John Adams Quotes
This is so eccentric a colony—sometimes so hot, sometimes so cold; now so high and then so low—that I know not what to say about it or what to expect from it.
That was true for Maryland even in modern times. Originally the only Catholic founded colony until modern times had been the buffer between the Southern States and the Northern. In the Civil War, Maryland was filled with passionate advocates for both sides.
John Adams, 1735-1826, 2nd President of the United States (Federalist, MA), Description of Maryland, 1775, Quoted in John A. Neuenschwander, The Middle Colonies and the Coming of the American Revolution, 1976
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John Adams Jr. was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain, and he served as the first vice president of the United States. Adams was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with many important figures in early American history, including his wife and adviser Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
