Diary and Autobiographical Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams, Volumes 1 and 2: 1778–1849: 27 (Diaries, 10)

by C . James Taylor (Author), Louisa Catherin Adams (Author), Margaret A . Hogan (Author), Beth Luey (Author), JudithS.Graham (Author), Louisa Catherine Adams (Author)

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  Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen--ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant.