The countryside in this region reminded John Quincy of his home far away in Braintree and Louisa received her first glimpse of what the terrain in Massachusetts was like. Minister, he took his wife on a trip through part of Prussia called Silesia (today part of Poland). John Quincy Adams and his new bride traveled to Prussia after their wedding in 1797. The affirmation of Louisa Catherine's popularity as First Lady was the adjournment of both the Senate and the House of Representatives upon her death in 1852. The future First Lady's charm and warmth endeared her to all she met, and offset John Quincy's cold and serious manner. While she was not as strong in spirit as Abigail Adams, Louisa brought other qualities to her marriage that made her an ideal partner for John Quincy Adams. Louisa was born and raised in Europe and is the United States' only foreign-born First Lady. Before John Quincy Adams left for Prussia, he traveled to England in order to marry Louisa Catherine Johnson, the daughter of Joshua Johnson, who served as the United States' first Consul to Great Britain. Minister to Prussia (which consisted of portions of present day Germany and Poland). When John Adams was elected President in 1797, he appointed his son as U.S. President Washington praised John Quincy Adams as "the most valuable public character we have abroad." Adams' views were so valued that some of his phrases appeared in George Washington's "Farewell Address" of 1796.
John Quincy wrote frequent reports to the State Department detailing the military and diplomatic activities in Europe and warned against U.S. President Washington appreciated the younger Adams' support so much that he appointed John Quincy Adams as U.S. John Quincy Adams Early Diplomatic Career
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