Charles Francis Adams Sr. Carte de Visite and signed
autographed calling card
Carte de Visite of Charles Francis Adams, Ambassador to
England during the American Civil War, plus a hand signed calling card dated
March 3, 1870. The display measures 9.5” x 6”. The Carte de Visite and signed
calling card are held in place by plastic corner mounts. The signed calling
card measures 3.25 x 2 “ and is dated march 3, 1870 ( the card is stained on
the right-hand side).
Charles Francis Adams
(August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886) was an American historical editor,
writer, politician, and diplomat. As United States Minister to the United
Kingdom during the American Civil War, Adams was crucial to Union efforts to
prevent British recognition of the Confederate States of America and maintain
European neutrality to the utmost extent. Adams also featured in national and
state politics before and after the Civil War.
Adams was the patriarch of one of the United States's most
prominent political families: his father and grandfather were Presidents John
Quincy Adams and John Adams, about whom he wrote a major biography. He had
seven children, including John Quincy II, Charles Jr., Henry, and Brooks.
Adams served two terms in the Massachusetts State Senate
before helping to found the abolitionist Free Soil Party in 1848; he was the party's
vice-presidential candidate in the election of 1848 on a ticket with former
president Martin Van Buren. He was elected to the United States House of
Representatives in 1858 and re-elected in 1860.
Adams became an overseer of Harvard University and built the Stone Library at Peacefield, the Adams' family home which is now part of the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts, to honor his father.
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