Etiqueta: John Adams

  • Serie: «John Adams: la construcción de un sistema político»

    Serie: «John Adams: la construcción de un sistema político»

    SERGIO JIMÉNEZ A diferencia de otros artículos en los que he tratado series recientes, en esta ocasión voy a hablar de una serie que no es reciente, pero que es poco conocida en España por dos motivos. Por un lado, su año de estreno, 2008, es un poco anterior a la locura seriéfila actual, aunque…

  • Fourth Annual Message

    Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: Immediately after the adjournment of Congress at their last session in Philadelphia I gave directions, in compliance with the laws, for the removal of the public offices, records, and property. These directions have been executed, and the public officers have since resided and conducted…

  • Death of George Washington

    Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: The letter herewith transmitted will inform you that it has pleased Divine Providence to remove from this life our excellent fellow-citizen, George Washington, by the purity of his character and a long series of services to his country rendered illustrious through the world. It…

  • State of the Union Address

    I was for some time apprehensive that it would be necessary, on account of the contagious sickness which afflicted the city of Philadelphia, to convene the National Legislature at some other place. This measure it was desirable to avoid, because it would occasion much public inconvenience and a considerable public expense and add to the…

  • Special Message to Congress on Relations with France

    Gentlemen of the Senate arid Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: The personal inconveniences to the members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives in leaving their families and private affairs at this season of the year are so obvious that I the more regret the extraordinary occasion which has rendered the convention…

  • Suspicions of the French government

    The personal inconveniences to the members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives in leaving their families and private affairs at this season of the year are so obvious that I the more regret the extraordinary occasion which has rendered the convention of Congress indispensable. It would have afforded me the highest satisfaction…

  • Inaugural Address in the City of Philadelphia

    WHEN it was first perceived, in early times, that no middle course for America remained between unlimited submission to a foreign legislature and a total independence of its claims, men of reflection were less apprehensive of danger from the formidable power of fleets and armies they must determine to resist than from those contests and…