E 176 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DD0DE4D1ETD % 0° ^ 1 * A° ^* * • " ° 4 ^ THE LEADERS. PORTRAITS AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 2nd COPY, 1898. PUBLISHED BY THE globk book concern, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (Copyright, 1898.) 6686. '_ 3x _ 44 How Business is Done." That's the name of a book that should be worth its weight in gold to any one not thoroughly fami- liar With what it teaches. Every young person about to enter a business office, and many per- sons already in business, will :find in it infor- 'mation that no business man who would be- come really suc- cessful could do without. It tells about "little things." to be sure, but they are of vital importance. There is nothing theoretical about the book. It is thoroughly practical from beginning to end. It tells, for example : What to Do and What Not to Do in Writing Checks, as well as How to Stop Payment on a Check and How to Get a Check Certified. 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Their paternal ancestry: 44 English, 7 Scotch-Irish, 1 Welsh, 1 Scotch, and 1 Dutch. Three were married twice. One never mar- ried. Six married widows. Had a total of 87 children — 49 sons and 38 daughters. Six served 8 years; one, 7 years, 10 months, 4 days; one, 4 years, 1 month, 11 days; eight, 4 years; one, 3 years, 11 months; one, 3 years, 10 months, 19 days; one, 3 years, 5 months, 14 days; one, 2 years, 7 months, 25 days; one, 1 year, 4 months, 5 days; one, 6 months, 16 days, and one, only 1 month. Two died in the month of January, one in February, one in March, two in April, four in June, seven in July, one in September, one in October, one in November, and one in Decem- ber. Two were assassinated, and three died on the fourth day of July. THE LEADERS. Second President of the United States. JOHN ADAMS. Born at Braintree, Mass., October 30, 1735. English descent. Graduated a't Harvard College. Married Miss Abigail Smith at Weymouth, Mass., October 25, 1764. 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Sent to Congress in 1825. President, 1845-1849. Refused to ac- cept a renomination. Died of chronic diarrhoea at Nashville, Tenn., June 15, 1849. Buried in the family tomb and since removed to the Capitol grounds. Mrs. Polk died of ^natural decline August 14, 1891, and was laid by the side of her husband at Nashville, Tenn. THE LEADERS. 23 V. H. LOCKWOOD, PATENT LAWYER. 415-418 Lemcke Building, PROTECTIVE PATENTS mnTA^AnATTC procured. INDIANAPOLIS. BLACKLEDGE & THORNTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 1224 Stevenson Building, Correspondence Solicited. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. £f i rard blouses OXFORD, OHIO. New Furnishings. New Management. Table Strictly First=Class. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER'S HOME. Oxford is situated on the C, H. & D. R. R., about 40 miles from Cincinnati, and is noted for its three colleges > mineral waters, etc. While in Oxford stop at the GIRARD HOUSE, J. T. TOWNSEND, Prop. Please mention The Leaders. 24 THE LEADERS. Twelfth President op the United States. ZACHARY TAYLOR. 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