CHAPTER IX.
JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON--THEIR CORRESPONDENCE--THEIR DEATH--MR.
WEBSTER'S EULOGY--JOHN Q.ADAMS VISITS QUINCY--HIS SPEECH AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DINNER IN FANEUIL HALL.
The patriarchs John Adams and Thomas Jefferson still lingered on the shores of time.

The former had attained the good old age of 90 years, and the latter 82.

Mrs.Adams, the venerable companion of the ex-President, died in Quincy, on the 28th of Oct., 1818, aged 74 years.

Although, amid the various political strifes through which they had passed during the half century they had taken prominent parts in the affairs of their country, Adams and Jefferson had frequently been arrayed in opposite parties, and cherished many views quite dissimilar, yet their private friendship and deep attachment had been unbroken.

It continued to be cherished with generous warmth to the end of their days.