never mind that he is concerned for her well-being and as a result according to one critic, john quincy adams affords the writings as a bloodless creature nor does john quincy's wife the provocative louisa catherine adams hoped to improve her public's relations. she's a cosmopolitan upbringing spoke english and french company that's born in england france father was from maryland, her mother british if people speak of her southern charm. in 65 and punishing depression and where of the constitutional irritability that was trying to her friends and painful to herself she wrote a second memoir, the adventures of nobody that has won herself a host of sympathetic followers is a terrible course most tragically as reinforcing her husband's hardest reputation. therefore contrary to the complaints that the surprise of reading the unpublished diary and letters was the discovery of the sympathetic concerned husband at the bedside and the fullness of his confidence and come fighting the negotiations that would mark the end of the war of 1812. later in life he enters the turmoil of their marriage but as p

as a result according to one -- john quincy adams is a bloodless creature in their writing machine and his wife is a rave. nor did john quincy's wife provocatively catherine adams helped to improve her husband's public relations. she had a cosmopolitan upbringing. she spoke english with a wilt born and reared in england and france. her father was from maryland her mother british. people speak and probably upper southern charm. at 65 and the punishing depression aware of her constitutional irritability that was calling to her friends and table to herself to wrote a second memoir the corrosive adventures of nobody that has won herself a host of sympathetic followers at the terrible costs most tragically of reinforcing her husband's harsh reputation. therefore contrary to her events this surprise of leading -- reading the unpublished diaries and letters is of a concerned husband at his wife's bedside and illness in the fullness of his competence and confiding the stormy negotiations that would mark the end of the war of 1812. later in life he intimates an inkling of a turmoil in the marri

waterhouse at the watchful eye on john quincy and his brother at the university of laden, and laden and john needed his help once again. being john adams' letter offers a unique picture of john quincy, age quincy age 18, and his astonishing education, loopholes and all and of the father led the 1st to insist that his offspring is far broader than his sat scores would indicate. on april 231785 john writes that john quincy must undergo an examination which i suspect he will not appear exactly what he is. in truth, there are few who take there degrees at college you have to have so much knowledge. john quincy had pursued studies by himself and therefore it seemed necessary to make this apology for him and to request that waterhouse communicated in confidence to the gentleman who want to examine him and such others as you see prudent. if you were to examine him in english and french poetry i no not where you would find anyone his superior. it is it is rare to find a youth possessed of so much knowledge. as you know. looking back on his early years he regarded them as a lesson in humility. monumental errors yet he remains patriotism, order

waterhouse had kept a watchful eye of john quincy and his brother at the university of layton and john needed his help once again. john adams, his better office of visit a unique picture of john quincy's aged 18 and astonishing education, loopholes and i'll end up the father, not the first to insist his offspring is far brighter than his s.a.t. scores would indicate. [laughter] on april 23rd 1785 john writes that john quincy must undergo an examination of which i suspect he will not appear exactly what he is. in truth there were a few who take their degrees to college you have so much knowledge. but john quincy, he continues hot pursuit studies by himself on his travels without any tutor and therefore seem necessary to make this apology for him and to request that waterhouse communicated in confidence to the gentleman who want to examine him and touch issues. if you were to examine an english, i know not where you would like anybody superior. as you know looking back on his early years, john quincy regarded them as a lesson in humility. so sincere, so earnest, so vehement in my opinion and time but she does that i can only

so i want to end with john quincy adams' diary. historians have said that if you j uft look at john quincy adams' diary you don't really get a good idea about luisa because he doesn't mention her a lot and it is in passing. this is their wedding anniversary. july 26, 1811. he's writing in his diary just for himself and he reflects on their marriage thus far but i want to read you part of it. he says, our union has not been without its trials nor invariably without dissensions between us. there are many differences of sentiment, of taste and of opinions in regard to domestic economy and to the education of children between us. there are natural frailties of temper in both of us. both being quick and irascible and mine being sometimes harsh. but she has always been a faithful and affectionate wife and a careful, tender, indulgent and watchful mother. i have found in this conviction a full conviction that my lot in marriage has been highly favored. and i think that's why they did stay married for 50 years and have a great relationship,

in her new book, author phyllis lee levin recounts the formative years of america's president john quincy adams. it's next on booktv. >> so tonight it's a great pleasure to welcome an miles per hour as fellow, friend of the institution, phyllis lee levin. she's a graduate of mount holyoke college, she the reporter, editor and columnist for "the new york times" as well as a writer and editor at "vogue" where a mother ministores with an insightful white house interview with a reclusive pat nixon. i would love to take a look at some point. she's also the author of several books including abigail adams and edith woodrow. she lives in manhattan and is also brave the post-blizzard to join should this evening. let's welcome phyllis. [applause] >> thank you. i'm really very honored to be here. i'm

