Adamic

Relating to Adam. Adam'ite, and Adam'ine, n. ( Min.) An orthg rhombic hydrous arsenate of zinc. Comp., arsenic acid, 40.2; oxide of zinc, 56.7; water, 3.1. Lustre vitreous, strong; color honey-yellow, violet; streak white. Trans parent. Found in Chili. Ad'amites, n . pl . ( Eccl . Hist .) A sect, in the early age of the Christian church, said to have profe ed an exact imitation of the primitive state of innocence. They reappeared in the 15th century in Bohemia. Adamitic, a . Relating to an Adamite. Ad'ams, CHARLES B., an American naturalist, B. 1614, devoted much of his time to the study of the Molluscs. He published many papers on Conchology. D. 1853. Ad'ams, CHARLES FRANCIS, an American diplomatist, son of John Quincy Adams, B. in Boston, 1807. He spent the most of his boyhood in Europe with his father, was admitted to the bar in 1828; served 3 years in the lower and 2 in the upper house of the Ma . legislature. President of the Buffalo Convention, in 1848, he was the candidate for vice-president along with Mr. Van Buren. After representing Ma . in the 36th and 37th Congre , he was sent minister to England, 1861, recalled in 1868, and in 1871 was appointed U. S. arbitrator on th, "Alabama Claims" in the Convention held at Geneva. He is the author of standard biographies of his grandfather, John Adams, and of his father, J. Q. Adams. D. 1886. Ad'ams, HANNAH, B. in Ma achusetts, D. at Brook line, Dec. 25, 1831, aged seventy-six years. She was a learned woman of great excellence and purity of character. Her principal works, known and appreciated in Europe as well as in America, are, the "View of Religion," "History of the Jews," and a "History of New England." Ad'ams, JOHN, the second president of the United States, was born at Brain tree, near Boston, on the 19th of October, 1735, (O.S.) Before the rupture between Britain and America he practised as a lawyer, and, in 1770, he was one of the select men deputed by the several towns of the province, who met in convention at Boston, where the British government had announced their intention of stationing a military force, to make the people submit to the new imposts on tea, gla , paper, . In 1773, he became a member of the council of state, and devoted all his energies to promote the cause he had espoused. He advocated and seconded the Declaration of Independence, which was pa ed on the 4th of July, 1776, and which was drawn up by Mr. Jefferson. In 1780 he represented the United States in Holland, and in 1782 co-operated with Franklin and the other American commi ioners in negotiating a treaty of peace with Great Britain. In 1785 he became the first minister residentiary to the Court of St. James, and stayed in England till 1788. In 1789, when Washington was elected president, he was made vice-president, and in 1793 had the same office again conferred upon him. In 1797, on the retirement of Washington, he was chosen President, and at the close of his term of four years, being defeated in the candidateship for re-election by a majority of eight votes, given to his Demo cratic adversary Jefferson, he retired from public life, and d. at Quincy, 1826. It was on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence that Mr. Adams died, and Jefferson, his coadjutor in laying the foundation of the great commonwealth of the New World, expired on the same day. As an author, Mr. Adams is known by a work entitled, "A Defence of the Constitution and Government of the United States," which afterwards reappeared with the title of "History of the Principal Republics of the World." His son, John Quincy Adams, was elected president of the Union in 1825. IMG:content-0044.jpg:[graphic][merged small]