All posts tagged "Abigail Adams"
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2.1K6MassachusettsAlexander 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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7.7K1Arts and LeisureElizabeth Ellet Writes Women Into the History of the Revolution, Infuriates Edgar Allan Poe
Elizabeth Ellet recorded the lives of the women of the American Revolution – and meddled in the life of Edgar Allan Poe....
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10.4K10MassachusettsJohn Adams Writes to Abigail: ‘I must study politicks and war’
Many of John Adams’ best-known quotations came from letters he wrote to his wife Abigail. His sons’ education was very much on...
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31.5K9ConnecticutThe Female Food Riots of the American Revolution
Between 1776 and 1779, food shortages caused more than 30 food riots in the American colonies. Angry men and women accosted merchants...
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41.1K13Crime and ScandalThe 1788 Scandal of Fanny Apthorp Never Dies
In 1788, a young Boston heiress named Fanny Apthorp killed herself after giving birth to her powerful brother-in-law’s child. She left a...
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John Adams Flees Philadelphia in the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
In the early hours of Sept. 19, 1777, John Adams was wakened from his bed in Philadelphia and told the British were...
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