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	Encyclopedia: Charles Francis Adams (1866)
		Charles Francis Adams III (2 August 1866 _ 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman.
		A scion of the Adams family that gave the country two presidents, Charles Francis was born in Quincy, Massachusetts.
		The Charles Francis Adams Memorial Trophy for yacht racing was established in his memory, and the Navy destroyer USS Charles F. Adams was named after him.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-Francis-Adams-(1866) (265 words)

	Charles Francis Adams
		CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 18, 1807.
		John Quincy Adams was next appointed Minister to England, and during his residence there, he placed Charles at a boarding school, where, in accordance with the brutal practices in vogue in the English schools, he was obliged to fight his English schoolfellows in defence of the honor of America.
		Adams, in undertaking such a journey in midwinter, and when all Europe was in a state of commotion, gave evidence that the courage and daring which her son inherited, were not all due to the father's side.
	www.all-biographies.com /politicians/charles_francis_adams.htm (2921 words)

	Charles Francis Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Adams is an adult male age 30 living in Philadelphia.
		Several notable persons have been named Charles Adams:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams (117 words)

	Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
		The third son of Louisa Catherine Johnson and John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis was born in Boston and baptized at First Church by William Emerson, father of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
		The latter's son, Charles Francis II (1866-1954), a Unitarian, served as Secretary of the Navy in the Herbert Hoover administration.
		Adams and the Lincoln administration worried that this was a step towards British diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy as a new nation.
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/charlesfrancisadams.html (1902 words)

	Charles Francis Adams
		One of Adams’s sons, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War.
		Charles was the son of John Quincy Adams.
		Adams was elected to Congress in 1858 and again in 1860, but in May 1861 he resigned his seat to become Abraham Lincoln’s Minister to England, in which capacity he served until May 1868.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/PeopleView.Cfm?PID=2 (373 words)

	Charles Francis Adams, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His son Charles Francis Adams was Secretary of the Navy and a renowned yachtsman.
		(May 27, 1835 – May 20, 1915), a member of the prominent Adams political family and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams,_Jr. (168 words)

	Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-86, American public official. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Adams served (1840–45) in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature.
		He published many political pamphlets and addresses and was an editor of the works (10 vol., 1850–56) of his grandfather, John Adams, and of his father’s diary (12 vol., 1874–77).
		On Seward’s advice, Lincoln appointed Adams minister to Great Britain.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ad/Adams-CF1.html (305 words)

	Charles Francis Adams, Sr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Francis Adams (August 18, 1807, Boston- November 21, 1886, Boston), the son of John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams, was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer.
		Adams was elected member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives in 1831, served in the state senate 1835-1840, founded and edited the journal Boston Whig in 1846, and was an unsuccessful candidate of the Free Soil Party for Vice President of the United States in 1848.
		Adams and his son, Henry Adams, who acted as his private secretary, also were kept busy monitoring Confederate diplomatic intrigues and the construction of rebel commerce raiders by British shipyards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams,_Sr. (410 words)

	CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS: UNSUNG HERO
		Charles Francis Adams was the son of a President and the grandson of another President.
		Charles Francis Adams was the last to serve from the family as ambassador to Great Britian, his son Charles Francis Adam...
		Charles Francis Adams grew up in Europe, accompanying his father, John Quincy Adams, to various diplomatic posts.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/4996/40724 (557 words)

	Alibris: Charles Francis Adams
		Lee's centennial; an address by Charles Francis Adams, delivered at Lexington, Virginia, Saturday, January 19, 1907, on the invitation of the president and faculty of Washington and Lee University.
		This biography was written by one of Adams's sons, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., who served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War.
		"'Tis sixty years since" : address of Charles Francis Adams, Founders' day, January 16, 1913, University of South Carolina
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Charles_Francis_Adams (549 words)

	Charles Francis Adams
		Adams is author of: Chapters on Erie and Other Essays; Railroads, Their Origin and Problems; Notes on Railway Accidents; Massachusetts, Its Historians and History; Three Episodes of Massachusetts History; Life of Charles Francis Adams; Richard Harry Dana, a Biography; Lee at Appomattox, and Other Papers; Three Phi Beta Kappa Addresses; Lee's Centennial, 1907.
		Adams, Charles Francis, historical writer and publicist; born in Boston, Mass., May 27, 1835; son of Charles Francis Adams, diplomat.
		Adams received from Harvard the degree of LL.D. in 1895.
	all-biographies.com /authors/charles_francis_adams.htm (322 words)

	Charles Francis Adams
		The grandson of President John Quincy Adams and the son of Charles Francis Adams Sr., Lincoln's ambassador to Britain, Charles Francis Adams Jr.
		Adams was made chairman of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1878 and became president in 1884.
		In 1869 he became a member of the Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners and from 1872 to 1879 was chairman of the first such board in the nation.
	www.gobantams.com /chshist/cfa.html (212 words)

	Charles Francis Adams Biography / Biography of Charles Francis Adams Biography
		Charles Francis Adams was born in Boston on Aug. 18, 1807.
		An American diplomat and politician, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) was minister to England during the Civil War.
		Unsuccessful in both, Adams spent the remainder of his time in literary pursuits until his death in Boston in 1886.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-charles-francis-adams (630 words)

	Adams, Charles Francis on Encyclopedia.com
		Adams was made chairman of the government directors of the Union Pacific in 1878 and became president in 1884, but he was ousted by the forces of Jay Gould in 1890.
		Adams served 24 years on the Harvard Board of Overseers and was president (1895-1915) of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
		Adams became a railroad expert after the war, writing Chapters of Erie (1871), which exposed the corrupt financing of the Erie RR, and Railroads: Their Origin and Problems (1878).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Adams-C1F12.asp (533 words)

	Charles Francis Adams
		He was elected in 1882 a member of the board of overseers of Harvard College, and in 1884 president of the Union Pacific railway.--Henry, author, third son of Charles Francis Adams, born in Boston, 16 February, 1838.
		John Quincy Adams, lawyer, eldest son of Charles Francis Adams, born in Boston, 22 September, 1833.
		--Brooks, lawyer, fourth son of Charles Francis Adams, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, 24 June, 1848, graduated at Harvard College in 1870, admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1873.
	www.stanklos.com /charlesfrancisadams (1398 words)

	Charles Francis Adams III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Francis Adams III (2 August 1866–June 10, 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman.
		A scion of the Adams family that gave the country two presidents, Charles Francis was born in Quincy, Massachusetts.
		The Charles Francis Adams Memorial Trophy for yacht racing was established in his memory, and the Navy destroyer USS Charles F. Adams was named after him.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams_%281866%29 (237 words)

	Francis
		Charles Francis Adams (1866) Charles Francis Adams III (Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman.
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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/francis.html (3682 words)

	Charles Francis Adams III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Francis Adams III (2 August 1866–June 10, 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman.
		A scion of the Adams family that gave the country two presidents, Charles Francis was born in Quincy, Massachusetts.
		The Charles Francis Adams Memorial Trophy for yacht racing was established in his memory, and the Navy destroyer USS Charles F. Adams was named after him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams_III (271 words)

	Charles Francis Adams Trophy
		Charles Francis Adams reigned as "Dean of American Helmsmen" from 1920 as skipper of the America's Cup defender RESOLUTE until his death in 1954.
		Following his death, the Southern Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association, the Maine Yacht Racing Association, the Narragansett Bay Yachting Association, and the Yacht Racing Union of Massachusetts Bay jointly placed into competition the Charles Francis Adams Memorial Trophy to be awarded annually to the New England Senior Champion.
		He enjoyed sailing small boats as well as Cup defenders, but his greatest enjoyment was the challenge of a good race.
	www.ussailing.net /AreaA/History/histCFAT.htm (92 words)

	Vermont's Northland Journal
		Adams was born in Newport Town on October 19, 1876 to Frank and Elizabeth (Benoit) Adams.
		At sometime early in his business career Adams probably made one of the biggest decisions of his life – that decision was to leave Vermont and head for the city life of the greater Boston area.
		Adams’ earned himself the reputation as a hard worker at a young age.
	www.northlandjournal.com /stories1.html (993 words)

	MATHEW BRADY GALLERY, NY - Charles Francis Adams Jr.
		The grandson of John Quincy Adams and the son of Lincoln's ambassador to Britain, Charles Francis Adams joined the First Massachusetts Cavalry in 1861.
		In 1907 Adams, the exemplary Yankee, was invited to speak at the centennial of Robert E. Lee's birth.
		Adams fought at Antietam and Gettysburg, where he came to respect the skills of the Confederate army.
	www.npg.si.edu /exh/brady/gallery/62gal.html (203 words)

	Charles Francis Adams -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		John Adams, Charles was early introduced to a cosmopolitan way of life when his father was appointed minister to Russia…
		During his life Henry Adams was known chiefly as a historian and as a member of a great American family (see Adams Family).
		(1866–1954), U.S. public official, born in Quincy, Mass.; great-grandson of John Quincy Adams; Harvard University 1892; admitted to the bar 1893; as secretary of the Navy under President Hoover 1929–33, was influential in securing limitations on submarines and shipbuilding at London Naval Conference of 1930; chairman of New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad 1951–54.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003663 (676 words)

	Rulifson Genealogy
		When Charles was age 40 and Mary Evangeline Parnell was age 34 they became the parents of Donald Francis Adams 30 May 1925.
		Charles Francis1) #2923 was born in Riga, NY [?] 16 July 1884.
		Donald Francis Adams was born 30 May 1925.
	www.rulifson.org /roots/i0002923.htm (517 words)

	Fourth of July and the Adams Family
		Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), younger son of John Quincy Adams, was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841-44) and state senate (1844-45).
		Adams was aware of the importance celebrating the Fourth of July.
		George Washington Adams (1801-1829), the eldest son of John Quincy Adams, was a member of the class of 1821 at Harvard University.
	www.american.edu /heintze/Adams.htm (517 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles Francis Adams, 1866–1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Charles Francis Adams 1866–1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1929–33), b.
		Quincy, Mass.; grandson of Charles Francis Adams (1807–86).
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Charles Francis Adams, 1866–1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Adams-CF3.html (193 words)

	My Family
		Charles Francis ADAMS III was born in 1866 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
		Charles Francis ADAMS I was born on 18 Aug 1807 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
		Charles Francis ADAMS II was born in 1835 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
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	Adams, Charles Francis
		Charles Francis Adams, 1866–1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy - Adams, Charles Francis, 1866–1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1929–33), b.
		Charles Francis ADAMS - ADAMS, Charles Francis (1807—1886) ADAMS, Charles Francis, (son of John Quincy Adams and...
		Charles Francis Adams, 1807–86, American public official - Adams, Charles Francis, 1807–86, American public official, minister to Great Britain...
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