Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (1775–1852) chronicles her life with John Quincy Adams. Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy, then U.S. minister to the Netherlands. Married in 1797, Louisa accompanied her husband on his postings to Berlin, St. Petersburg, and London. Her memoirs of Prussia and Russia portray the republican couple in the courts of Europe. Volume 2: Diary of Louise Catherine Adams, 1819-1949.
Secret diaries of a Russian princess (St. Petersburg 1917-1978, London), 'Missie', who worked in the German Foreign Office from 1940 to 1944 and as a nurse.
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (1775–1852) chronicles her life with John Quincy Adams. Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy, then U.S. minister to the Netherlands. Married in 1797, Louisa accompanied her husband on his postings to Berlin, St. Petersburg, and London. Her memoirs of Prussia and Russia portray the republican couple in the courts of Europe.