| LC control no. | n 86022545 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852 |
| Variant(s) | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, 1775-1852 Adams, Louisa, 1775-1852 |
| See also | Officiated corporate body: United States. Office of the First Lady |
| Associated country | Russia |
| Associated place | Europe |
| Located | London (England) Nantes (France) Boston (Mass.) Quincy (Mass.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 17750212 |
| Death date | 18520515 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | United States--Politics and government United States--Social life and customs Diaries Diplomatic service Correspondence |
| Affiliation | United States. Office of the First Lady |
| Profession or occupation | Diplomats' spouses Presidents' spouses--United States Wives Mothers Authors Women authors First Lady of the United States Society hostess |
| Found in | Minnigerode, M. Some American ladies, 1926: t.p. (Louisa Adams) LC in RLIN, 8-7-86 (hdg.: Adams, Louisa Catherine (Johnson), 1775-1852; Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, 1775-1852; usage: Louisa Adams; Louisa Catherine ... Adams) Heffron, Margery M. Louisa Catherine : the other Mrs. Adams, 2014: title-page (Louisa Catherine; Mrs. Adams) pages 7-17 and 361-368 (born February 12, 1775, in London; died May 15, 1852, in Washington; father: Joshua Johnson, native of Maryland, partner in mercantile firms; mother: Catherine Nuth, from London; the family lived in Nantes and then again in London while Louisa was growing up; her father was appointed as first U.S. consul in London 1790; she married John Quincy Adams July 26, 1797 in London; they moved to the U.S. in 1801; wrote 2 memoirs, along with diaries and correspondence) Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, via WhiteHouse.gov, July 10, 2014 (only First Lady born outside the U.S.; accompanied John Quincy Adams on his early diplomatic service in Europe and Russia; in the U.S. they lived in the family home in Quincy, Massachusetts, their house in Boston, and a political home in Washington, D.C.; as First Lady, Louisa was noted as an outstanding hostess and prominent in Washington society, conducted salons, musical and theatrical gatherings; suffered in later years from depression and ill-health; buried in the Adams family church in Quincy, Massachusetts) <http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/louisaadams> Wikipedia, July 10, 2014 (Louisa Adams; Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams; First Lady of the United States, 1825-1829; had 3 sons: George Washington Adams, John Adams II, Charles Francis Adams; daughter Louisa Catherine Adams died in infancy) |
| Associated language | eng |
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