All posts tagged "Abigail Adams"
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15.4K4MassachusettsJohn Adams Was A Tiger Dad. So Was John Quincy.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams may be tied for the honor of worst presidential father, or ‘Tiger Dad,’ according to Joshua...
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7.8KbostonEat Like A President, Part II
In honor of President’s Day, the New England Historical Society brings you another guide to how to eat like a president. We...
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25.4K11frontAbigail Adams Vents to Mercy Otis Warren About John
In the spring of 1776, Mercy Otis Warren received a letter from her good friend Abigail Adams complaining about her husband John....
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14.4K7Business and LaborThe Bates Bedspread of Maine, America’s Favorite Counterpane
The Bates Bedspread, once found in nearly every household, has links to presidents, First Ladies, a famous midwife and countless women who...
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5.4K2MassachusettsThe British Plot to Poison Boston in 1776
In the days leading up to March 17, 1776, Massachusetts was on edge. British troops, under siege for nearly a year, prepared...
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6.2K6MassachusettsAlexander Scammell, the Lovesick Revolutionary War Hero
On a June night in 1777, Gen. Alexander Scammell poured out his heart in a letter to Abigail Bishop of Mistic, Mass....
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