John Quincy Adams Entries Sent as Tweets

Aug. 4, 2009 -- It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time.

A high school student touring the sixth U.S. president's archives recently noticed his bite-sized diary entries looked a lot like tweets.

Starting Wednesday, history will meet modern technology as the Massachusetts Historical Society begins posting Adams' updates from 200 years ago on Twitter. The historical society will include a presidential tracker of sorts, linking maps to show Adam's progress on a diplomatic trek to Russia as U.S. minister.

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