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SON OF JOHN AND SUZANNA (BOYLSTON) ADAMS,

SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES;

BORN 19/30 OCTOBER, 1735.

ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1776, HE PLEDGED HIS LIFE, FORTUNE, AND SACRED HONOR TO THE

INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY.

ON THE THIRD OF SEPTEMBER, 1783, HE AFFIXED HIS SEAL TO THE DEFINITIVE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN, WHICH ACKNOWLEDGED THAT INDEPENDENCE, AND CONSUMMATED THE REDEMPTION OF HIS PLEDGE.

ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1826, HE WAS SUMMONED TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF IMMORTALITY, AND TO THE

JUDGMENT OF HIS G.o.d.

THIS HOUSE WILL BEAR WITNESS TO HIS PIETY; THIS TOWN, HIS BIRTHPLACE, TO HIS MUNIFICENCE; HISTORY TO HIS PATRIOTISM; POSTERITY TO THE DEPTH AND COMPa.s.s OF HIS MIND.

AT HIS SIDE SLEEPS, TILL THE TRUMP SHALL SOUND,

ABIGAIL,