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The laws of the Massachusetts Colony forbade Irish immigration  probably more for religious than racial reasons. THE LAWS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONY FORBADE IRISH EMIGRATION PROBABLY MORE FOR RELIGIOUS THAN RACIAL REASONS
esses about its portico, but those who knew and loved it best lie quietly within the shadow of its gray walls. Under the portico lies President John Adams, and "at his side sleeps until the trump shall sound, Abigail, his beloved and only wife." In the second chamber is placed the dust of his illustrious son, with "His partner for fifty years, Louisa Catherine"--she of whom Henry Adams wrote, "her refined figure; her gentle voice and manner; her vague effect of not belonging there, but to Washington or Europe, like her furniture and writing-desk with little glass doors above and little eighteenth-century volumes in old binding." It has been called the "church of statesmen," this dignified building, and so, indeed, might Quincy itself be called the "city of statesmen." It would be extremely interesting to study the reasons for Quincy's peculiar productiveness of noble public characters. The town was settled (as Braintree) exclusively by people from Devonshire and Lincolnshire and Essex. STED TRAFFIC OF THE CITY SQUARE PRESSES ABOUT ITS PORTICO BUT THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED IT BEST LIE QUIETLY WITHIN THE SHADOW OF ITS GREY WALLS UNDER THE PORTICO LIES PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS AND AT HIS SIDE SLEEPS UNTIL THE TRUMP SHALL SOUND ABIGAIL HIS BELOVED AND ONLY WIFE IN THE SECOND CHAMBER IS PLACED THE DUST OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS SON WITH HIS PARTNER FOR FIFTY YEARS LOUISA CATHERINE SHE OF WHOM HENRY ADAMS WROTE HER REFINED FIGURE HER GENTLE VOICE AND MANNER HER VAGUE EFFECT OF NOT BELONGING THERE BUT TO WASHINGTON OR EUROPE LIKE HER FURNITURE AND WRITING DESK WITH LITTLE GLASS DOORS ABOVE IN LITTLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VOLUMES IN OLD BINDINGS IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE CHURCH OF STATESMEN THIS DIGNIFIED BUILDING AND SO INDEED MIGHT QUINSY ITSELF BE CALLED THE CITY OF STATESMEN IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY INTERESTING TO STUDY THE REASONS FOR QUINSY'S PECULIAR PRODUCTIVENESS OF NOBLE PUBLIC CHARACTERS THE TOWN WAS SETTLED AS BRAINTREY EXCLUSIVELY BY PEOPLE FROM DEVONSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE AND ESSEX
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