Abigail Adams to Edmund Jenings, August 18, 1781
Amsterdam Aug. 18. 1781 Dr. Sir I have received your favour of 11. will take measures to repay the 20£. The ode is very fine. I shall be happy if…
Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She is widely considered to be an influential figure in the founding of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.
Amsterdam Aug. 18. 1781 Dr. Sir I have received your favour of 11. will take measures to repay the 20£. The ode is very fine. I shall be happy if…
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December 30. 1782 My dearest Friend Altho I wrote you a very long Letter no longer ago than this day week; 1 which went under convoy of the French Fleet,…
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[ , Start insertion, ca. 10 January 1783 , End, ] 1 Sir The Letter which you find enclosed you will be kind enough to sink should you be so…
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