Adams Papers

Poem on deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 4 July 1826

The Rival chiefs—who all their life

Were striving to be even

In death renew their mutual strife

By struggling to reach heaven—

Two Presidents’ in one short day

Behold this People—weep

Their fun’rals—none object to pay

The last Expence—comes Cheap—

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    Poem on deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 4 July 1826
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    Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson
    Date
    4 July 1826

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    “Poem on deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 4 July 1826,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-03-02-4653. [This is an Early Access document from The Adams Papers. It is not an authoritative final version.]