Hampton Cook's book, intended for the general public and published by the Christian publishing house of Thomas Nelson, provides little new about Louisa Adams but does emphasize an inner motivation for Louisa's actions. |
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| America’s First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918 | Brookhiser, Richard | 2002 | New York: Free Press | |
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| America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 2000 | New York: Touchstone | |
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| America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their Honor | Wadley, Carma | 2007 | Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) 19 February 2007 | Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
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| America’s Most Influential First Ladies | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 1992 | Minneapolis: Oliver Press | |
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| Anniversary Observed | Smith, Barry | 2004 | Patriot-Ledger (Quincy, MA) 1 November 2004 | Ceremony to commemorate birth of John Quincy Adams discusses the family. |
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| An Autobiography | Adams, Henry | 1916 | New York: Houghton Mifflin Company | |
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| Bulfinch’s Boston | Kirker, Harold and James | 1964 | New York: Oxford University Press | Captures Boston in the era of Louisa Adams. |
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| Cannibals of the Heart: A Personal Biography of Louisa Catherine and John Quincy Adams | Shepherd, Jack | 1980 | New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company | The most thorough and useful biography of Louisa Adams to date, it interestingly discusses her political acumen and public role. |
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| Celebrating Women: History, Biographies, and Museums | Byerly, Greg, and Carolyn Brodie | 2005 | Library Media Activities Monthly April 2005 | Reviews of websites containing information about the First Ladies, including the National First Ladies Library. |
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| Charles Francis Adams, 1807-1836 | Duberman, Martin B. | 1961 | Boston: Houghton Mifflin | Biography of son of Louisa Adams. |
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| Congress Clears Dollar Coin Bill | Higa, Liriel | 2005 | CQ Weekly 26 December 2005 | House of Representatives passes bill which would allow the Treasury to mint $10 coins with images of First Ladies. |
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| Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House | Young, Dwight, and Margaret Johnson, eds. | 2008 | Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society | Reproductions of letters from the Library of Congress and the National Archives to and from First Ladies, with annotations explaining the nature of the correspondence and the historical contexts within which each epistle was written.
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| Descent from Glory | Nagel, Paul C. | 1983 | New York: Oxford University Press | A highly personal examination of the Adams family, which discusses Louisa Adams’s chronic depression and other problems. |
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| Diary and Autobiographical Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams, Volumes 1 and 2: 1778-1849 | Adams, Louisa Catherine | 2013 | Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University | These two volumes are compiled and edited by Judith S. Graham, Beth Luey, Margaret A. Hogan (the editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, and C. James Taylor (the editor-in-chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society). |
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| The Diary of John Quincy Adams, 1794-1845 | Adams, John Quincy | 1951 | New York: Ungar | Edited by historian Allan Nevins. |
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| Dictionary of American Biography | | 1980 | New York: Scribner | The venerable Dictionary of American Biography was first published in twenty volumes between 1927 and 1936. Ten subsequent volumes were published, and the most recent, edited by historian Kenneth Jackson and published by Scribner, includes Americans who died before the year 1980. The First Ladies are included. |
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| The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography | Adams, Henry | 1961 | Boston: Houghton Mifflin | Louisa Adams is thoughtfully considered here by her grandson. |
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| The Era of Good Feelings | Dangerfield, George | 1952 | New York: Harcourt, Brace | |
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| Faith of the First Ladies | MacGregor, Jerry and Marie Prys | 2006 | Grand Rapids: Baker Books | |
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| First First Ladies, 1789-1865: A Study of the Wives of the Early Presidents | Whitton, Mary Ormsbee | 2008 | Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing | This is a facsimile reprint of the original 1948 edition which contains chapters on each of the early First Ladies delves into specific topics from their lives and careers in the White House. |
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| First Ladies | Schneider, Dorothy, and Carl J. Schneider | 2010 | New York: Facts On File | Updated edition. |
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| The First Ladies | Klapthor, Margaret Brown | 1989 | Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association | |
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| The First Ladies | Barzman, Sol | 1970 | New York: Cowles | |
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