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up next on american history tv, a discussion about the correspondence between john and abigail adams and their son john quincy adams and his wife louisa. they were the first father/son to serve terms as presidents of the united states. this is in weymouth massachusetts. the 45-minute program was co-hosted by the massachusetts historical society and the abigail adams historical society. >> i'll start by introducing our first speakers. steven bullock professor of history. he is the author of "revolutionary brotherhood, free masonry and transformation of the american social order" and also the author of "the american revolution: a history in documents ". in addition to serving as a fullbright scholar in japan steve has spoken in many venues including on "good morning america." sara martin and neal millikan will be serving a paper in tandem. sara has a dock rat of history from melbourne and specialized training in scholarly publishing and documenting in editing from arizona state university. and neal, was until recently, also a series editor at adams papers. she holds a doctor rat in history from skouth carolina.

[laughter] >> it's funny you should mention john adams, john quincy adams. your dad was actually born in massachusetts -- >> yeah. on add -- adams street. >> on adams street. named for both of the adamss. >> yeah. >> and your grandfather had a tremendous influence on your dad that ended up being an influence on you. >> correct. >> so could you tell me what you think the legacy of love gave to your dad that allowed you to get the legacy of love that made -- >> well, it's that public service matters that we're blessed to be americans and that part of that blessing requires us to serve others. a real lesson. plus, that if you're a lousy golfer, play fast. [laughter] he was a great golfer. dad was a good golfer. i'm not a good golfer. at any rate, prescott bush, very successful wall street guy. ends up being the town moderator in greenwich connecticut. so a lot of his buddies were probably drinking martinis and drinking gin at the country club, he's working to help others. i'm confident that set a profound example for dad, and his service set a profound example

. >> up next on "american history tv," the correspondence between john and abigail adams and the correspondence between john quincy adams and his wife louisa adams. john adams and his son were some of the first to serve as terms of presidencies of the united states. the 45 minute program was cohosted by the massachusetts historical society and the abigail adams historical society. >> i will start by inter-and -- by introducing our first [applause] >> american history tv. on the night of april 14, 1865, abraham lincoln was more early wounded at fort's theater as he sat in the presidential box with his life, watching a popular comedy, "our american cousin." he died the next morning. we sat down with way right and an actor to talk about "the widow lincoln." here on c-span three's american history tv. each week, american history tv's railamerica brings you archival films that tell the stories of 20th century. ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] ♪ ♪ >> these a

john quincy adams. adams showed the gator to stunned white house visitors for months before the animal was moved to a different home. wonder where it went? >>> it's perfect for presidents' day, right? the 2016 power index where "the real story" checks in on who's up and who's down in the race for the white house. chris stirewalt handicapping the contenders every week until the ballots are cast. this week ted cruz moving up and rand paul and mike huckabee moving down. great to see you, chris. we've just said who's up and who's down. let's start with senator ted cruz. why is he up? >> maybe because he would make boots out of the alligator if he were at the white house. i'm not sure. the reason he's up is number one, he's been staffing out and demonstrating as i've been talking to people in the republican fund-raising world he's demonstrating he's got a little muscle on that side. but more importantly, what it looks like for now is the republican leadership back there in congress is interested in taking a

>> john quincy adams? >> first lady >> eliza? >> vice president calhoun. >> any fun facts on him?aked in the potomoc. >> fun fact? >> he was the first president to have what? >> a telephone. >> what was his phone number? >> one. >> maybe that history bu fcht f will become the next president. who knows? who is your favorite president of all time? jefferson? lincoln? reagan? and we want to know what you think. that is all the time we have tonight. thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here on monday. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> hello, good morning, everyone. today is saturday the 21st of february 2015. i'm anna coy map and a fox news alert. just one day after the u.s. revealed how and when we will fight isis reports the pentagon doubting it will even work. >> i really believe that this defaults to a political decision by the administration that that wants people to believe that it is doing something when absolutely they are not doing anything. >> so why are we already second-guessing our strategy? >> then, so much for that three-day summit on terror. the administration is now enlisting you to f

