Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-07-11
RToHMoND, JULY IL.

Deatn cJ ne Venerable JOHN ApAMslt
H,o,iei o. me Fathers OF the Republic has de-
sscended TO the tomb John adams il M No..
~" ,nese remarkable condolences multiply upon
IN re likewise sunk 10 rest on the 4th of JuIv
4On the Jubilee of American Freedom Two 90, Sc
:'he three surviving signers of the Declar,,io o
american independence were gathered IN ,b;
fathers The venerable Charles Carroll. of C,,,oi
oh aiohe remains to receive the loud plaudits of
a'eful nation. VI
I, o,N ADAMS arose on the morning of the
T. of'n WIN his usual health and spirits reioicn
10" nc nae hVed 70 witness the jubilee of his coun
y freedom lie was taken i'll about nom .ro,,
worse and worse, and al six in the EVENING hat
;su ms last lie died in the 92d year of his ace
" nat an astonishing series OF condolences Per
nsps the annals OF the world do not furnish tho ILL.,
on 'ne' bn lei as bow with rev erential awe 70 The
IL ~pe"sa'iOhs OF Providence so marked in this
instance by memorable events we no.. H.. -
NE same day two OF the Fathers of our RenubI;c
We mourn, while we submit 10 Tho 81. Sr,
il"howhg are the only particulars which h,,,.
sreached US VIZ nave had the misfortune IN d;f
s'er on many points with MIR John Adams bu,
1--WE can never forget that he was the Sisner Of The
Dfciara'ion OF Independence and one of the warn
promoters OF the American Reyolu,;o,
La, Evening the Capitol Bell tol!cd and Minnie c;
'''"' ~ 0idero oil The Executive Council Virginia
New York, July 2.
" !hen 0ftrst ms mighty heart. - On the Atb
soi july, lT6, JOHN ADAMS signed. with nth
GERS the Declaration or Independence. On The Az
eoi July, 1876 after the revolution of fifty years
Sand amidst The bells, bonfres and illumnations,,
swh'eh ne mad predicted would mark, in all time 10
Hcome' The anniversary of that day, this pa,,;ot
Estatesman breahed his last Who does NO, sn,,,,
tsuch death, after such lifes Who does 10,
z'eei That such fate like Heav ems own lpbtp;nc
zco"secra,es, while it blasts! We cannot monrn
that IN the utmost fitness of years and of bonour
MS man OF the revolution should thus have been
q W. a. 70 ms '"'hers' finer.
4 The annexed eX ract furnishes all the in elIio
swe } ct possess of this EVENT.
Boston Courier Office,
j wednesday, July 8 O'Clock, {
Il DIED, al his residence H. Quincy at 81. n,
crock IN me afternoon OF the Fourth ofJuy, JOHN
i y DAMS IN the niHeiy-second ear CT his age.
City BosroN
AT meeting of the Board of Aldermen ~,
s Wednesday, July 9Th, 1926, at 6 O'Clock a NJ
sthlS board having received notice of the alctine,
lcispensaiion OF Divine Providence in the dea,b e
SJOIlN ADAMS--hereupon '"'-' -
g RESOLVED, That Aldermen Bellows. NTs,sb.u
s. w elsh, Oliver & Loring, with such of the Canine
y -o"h'i' may JOIN, be Commit to consider and
suop' such measures as they msy deem expet,ent to
seXpress the sense OF the eminent worth and nnbI;
services Of the deceased en, ertaiued bv the i,;a,
sof Boston, In common with their fellow, citizens
of the United States; and also their sorrow at This
bereavement, which has deprived the State of one
Eoi It's most honorel and cherished sons, and the
3 american nation OF most ancient patriot and dis
Z tnguished statesman.
Il Resolved, That the Mayor be requested to call
81" meeting oil The Common Council, for concur
gsrence In the above vote as soon after commnnioa
.4on with the family of the deceased as nav he
4deemed expedient '-
s Resol7 ed, That on account of this nelancboIv
event. he bells oi the city be forthwith toed one
& hour true copy from record.
= = est, f. M'CLEARY, City Clerk