 | 1853 - 514 páginas
...important state papers of the time. He was elected .ember of the Congress, and was among the foremost n recommending the adoption of an independent government....Versailles, in the place of Mr. Dean, who was recalled. It is said that at this time he had been a member of nmety committees, and chairman of twenty-five.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 540 páginas
...at the university of Cambridge, and received the degree of master of arts in 1 758. At this lime The entered the office of Jeremiah Gridley, a lawyer of...declaration of independence, and its ablest advocate am. champion on the floor of the house, wai John Adams." In 1777, he was chosen commissioner to the... | |
 | Elihu Rich - 1854 - 890 páginas
...inventing untried novelties. Hence his friend and rival Jefferson, called him ' The column of Congress, the pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and defender.' — Having studied at Cambridge, MassachnseU, he joined the Suffolk bar in 1759, and practised... | |
 | 1855 - 512 páginas
...duly appreciated by his fellow-citizens, and he received numerous marks of public confidence in this respect. He took a prominent part in every leading...Versailles, in the place of Mr. Dean, who was recalled. It is said that at this time he had been a member of ninety committees, and chairman of twenty-five.... | |
 | 1845 - 74 páginas
...agreed to on the second. Mr. Jefferson has told ue that "the Colossus ofthat Günthers— the gmat pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence,...champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams. In that moment of darkness, oí terror, and of consternation, when the election was to be made between... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 páginas
...on the subject of independence is said to have been unrivaled. Mr. Jefferson himself has affirmed, 'that the great pillar of support to the declaration...champion on the floor of the house, was John Adams. ' Speaking of \at general character as an orator, the same illustrious man observed, that he was '... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 páginas
...urgent request of the latter. Jefferson bore this testimony to the ability and power of John Adams.—" The great pillar of support to the Declaration of...champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." On the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, he wrote the memorable letter in which... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 páginas
...request of the latter. Jefferson bore this testimony to the ability and power of John Adams. — " The great pillar of support to the Declaration of...advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was Jphn Adams." On the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, he wrote the memorable letter... | |
 | Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 356 páginas
...What a tribute was conveyed, in the words of Jefferson, his political rival—" The great pillar and support to the declaration of independence, and its...champion on the floor of the house was JOHN ADAMS. He ivas the Colossus of that Congress : not graceful, not eloquent, not always fluent, in Ms public... | |
 | Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 370 páginas
...What a tribute was conveyed, in the words of Jefferson, his political rival — " The great pillar and support to the declaration of independence, and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of tlie house was JOHN ADAMS. He was the Colossus of that Congress : not graceful, not eloquent, not always... | |
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the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams. 
