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Henry Adams on Rooney Lee

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

As the grandson and great-grandson of American presidents, Henry Brooks Adams came from one of the most distinguished of all New England families. Yet, as a student at Harvard University from 1854-8, this scion of the Yankee-est of all Yankee … Continue reading →

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