JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.  Important partly-printed broadside chart providing pew assignments and valuations for President John Quincy Adams at the United First Parish Church in 1828 where Adams, his family, and his parents, John and Abigail Adams, were all life-long members.

IMPORTANT BROADSIDE PROVIDING THE PEW ASSIGNMENT AND VALUATION FOR PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AT THE UNITED FIRST PARISH CHURCH IN 1828

Adams purchased pews 1 and 2 directly next to the pulpit for $200 and $250 and other pews are made out to other members of the Adams and Quincy families.  The Greek Revival 1828 building was designed by Alexander Parris and financed by John Adams through his donation of land and granite.  Both Adams presidents and first ladies share a family crypt burial site at the church.

ADAMS’ FAMILY AND PARENTS, JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS, WERE ALL LIFE-LONG MEMBERS; BOTH ADAMS PRESIDENTS AND FIRST LADIES SHARE A FAMILY CRYPT AT THE CHURCH

Entitled, “Valuation of Pews in the New Stone Meeting House in Quincy,” created by Ezra Lincoln in Boston in [1828], contains one page, measures 13 by 8.25 inches, and in good condition with staining, paper loss along the borders, and a 19th century repair to the separation on the center fold.