Description: John Adams, President. Mini boxes for tiny treasures.
Measurement: 2in h
Interior Design: 727 (His inaugural address included a 727 word sentence)
Manufacturer: Harmony Ball
Material: Crushed Marble, with look and feel of antique ivory

2nd President (1797-1801) - Federalist. Managed orderly transitions of power at both the beginning and end of his administration and gave the government stability by continuing most of the practices established under Washington. The major crisis he faced arose from strained relations with revolutionary France. When, in the XYZ Affair (1797–98), American peace commissioners returned from Paris with stories of deceit and bribery, Adams built up the armed forces and accepted the Alien and Sedition Acts (limiting the right of free speech and dissent) as emergency national security measures. With his opponents (led by Jefferson) charging oppression and some of his own Federalist Party (led by Hamilton) urging war and conquest, Adams dispatched another peace commission to France. This defused the crisis and led to an agreement with France that ended the so-called Quasi-War. Deserted by Hamilton and other Federalists who disapproved of his independent course, and attacked by the Jeffersonian Republicans as a vain monarchist, Adams was forced out of office after one term. One of his last official acts was to fill a large number of lifetime judgeships with Federalist judges, including John Marshall as Chief Justice of the United States. Trivia: Ancestors landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620. Born before the U.S. became a country. First president to reside in the White House, moving in November of 1800 while the paint was still wet. One of two presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence.