John Quincy Adams’ Tweets

Slightly disturbing daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams. Image from Wikipedia.

Exactly 200 years after he wrote them, the Massachusetts Historical Society is posting John Quincy Adams’ diary entries as Tweets. By posting a sentence or so with every tweet, the diary works very well in the new format. It makes for a fascinating read.

8/16/1810: Letter to Secy State sent to Hixon. Captain Delano here. Note to Balacheff for Everett and Gray. Dinner. – from JQAdams_MHS

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