Monday,
February 21, 1848.Washington,
DC. | Lincoln attends House.
Journal. Speaker is
suddenly interrupted "by several gentlemen, who sprang from their seats to the
assistance of the venerable John Quincy Adams, who was observed to be sinking
from his seat in what appeared to be the agonies of death." He is borne to
rotunda, and thence to speaker's room, and House adjourns. |