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John Adams

John Adams

Print
1800
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David Edwin
John Adams

John Adams

Print
c. 1797
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Henry H. Houston
John Adams

John Adams

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1840
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Nathaniel Currier
People's Choice Twelfth President

People's Choice Twelfth President

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1848
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Nathaniel Currier
John Adams

John Adams

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1804
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Raphaelle Peale
John Adams

John Adams

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1827
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James Barton Longacre
Presidential Campaigns

Presidential Campaigns

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1996
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Edward Sorel
John Adams

John Adams

Drawing
c. 1825
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James Barton Longacre
John Adams

John Adams

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1797
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Henry H. Houston
Declaration of Independence diorama

Declaration of Independence diorama

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1969
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Bartlett Frost
John Adams

John Adams

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c. 1810-26
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Nathaniel Dearborn
John Adams

John Adams

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c. 1840
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Nathaniel Currier
John Adams

John Adams

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after 1878
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Moritz Furst
The First Great Western Empire

The First Great Western Empire

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1812
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Jonathan Clark
John Adams

John Adams

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1827
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Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse

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