Abigail Adams

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born

November 11, 1744

died

October 28, 1818

gender

female

place of birth

Weymouth, Massachusetts, The United States

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Nonfiction

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Abigail Adams (née Smith) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States and the mother of John Quincy Adams the sixth, and is seen as the first Second Lady of the United States and the second First Lady of the United States though the terms were not coined until after her death.

Adams is remembered today for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. John Adams frequently sought the advice of his wife on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. The letters are invaluable eyewitness accounts of the Revolutionary War home front as well as excellent sources of political...more

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	My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams by Abigail Adams, John Adams avg rating 3.99 — 196 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	The Letters of John and Abigail Adams by Abigail Adams avg rating 3.88 — 43 ratings — published 1840 2 editions	my rating:
	The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family: 1762-1784 by Abigail Adams, John Adams, L.H. Butterfield avg rating 4.26 — 34 ratings — published 2002 4 editions	my rating:
	Letters of Mrs Adams, Wife Of John Adams Vol 2 by Abigail Adams, John Adams avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2009	my rating:
	Letters of Mrs Adams, Wife of John Adams Vol 1 by Abigail Adams, John Adams, Charles Francis Adams avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2009	my rating:
	Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams by Abigail Adams, John Adams avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings	my rating:
	Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams by Abigail Adams, John Adams avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings	my rating:
	The Quotable Abigail Adams by Abigail Adams, John P. Kaminski (Editor) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009	my rating:
	New letters of Abigail Adams, 1788-1801 by Abigail Adams avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1973	my rating:
	Familar Letters Of John Adams And His Wife During The Revolution (Notable American Authors Series - Part I) by Abigail Adams avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1876	my rating:

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quotes by Abigail Adams

"...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."
— Abigail Adams

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