Diary of Charles Francis Adams
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. / Friedlaender, Marc / Ryerson, Richard Alan / Taylor, Robert J. / Walker, Celeste
The period of June 1836 to February 1840, from Charles Francis Adams' twenty--eighth to thirty--second year, was characterized by his turn from the political activities that had occupied him for the preceding several years. The course of the Van Buren administration he had helped to elect dissatisfied him, the Massachusetts Whig leadership had earned his distrust, positions on political issues that would either echo or oppose those being vigor...