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Tag Archives: Abigail Adams
June 18, 1775 “The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends.”
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams: Dearest Friend The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends. My bursting Heart must find vent at my pen. I have just heard that our dear … Continue reading
“Miss Adorable …”
Here is the NY Times review of My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, With a Foreword by Joseph J. Ellis, the newest edition of the correspondence of John and Abigail Adams. It’s nice to see that this … Continue reading
Saltpeter. Pins.
I’m freaking out! Completely freaking out. A new edition of the letters of John and Abigail? With more material? And “several letters never before published”? Foreword by Joseph Ellis? Are you kidding me? I had no idea. So psyched!! One … Continue reading
Happy Birthday To Our Second President
.. the often underappreciated (although never by the O’Malley family) John Adams. Poor man. No matter WHO came after George Washington would suffer by comparison. John Adams spent the rest of his life trying to reclaim some legacy for himself … Continue reading
The Books: “The Book of Abigail and John”
US history shelf: Next book in my American history section is the massive The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family: 1762-1784. My grandmother (dad’s mother) used to say that my grandfather was cheating on her. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, John Adams, politics, US history, war
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The Books: “The Adams-Jefferson Letters”
And here is my next excerpt of the day. US history shelf. Next book in my American history section is the massive The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams. The correspondence between those … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, George Washington!
Some quotes: — PATRICK HENRY, on his return home from the first Continental Congress in 1774 was asked whom he thought was the foremost man in the group: “Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.” — GEORGE … Continue reading
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“It is like a storm in the atmosphere.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Abigail Adams, 1787, who had written to him, concerned about mob violence in Massachusetts. He responded (and this sentiment that he expresses here is one of the reasons Abigail backed off from her correspondence and friendship … Continue reading
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Presidents: “his character”
ABIGAIL ADAMS, on George Washington (lifting a quote from Shakespeare): “Take his character all together, and we shall not look upon his like again.”
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“a Lady infinitely dearer to me”
John to Abigail, Saturday morning, Aug. 1763 – this is from their courtship period (he referred to her as “Diana” in their letters, she addressed him as “Lysander”) – I love this letter, it’s so erotic: I lay, in the … Continue reading
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