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41 THE CAPITOL DOME xix; Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 92-96. 13. Thomas, Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, p. 159; Heffron, The Other Mrs. Adams, pp. 190–92. 14. Louisa Catherine Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 24 Jan. 1808, http://founders.archives.gov/ documents/Adams/99–03–02–1635. 15. Waldstreicher, John Quincy Adams: Diaries, 1:613. 16. Adams, "Adventures of a Nobody," 1 Jun. 1808, in Graham, Diary and Autobiographical Writings, 1:274. 17. John Quincy Adams Diary: An Electronic Archive (Boston, 2018), v. 27 (1 Jan. 1803 to 4 Aug. 1809): 362 [11 Jul. 1808] [electronic edition], http://www. masshist.org/jqadiaries. 18. Waldstreicher, Politics of Slavery, pp. 67, 70; Thomas, Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, p. 287; Edel, Nation Builder, p. 157; JQA diary for 10, 16 Jan., 11, 23, 27, 24 Feb. 1820, John Quincy Adams: Diaries, 1:523–24, 525–26, 528–29, 533–34, 536–37, 534–35; Waldstreicher, Politics of Slavery, p. 76; Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 249–51. 19. Thomas, Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, pp. 285–89; Heffron, The Other Mrs. Adams, pp. 309, 317; Louisa Catherine Adams diary for 21, 29 Jan., 26 Feb., 4 Mar. 1820, Graham, Diary and Autobiographi- cal Writings, 2:459, 463–64, 476–77, 481–82; Allgor, Parlor Politics, pp. 110, 118–19. 20. For a timeline of congressional debate on the Missouri Compromise, see https://www.loc.gov/ rr/program/bib/ourdocs/missouri.html; JQA diary for 7 Mar. 1820, in Waldstreicher, Politics of Slavery, p. 86. The Old Brick Capitol used to stand where the Supreme Court does today. Congress met there for several years while the Capitol was rebuilt following its burning by the British in August 1814. 21. Louisa Catherine Adams diary for 3 Mar. 1820, Graham, Diary and Autobiographical Writings, 2:480–81. 22. Thomas, Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, p. 288. 23. Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 158–59. 24. Waldstreicher, John Quincy Adams: Diaries, 1:544-45. 25. JQA Diary, v. 31 (1 Jan. 1819 to 20 March 1821, 10 Nov. to 6 Dec. 1824): 275–76 [3 Mar. 1820] [electronic edition]; Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 157–58. 26. JQA diary for 7 Nov. 1830, Waldstreicher, John Quincy Adams: Diaries, 2:236–38, 649–50; Wald- streicher, Politics of Slavery, pp. 171–91; JQA diary for 18 Dec. 1835, 18 Jan. 1836, Waldstreicher, John Quincy Adams: Diaries, 2:368, 377–78, 652–53; Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 266–72; Thomas, Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, pp. 416–21, 424–26. 27. Waldstreicher, Politics of Slavery, pp. 171–91; JQA diary for 3 Dec. 1844, Waldstreicher, John Quincy Adams: Diaries, 2:603, 657; Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 266–72; Thomas, Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, pp. 416–21, 424–26. 28. Thomas, Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, pp. 416–18, 421–26, 427–32; Louisa Catherine Adams diary for 21, 24 Dec. 1835, Graham, Diary and Autobi- ographical Writings, 2:694, 696–97. 29. Louisa Catherine Adams diary for 10 March 1836, Graham, Diary and Autobiographical Writings, 2:700–01, 1:xxxiv. 30. Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 253–54; Georgini, Household Gods, pp. 69–70; Edel, Nation Builder, pp. 264–66, 279–86; Waldstreicher, Politics of Slavery, pp. xx–xxi, 45, 198–99. 31. JQA Diary, v. 33 ("Diary in Abridgment," 1 Dec. 1821 to 31 Dec. 1838 [with gaps]): 251–52 [19 April 1837] [electronic edition]. IMAGE CREDITS Fig. 1. Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, gift of Charles Bird King Fig. 2. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Adams-Clement Collection, gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement Fig. 3. Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives Fig. 4. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Fig. 5. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Fig. 6. Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society Fig. 7. Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society Fig. 8. Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives Fig. 9. White House Collection/White House Historical Association