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Abigail Smith Adams was a gifted and eloquent letter writer. Her correspondence reflects her deep engagement with contemporary social and political issues and provides a unique window into eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century life.
Abigail Adams to John Adams Braintree March 31 1776 I wish you would ever write me a Letter half as long as I write you; and tell me if you may where your Fleet are gone?
John Adams (1735-1826) and Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818) exchanged over 1,100 letters, beginning during their courtship in 1762 and continuing throughout John's political career (until 1801).
Abigail Adams refused during her lifetime to allow her correspondence to be published, judging a woman’s letters to be a private matter.
Hailed for her now-famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws, Abigail Adams was not only an early advocate for women’s rights, she was a vital confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president.
(1744-1818) Who Was Abigail Adams? Throughout President John Adams’ career, his wife, Abigail Adams, served as an unofficial adviser and their letters show him seeking her counsel on...
Throughout her husband’s career, Abigail was a trusted advisor. She was also an early advocate for women’s rights, including access to education. In this letter, Abigail urged her husband—then, serving in the First Continental Congress—to “remember the ladies.”
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) holds a collection of over 200 letters written by Abigail Adams (1744-1818), the wife of John Adams (1735-1826), the second president of the United States. AAS purchased the collection in 1942, the letters having been preserved by a great-grandchild of Abigail’s sister, Mary Smith Cranch (1741-1811).
Abigail Adams: Letters. Includes 430 letters—more than a hundred published for the first time—to John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Mercy Otis Warren, James and Dolley Madison, and Martha Washington, among many others.
Abigail Adams to John Adams. Braintree Sepbr. 2 1774. I am very impatient to receive a letter from you. You indulged me so much in that Way in your last absence, that I now think I have a right to hear as often from you as you have leisure and opportunity to write.