>> john quincy adams? >> first lady >> eliza? >> vice president calhoun. >> any fun facts on him?t? >> he was the first president to have what? >> a telephone. >> what was his phone number? >> one. >> maybe that history bu fcht f will become the next president. who knows? who is your favorite president of all time? jefferson? lincoln? reagan? and we want to know what you think. that is all the time we have tonight. thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here on monday. webb. have a great weekend. >>> is the u.s. military giving away its game plan to isis? a senior u.s. military official revealing plans to retake the iraq city of mosul from isis. that announcement critics warn is giving the enemy too much information. hello, everyone, i'm kimberly guilfoyle. a u.s. central command official says the battle for mosul is shaping up and the american military could start operations as soon as april. is that too much detail about our military strategy exposed? >> operation take back mosul. the united states military commander is revealing details of a plan to take back iraq's second

president john quincy adams reportedly liked to skinny dip in the potomac river.erprising reporter stole his clothes until he granted her an interview. here's to hoping i won't have to use that tactic any time soon. you can see what happened when cnn anchors are put to the test. watch the cnn quiz show presidents edition hosted by anderson cooper tonight at 9:00 eastern. >>> in our money lead today, all they had to do was walk past an atm and it would apparently spit out cash. that's just one of the ways a gang of cyberthieves got away with what could be the biggest bank heist in history. a computer security company says the hackers based in places such as russia ukraine and china stole up to $1 billion from about 100 financial institutions in 25 countries, including the united states over two years and the attack is not over. security experts are not saying which banks were hit. >>> that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. turning you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, angry retaliation. egyptian jets target isis after the latest v

>> john quincy adams? >> first lady >> eliza? >> vice president calhoun. >> any fun facts on him?omoc. >> fun fact? >> he was the first president to have what? >> a telephone. >> what was his phone number? >> one. >> maybe that history bu fcht f will become the next president. who knows? who is your favorite president of all time? jefferson? lincoln? reagan? and we want to know what you think. that is all the time we have tonight. thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here on monday. video of a brawl in the turkish parliament. >>> "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. ♪ how do muslim imams feel about fighting the jihad? will they talk about it in their mosque thi weekend? tonight, in a exclusive, we'll find out. would you say that barack obama as commander in chief has had a positive impact on the more rawl of the men and women of the united states armed forces? >> according to the military times newspaper, president obama's popularity among military people cratering. we'll have the facts tonight. >> you and i have this thing going, man. it is great. >> don't make any sudden

supreme court where they were defended by former president john quincy adams.inally a third panel shows their return to africa following their exoneration. the man behind the murals was hale woodruff, an african american painter who in 1926 bought a one-way ticket to paris. four years later, upon his return to the u.s., woodruff founded the art department at atlanta university. and then he studied under mex dan painter diego rivera, who was known for his murals. >> he had seen the cubism and picasso and matisse a all the work that was going on the interest in african art there, and so he was very much up to date and imbued with the new ideas associated with modern art, and he was very political, and so he figured that rivera was the person he needed to see and rivera was very much a mentor for him. >> brown: woodruff's work in the 1930s was inspired by the difficult life of southern blacks during the great depression. he showed scenes of poverty and exploitation and in a series of block print he portrayed lynchings, as in this work titled "by parties unknown."

because the monroe doctrine after all was written by john quincy adams and it was james monroe as president telling europeans, don't mess with our hemisphere. or you're going to get america in your face. you know what the europeans thought of that? they laughed. what's america going to do to us? what do you mean, your hemisphere? we had no big navy to defend a hemisphere. so -- but by 1904, with roosevelt's navy, we tell them the roosevelt corollary to the monroe doctrine is, the monroe doctrine's alive and we've got the navy now. it's a very big militaristic foreign policy approach. yet theodore roosevelt wins the nobel peace prize for mediating the russo-japanese war. he was very enamored with the japanese culture and the japanese people. the food art, everything. but he brokered that won a nobel peace prize. and for somebody who talked a very militaristic game, from 1901 to 1909 in his presidency, we never went to war. he's a peacetime president. and a nobel peace prize winner. but his name is associated with war because he fought in the spanish american war, but mainly because he talked

madison and daughter of james cooper and john quincy adams notes in his diary, that these awards and medallions, several were struck and only one within the silver that was given to mrs. madison. a carved ivory calling card case with a card and closed with dolley's signature and her maid. some small cut glass perfume bottles, and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons. the portrait is of john vander ling -- a john vander ling of dolley. the two dresses are reproductions of a silk gown she wore earlier in life and a red velvet down, which is intriguing that it has lasted. there is also a legend that accompanies the stress. we are currently in the secured storage area where we had housed some of the madison collection that we want to share. some of the highlights from this trunk of treasures. this is one of our most special and intriguing legends. it is a red velvet down--gown. it is protected under special tissues and laid on a tray that was specifically designed along with support elements. the gown is quite fragile, and was worn often. you can tell by the wear and tea

constitutional theory and then as the antislavery constitutional theory, led chiefly i argue by john quincy adams after he left the presidency and was in congress. he was the godfather of what i take to be delivered to an interpretation of the constitution. the antislavery theory that eventually climaxed in the ratification of the 14th amendment. it's a fascinating story of why it was that douglas and his followers in the movement thought slavery was already unconstitutional before the 13th amendment. it's an interesting argument but i try not to take a position singer is out to right or exact wrong because i don't think it was a right answer at that point. that's just want an amendment was necessary. by the time the enemy, the 14th amendment came around what happened was this others were out of congress, the war was over, the south had been was laid waste by the war and the radical republicans on this as their opportunity to put their constitutional theory permit into the constitution, not so much to say they were changing the constitution to restore what they thought had always been in the cons

they reminisce about crusty old john quincy adams who had served with them together in the house. seward and campbell had worked very hard to try to avert the war at the last minute during the crisis when campbell was on the supreme court and seward was secretary of state. they go through this 10 or 15 minutes of friendly reminiscing, almost reluctance to turn to the subject at hand. as i say in the book, and i will leave this up here, those are the five players. stevens in the upper left, hunter in the lower left stewart in the right corner, campbell down in the lower corner. a free black steward brought in water and cigars as a gentleman took their seats and began to reminisce. fragrant smoke filled the air tinged with the scent of nostalgia. better times were recalled, dead characters exhumed, amusing anecdotes told. there was rumbles of masculine laughter. stevens finally says after 10 or 15 minutes of this, "is there no way to put an end to these troubles, mr. president and put , us back to where the different sections of the country were friends?" he uses that term, the sect

[applause] >> [indiscernible] >> that was her son john quincy who had many, many languages. john adams -- no, he was great at english. [laughter] he was really fluid. -- fluent. reading john adams is a real pleasure. i think of all the founders, i think he was the greatest of the -- and i think, of course we don't have recordings, but his spoken language -- when he is responsible for the acceptance of the declaration of independence, he spoke, and they say between 2-4 hours, i don't know, it's just extemporaneous -- he had good english. he learned french when he went to france, and he probably played around with dutch when he was in holland, but i don't think he was a very great linguist. she had a little bit of french but she -- and she studied it when she went to france, she read moliere, she read the plays, she went to the theater in an attempt to learn french, but i don't think either of them became as fluid as their son did. >> i had a question about happiness. how did abigail make that transition from braintree to europe and to london? did she enjoy herself over there? >> she was

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but, it goes all the way down to john adams. and quincy adams. and a lot of other presidents.ost: tallahassee, florida, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. can you hear me? host: yes, you are on. caller: may favorite president was ronald reagan. i think he is only modern day leader that we have had. other than calvin coolidge at the regulars like washington and lincoln. i heard some comments is why the lbj. kennedy was a great guy. lbj voted against the voting rights act. he only signed as president because he was under pressure from conservatives. i think ronald -- host: as far as reagan is concerned, why is you stand out? caller: now i am an independent. host: caller can as a question? ok, david from michigan. caller: good morning, pedro. ongoing use the verb "is" and not "was." what we talk about president's, we speak in terms of zeitgeist. what was the air of the moment. when you say modern day media and how fast news travels and how as we are sitting here discussing president's day, this bead of things that have been and how gets to the general public, a

eastern, phyllis lee levin looks at john quincy adams early years. and from last weekend's savannah book festival we recount the disappearance of former rockafeller's son. and we look at the founding father's fear of government corruption and why it is being realized today. and then wes moore discusses his life from a combat veteran to a whitehouse worker to a social tripoli. and we wrap up with harvard profester who looks at the impact the global cotton trade had on the international economy. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> joe cline is a former chancellor of the new york city public school system. he talks about what the system did to improve the education system and suggests other ways for cities to do the same. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming out this afternoon.

eastern phyllis lee leaven looks at john quincy adams. at 7:30, from last weekend issa van 2345 that -- last week's savannah book festival followed at 8:30 p.m. by weekly standard's jay cost who looks at the founding fathers' fears of government corruption and why he think it's being realize today. then at 10 p.m. on "after words," wes moore discusses his career path from a combat officer in afghanistan to a white house fellow and a social entrepreneur. and we wrap up our prime time lineup at 11 p.m. eastern with harvard university history professor beck earth who looks at the impact the global cotton trade had on the international economy. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> you're watching booktv. next levi tillemann in conversation with daniel yergin looks at the $2 trillion global automotive industry and the competition between the u.s. japan and china to create the car of future. [inaudible conversations] >> before we start i just want to make some announcements. there are snacks outside if anybody thinks they're going t