Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

The Adams Family Collection related to the American Revolution

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This cradle is believed to be the one used by the infant John Quincy.

Cradle believed used by the in...

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This seal was used by John Adams to sign the Treaty of Peace in 1783 ending the American Revolutionary War. While the Adams family had no Family crest, John Adams used his mother's Boylston family seal to sign the document.

Seal wax ring, with the the Bo...

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Portrait of the Treaty of Peace by an unknown artist after Benjamin West, 1783. On exhibit in the Stone Library located on the grounds of the Old House. The painting commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Peace, 1783, that officially ended the American Revolutionary War. The portrait includes (from left to right) Henry Laurens, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and William Temple Franklin.

Treaty of Peace after Benjamin...

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The John Quincy Adams (viewer's left) and the John Adams (viewer's right) Birthplaces. The oldest presidential birthplaces in the country, they were the setting for many revolutionary war events that involved the Adams family. In the John Quincy Birthplace, Abigail penned her famous correspondence to her husband who was away first at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and then later in Europe on diplomatic service. Abigail's letters to John from this location include the famous "Remember the ladies" letter. Also in this house in 1779 John drafted the Massachusetts State Constitution. In the John Adams Birthplace in 1775 & 1776 Abigail domiciled patriot families who fled Boston while it was being occupied by British forces.

Birthplaces of John & John Qui...

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Portrait of Colonel William Stephen Smith (husband of Abigail (Nabby) Adams Smith) by Mather Brown, 1786. Smith served and distinguished himself as an Aide de camp to George Washington during the American Revolution. On exhibit in the Long Room of the Old House.

Col. William Stephen Smith by ...

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George Washington by Edward Sa...

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Portrait of General Joseph Warren by John Singleton Copley, C. 1772. Warren, who died fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill, was a personal friend and physician to John and Abigail Adams. On exhibit over the fireplace in the Long Room of the Old House.

Col. Joseph Warren by John Sin...

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Law office of John Adams insid...

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Kitchen inside the John Quincy...

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Martha Washington by Edward Sa...

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Copy of engraving of John Quincy Adams at 16 years old, after Schmidt, 1783.

Engraving of Young John Quincy...

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Abigail Adams by Jane Stuart, ...

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Portrait of Abigail (Nabby) Adams Smith (daugter of John and Abigail Adams) by Mather Brown, 1785. Nabby's husband William Smith served and distinguished himself as an Aide de camp to George Washington during the Revolutionary War.

Abigail (Nabby) Adams Smith by...

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Portrait of Nathaniel Gorham (Abigail Brooks Adams' grandfather) by Charles Wilson Peale, 1786. Gorham was member of the Continental Congress (1782-83 & 1785-1787), President of the Continental Congress and signer of the Constitution. On exhibit in the Long Room of the Old House.

Nathaniel Gorham by Charles Wi...

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Portrait of John Adams by Jane Stuart, after Gilbert Stuart, C. 1800. On exhibit in the Long Room of the Old House

John Adams by Jane Stuart, C. ...

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Photograph of a Bust of the Marquis de Lafayette on exhibit in the Long Hall 2nd floor of the Old House. Lafayette visited the Old House in 1824.

Photograph of a Bust of Lafaye...

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Bullet Mold believed to have b...

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Locket given to Abigail Adams by John Adams during the Revolutionary War. The locket can be found in the Memorial Room of the Old House.

Locket belonging to Abigail Ad...

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The American Revolution