We are sad here because Paul Nagel, our friend, has died. He fell ill suddenly in February. We had seen him last September when he came to receive a lifetime achievement award from the John Adams family and stayed a night with us. Paul wrote many biographies and was a mentor to David McCullough. He was especially noted for his work on John Quincy Adams and the Adams women. His favorite among the women was Louisa, JQA’s wife. Read about him here and here.
When Paul was in Concord, we paid a visit to the North Bridge, where the “shot heard ’round the world” was fired on April 19, 1775, igniting the revolution.
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