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Tag Archives: Abigail Adams
Presidents: “How unpardonable”
Abigail Adams – wife of a President, and mother of a President, wrote the following letter to John Quincy Adams, during his first semester at Harvard: If you are conscious to yourself that you possess more knowledge upon some subject … Continue reading
Presidents: “a Labyrinth of perplexities”
Abigail Adams to John Adams November 27 1775: I wish I knew what mighty things were fabricating. If a form of Government is to established here what one will be assumed? Will it be left to our assemblies to chuse … Continue reading
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Today in history: October 25, 1764
John Adams married Abigail Smith. They were married for 54 years. They were partners for 54 years. They moved from colonial Boston, spend most of the American Revolution apart (but they wrote letters – oh MAN did they write letters), … Continue reading
1775: Abigail Adams: “I am more and more convinced that Man is a dangerous creature”
Abigail to John November 27 1775: I wish I knew what mighty things were fabricating. If a form of Government is to established here what one will be assumed? Will it be left to our assemblies to chuse one? and … Continue reading
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1775: John Adams: “Liberty once lost is lost forever”
John Adams to Abigail Adams – July 7, 1775 Your Description of the Distresses of the worthy Inhabitants of Boston, and the other Sea Port Towns, is enough to melt an Heart of Stone. Our Consolation must be this, my … Continue reading
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July 3, 1776: John Adams: “The Hopes of Reconciliation … at last totally extinguished”
JOHN ADAMS, in a July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 2: The Delay of this Declaration to this Time, has many great Advantages attending it. The Hopes of Reconciliation, … Continue reading
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Abigail Adams: “he is no longer a King”
Abigail Adams wrote the following to John – months before the Declaration of Independence was in existence: A people may let a King fall, yet still remain a people, but if a King let his people slip from him, he … Continue reading
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Abigail Adams: “How unpardonable”
Abigail Adams – wife of a President, and mother of a President, wrote the following letter to John Quincy Adams, during his first semester at Harvard: If you are conscious to yourself that you possess more knowledge upon some subject … Continue reading
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What I’m Reading Now
— Underworld by Don DeLillo. Still. See the post below. grrrrr — The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams … I have now reached the point where the correspondence between the two revolutionaries … Continue reading
Snapshots
— Wintry weather. At last. I took a long walk this morning as the sun was coming up, and I was loving the icy wind, the cold clear colors in the sky, my fabulous green Marc Jacobs fuzzy gloves. (Ahem) … Continue reading
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