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John Quincy Adams: A Brief Biography
John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts. He is the oldest son of all the children that John Adams, the second United States President, and Abigail Adams had. He traveled to France with his father at the age of 10. He received training in the diplomatic corps and went to school when he was 14 years old. Adams accompanied diplomat Francis Dana to Russia, serving as his secretary and translator in the year of 1781. He then traveled to Paris as his father’s secretary, debating the Treaty of Paris in 1783. At the same time, he attended school in Europe and became really fluent with French, Dutch, and German. He returned home and entered Harvard College in 1785 and graduated in 1787.
He then became a practicing attorney
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