A Compilation Of Messages And Letters Of The Presidents

A Compilation of Messages and Letters of the Presidents includes presidential papers from John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. Adams had one of the most substantial American political careers of the early nineteenth century, with major service as a diplomat under several presidents, as Secretary of State under Monroe, as President himself, and finally as a member of the House of Representatives for nearly two decades after his presidency.

The compilation gathers presidential messages, official letters, diplomatic correspondence, and various other state papers from Adams’s career. The material is essential for understanding early nineteenth-century American politics and diplomacy, and particularly for understanding the Adams Onís Treaty negotiations and the Monroe Doctrine, both of which Adams was central to during his time as Secretary of State.

For readers of early American political history, the Adams compilation provides direct access to the actual documents of his political career.