The Quincy family of Boston included First Lady Abigail Adams, who was married to Founding Father and second President of the United States John Adams ... times the in-house estimate.

The Boston Massacre ... posted in front of the nearby Custom House, was being taunted by a small band of men and boys," McCullough wrote in John Adams. "Somewhere, a church bell began to toll ...

John Adams was born on October 30 ... As early as the closing of the port of Boston in 1774, Adams linked his fate to that of America: "Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my ...