[Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams by William H. Seward]@TWC D-Link bookLife and Public Services of John Quincy Adams CHAPTER IX 16/24
The funeral services took place at the Unitarian church in Quincy, on which occasion an impressive discourse was delivered by the Pastor, Rev.Mr.Whitney.The pall-bearers were Judge Davis, President Kirkland, Gov.
Lincoln, Hon.
Mr.Greenleaf, Judge Story, and Lieut.Gov.
Winthrop. During the exercises and the moving of the procession, minute guns were fired from Mount Wallaston, and from various eminences in the adjoining towns, and every mark of respect was paid to the remains of one who filled so high a place in the history of his country and the regard of his fellow-citizens. On the 2d of August, Mr.Webster delivered a eulogy on the death of Adams and Jefferson, before the city authorities of Boston, and a vast body of people, in Faneuil Hall.
President Adams was present.
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