Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 6

Chronology Chronology

Chronology

Charles Francis Adams, 1833–1836

1833

Resides in Boston with wife and daughter at 3 Hancock Avenue and maintains an office at 23 Court Street.

1833	March 6	Admitted as counsellor at the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
1833	May 2–Sept. 7	In residence for the summer at Old House, Quincy, with JQA and LCA.
1833	May 14–21	Publication of his antimasonic articles in the Boston Daily Advocate, begun in December 1832, is concluded.
1833	May 15	Transfers the books JA had given to the town of Quincy in 1822 from the Old House to the “Office,” which he converts to his study.
1833	June	Prepares a catalogue of JQA’s collection of pamphlets.
1833	June 21–26	Remains with JQA at Quincy during President Jackson’s triumphal visit to Boston and Cambridge.
1833	July	His essay-review of Robert Vaughan’s Memorials of the Stuart Dynasty is published in the North American Review .
1833	July 23	Begins making transcripts from the family papers out of fear of loss or misplacement.
1833	Aug. 8–Sept.	His brother JA2 and family visit at the Old House.
1833	Aug. 25	An unpleasantness with his brother arises.
1833	Aug. 31	Begins extensive program of “methodizing,” ordering, and binding family papers.
1833	Sept. 2	His brother-in-law Henry Brooks dies in New York.
1833	Sept. 4	Elected a delegate to the Massachusetts antimasonic convention.
1833	Sept. 12	Participates in the nomination of JQA for Governor at the antimasonic convention and is appointed chairman of a committee to draft a Memorial to the State Legislature.
1833	Sept. 18	President Jackson removes public deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1833	Sept. 22	His first son, John Quincy Adams (JQA2), is born in Boston.
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1833	Oct.–Jan. 1834	Serves as JQA’s emissary and deputy in the gubernatorial contest.
1833	Oct. 22–Nov. 1	His four articles on “The Proscription of Antimasonry” are published in the Boston Daily Advocate.
1833	Nov. 7	JQA leaves Quincy for Washington on the eve of the election.
1833	Nov. 11	No candidate receives a majority of votes in the gubernatorial election.
1833	Nov. 27	Buys a gallery pew in First Church, Chauncy Place.

1834

1834	Jan.	His essay-review of vol. 3 of Thomas Hutchinson’s History ... of Massachusetts Bay is published in the North American Review .
1834	Aug. 18	Becomes twenty-seven years of age: “the critical year.”
1834	Oct. 23	His brother JA2 dies in Washington.
1834	Nov. 10–22	Journeys to Washington with his mother.
1834	Nov. 22	Takes up residence, with his wife and children, at the home of Peter Chardon Brooks on Pearl Street in Boston, remaining until 11 May 1835.

1835

1835	Jan. 19–May 22	His series entitled “Political Speculation” in ten numbers is published in the Boston Daily Advocate.
1835	Feb. 20	JQA is defeated by one vote after a month’s deadlock in the Massachusetts Legislature in the election of a United States Senator.
1835	March 31	Effects the reburial of JA2’s remains in Quincy.
1835	May 11	Returns to his residence at 3 Hancock Avenue.
1835	June 27	His second son, Charles Francis Adams (CFA2), is born in Boston.
1835	June 5	Receives from JQA his collection of coins and medals and is stimulated to a lifelong interest in numismatics.
1835	June 23–Aug. 4	His “An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs,” signed “A Whig of the Old School,” attacking Daniel Webster’s position on the Executive Patronage Bill, is published in the Boston Daily Advocate and the Columbian Centinel in eight numbers.
1835	Sept. 2–Oct. 30	His five articles entitled “On the State of the Nation,” signed “A Calm Observer,” are published in the Boston Daily Advocate.
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1835	Sept. 14–21	Travels with JQA, Peter Chardon Brooks, and party to the South Shore, Cape Cod, Nantucket, and New Bedford.
1835	Sept. 30	His An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs is published as a pamphlet.
1835	Oct. 8–Nov. 6	His eight numbers on “The Policy of the Antimasons,” signed “A Massachusetts Voter,” are published in the Boston Daily Advocate.
1835	Oct. 21	A Boston mob attacks William Lloyd Garrison after breaking up an abolitionist meeting.
1835	Nov. 26–Dec. 8	His series of three numbers on “The Presidency,” signed “A Massachusetts Antimason,” is published in the Boston Daily Advocate.

1836

1836	Jan. 6–March 29	His “Reply to Mr. William Slade of Vermont,” signed “A Massachusetts Antimason,” in nine numbers is published in two series in the Boston Daily Advocate.
1836	May	JQA, in the House of Representatives, begins the effort he would continue until Dec. 1844 for the repeal of the “gag rules” and his long-maintained opposition to the Mexican war.
1836	May 10–20	His anti-Webster series “Plain Thoughts for Plain People,” signed “A Plain Man,” is published in the Boston Daily Advocate in three numbers.
1836	June	Writes “The Slavery Question Truly Stated,” which the Boston Daily Advocate publishes on the 24th and 25th.
1836	June 15	Leaves Boston with ABA on a six-week journey to Niagara Falls, visiting New York State and Canada.