JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 241 came the second shock. He was carried into the speaker s room, where he lay two days, and died on the 23d. His last words were: "This is the last of earth; I am content." See "Life and Public Serv ices of John Quincy Adams," by William H. Sew r - ard (Auburn, 1849); "Life of John Quincy Adams," by Josiah Quincy (Boston, 1858) ; "Diary of John Quincy Adams," edited by Charles F. Adams, 12 vols., 8vo (Philadelphia, 1874-7) ; "John Quincy Adams," by John T. Morse, Jr. (Boston, 1882) : and "Writings of John Quincy Adams," edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford, vols. 1 and 2, including the years 1779-1801, 8vo (New York, 1913). Ten more volumes are to follow. [The full-page portrait of Mr. Adams in this chapter, is from a picture by Marchant, in the pos session of the New York Historical Society, The Adams homestead at Quincy, in which the two presidents lived, was the summer residence of Charles Francis Adams, and is now (1913) occu pied by his son, Brooks Adams.] CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,, diplomatist, son of John Quincy Adams, born in Boston, August 18, 1807; died there November 21, 1886. When two years old he was taken by his father to St. Peters burg, where he acquired German, French, and Rus sian. Early in 1815 he travelled all the way from
