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<p><b><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:John_Adams" title="Category:John Adams">John Adams</a></b>, 1788 — oil on canvas painting by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mather_Brown" title="Category:Mather Brown">Mather Brown</a>.  
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<ul><li>In 1785, when John Adams sat for Mather Brown in London, he was one of the best known political-figures in both the newly independent United States and in Europe. Adams first came to prominence in <b><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_Massachusetts" title="Category:Colonial Massachusetts">Colonial Massachusetts</a></b>, with his successful defense of British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre.  Selected as a delegate to both the first and second  congress (1774-1775), he was the most important leader for advocating independence. Striking up a friendship with Virginia delegate Thomas Jefferson, Adams suggested that Jefferson draft a decleration of Independence.  .</li></ul><ul><li>During the 1780s, Adams served in important diplomatic posts in France and Holland, then as an American ambassador in London.  When <b><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thomas_Jefferson" title="Category:Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></b>, the U.S. Ambassador to France, visited Adams in London, Adams had this copy of his portrait made for his friend in 1788.</li></ul><ul><li>Adams served under George Washington as this countries first vice-president..</li></ul><dl><dt>Credits</dt></dl><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/VicePres/flash.html#/adams/0/">www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/VicePres/flash.html#/adams/0/</a></li></ul></div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Mather_Brown" class="extiw" title="w:en:Mather Brown"><span title="American artist (1761-1831)">Mather Brown</span></a>
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