John Adams was born on 30 October 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Biography (1987). He was married to Abigail Smith. He died on 4 July 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
On November 2, 1800, he wrote to Abigail, "I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men rule under this roof." Those words were carved into the mantelpiece of the State Dining Room of the White House and are still there.
