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[Book #76783] The Great Design: Two Lectures on the Smithson Bequest by John Quincy...

Adams, John Quincy and Washburn, Wilcomb E. (Editor)

The Great Design: Two Lectures on the Smithson Bequest by John Quincy Adams; Delivered at Quincy and Boston in November 1839 now first published together from contemporary printed and manuscript texts

Washington DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1965. Hardcover. 95, [5] pages. Foreword by L. H. Butterfield (Editor-in-Chief of The Adams Papers). Footnotes. Illustrations. Glassine wrapper heavily torn and chipped. Smithsonian Publication No. 4643. Wilcomb E. Washburn (1925–1997) was an American historian. Washburn was born in 1925. He received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, and the same year received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. For three years he taught history at the College of William and Mary. In 1958, he joined the Smithsonian Institution, as curator of Political History at the National Museum of American History. Later, he became chair of the Department of American Studies. From 1968 until 1997, he served as a director for the Smithsonian's American Studies Program. More

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Adams, John, and Adams, John Quincy, and Koch, Adrienne (Editor) and Peden, William (Editor)

The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8, plus frontis], xxxix, [1], 413, [1], xxix--Index], [3] pages. Frontispiece. Bibliographical Note: John Adams. Bibliographical Note: John Quincy Adams. Index. Some cover wear. No DJ present. Name of previous owner and date inside front cover. Some page discoloration. Adrienne Koch (SeptembAfter her bachelor's degree from New York University, Koch took her a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia. Koch taught at Tulane University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Michigan, before being appointed professor of history at the University of Maryland. She still held this post when she died. William Peden was an influential academic and writer, (March 22, 1913-July 23, 1999). He pursued extensive education, earning a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His teaching career was predominantly at the University of Missouri. Peden was recognized for his editorial work. More