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“ As the representative of the United States at the Court of St. James he is credited with having given the country the most distinguished diplomatic service it had ever received. The governing classes of Great Britain were for a large portion of his term of service but coldly civil to him, and were disposed to look upon him as serving not a country, but merely a section of a country, though for him personally they entertained and expressed great respect. ”

“ The hostile feeling between the United States and England at this time was strong, and anecdotes are told of the manner in which young Adams on several occasions stood up for his own country. On his return to America, two years later, he entered the Boston Latin school, where he was prepared for Harvard college, from which he was graduated in 1825. During his father's term as president of the United States, Charles Francis passed two years in Washington, and then, returning to Boston, read law in the office of Daniel Webster. ”