[Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams by William H. Seward]@TWC D-Link bookLife and Public Services of John Quincy Adams CHAPTER XIV 16/38
Farewell! And with that farewell; may the blessings of heaven be upon you throughout your lives!" Mr.Adams was greatly delighted with his visit to Niagara Falls.
A letter-writer thus describes it:-- "Mr.Adams seems incapable of fatigue, either physical or mental.
After a drive in the morning to Lewiston, he stopped, on his return to the Falls, at the whirlpool.
The descent to the water's edge, which is not often made, is, as you will remember, all but vertical, down a steep of some three hundred and sixty feet.
One of the party was about going down, when Mr.Adams remarked that he would accompany him.Gen.Porter and the other gentlemen present remonstrated, and told him it was a very severe undertaking for a young and hearty man, and that he would find it, in such a hot day, quite impracticable.
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