This began at age six at a dame school for boys and girls, conducted at a teacher's home, and was centered upon The New England Primer. Shortly thereafter, Adams attended Braintree Latin School under Joseph Cleverly, where studies included Latin, rhetoric, logic, and arithmetic. Adams's early education included incidents of truancy, a dislike for his master, and a desire to become a farmer. Though his father expected him to be a minister, after his 1755 graduation with an A.B. Though his father expected him to be a minister, after his 1755 graduation with an A.B. degree, he taught school temporarily in Worcester, while pondering his permanent vocation. In 1800, he signed the law establishing the Library of Congress.Adams made his first official visit to the nation's new seat of government in early June 1800. Amid the 'raw and unfinished' cityscape, the president found the public buildings 'in a much greater forwardness of completion than expected.'