But that's exactly what the Massachusetts Historical Society is going to make happen starting Wednesday. The kicker's that every tweet will be formulated by President Adams (@JQAdams_mhs himself. How is that possible, you ask? A high school student browsing the archive of President Adams made a unique observation about his diary entries: they were the length of the standard tweet.
Here are two gems, courtesy of the Associated Press:
August 6th, 1809: "Thick fog. Scanty Wind. On George's Bank. Lat: 42-34. Read Massillon's Careme Sermons 2 & 3. Ladies are Sick."
August 15th, 1809: "Weather fine_ wind scanty. Lat: 44-13. Long: 53-40. This afternoon I found the Caboose on fire."
The concise nature of his entries, combined with the historical importance of his life, convinced the Massachusetts Historical Society to try a novel approach in teaching history to Generation Y. His trials, tribulations, and top books will all be tweeted out. On top of that, the MHS will tweet out maps showing the location of President Adams during his trip to Russia while he was a diplomatic representative of the U.S.
